EXPLAINER: Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup but soccer isn’t the only sport played in the Gulf Arab country.
Qatari historians believe soccer came to the country in 1948 as oil workers arrived after World War II to start production there. The country’s first soccer team formed in 1950. The Qatar Football Association, formed in 1960, joined FIFA 10 years later in 1970. Its national league began shortly after that. Today, the Qatar Stars League is the country’s top soccer league. Twelve teams compete for its championship.
Qatar will host the 2023 Asian Cup after China gave up the hosting rights for the soccer tournament, and will also host the 2030 Asian Games. Doha has future plans as well. The Qatari capital has applied twice to enter Summer Games bidding contests without making the International Olympic Committee’s list of candidates. Qatar had thought about trying to host the 2032 summer games, though Brisbane, Australia, already had been selected as the preferred host.
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