The Qatar 2022, FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup . It was hosted in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. It was the first World Cup hosted in the Arab world ,[ 1] [ a] [ 2] France .[ 3]
There have been suspicions on whether Qatar earned hosting rights fairly. An investigation that was done by FIFA reported that Qatar earned hosting rights fairly. This investigation was criticized by Michael J. Garcia .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
FIFA's six continental confederations have their own qualifying tournaments. All 211 associations are able to enter qualification. Qatar , qualified automatically because they are the hosts. Qatar still plays in the first two rounds of AFC qualification because it is also qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup .[ 7] [ 8] World Cup champions France will participate in qualification as normal.[ 9] Saint Lucia , North Korea , American Samoa , Samoa all withdrew because of safety reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic , with North Korea withdrawing after already playing matches. Tonga withdrew because of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami . Russia was suspended by FIFA because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Vanuatu and Cook Islands both withdrew because of COVID-19 cases in their squads, with Cook Islands withdrawing after already playing matches.
The amount of available World Cup slots for each confederation was discussed by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich .[ 10] [ 11]
CAF (Africa): 5AFC (Asia): 4 or 5[ b] UEFA (Europe): 13CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean): 3 or 4[ b] OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1[ b] CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5[ b] Hosts: 1 On 19 May 2022, FIFA announced the list of 36 referees, and 69 assistant referees and 24 video assistant referees for the tournament. Of the 36 referees, FIFA included two each from Argentina, Brazil, England and France.[ 12] [ 13]
Stéphanie Frappart from France, Rwandan Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan became the first female referees to be appointed to a men's World Cup. They will be joined by three female assistant referees, also a first. Frappart oversaw the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final .[ 14]
The final draw was in the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha , Qatar,[ 22] [ 23] AST , before the qualifiers finished. The two winners of the inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw.[ 24]
For the draw, the 32 teams were put into four pots based on their FIFA World Rankings of 31 March 2022.[ 25] [ 26] [ 27]
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[ 28] Points;
Goal difference;
Number of goals scored;
Points in the matches played between the tied teams;
Goal difference in the matches played between the tied teams;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the tied teams;
Fair play points: Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.
In the knockout stage, if a match is tied at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two halves that are 15 minutes each). If it is still tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out .[ 28]
The official emblem was shown on 3 September 2019 at the Doha Tower , Katara Cultural Village Amphitheatre , Msheireb Downtown Doha , and Zubarah . It is designed to show the tournament trophy , the infinity symbol , and the number "8", which represents the eight host stadiums. It also represents shawls to highlight the tournament's winter scheduling, and has waves showing the desert dunes . The make-up of the emblem's wordmark describes kashida —extending certain parts of characters in Arabic script to give emphasis.[ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
The tournament's official mascot was shown on 1 April 2022, during the group stage draw. Its name is La’eeb, which means "super-skilled player" in Arabic. The official website of FIFA says: "La’eeb will be known for his youthful spirit; spreading joy and confidence everywhere he goes", and the official backstory of the character, published there, says that it comes from a different world where tournament mascots live, "a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone".[ 32]
The official match ball, the "Al Rihla", was shown on 30 March 2022. It was inspired by the culture, architecture, iconic boats and flag of Qatar. In Arabic, the word Al Rihla means “the journey”. The ball was designed with stability as the main focus. It is the first ever official match ball created with water-based glues and inks.
As "the game is getting faster" and "speeds up", Adidas used some new traits, like more speed and improved accuracy of the ball.[ 33]
The official song of the tournament is "Hayya Hayya (Better Together) ", by Trinidad Cardona , Davido and AISHA , released on 1 April 2022 with the music video .[ 34]
FIFA partners
FIFA World Cup sponsors
↑ The 2018 tournament in Russia was not fully in Asia, it had only two host cities in Asia (the rest were in Europe).
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Decided by the Inter-Confederation Play-offs.
↑ Ahmad bin Ali Stadium is in Al Rayyan but outside the area of the Doha area map.
↑ UEFA Path A winners, team not determined at time of draw↑ CONCACAF v OFC winners, team not determined at time of draw↑ AFC v CONMEBOL winners, team not determined at time of draw
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