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Qatar's Supreme Committee Secretary General Says 2022 World Cup Will Grow Game

Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) General Secretary Hassan al-Thawadi said that the country’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup "will be a catalyst for the global development of football," according to Abilash Nalapat of the GULF TIMES. At the Soccerex Asian Forum in Doha, al-Thawadi said that the first World Cup in the Middle East and the second in Asia will "accelerate the development of emerging football territories." In the first panel session of the day, SC Assistant Secretary General for Tournament Affairs Nasser al-Khater said that Qatar is "on course towards fast-tracking social, economic and environmental change through the hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup" in line with the country’s "2030 National Vision." Al-Khater said, "The World Cup is a catalyst to accelerate the emergence of Qatar as a knowledge-based economy by 2030 and our human, social, environmental and technological initiatives built around the hosting of the World Cup have proven to be very successful in the country and the region" (GULF TIMES, 12/5). The AFP reported al-Khater said that Qatar's much-criticized 2022 World Cup has been the victim of "malicious and unwarranted attacks." He also claimed that many of the country's critics had not "set foot in the country." Al-Khater: "We've responded to our critics for a very long time to the detriment of the local people and local media. We were under a lot of criticism we were under, I would say, malicious and unwarranted attacks." Since being "controversially chosen to host football’s biggest event" almost exactly six years ago, Qatar has received a "barrage of international criticism." These have "mostly focused on corruption allegations to secure the tournament in the first place and its poor human rights record, in relation to the almost two million migrant workers in the Gulf state" (AFP, 12/5). 

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