When FIFA, the body that oversees football on a global scale, made the decision to stage an international men's football competition in 1930, it was the year that the inaugural FIFA World Cup was played. The conception of this idea was by FIFA President Jules Rimet, who was responsible for its implementation. Ever since then up till now, FIFA has been organizing world cup with skillful players all over the world representing their nations.
Now, Qatar is going to be the location where it goes down from the 21st of November to the 18th of December in 2022. South Korea and Japan were the two countries who played host to the World Cup in 2002, making it the second time that the tournament was played entirely in Asia. Additionally, this will be the very first time that the Globe Cup has ever been played in the Arab world. You can learn more by clicking smart betting guide.
In 2018 FIFA World Cup, a total of 3.5 billion people saw the event, which is approximately half of the population of the entire world. When compared to the 3.2 billion people that watched the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, this represents a nine (9) percent increase. There have been 21 total tournaments of the World Cup. Brazil held most championships and has up to five.
Moreso, for this 2022 World Cup, which will be holding in Qatar, FIFA will enable countries to pick up to 26 players for the tournament, raising the maximum squad size by three for the period of November 21 through December 18. According to a statement from FIFA, “the number of players will be on the final list has been increased to at least 23 and a maximum of 26.
Italy will not be participating in this 2022 World Cup
However, after suffering a loss to North Macedonia in the play-off match in Palermo, the European champion Italy will not be participating in the World Cup in 2022. It is now official that Italy will not be participating in the World Cup for a second year in a row. Federico Chiesa, Marco Verratti and Giorgio Chiellini will not take the big stage in Qatar.
It is now clear that Italy is only one big team that did not qualify for the tournament. North Macedonia won Italy in a playoff; hence they will not participate in this cycle's event. In some areas, however, things are starting to come into focus.
Strict rules they are putting in place
On the other hand, there are strict rules that are in place for this world cup. Such that, if spectators engage in one-night stands in Qatar while the FIFA World Cup 2022 is taking place, they might face a prison sentence of up to seven years. A stringent legislation that prohibits having sexual relations outside of marriage is in effect in the country that is playing host to the event.
Holding world cup is not a mere task, from history, every host country has a lot to put in place for a successful big time event. With all players from different nation coming to participate, Quatar must be up to the task.
