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  The Qatar World Cup will kick off on December 20, local time, and the four-year football feast is about to kick off.

Chinanews.com has specially planned the "3-minute Express World Cup" to carefully excavate and sort out the "knowledge points" of the World Cup for readers, and use the combination of pictures and texts to help you understand the inside and outside of the field in the shortest time, and quickly transform." World Cup Masters".

  China News Service, Beijing, November 14 (Reporter Wang Hao) Six days later, the much-anticipated World Cup in Qatar will ignite the war.

This four-yearly football's highest level event brings together the world's top players, and will also stage 28 days of exciting stories belonging to the football world.

Here are 8 things you need to know about the Qatar World Cup.

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As the World Cup in Qatar draws closer, the mascot of this World Cup can be seen everywhere in the streets of Doha: Ra'ib, which means skilled player in Arabic.

A first for winter games

  The upcoming Qatar World Cup will be held in winter for the first time in the history of the World Cup.

This is because Qatar is hot and dry all year round, and the temperature is relatively low in winter.

This change also makes the time of the Qatar World Cup to be held during the season of many national professional leagues, adding uncertainty to both the World Cup and the league.

  The complete competition cycle of this World Cup is 28 days. Compared with previous World Cups, the schedule is the most compact.

Such an arrangement of events will undoubtedly challenge the physical strength of athletes. Injuries may become the "X factor" that affects the trend of the game and even the title of the championship.

Data map: Ronaldo (white) and Messi.

The last dance of the peerless double pride

  The Qatar World Cup is likely to be the "last dance" of Ronaldo and Messi, the "unparalleled double pride" on the World Cup stage.

They have won countless honors in their past careers, but have failed to win the World Cup.

  In this World Cup, Portugal and Argentina are both the first seeded teams.

Portugal is divided into Group H, with Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea as opponents in the same group. It should not be a problem for Portugal to qualify for the group, but they are in the bottom half, and the pressure after qualifying is not small.

Argentina is in Group C, and the opponents in the same group are Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. Except for Saudi Arabia, the other three teams are expected to stage a fierce qualifying battle.

Data map: The official ball of the 2022 Qatar World Cup was released.

Image source: Visual China

These teams missed the game

  At the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, some familiar teams will be absent.

The first is the new European Cup champion Italy, they were upset in the qualifiers and missed the World Cup for two consecutive times.

  In addition, World Cup regulars Colombia, Chile, Nigeria, Sweden will also not appear in the Qatar World Cup arena.

The absence of Norway also makes many people feel embarrassed. Although Norway is not a strong team in the world, it has the most powerful player in the team, Haaland.

Norway's failure to qualify for the Qatar World Cup made the "new peerless double pride" that fans expect - the dialogue between Mbappe and Haaland stranded.

Data map: Italy won the European Cup again.

Who is embarrassed by the lack of eight champions?

  Since 1930, the Football World Cup has been held 21 times.

In these 21 competitions, only 8 teams have actually won the championship. These 8 teams are Brazil, Germany, Italy, France, Argentina, Uruguay, England and Spain.

Among them, the Brazil team has won the most championships. It has won the Hercules Cup 5 times in history, so it is also called "Five-star Brazil" by fans.

  At the Qatar World Cup, 7 of the 8 champion teams will appear on the field and have the opportunity to add another piece to their shining list of honors, and the only missing champion team is the Italian team.

Data map: Son Heung-min.

Image source: Visual China

Celebrity big names suffer frequent injuries

  Regrettably, before the Qatar World Cup kicked off, some famous players suffered injuries, which reduced the "star flavor" of the event.

Germany international Reus missed the Qatar World Cup due to injury, which is also his second missed competition after the 2014 World Cup, 2016 European Cup, and 2020 European Cup; "Asia's first brother" Sun Xingmin suffered an orbital fracture. Whether he can make his debut after surgery is still the same. Doubtful; Senegal striker Mane is plagued by tendon injuries...

  This situation also makes many star players pay more attention to protecting themselves in the league before the World Cup.

After all, for many players, the four-year World Cup is very important in their careers.

Data map: In the Asian top 12 of the World Preliminaries, the Chinese team drew 1:1 with the Saudi team.

The picture shows Hao Junmin fighting for the ball in the game.

Image source: Visual China

Asian teams make history

  At the Qatar World Cup, there will be 6 Asian teams appearing, which is the highest number ever.

However, the strength of these six teams is uneven, and the probability of losing the group stage is not small.

  The strength of the South Korean team should not be underestimated, but Son Heung-min’s accidental injury undoubtedly cast a shadow over its qualifying prospects; the Japanese team’s combat ability was excellent, but the state was fluctuating in the pre-selection stage. To avoid becoming a background board.

Iran is the highest ranked team in Asia, but in the same group as England, Wales and the United States, it is less likely to qualify.

  Australia's main game grouping situation is grim, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are of average strength, and striving to get more points should be the main goal.

On October 19, local time, a child interacted with giant pandas through a glass in the Hall Giant Panda Museum in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

China is not "absent

" from the

World Cup

  Although the national football team failed to enter the World Cup as always, Chinese elements will not be absent in the Qatar World Cup.

The main stadium of the Qatar World Cup, Lusail Stadium, is the first World Cup stadium built by a Chinese company as the main contractor. Three Chinese referees were selected as the main referees of the Qatar World Cup. Many World Cup peripherals are printed with "MADE IN CHINA".

  A few days ago, two Chinese giant pandas arrived in Doha, Qatar. This is the first time Chinese giant pandas have lived in the Middle East.

After the opening of the World Cup, fans from all over the world who go to Qatar to watch the game will have the honor to witness the style of China's national treasure.

As the World Cup in Qatar draws closer, the mascot of this World Cup can be seen everywhere in the streets of Doha: Ra'ib, which means skilled player in Arabic.

The technical content has reached a new high

  The Qatar World Cup will officially use the semi-automatic offside penalty technology for the first time. This technology will use artificial intelligence to assist the referee to make more accurate offside penalties and minimize the occurrence of offside misjudgments.

In addition, although Qatar has entered winter now, the average temperature is expected to be 18-24 degrees Celsius, so the Qatar World Cup stadium uses cooling technology.

  FIFA has introduced that the "journey" of the Qatar World Cup ball will be "the fastest flying football in the previous World Cup".

Perhaps, at the Qatar World Cup, fans can expect the fastest flying football to make goals faster and more.

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