Before we look at why Qatar was awarded the World Cup hosting rights, let's first look at the history of Qatar and how it came to be. One of the Arab countries in West Asia, it is rich in oil and gas, and thanks to the establishment of the first oil company in 1960, it has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world in the last 50 years. However, the country's desire to demonstrate not only its energy prowess, but also its soft power, has led it to host events such as the Asian Games and the World Expo. Situated on the border between Europe and Asia, they want to cooperate more with the West, and as an Arab country, the first thing Qatar has to do is to change the image of the country. The best way to narrow the cultural gap with the West is through soccer, so Qatar set its sights on the World Cup in 2008.
However, how can a blank sheet of paper like Qatar reassure the world that they will be allowed to host the world's number one sporting event? In 2008, their competitors included Oceania's Australia, who had never bid for a World Cup before, Asia's Japan and South Korea, and North America's United States, all of which had experience in hosting major international tournaments and were the strongest teams in their respective continents. On the other hand, Qatar had never hosted a World Cup before.
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With no stadiums, no fan base, summer temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius in West Asia, and a culture that strictly controls homosexuality, alcohol, and sex, they had no chance of winning the race to host the World Cup, so Cada decided to take a different approach to hosting the tournament.
The first step taken by Al Qaeda was to invade Asia.
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They installed Mohamed bin Hammam in 2002 as Asia's
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According to The Guardian, between 1998 and 2000 bin Hammam was rumored to have enlisted Africa to assist Blatter in his bid to become FIFA president. 2008, shortly after Kada announced his bid to host the World Cup, he took advantage of the fact that Africa was the only country in the world where he had been a member of the FIFA team for over a decade.
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financial chaos, he invited a number of African
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The leaders of the African Union were brought to Kuala Lumpur for receptions at a cost of $200,000 each, which has continued uninterrupted over the years, totaling more than $6 million in exchange for votes and later funding for the African Union.
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Organization of soccer congresses, in addition to South America
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It was also rumored that he had received bribes from Kada.
The Guardian pointed out that the cost of other countries bidding to host the World Cup, such as Australia was $42.7 million, the United States was even less than $5 million, England was $24 million and was already criticized by the public for spending too much, while Qatar spent $200 million. It was all worth it to them because the end result was what they wanted to see, and the result shocked the world, causing an uproar and investigations to begin.
The International Federation of Association Football, or FIFA for short, has 211 member countries worldwide, but the decision to host the World Cup is in the hands of only 24 members. During the investigation process, more than 10 people have been prosecuted by the Swiss prosecutors and police, and the charges are not limited to accepting bribes, violating ethical rules and regulations, etc. The European Union has also been involved in the investigation of the FIFA.
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Michel Platini, President, and World
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Sepp Blatter has been banned from all matters relating to soccer and the scandal has revealed the ugly side of FIFA. During the period, the international
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Michael J. Garcia, chairman of the Ethics Commission, was charged with investigating and writing an independent report, which Garcia completed in two years and delivered in September 2014 with a 350-page report. However, the international
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But for legal reasons, only 42 pages of the investigation was made public, 42 pages of the summary of the content that the selection of Cada is unshakeable, of course, this report did not get Garcia's approval, he was quite dissatisfied with the content of his report was tampered with, although he chose to resign in protest, but it was unable to shake the FIFA. until 2017, the report flowed out of the German newspaper Bild (Bild) once again caused controversy, forcing the FIFA to Open the full text of the content, the report has 124 pages of places to criticize the application of Carda to host the process of fraud, the body of the content of the word than the initial 42-page summary of the tougher. This shows that FIFA officials in power to seek benefits, and Qatar's lack of ethical norms of the country can play to their advantage, resulting in the FIFA can disregard all the basic conditions of the hosting rights to them, becoming a naked collusion between business and the Government.
