Prior to qualifying as host nation, Qatar had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup since the country's independence in 1971. While Qatar has been a regular participant in the continental AFC Asian Cup, the national side has always fallen short in the final stage of World Cup campaigns. By hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and its failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, Qatar became the only nation to play in World Cup without qualifying for it and the second nation after Italy (back in 1934) to qualifying for the World Cup as hosts after being absent in all previous World Cup before. [1]
In 2017, the Qatari government has introduced reforms aimed at improving conditions for migrant workers. In January 2022, FIFA president Gianni Infantino acknowledged the country's amendments in work legislation, protection of workers and minimum wage while addressing more alterations to be made. [2] FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended Qatar's decision to host the tournament. Others have asserted that Qatar has a better human rights record than Russia and China, which were subjected to less harsh criticism for the same problems when hosting important athletic events in the years before the tournament.
According to Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, prior to the tournament, "the new Kafala system tranche of law will put an end to Kafala and establish a contemporary industrial relations system."
Qatar's national team showed some improvement in their performance since the country was awarded the tournament, including winning the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, [3] and in 2019 Copa América drew against former champions and World Cup quarter-finalists Paraguay with 2-2. [4]
At rank 50, Qatar entered the tournament as the third lowest ranked team of the total 32; placing higher only above Saudi Arabia and Ghana. [5] The nation performed poorly and set some upsetting records among host nations in the process. Qatar became the first host nation to lose not only its opening match, but also all three of its matches. Upon losing the second match against Senegal with a score of 3-1, Qatar became the first host nation to be eliminated from the tournament in two matches after the Netherlands later on drew with Ecuador (putting both with four points, Senegal with three and Qatar with zero). [6] Qatar also finished last in their group by failing to secure any point, making them the first host nation to have 0 points at the end of the group stage. [7] The nation thereby became the worst performing host nation in the history of the tournament, overtaking South Africa, who had finished third in their group with 4 points and were eliminated based on goal difference. [8]
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
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1974 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
1982 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1986 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1990 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||
1994 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||||
1998 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | ||||||||||||
2002 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | ||||||||||||
2006 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | ||||||||||||
2010 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||||||||||||
2014 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||||||
2018 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 14 | ||||||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||||
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
2030 | ||||||||||||||||||
2034 | ||||||||||||||||||
2038 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 108 | 50 | 22 | 36 | 178 | 110 |
World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Qatar scorers |
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2022 | Group stage | Ecuador | 0–2 | L | Al Khor | — |
Senegal | 1–3 | L | Doha | M. Muntari | ||
Netherlands | 0–2 | L | Al Khor | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Netherlands | 2–0 | Qatar |
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| Report |
Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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1 | Boualem Khoukhi | 3 | 2022 |
Abdelkarim Hassan | 3 | 2022 | |
Ró-Ró | 3 | 2022 | |
Homam Ahmed | 3 | 2022 | |
Hassan Al-Haydos | 3 | 2022 | |
Karim Boudiaf | 3 | 2022 | |
Abdulaziz Hatem | 3 | 2022 | |
Almoez Ali | 3 | 2022 | |
Akram Afif | 3 | 2022 | |
Mohammed Muntari | 3 | 2022 |
Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
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1 | Mohammed Muntari | 1 | 2022 |
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