The World Cup In Qatar Has Already Failed
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- čas přidán 7. 11. 2022
- Qatar's winning bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in 2010, ahead of Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, shocked the entire world.
Qatar is a tiny country in the Persian Gulf which had no football pedigree, no football infrastructure, insufficient transport and accommodation facilities, a dreadful human rights record, and where it is far too hot in the summer to play a World Cup.
Twelve years on, the bad news is that Qatar have proven to be even more unsuitable and shameful World Cup hosts than even their biggest critics anticipated, but the good news is that their $220 billion project has failed on its own terms before the World Cup has even begun - as HITC Sevens explores in this half hour documentary. - Sport
Who would’ve thought a tiny desert country smaller than Northern Ireland with little to no football infrastructure being picked to host a World Cup was gonna be a bad idea ☠️
Everyone, but those taking that decision were corrupted. 🤷♀️
Should've had it in northern ireland our stadiums may be small but watching Brazil vs Argentina at Ballymena wouldve been funny 🤷🏿♂️
@@ja1295 😂😂😂 imagine a final between Germany and Brazil in Derry or something lmfao
@@bababababababa6124 England wouldnt be allowed in derry 😬
@@bababababababa6124 again Germany will score 7up against Brazil 🤣😆😂
The irony is the tournament was intended to be sportwashing, but it's drawn far more attention to the deplorable practices in Qatar
Good point mate, I’m doing my dissertation on the construction of the World Cup and I may use that to conclude my argument
Doubt it. The gulf states don't believe in sportwashing as they don't believe they are doing anything wrong.
Yeah, before this WC i thought of Qatar as “that Al Jazeera place”. Now I think “slavery”. Quite a downgrade.
lmao exactly
@Danny saved 100s of lives yet killed thousands of people. Get a grip you battycrease.
You said the world cup already failed before the World cup even started without stepping a foot in Qatar.
We just witnessed the best group stages of any WC in history.
The quality of the actual matches has nothing to do with how shit the host is and remains to be.
@@shuvari7707how do you know if you don't ask or research. Everybody I asked had a pleasant experience.
Your opinion doesn't matter Qatar doing a good hosting the world so far and that's a FACT.
Don't believe me do some research yourself.
@@ah21111988People died building their stadiums, is it really worth the 'atmosphere'? Honestly...
@@sukiosartchannel3689 maybe do some research before you follow the western media blindly those numbers are all migrant workers deaths reported in the last 12 year in Qatar including natural causes, covid, accidents ...etc
@@sukiosartchannel3689 don't contempt yourself to only one form of media. Go and see various types and make references to pinpoint the truth
I like the way people are saying just because the world cup ended up being a success in terms of entertainment, qatar should be praised. Literally every country got involved with construction, all qatar had to do was pay them. And the best part is that Qatar ended up being the WORST host technically as they lost all 3 games on home soil, never done by any host before. So in truth, the world is to praise and not qatar.
Earlier today Sepp Blatter said he 'regrets the decision to host 2022 WC in Qatar'.
About 12 years too late, Sepp. 😳🤦♀️
I'm sure he wipes his tears 😢 with $100 USD bills 💵
Did he not die yet?
Classic virtue signalling.
I sincerely think Sepp Blatter is incapable of feeling remorse...well maybe if he could have earned more money he would feel that.
His Swiss bank account doesn't
Fifa is so corrupt it's difficult to even grasp it
Had this WC been in any other country, it would have failed. No other country could recover economically as fast as Qatar after the pandemic. Qatar didnt fail. And it is a golden experience for many visitors who actually go there.
Qataris are going to torture/kill the monarchy after the oil money runs out and remember they wasted 200B on football...
220 billions wasted and only a 10 percent return , they would need that resources in the future
@6:50 as a Dutch person I maybe would like to forget 1974, but Germany certainly did host a world cup before 2006, just not in unified state.
