Why the 2022 World Cup Will Be In Qatar

The World Cup will be held in Qatar in November and December of this year amid great controversy

• The 2022 World Cup tournament was awarded to Qatar in a free election of FIFA delegates. The selection of the tiny Persian Gulf state as the host has been hotly debated ever since.
• From Qatar’s poor human rights record over reports of poor treatment of workers building infrastructure to the sizzling temperatures of the country, many questions remain about this selection.
• Particularly the construction works undertaken for the Middle East’s first world cup have been subject to international criticism, with reports that thousands of migrant workers have died already.
• And the selection process itself has been mired in allegations of bribery and corruption, and several criminal investigations have been opened into how Qatar won by a vote of 14-8.
• Another issue is that homosexuality is expressly banned in Qatar, and punishable by between one and three years in prison - a major concern among many critical of the 2022 tournament host venue.