2022 FIFA World Cup
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| Qatar 2022 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Qatar |
| Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 12 (in 7 host cities) |
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup is the 22nd FIFA World Cup that will be hosted in Qatar. 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.
Bidding [change]
| Bidders | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| Qatar |
11 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
 United States |
3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
 South Korea South Korea |
4 | 5 | 5 | — |
 Japan Japan |
3 | 2 | — | — |
 Australia Australia |
1 | — | — | — |
Qualification [change]
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 |
|---|---|---|
| QAT |
Host | 2 December 2010 |
Stadium Progress [change]
Currently, only three stadiums are the closet to down (but are going to be expanded):