East Germany did qualify for that World Cup & beat West Germany 1-0 in thier group game.
Haha, you're quite right, my apologies. Not sure where I decided that World Cup was held in my head!
Technically that was West Germany not Germany 🇩🇪
@@insertnamehere5809 yeah and thanks to that loss west Germany went in the lesser hard group where it was easier to reach the final, so west Germany would never have won without east German help
As an English person, I'd also like to forget 1974.
Alfie - can you make a video, how the heck FIFA and UEFA became so damn powerful that they ignore laws and basically always get their way? I'm 50 and most of my life I've been thinking these two organizations are dead bent on destroying football - how is it they're so influential?
Money
Because football cant function without it at this point.
@@sh3tpostsgamertime204 why can’t countries unite against their hegemony? I was surprised to find out that FIFA doesn’t share match day revenues with the hosting country. What the heck is my incentive even to spend billions and host the tournament? Much rather spend that money to build infrastructure in my own country.
@@Arban19 They're the ones who organize international competitions, both national teams and clubs... who would fill the void? Reform rather than replace seems to be the better option.
@@Arban19 so countries with barbaric regimes like Russia and Qatar can launder their reputation
This video aged well
Might want to do a follow up video on this. Excellent stadium’s, no English hooligans, great fan village, Exciting matches and shocks, opposing fans mixing. No vast travel between stadiums. And Western hollow empty gestures shown up for what they are - insincere and limp.
Well said. Thanks
There were lots of problems with the fan village, lots of the containers were really messy, lacked hot water and some didn't even have their bathrooms properly set up.
Also there were the RVs set up by FIFA that ended up being a money-laundering ghosttown.
@@juandrago5433yeah rite 😅😅 still here to spoil the party i see
Blood of migrants from nepal
@@iffatm1 Because why should an ignorant person like you learn about the forced labour of migrants who are trapped in Qatar, it doesn't affect you so why should you care?
Don't forget that everything Infantino said after the 2018 World Cup was said after Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying that the country had changed and is no longer the 'iron curtain', which was followed 2 weeks later by Russia's invasion of Crimea.
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why is a country so small and has no football culture at all and had no stadium at all hosting it?
@@yonggeun4222 Truly "Pay to win" , if you cant qualify for the WC, buy it
@@seb2750 but thats utterly wrong though
@@yonggeun4222 Because we can host it!! ... You see, it's called the World Cup. We are hosting it on behalf of the Middle East. We (specifically the GCC countries) host 4 F1 races last year (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Abu Dhabi). We can host the World Cup.
I can’t believe a country that had fewer tourists than Iraq and Libya in 2020 is hosting the World Cup that’s insane 😂
I can't believe there's people who think of Libya as a tourist destination. 😄
Me too,can't believe there are people who believe in Iraq as a tourist destination.
@@desmondachocky537 Iraq's Kurdistan region (which is almost a country on its own) is a nice place to visit and even Baghdad is worth a shot if you are up to a more off the beaten path kind of experience.
As a country, Libya is currently a shitshow run by armed factions, smugglers and foreign powers trying to steal their resources.
Again, you are missing the point of the World Cup finals. It is not about the biggest tourist destination or the best footballing nations hosting it. It's about developing football nations.
@@soundscape26 there are a lot of Roman ruins in Libya as it used to be occupied by the Romans.
As a South African I can say that hosting the world cup was one of the most awesome times ever! I'm 28 now and will always look back fondly. Even in relation to those other countries we only Spend 3billion dollars. Our country definitely isn't perfect and the current government is ruining it for us but that will always be such an amazing time and I'm sure if ask anyone the vast majority will have such fond memories of it. I'm by no means privileged as I didn't attend a single game but it's was an amazing time to be South African
South Africa is a hell hole. It looks like there are no laws there based on how often people murder others without repercussion. I wouldn't even wish the vicious violence that happens there on my worst enemy
@@Hasblock Yea,, true, I'm South African and Yea its quite bad at the moment. But agree with @Isaac CTP the WC in 2010 was amazing!!! 🥳🥳🥳
What made it an amazing time to be South- African? You said it yourself, you did not attend a single game.
