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11/20/2022–|Last Updated: 11/20/202208:27 (Mecca)
Today, Sunday, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar, which will last until the 18th of next month, to be the first World Cup to be organized in an Arab and Muslim country.
Hundreds of thousands of fans from different countries flocked to Doha to witness the global event, at a time when hundreds of millions of people around the world will be today for the inaugural match between Qatar and Ecuador.
The State of Qatar and FIFA have confirmed full availability for the event and the completion of all procedures, also confirming that this edition will be historic and exceptional in terms of structures, organizational aspects and conditions for holding matches with technologies and advanced services that will be used for the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup. .
Yesterday, Saturday, Doha’s Al Bidda Park witnessed the official opening of the World Cup Fan Festival, where FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the launch of the festival, wishing the public to enjoy the Qatar World Cup activities.
Infantino said that the tournament represents an opportunity for people to live together to promote the diffusion of football culture in the world.
At an earlier press conference in Doha, the FIFA president denounced criticism of the World Cup, which he described as hypocritical moral lessons.
Infantino said: “We have heard many moral lessons from Europeans and Western countries. I am a European citizen and I believe that what we Europeans have done in the last 3,000 years we must apologize for the next 3,000 years before giving lessons to others.”
At the same time, the FIFA president affirmed Qatar’s full readiness to host the best World Cup and the willingness of tournament officials to provide a safe environment for fans.
He also indicated that Qatar had developed a lot in the field of workers’ rights protection and that he was aware of the development achieved by Doha in the field of human rights.
