Sepp Blatter (R) hands over the World Cup trophy to the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (L) and his wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned
The Al-Rayyan stadium has been designed to include a "media facade" that includes a membrane that acts as a screen for projections; news, commercials, sports updates and current tournament information and matches
The Al-Shamal stadium's shape was derived from the traditional "dhow", the local fishing boats of the Arabian Gulf
The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid is the successful proposal from the government of Qatar to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar, with a population of 1.69 million people, has made a bid for only the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar will be the first Arab nation to host the World Cup.[1] Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, son of the present Emir of Qatar, is the chairman of the bid committee.[2] Qatar is promoting this bid as representing the Arab world and has drawn support from the entire Arab world. They are also positioning their bid as an opportunity to bridge the gap between the Arab and Western worlds.[3]
Working against the Qatar bid is the extreme temperature in the desert nation. The World Cup is always held in the European off-season in June and July. During this period the average daytime high in most of Qatar is in excess of 40 °C (104 °F), the average daily low temperatures not dropping below 30 °C (86 °F).[4] In response to this issue, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the 2022 Qatar bid chairman, has stated, "the event has to be organized in June or July. We will have to take the help of technology to counter the harsh weather. We have already set in motion the process. A stadium with controlled temperature is the answer to the problem. We have other plans up our sleeves as well."[5] Qatar launched an advertising campaign across the Persian Gulf nation.[6]
Qatar gave a feel of what the World Cup would be like by holding a friendly match between Brazil and Argentina.[7] Furthermore, people coming from different nations visited Qatar for this match, and thus, strengthening the image Qatar will depict of their interest in the World Cup 2022. Additionally, Qatar is due to host the 2011 Asian Cup and this should provide a glimpse of Qatar's investment towards the development of its sports infrastructure.[8]
President of FIFA Sepp Blatter endorsed the idea of having a World Cup in the Middle East, saying in April 2010, "The Arabic world deserves a World Cup. They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organise the tournament." Blatter also praised Qatar's progress, "When I was first in Qatar there were 400,000 people here and now there are 1.6 million. In terms of infrastructure, when you are able to organise the Asian Games (in 2006) with more than 30 events for men and women, then that is not in question."[9] On 2 December 2010, it was announced that Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[10]
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