@@Hasblock Just look up the USA shooting statistics...
The South African World Cup was one of the worst in history. Noisy, disorganised and badly run.
I am glad that you seen a different event and enjoyed it but unfortunately the rest of the world just heard noise and more noise and then some more noise, so much noise you could not enjoy any of the football.
So far it has been one of the greatest World Cup, apparently Infantino wasn't lying when he boldly said it would be the greatest one.
only a 10 percent return hahahha thats not great for qatar
@@rioluna6058 all that money goes to FIFA anyway
“Countries don’t make money from the World Cup” this is when I turn off the video.
I'm sure Qatar will recoup 200 BILLION dollars with ease. Dumbass.
@@JsnVrhs46 you are going to see the amount of investment that will go into Qatar, they will recoup that 200 billion with ease, they supply Europe with 20% of gas, the amount of people that have gone over there and seen what they have to offer trust me that money will be recouped with ease.
@@JsnVrhs46 such a uneducated moron he thinks Arabs can’t make 200 billion with ease 🤣🤣🤣🤣😩😩😩😩😩 are you aware Qataris and gulf Arabs own half of Europe? ☠️
I'm probably your only Malawian viewer, so I love the shout out! Great video
Very based, greetings from Texas
Shout out Malawi 🇲🇼
Nice
I love your country, one of my fav travelling memories!
Weirder still is that the population of Qatari citizens is closer to 300,000 (the rest of the 2 million population are foreign workers) Meaning every single Qatari citizen couldn’t fill up the 8 stadiums they built. Although the modular shipping container one is objectively cool idea.
They wouldnt even be able to fill the matches with qatar playing. Unless they are bribed or forced to attend
It doesn’t matter - this is an investment to showcase the country. They know this was a sunken cost.
@@marky755 I can think of many cheaper and less wasteful ways of showcasing the country. Do you know how much tourism advertising you can buy for 200billion? Not to mention the negatives of the corruption to secure the bid, but also all the bad press surrounding human/workers’ rights and environmental issues. Just saying
@@garyella1301 Brother of Mark and Glen??? 😯
@@adamcraft9118 People weren't supposed to watch so closely. I didn't know any infrastructure information or anything outside of football for any other tournament. (Granted this is only my second since being an adult) So as a means of sports washing they wouldn't have come under this much scrutiny if that trend continued. It's just that it was stupid of them to think they could push it and the trend would continue
This video aged well 😂😂😂
This video aged like milk
Nothing annoyed me last week more than Infantino telling people to 'just focus on the football, because that's what it's all about' nonsense. Get stuffed Infantino, don't tell us what to think about this corrupt, disgusting world cup.
Okay i agree but you can also say by your logic we are human slaves to the British go weekenf because they can print money and pay workers with printed money which is pretty much modern slavery that every single country gets away with
@@cabraonropes5622
I don’t know what you mean exactly but I can tell you that in Britain, or the west, no 6,500 people died in construction work the last few years. Qatar with its extreme wealth, mistreating its slaves to death… disgusting 🤮🤮🤮
Right ok. The country you probably live in is probably built by slaves.
@@TheSuperNuggetDude
That’s a horrible thing, but we cannot change the past. Let’s at least do something to get a better future, don’t you agree?
@@cabraonropes5622 No, but that logic we cannot say we "are human slaves to the British". It seems you're trying and miserably failing to make some kind of point about fiat money. The problem is you don't seem to understand anything about fiat money *or* slavery.
It’s ironic how, the hosting of the Qatar WC has actually led to *more* negative press towards the country and the Middle East as a whole.
