Qatar region

The area of Qatar is only 1. 1.5 million square kilometers, which is less than the area of two Shanghai. Many fans can't even find the location of Qatar on the map.

Qatar's own population is only 330,000, which is too small to fill the eight stadiums of this World Cup. However, the huge wealth has attracted more than 2 million foreigners from all over the world, which is enough to support the huge construction project needed for the Games.

As one of the countries with the highest gdp per capita in the world, Qatar spared no expense to host the World Cup, which was the most expensive in the history of the tournament. In addition to building stadiums, hotels, airports, subways and other facilities, Qatar has even built container hotels for ordinary fans.

Of course, under the noise of the opening ceremony, it is still difficult to hide the controversy over FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in 2022. Due to the long-term local high temperature, especially from April to September every year, the highest temperature can reach 50 degrees Celsius, which is also the first World Cup held in winter.

As the first World Cup held in Arab countries in history, Qatar has a series of regulations on the relationship between men and women and drinking due to religious customs and other reasons, which led many fans to boycott Qatar.

The BBC said that the "bribery" scandal in the bidding stage and the "worker abuse" storm in the preparation process made Qatar "very special in the international football arena".

Venue construction

According to reports, compared with the construction of venues, Qatar has also invested a lot of financial resources in infrastructure construction, including expanding Hamad airport, building several subway lines and building a new city in Lourseyre. In addition, the World Cup is also considered as a big window for Qatar to enhance its cultural influence.