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Stadiums, teams, boycott calls: Everything about the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022
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Because of the heat in the host country Qatar, the Fifa World Cup will take place once in winter. The Swiss national soccer team qualified early for the final round, which is accompanied by calls for boycotts. An overview.
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New stadiums with air conditioning are ready for the World Cup.
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Why is the World Cup in Qatar?
In 2008, FIFA decided to host the two World Cups in 2018 and 2022 at the same time. Eleven applications from 13 countries were received for the two tournaments. Until the award, several countries withdrew their candidacies for 2018 and concentrated on the tournament in 2022. Qatar prevailed against competitors from the USA, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
In spring 2020 it was revealed that the votes of three FIFA officials had been bought. Without these votes, Qatar and the USA would have been tied and Sepp Blatter would have had the casting vote. Blatter had voted for the USA, so the World Cup would not have been awarded to Qatar, but to the USA.
What is Qatar criticized for?
–A construction worker in one of the newly created stadiums. Amnesty International criticizes the working conditions.
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There are four allegations in the room:
- Corruption in awarding: Three FIFA officials were offered money from Qatar to vote for their applications. The discovery of this corruption affair in 2020 did not prevent FIFA from holding it in Qatar, after all, the stadiums are already under construction.
- Qatar’s lack of football tradition: Critics accuse FIFA that Qatar has no internationally significant football tradition and has never played in a World Cup. At the time of the award, Qatar was ranked 113th in the world.
- Climatic conditions: Due to its climatic conditions, the World Cup in Qatar had to be postponed to winter. Air conditioning systems were also installed in the stadiums. This caused criticism, as these systems are not climate-friendly despite their modern design.
- Human rights situation: The workers from Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan are poorly paid, housed in miserable conditions and work without adequate security measures. Various human rights organizations have come to this conclusion. They count 6,500 mostly unexplained deaths on the construction sites of the stadiums.
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Who is calling for a boycott?
Qatar has introduced a number of reforms since 2017. However, these are “not properly implemented, which means that the exploitation of workers continues,” wrote Amnesty International in November on a new report on the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The human rights organization demands that organizations such as the world association Fifa have to act.
According to Amnesty, workers cannot simply leave Qatar or change jobs despite a corresponding law, and wages are often not paid or paid too late. In addition, migrant workers still have little access to justice to claim wages.
Qatar has “one of the most terrible anti-queer legislation in the world,” write the Juso and call for a boycott. In addition, over 6,500 people have already died during the construction of the World Cup stadiums. “With all understandable joy about the qualification, the Juso is calling for a boycott of the tournament,” writes the SP Young Party.
In which stadiums will the World Cup matches be played?
–A model of the Lusail Stadium. The stadium is to offer 86,250 seats and is intended as a venue for the final.
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Qatar provided for twelve stadiums in the original application dossier. But that caused severe criticism, as these would not find sustainable use. With the permission of FIFA, the number of stadiums was finally reduced to eight.
- Al-Bayt Stadium, 60,000 seats
- Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, 21,282 seats
- Education City Stadium, 40,000 seats
- Khalifa International Stadium, 40,000 seats
- Al-Janoub Stadium, 40,000 seats
- Stadium 974, 40,000 seats
- Al-Thumama Stadium, 40,000 seats
- Lusail Iconic Stadium, 86’250 Plätze
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Which countries qualified for the World Cup?
As of December 10, 2021
- Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Serbia, Spain
- Asia: Qatar (hosts)
- Africa:
- South America: Argentina, Brazil
- North, Central America and the Caribbean:
- Oceania:
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What time do the games take place?
The 2022 World Cup will be shorter than the previous finals. FIFA decided that four games per day would take place during the group stage and that the tournament would only last twelve days instead of the previous 15 days. On the first two game days, the games start at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Central European time.
On the third day of play, the two games in a group will take place at the same time. Two groups play per day; the games will kick off at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. These are also the face times for all games in the knockout round. The World Cup final will take place on December 18th at 4 p.m. Lusail-Stadium instead of. Football World Cup in the middle of the Christmas season, a novelty.
Where can the games be seen on TV?
SRG secured the broadcasting rights for the World Cup in Qatar in 2021 and will show the games on TV or on the web.
How did Switzerland qualify for the World Cup?
The dream has come true. With a well-deserved 4-0 win over Bulgaria in the last group game, the Swiss national team qualified for the World Cup finals in Qatar next year.
–The Swiss national team celebrates direct World Cup qualification after beating Bulgaria.
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Since the Italians only played 0-0 against Northern Ireland in Belfast at the same time, the Nati overtook the European champions in the table and therefore flies straight to Qatar. The Swiss national team prevailed in Group C of the qualifying round with five wins and three draws against Italy, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
In August, coach Vladimir Petkovic announced his resignation as a national team coach. The almost 58-year-old became the new coach of Girondins Bordeaux. The coaching position was taken over by Murat Yakin, who was previously on the sidelines at FC Schaffhausen.
With the departure of Petkovic, the most successful era in the history of the Swiss national team ends. In 2014, the former coach of YB and Lazio Rom succeeded Ottmar Hitzfeld. He led the national team to the 2016 European Championship round of 16, the 2018 World Cup round of 16 and the 2019 Nations League final tournament. The highlight came at the 2020 European Championship this summer. Switzerland eliminated world champions France in the round of 16 and only failed in the quarter-finals in the penalty shoot-out to Spain.
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