Fun And Interesting Facts about FIFA World Cup 2022

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an International football tournament contested by the men's national teams of FIFA's member associations. Since the tournament's inception in 1930, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 will be the most geographically condensed and the first to be held in the Middle East. In many ways, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is unique, and opportunities and challenges relating to sustainability are no exception.

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1) First Middle East and Muslim Country to host FIFA World Cup 2022

With a population of 2.8 million, Qatar became the first Muslim-majority nation in the Gulf to host the FIFA World Cup. Back in 2010, Qatar defeated the USA, Japan, South Korea, and Australia to win the right to host the World Cup.

2) The First FIFA World Cup in the Winter

This is the first time that the World Cup is held in the months of November and December instead of May, June, or July. This is a result of the extreme weather in Qatar in the summer. Despite having milder temperatures in November, all eight of Qatar's stadiums are fully air-conditioned.

Al Bayt stadium can seat up to 68,895 spectators. it is unique with its giant ten structure covering the whole stadium that is names after Al sha'ar - tents historically used by nomadic peoples in Qatar and the Gulf region. Al Bayt will be downsized to 32,000 seats

3) Last World Cup For Messi and Ronaldo ?

The sad news is that football giants Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are probably the most popular players in Football history, will likely play in their final international competition at this year's FIFA World Cup. Despite having won enough trophies to fill two museums, Messi and Ronaldo have never won a World Cup. Messi is playing in his fifth World Cup, and in 24 games, he has scored ten goals. CR7 has eight goals in 21 games and is playing in his sixth World Cup. The Portuguese megastar opened the scoring in his nation's 3-2 victory over Ghana on Thursday (24 November), becoming the first male player to score in five World Cups.

4) The Most Expensive Football World Cup Ever

As per?Bloomberg, Qatar has spent a whopping $300 billion (Rs 2442000 crore) to organize the World Cup. As per?Economic Times, the construction of new stadiums cost $6.5 billion (Rs 530 crore) New stadiums were among the costs, but the majority of the money was spent on new hotels, airports, and a metro system. Averaging $340 per game, or around 40% more than for the 2018 tournament, football fans paid the highest price for tickets in history.

5) Shortest World Cup

The shortest 32-team tournament had been held over 31 days prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which lasted 32 days. In order to shorten the competition by four days, FIFA announced on Friday that the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar, will begin on November 21 and end on December 18.The 28-day duration of the Qatar World Cup makes it the shortest football World Cup since 1998.

6) First Female referees at Men's World Cup

The first men's World Cup match to be officiated by a female referee will take place in Qatar in 2022. Yamashita Yoshimi, Salima Mukansanga, and Stephanie Frappart are the only three female referees out of the total of 36.

STEPHANIE FRAPPART

When Germany plays Costa Rica on Thursday, Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman in history to referee a men's World Cup game (1 December). In Mexico's earlier tournament match against Poland, she served as the fourth official. The 38-year-old has achieved numerous firsts throughout her career, and in Qatar she will continue to pave new ground.

YAMASHITA YOSHIMI

After refereeing the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, Japanese referee Yamashita Yomishi will participate in a second World Cup in a row. She also served as the referee during a match between the United States and Sweden in the 2020 Olympic Games, which were held in 2021. Despite the expectations that come with it, the 36-year-old is savoring the chance to contribute to history.

SALIMA MUKANSANGA

Salima Mukansanga, a Rwandan referee, has been working for FIFA since 2012. Her desire, though, when she was a small child, was to play basketball professionally. She participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics the year before Yamashita did. Mukansanga is no stranger to the international scene; earlier this year, he served as the men's Africa Cup of Nations' manager.

7) First Trophy Tour to visit all Qualified Nations

For the first time ever, every team that qualified for the tournament was visited by the golden trophy as part of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola. The award has traveled to 51 nations and territories in all.