2022 FIFA World Cup facts for kids
| Qatar 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 21 November - 18 December 2022 |
| Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 12 (in 7 host cities) |
The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be the 22nd FIFA World Cup that will be hosted in Qatar from November and December 2022. It will be the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world In May 2011, FIFA officials were accused of being corrupt during the bidding process, and the event raised questions. Some believed that Qatar got the World Cup through bribes from Mohammed bin Hammam who was the Asian Federation Confederation president. Qatar denied all of the rumors. In May 2014, Sepp Blatter admitted that giving the FIFA World Cup to Qatar was a mistake because of the extreme heat.
Bidding
| Bidders | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
 Qatar |
11 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
 United States |
3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
 South Korea |
4 | 5 | 5 | — |
 Japan |
3 | 2 | — | — |
 Australia |
1 | — | — | — |
Qualification
Qatar automatically qualifies, but the other qualification process has not been announced yet. All teams are allowed to join when ever they want.
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
|---|---|---|
 Qatar |
Host | 2 December 2010 |
Stadium Progress
Currently, only three stadiums are close to being done (but they are going to be expanded):
- Khalifa International Stadium
- Al-Gharafa Stadium
- Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