Well of course it will, did u expect that Europe and USA wont be jealous of other countries and will never talk shit about other countries and spread propaganda? Europe needs to start minding their own business, they are literally going on a crisis but instead they are trashing Qatar lol
This shows the propaganda machinery at work....
Bcz they dont support lgbtq agenda lol
who gives a fu-k about the negative press
@@abdullamohammed_ The qatari royals considering they wanted this tournament to fix their image or make themselves look good
Is it time to make a video retracting your statement as this was the most entertaining World Cup of all time
You are confusing praise for the quality of the matches (which is thanks to the players) with praise for the tournament itself and Qatar's hosting of it. The fact it was an exciting final doesn't somehow erase Qatar 2022's infamy for corruption, broken promises, un-sustainability and waste.
Y'all really got so salty over this world cup
And it's literally one of the greatest ones I've been to💀
I remember seeing a BBC documentary I think around the time of the 2006 World Cup. It focused on the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, then under a brutal military regime. The Junta. They interviewed a political detainee who could hear the cheers from the River Plate Stadium (Stadio Monumental) while he was being tortured at the Naval Intelligence School down the road from the game. Fifa has stunk for decades.
Cruyff refused to go. Shame modern players don't.
Lies again? Failed Exams
@@NazriB What are you talking about. This comment, like so many others you made, make no sense.
British people suddenly care about immigrants while a couple of months ago they were ready to ship their immigrents to Rwanda
@@mr.othman3375 Not all British people think the same thing and many of us don't support shipping immigrants to Rwanda ok? Dont confuse the British Goverment with the British people. Also the UK doesnt confiscate immigrant workers passports, fail to pay them and expose them to unsafe working practices like the Qatari Goverment so what is your point?
Suggestion: a look into the downfall of the Romanian and Bulgarian national teams after having very good teams in the 90's and early 2000's.
Communism and financial collapse afterwards
He did cover at least two clubs, I think the story is similar?
@@petesmart1983 Bulgaria has some of the highest emigration rates in Europe and the league is pretty corrupt if I’m not wrong. But I also don’t think that the state prioritises football in the same way as before
Filed under England since 1966. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thought Romania was only good because of Gheorghe Hagi and Bulgaria because of Stoichkov. I'm not versed in 90's football.
This video didn't age well!
Actually in Qatar at present. Amazing country with amazing people. Already looking at property to buy. Job as a pilot pays better here than most countries.
Good riddance to anyone who supports homophobia, subjugating women and running a corrupt dictatorship. Give them your money and be gone.
@@jupitersailing Good riddance to your western hypocrisy who doesn't even admit your mistakes yet try to shit on other countries!
@@eee2228 What mistakes are you blaming on me? See, I blame ALL devout mozlems for the hell their cult has created for millions of people - why would you support such evil but hope to escape any of the responsibility? But I reiterate, what events are you blaming on me?
@@jupitersailing dude why are you so butt hurt about a religion
What about the statement of Fifa chairman? Europe should apologize for 3000 years.
Love the multi-national shipping container accommodation in the desert idea. Good way for fans to experience a tiny bit of the conditions of the indentured workers of Qatar. Should make sure there is no air-conditioning either.
They have Ac and are actually nice inside. Think it will be fine. Plus theres plenty of other fancy options
@@Martin-gq1lt Heard of a thing called sarcasm ?
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220 billion could have been used to bail out weak countries and poor countries
I would never have entertainment at the cost of others
this video didn't aged well
220 billions spent for 10 percent return , hoping on bankin on future tourism while exposing how terribly their human rights records is , huge stadiums that will never be full again maybe once a blue moon , with global warming those stadiums will be a reminder how not to spent that ammount of resources , electric vehicles everyday more cheap and fusion energy now possible the prospects for qatar int he long run are not good those 220 billions could be spend in securing qatar future and not be wasted in a world cup . if a world cup would be host on my country i think most people would be against that but no one will argue against the emir and his terrible ideas. this would be failure just to make it profitable qatar would need to receives 10s of millions of tourist each year for a good decade to not consder this world cup a failure
The love of football unites nations, while the news loves dividing nations.
