"Nothing predisposed Qatar to organize the 2022 World Cup"

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A general view shows the Al Bayt stadium, built for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer championship, during a stadium tour in Al Khor © REUTERS / Kai Pfaffenbach

By: Gaëtan Plenet

In one year to the day, on November 21, 2022, the FIFA World Cup will kick off in Qatar.

This is the first time that a country in the Arab world has organized this competition.

This attribution had caused much ink to flow.

For what reasons ?

Is this still the case today?

Interview with Étienne Moatti, major reporter for the daily

, a specialist in Fifa.

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