Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

[LDOG 2,418]

This is great news, one last competitive world cup before the madness takes over.

[NearPup 3,116]

5 hours ago, bestmen said:

the number of participating nations in Qatar 2022 has been revealed, it's official the final decision is

 

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32 teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you  Saudi Arabia for blockading  Quatar, preventing them from co-hosting the World Cup to allow FIFA to expand it to 48 teams.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

6 hours ago, thepharoah said:

 

I know they're the only ones that Qatar can allow them to host matches in the Gulf region  Kuwait has the ability to host some matches of WC , but Oman No 

Actually Saudi Arabia was willing to co-host too and were actively involved in the talks.

[dcro 10,210]

Screw it, money beats enemies.

 

Or maybe by "willing" they mean they tried to steal the whole thing from Qatar.

[heywoodu 15,253]

Excellent news. 

[dcro 10,210]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Excellent news. 

 

Why? Dutch will miss out for sure now.  Not like the chance was much better with 48 teams.

[heywoodu 15,253]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Why? Dutch will miss out for sure now.  Not like the chance was much better with 48 teams.

Too bad Ajax will be busy playing the Copa America

[hckošice 15,029]

so no world cup for us... again

[LDOG 2,418]

With 32 the chance to see a debutant nation becomes very slim but one can always hope a random african team making it or Uzbekistan not choking for once.

 

In south america it will be war with only 5 spots for 9 competitive teams. I still hope Venezuela can grab at least that 5th place this time. 

 

In Europe crazy as well because this time there will be one less place. No new nations with reasonable chance. I have a slight hope to see a return from Wales, Ireland, Austria, Norway, Turkey or Ukraine after a long time, but it will require help from the draw.

[Gianlu33 4,693]

10 hours ago, bestmen said:

contrary to what you think , that was  KSA

I'm almost sure that Qatar never allow to co-host a world championship with Saudi Arabia...