Just in the minds of Western Europeans, Qatar is more popular than ever with most of rest of the world, propaganda has not worked, sorry guys
“Let’s go to the World Cup and stay in a shipping container in the desert.”
Nobody Ever: “That sounds like a good idea.”
Where failed lol. Which plannet are u from channel creator?
Years from now people are going to say this was the best World Cup ever.
no
Agree
People were always dumb
@@tarantula51 still the people who was there and not on internet would just say it was and COPE
@@StayBasedJesus only some1 as stupid as u said that. did u forget past fifa? with all that regulation qatar did. it would rank the worst ever
Very informative video. I appreciated how you put the current World Cup into perspective with past World Cups. And I always enjoy any digs at or criticisms of FIFA.
I feel sick when I think about the corruption and suffering involved in this upcoming World Cup.
It's been said before but it really is so refreshing to have a big football content creator who actually stands up for LGBTQ and migrant rights rather than just disparaging them or saying that these issues should be 'kept out of football', keep up the videos they're great!
It's against our culture and norms to support LGBTQ. You have to respect our culture and our religion
Is LGBTQIPA+ people lol, unless they add another letter later on
@@abubakarminshawy9690 if you feel like it's against your culture and religion to be gay, then don't be, that still doesn't give people the right to discriminate against people that are gay
@@fernandostaejak3705 wow what a funny and original joke
I think alot of pundits aren't informed/intelligent/eloquant enough to put points forward as well as Alfie does
“The World Cup in Qatar has already failed.
This aged miserably. We got one of the best World Cups ever. Whenever you feel like getting off your sanctimonious high horse, you owe the country and the Qatari people an apology.
How's it a fail, a king like Messi earned his first world cup and the best stadiums, and the most expensive stadium, the best final ever, best shockers and comebacks, like what're y'all hating on them for
Something we ignore it’s the history of the word “economics”, through centuries was “political economy” because it was impossible to sever one from the other, spendings as huge as a world cup has political metrics as well.
Great vid as well Alfie
No that's not why it was called "political economy".
@@BiggieTrismegistus thats my point, the change to simply economics mislead most of the people thinking they were 2 separate things
@@isaaccastro4846 I guess I see it as an unnecessary redundancy. I think most people understand that politics and governance have an effect on the (or an) economy. Even the most strident "free market" ideologues acknowledge that. Anyone who tries to tell people politics shouldn't interfere with something like putting the World Cup in Qatar is full of shit and trying to rationalize a bad decision. We're on the same page here regardless and are just discussing semantics.
I never realised how small of a country it actually is until the Northern Ireland comparison. Great video as always!
Imagine if there was a World Cup in the Faroe Islands!
It's tiny, just slightly bigger then Monaco.
@In Wellens we trust There's so many better Arab countries to choose from, like Morocco, Egypt or even Saudi Arabia, that have a much better football history and football culture.
@@Constanza235
The countries u mentioned r surprisingly good choices
And have so many tourists
@@Constanza235 loooool how? Egypt has a military dictator and would not be able to police the wc, Saudi is WAAAAAAAY worse than Qatar by EVERY metric.
I don't suppose you will make a video on how great the world cup has been. It's just shameful you allowed western bias to get the better of you in making this video. This bias must stop. European nations and especially the English media need to understand that the world cup does not belong to them only. How wrong you were Alfie. Just Shameful 😔😔😔😔
The love of football unites nations, while the news loves dividing nations.
220 billions spent for 10 percent return , hoping on bankin on future tourism while exposing how terribly their human rights records is , huge stadiums that will never be full again maybe once a blue moon , with global warming those stadiums will be a reminder how not to spent that ammount of resources , electric vehicles everyday more cheap and fusion energy now possible the prospects for qatar int he long run are not good those 220 billions could be spend in securing qatar future and not be wasted in a world cup . if a world cup would be host on my country i think most people would be against that , but no one will argue against the emir and his terrible ideas. im not from europe if you wonder
Well, this didn’t age well.
