Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: In line with the FIFA 2.0 vision and its objective to create an innovative model that streamlines the operational delivery of the FIFA World Cup, the creation of a joint venture that will be responsible for key aspects of the 2022 edition was announced in Doha on Tuesday.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC is a limited liability company incorporated by FIFA, which holds 51 percent of the shares, and the Qatar 2022 Local Organising Committee, which holds 49 percent, at the Qatar Financial Centre.
"Today we take a major step in the organisation of the biggest single-sport event in the world," said FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, who is part of the nine-member management board that met for the first time today.
"Created in accordance with the FIFA President’s vision and together with our Qatari counterparts, the joint venture aims to reorganise the way we work at the operational front and avoid inefficiencies. I am convinced that this new approach to planning, delivery and legacy, always hand in hand with our colleagues based in Qatar, will help to ensure that the World Cup continues to be the most eagerly awaited event by billions of fans worldwide."
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Qatar on Saturday revealed the design for the stadium that will in four years' time host the first ever FIFA World Cup Finals game to be played in West Asia.
The 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium - also the venue for the 2022 World Cup final - was revealed in an elaborate ceremony attended by Qatar's Ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and other dignitaries, including the United Nations' secretary-general, Antonio Guterres.
His Excellency Hassan Al Thawadi, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Secretary General, called the unveiling a "significant milestone".
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Thursday marks exactly four years to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar kick-off. Preparations continue as Qatar takes every step possible to make the FIFA World Cup in West Asia the best ever.
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Qatar
Population: 2.7 million
Capital city: Doha
Official language: Arabic (English is widely used)
Currency: Qatari riyal
-Before the discovery of oil in 1940, Qatar’s economy focused on fishing and pearl hunting
-Qatar has the third highest natural gas reserves in the world
-Home of Al Jazeera Media Network, Qatar Airways and Aspire Academy
-Qatar Sports Investments owns Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has praised Qatar’s infrastructure progress and described the 2022 FIFA World Cup as a unique opportunity for football fans to experience a new culture and region during a whistle-stop tour of the country.
Infantino visited Al Wakrah Stadium before taking a helicopter ride to view the other seven proposed tournament venues, along with several training sites on Tuesday.
He arrived in Al Wakrah after becoming one of the first people to travel on the new Doha Metro, which will open to the public by the end of the year, and then traveled from Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), in West Bay, to Al Wakrah, a journey south which took approximately 20 minutes.