Qatar 2022 Fifa Evaluation Report
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/index.html
Like no other event, the FIFA World Cup™ has the power to enthral huge numbers of followers all over the globe and stir passionate emotions, but especially to unite people.
Hosting the tournament is a major honour for any country, and nations from every corner of the globe vie with each other every four years for the right to stage the most prestigious single-sport event all. Images from the 2006 finals in Germany, ranging from the colourful fan festivals to jubilant winners Italy, are still fresh in the memory for a multitude of fans. This summer’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be the tournament’s first visit to Africa, underlining the event’s political and cultural significance.
Once the dust has settled on the 32-team contest from 11 June to 11 July this year, the next edition of the tournament takes place in South America in 2014, where 1950 host nation Brazil will stage the event for the second time. Back in October 2007, the nation which has lifted the prestigious trophy a record five times won the hosting rights uncontested as the sole remaining candidates, but the race to stage the 2018 and/or 2022 FIFA World Cup finals promises to be a thriller from start to finish.
@ gadarene well said mate but we're just wasting our time with these muppets.....logic and common sense doesn't exist with these types!
@ arecel,this is an online discussion forum called QATAR living & correct me if i'm wrong but this is THE topic of discussion in QATAR at the moment & it will be till Dec. 2nd & for a while after that as well...so coming on to (yet another) thread where this topic is being discussed & cribbing about why it's being discussed seems a bit silly don't you think?...& btw,there's a bit of a difference between asking someone to up & leave Qatar if they don't like it & asking someone not to read a thread because it (self admittedly) nauseates them...the first is plain ridiculous,the second is logical...do the math...
arecel why would you continue reading threads when you admitt its nauseating for you?
raven, how cute... if one is complaining something about qatar, leave the country. if you comment something about a thread, don't read them. DUH! can you come up with something original?
@ arecel - if the subject bothers you that much don't read them, problem solved...
oh god, all this discussion about the pros and cons of the qatar bid is really nauseating now. why don't we just shut up and wait for dec. 2. it's just 4 days from now after all...
basically,to cut a very long story short,the weather at that time of year poses a definite health risk to players & fans because guess what,they're not going to be in the air conditioned stadiums 24/7...the stadiums themselves,the cooling plan,the transport & hotel infrastructure are all on paper now & there is no way for FIFA to test it operationally before the tournament...the very fact that there will be hundreds of thousands of people in a radius of 25 kms. poses it's own risks,so "compact World Cup" is not completely an advantage...the last but most important,are the small,closed cutlured,conservative Qatari people ready to host what is essentially the biggest party on the planet?...
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/organisation/documents/index.html