<P> President of FIFA Sepp Blatter endorsed the idea of having a World Cup in the Arab World , saying in April 2010 : `` The Arabic world deserves a World Cup . They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organize the tournament '' . Blatter also praised Qatar 's progress : `` When I was first in Qatar there were 400,000 people here and now there are 1.6 million . In terms of infrastructure , when you are able to organise the Asian Games ( in 2006 ) with more than 30 events for men and women , then that is not in question '' . On 2 December 2010 , it was announced that Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup . </P>
<P> President of FIFA Sepp Blatter endorsed the idea of having a World Cup in the Arab World , saying in April 2010 : `` The Arabic world deserves a World Cup . They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organize the tournament '' . Blatter also praised Qatar 's progress : `` When I was first in Qatar there were 400,000 people here and now there are 1.6 million . In terms of infrastructure , when you are able to organise the Asian Games ( in 2006 ) with more than 30 events for men and women , then that is not in question '' . On 2 December 2010 , it was announced that Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup . </P>
when was qatar chosen for the world cup
when was qatar chosen for the world cup
2 December 2010
2 December 2010