Today – November 21, 2021 – is exactly one year to when the 2022 World Cup will kick off in Qatar.
On November 21, 2022, the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East and Arab world, will roll out at the Al Bayt Stadium.
It has taken 11 years of hard work to bring this event to reality.
Qatar 2022 has been referred to as the first “Winter World Cup” because it will be the first such event to be played from November when it’s winter in most of Europe.
The event promises a lot of technological innovations like air conditioned match venues to deal with the heat at that time of the year.
However, this World Cup has also not been without many controversies, ranging from allegations of bribe for FIFA to vote for Qatar to host the tournament as well as the inhuman conditions that site workers have been subjected to while building the stadiums and other infrastructure for this massive world football party.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles aim to qualify for their fourth straight World Cup after a final playoff in March 2022 after they won Group C of the qualifying series that had Cape Verde, Liberia and Central African Republic.
