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World Cup 2022 Qatar

All the details of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Stadiums, bands, logo, and mascot. Together with the politics and features of the 2022 World Cup.

The 22nd FIFA World Cup will, for the first time in history, kick off in winter rather than the usual summer. The tournament will take place from 20 November to 18 December 2022 in Qatar, who will be hosting the World Cup for the first time in their history. It will also be the first time the World Cup will be held in the Middle East. Qatar was selected to host the tournament as early as December 2, 2010, in Zurich.

It is the first ever World Cup to be held in the Arab world and in a Muslim-majority country. 

Stadiums

The Championship will be hosted by 8 stadiums from 5 cities in Qatar. The cities where the matches will be played and the stadiums.

•Doha - Stadium 974 (capacity - 40,000), El Touma (capacity - 40,000).

•Lusail - National Stadium (capacity - 80,000).

•El-Haour - El-Bayt Stadium (capacity - 60,000).

•El Wakra - El Janoub Stadium (capacity - 40,000).

•Al Rayyan - Stadium Stadium Education City (capacity - 45,350), Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium (capacity - 44,750), Khalifa Stadium (capacity - 45,416).

The opening match between Qatar and Ecuador will be played at El Bait stadium in the city of El Hour.

The final match at the tournament will take place at the National Stadium in the city of Lusail.

On 1 April 2022, the group stage draw was held in Doha. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups.

The group places will be determined by the following points:

1. Number of points.

2. Difference in goals scored and conceded.

3. Number of goals in all group matches.

Official ball

Adidas Al Rihla will be the official ball. This was announced by Adidas on 30 March 2022.

Logo and mascot

The logo of the 2022 World Cup will be a ribbon representing infinity. It uses the colours of the Qatari flag, and the writing is in ancient Arabic script.

The mascot of the tournament is a white carpet plane named Laib. It looks like a traditional Arab garment.

Additional facts 

The sale of alcohol has been banned at the 2022 World Cup stadiums. You will only be able to buy alcohol outside the stadiums, and then only before or after certain matches. It should be remembered that in Qatar, it is against the law to drink alcohol in public places.

Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar. FIFA states that no sexual minority incidents should occur.

FIFA have announced that a semi-automatic VAR system will be used at the tournament.

The national team applications will also allow 26 players to be brought in instead of 23. In addition, it will be possible to make 5 substitutions per match.

The prize money for the World Cup in Qatar will be 1 billion dollars.

Conclusions 

To sum up, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is going to be really special. It will not be like any other World Cup, it is different. Not only because of the barrage of criticism and the sheer number of scandals. But rather because Qatar, despite all the difficulties, has not changed its laws and traditions.  Hopefully, this will not affect the quality of the tournament, and it will be held at the highest level.