who will host the 2022 world cup?

The official airline of the world cup will be oh look forget it.

This guy has found a slightly less evil than FIFA: http://twitter.com/#!/madpie90/status/10489040537124864

It was all a hoax, there's no such place.

lol

but hosts do no longer qualify automatically? sort of bummed about that, as i was going to predict Qatar advancing through group stage thanks to 2 dubious referee decisions (one referee from Guinea, one from Tahiti) as well as 7 naturalized Brazilian players.

of course hosts automatically qualify - it would be too ridiculous even for FIFA to have a WC where the host couldn't actually take part.

oh I'm being thick it's the defending champion that doesn't automatically qualify

I hope that world's-worst-miss guy is still around in 2022

of course hosts automatically qualify - it would be too ridiculous even for FIFA to have a WC where the host couldn't actually take part.

anything's possible. :D

Wasn't Luxembourg a non-qualifying co-host on your bid?

A non-qualifying co-host who wouldn't be holding any matches, in fact?

don't think we've had a tournament where the hosts were ranked 113th in the world before

Wasn't Luxembourg a non-qualifying co-host on your bid?

― Ismael Klata, vrijdag 3 december 2010 15:08 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

A non-qualifying co-host who wouldn't be holding any matches, in fact?

yeah and also failed the provide enough $$$$ bribes (you'd think they could've done something for us there!)

.. beginning to like the absurd bizareness of this whole Qatar thing though. (for example hadn't until today realized it was soooo small)

i kind of like beckenbauer's idea of having the tournament in january. i'd like to see players in mid-season form once in the WC

When it comes to bidding for the next tournament, a country with a sense of humour should put together a satirical bid based around park football and jumpers-for-goalposts, but openly promising €10m each to the thirteen corrupt members, and see how far it gets. I'd've proposed Ireland 2026, but fear that may be a financial burden too far.

Uefa members back winter World Cup. BBC top story for some reason, maybe because the EPL is opposed. I kind of think Qatar has done well to make it this far, they should see it through now, in the summer and everything.

http://news.sky.com/story/1191990/fifa-moves-2022-qatar-world-cup-to-winter

Christmas World Cup!

i thought i'd be more outraged but on many levels the EPL and FIFA deserve each other

2026 to be held in transylvania, 2030 at animal farm, 2035 mordor special

Robbed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQHBtd5VE0

jfc

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022

Ah, this was the thread I was looking for. (I updated the unfortunately titled 'lol fifa' thread :-/ )

It's insane.

I'm not sure the headline framing and use of statistics is particularly helpful, tbh, even if the article is a bit more nuanced. Qatar should be held accountable for failure to follow through on its commitments and the recommendations stemming from domestic and international scrutiny but it's pretty much the only country in the region making commitments or opening itself up to that kind of scrutiny in the first place.

there aren't any world cup qualifiers thread so...

can't believe jorginho missed that penalty kick

maybe chiesa can break through the defence

So Brazil and Argentina huh

https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/sep/05/brazil-v-argentina-world-cup-qualifier-live

oh wow. i did not know about that. i wonder why they couldn't quarantine. or is it that they just didn't want to?

So are australia hosting the world cup or what

Walker/sterling use of the ball down that right is awful

There hadn't been a Scotland v Israel game for a couple of weeks so... it's obviously good that Scotland won but it would be nice to have the occasional comfortable victory.

scoring a last minute goal is still better than letting one in like previously tho, McTominay got that Man U extra time luck coursing thru his ... groin?

twas in this fixture that Robbie Fowler scored the greatest England goal of my lifetime. usually don't watch England but hoping for some dull echo of that glorious moment

picked a good one to watch

Group G is wild.

Norway failed to beat Latvia at home, so sit in third place on 18 points, behind Turkey on goal difference.

Netherlands were cruising to automatic qualification but have just conceded two goals in four minutes vs Montenegro, so they’re on 20 if it ends like this.

Norway play Netherlands in the last game. If they win, and Turkey beat Montenegro, Netherlands would be out.

Mitrovic has just scored, knocking Portugal down to the qualifiers unless they can equalise in the next two minutes.

lol, Italy. Should be 1-0 N.I.

They're heading for the playoffs, even if they win by a single goal now.

No easy games in international football.

Elsewhere, I'm faced with the possibility that Scotland might actually be quite good. However. Even though Adams scored (again) I still think we need a centre forward. We don't have really have any centre backs either but Clarke's main selling point is his skill at organizing defences.

No easy games in international football.

Mexico plays Canada in Edmonton tonight 🇲🇽🇨🇦

Edmonton is currently in the middle of a snowstorm that could get up to 8 inches by the afternoon.

Temperature at kickoff is projected to be 17 degrees Fahrenheit with 10 mph winds pic.twitter.com/ToCKJEzOge

— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) November 16, 2021

the matchup will even up when Cyle Larin gets a DUI before kickoff

Team Canada social media is making references to "Iceteca" lol

Cyle Larin is under the influence of being fucking awesome

Classic moment! #CANMNT pic.twitter.com/hPiK7t36Ag

— Jeremy Taggart (@Taggart7) November 17, 2021

Love the dude jumping into the snowbank

lol Portugal are screeeewed

Scotland v Ukraine. Wales v Austria. Winners play off. Bring it on. Time for the original and best hand of God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXf3n1Mv0I

I noticed some choice scorelines from last night's Women's World Cup qualifiers:

North Macedonia 0 Northern Ireland 11

Spain 12 Faroe Islands 0

Belgium 19 Armenia 0

Love those Wales kits from the late 70s, just a cloud of red gas

LOL at Archie Macpherson wittering on about an obvious penalty even after the slow motion replay clearly showed Joe Jordan punching the ball!

Belgium 19 Armenia 0

There's none of this, "Let's try not to embarass the opposition", nonsense in the women's game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/30/england-women-latvia-world-cup-2023-qualifier-match-report

at least the the Republic of Ireland team eased off a bit when it got to 8-0

Kudos to Poland for sticking to their guns. Wonder if FIFA will suddenly grow a backbone?

"We are not interested in participating in this game of appearances. Our stance remains intact: Polish National Team will not play with Russia, no matter what the name of the team is," he said.