Was Qatar a wrong decision for 2022 World Cup?

[crazed]

I am looking forward to seeing how many British football fans get arrested over there tbh.

I read this and thought "mmm true"

I am looking forward to seeing how many British football fans actually go there.

read this and lol'd.

I'm not sure what I think really.. I mean as long as the stadiums get built.. we're all gravy right?

[RyanDOT]

I went to Qatar in November for a week, I have to say it was the hottest country I ever been, also the strictest. When we reached the airport, I got pulled aside with a few other people to get searched, I was quite curious but they said routine check, anyways we come out of the airport and within a few seconds, you can feel the heat instantly.

Also because Qatar is a arab country (I'm sure it is), you are lucky to find a pub/bar. We had to travel half an hour to a store and only residents of Qatar can purchase from this store (Note you cannot buy any alcohol publicly), and security is very tight in there. Apparently if you are seen drunk in public, you can get arrested and possibly go into prison.

I have to say, it's a nice country but in my eyes it's a duplicate of Dubai and Qatar are knocking down all the old buildings to build new offices, meaning those living in the old buildings can go homeless, and last of all, the security.

Security is very very very tight, we saw 'VIP', when I say that they were treated like they owned the world, you see police stopping the traffic, then you see five/six black range rovers then few police car, and special police forces then the main car of the VIP and the special police forces, I was actually excited because that was a great experience, anyways we saw where the palace is and apparently if you go near the gates and take a photo of the palace, you can get arrested.

So in my eyes, England should of got 2022

[Grig]

So in my eyes, England should of got 2022

England couldn't have gotten 2022, cause now FIFA has this demographic policy, where Europe could not bid for 2022. It was between Australia, America, some Asian countries and Qatar.

I think the demographic policy is alright, however I don't like it. Why? Because the bid should go to the country that can host the best world cup possible and if a country falls out of this demographic, they have to wait another x amount of years before being allowed to bid.

[Conservative,]

Qatar was a joke decision.

The Qatar representative for Fifa (or whatever...the dude who runs the show) said they won't move it to the Winter - so we'll have players passing out on the pitch - GREAT DECISION.

2ndly, why give it to a country which will have to build several new stadiums amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds when you can give it to another country who already has several football stadiums which are capable of hosting, hm?

And why give it to a country who has never qualified for the World Cup, has no major football league or teams and seemingly has no interest in this except the money that it gains from the tourism?

And why give it to a country who will happily arrest you for being gay or drunk, which quite frankly is absurd - lots of football fans get drunk, their prisons will be full within a week. Lots of gay couples will have to keep quiet which is extremely unfair and actually, that's all in the event that they actually go - which really, who wants to go to such a place?

It was a rubbish, clearly biased, decision. If it was an honest vote I think Australia would've got it, or USA, but certainly not Qatar. It's a joke and just proves Fifa's corruption.

However, the tournament itself will be good because of the money the country it has, except for the problem of players dying of heat-exhaustion.

[RyanDOT]

Oh right, didn't know that. To be honest, the voting for 2022 should of been taken in 2015, I understand about 2018 but seriously, voting 12 years before the games actually start.

Also I heard that they are going to start the 2022 World Cup tournament in January that year but don't know if this is true...

[Eoin247]

I actualy might go to the 2022 world cup, purely to be able to witness firsthand something unique that has never happened before. As i already said, i disagree with it being held in Quatar. However nonetheless it should be a very interesting world cup.

[Conservative,]

Oh right, didn't know that. To be honest, the voting for 2022 should of been taken in 2015, I understand about 2018 but seriously, voting 12 years before the games actually start.

Also I heard that they are going to start the 2022 World Cup tournament in January that year but don't know if this is true...

Sepp Blatter (Fifa President) wanted to but the Qatari representative is refusing to let it happen.

[RyanDOT]

Ah right, even saying Qatar didn't deserve to win it, I most probally go there but ticket prices are going to rise as hell

[dbgtz]

I think many things made Qatar host it. I think FIFA didn't want us to but they also do want to spread it out. However look at the fact that we had representatives, a decent presentation bla bla bla I don't see how we got it, especially compared to other countries which didn't even bother much.

I don't think they should have, or it should have been conditional. I.E. if you can get so and so resources by such and such time you can host it. It gives Qatar the chance to host it but if they just become really lazy and not have work completed on time, then FIFA can redo the host for that year.

[Nationalism]

It's the wrong decision.
It will be interesting to see if Israel qualify for that world cup as Jews aren't remotely liked in most Arab states, that will be very interesting.
Obviously the heat is a huge factor, even with air conditioned stadiums it's still going to be roasting there's only so much air conditioning can do to one of the hottest regions on Earth.
Qatar also shares it's only land border with Saudi Arabia which as we know is a breeding ground for Islamic extremists, be also very interesting to see whether or not that plays any role in the World Cup, hopefully no terrorist attacks occur but you can never rule it out, Qatar is a perfect spot for an attack.