Concerning the topic that host nations don't make money by hosting the tournament: I actually think when Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup it made them as a nation money because of the good reputation. And also for the people itself it was a great time. Something that united them and gave them something to build an identity on
I think for the countries of Germany and Russia it would’ve made them some money. Germany wasn’t a country many were planning to visit or study in before 2006. Atleast not like France, america, Italy. Russia probably the same (at least for 2 or 3 years before the invasion turned the country to shit) as many fans or tourist probably assumed Russia was full of skinheads, hooligans and thugs. Wasn’t really the case even before 2018, but considering that most people from the west were too scared to visit russia, the World Cup in 2018 was probably the only way they were ever gonna break those stereotypes and invite tourists over.
I think that really had to do with the fact the infrastructure (stadiums, internal travel accomodations, hotels, etc.) where pretty much already in place. Places that already have a significant amount of infrastructure (like stadiums it other facilities) for things like the Olympics and WC have made money like when LA hosted the Olympics. Places like Brazil, Russia, and Qatar have had to create everything from whole cloth, therby just sticking the public with a huge tax bill.
I think you should leave Germany alone, may be you should buy them some charcoal and ship it that way this winter that’s more important I think than worries about the the United of their people and profits they did
America did make money for thr 1994 World Cup
This pains me to say this as a huge football fan but deep down I hope this World Cup will be a complete and utter disaster. Such shameful bribery and corruption must never be allowed again.
Cool story bro. But the thing is no one cares about you.
@@unggading6990 If no one cares about me, why did I get 15 likes and why did I see many football pundits, journalists and fans write and say basically the same thing I just did? Thank God you're at least relevant...
@@tarik6990 Hahaha! 15 alphabets from your country liked your comment. Bravo!!!
@@unggading6990 They are not from my country and if my comment bothered you so much, you could have just skipped it.
@@tarik6990 How do you know that? Hahaha
I think this video has aged about as well as a Petit Filous spat out through the nose
220 billions spent for 10 percent return , hoping on bankin on future tourism while exposing how terribly their human rights records is , huge stadiums that will never be full again maybe once a blue moon , with global warming those stadiums will be a reminder how not to spent that ammount of resources , electric vehicles everyday more cheap and fusion energy now possible the prospects for qatar int he long run are not good those 220 billions could be spend in securing qatar future and not be wasted in a world cup . if a world cup would be host on my country i think most people would be against that but no one will argue against the emir and his terrible ideas. this would be failure just to make it profitable qatar would need to receives 10s of millions of tourist each year for a good decade to not consder this world cup a failure
I bought a match ticket for the 24th November through the Qatari World Cup application, Hayya, I paid for hotel accommodation (really expensive and only non-refundable). I was then faced with a technical problem in the application and the call center told me I would not be able to enter the country before the 30th November! No compensation! Just like that! An absolute disgrace! No consumer rights whatsoever. Just daylight robbery.
Then don't go
@@khaledbaadarani okay abdul
Good for you to trust islamic nation . Thank gonfoe saving yourself
The goverment of Qatar have nothing to do with that. You should blame FIFA which sold tickets and packages and not Qatari government. 👍👍
He was probably planning to sleep in the streets or something. They have no reason to not let you in if you’ve got accomadation covered from 24th so I am pretty sure it was your mistake but trying to conceal the truth
Please keep making videos like this. Anyone who says “get over it Alfie, you’ve made so many videos on these issues already” are exactly the problem and are exactly what Qatar & FIFA want. We will not be silent about this!!!
Why are like so mad? No need to be jealous bro
Keep screaming.. The Qataris can't hear you 😆
@@nabn3014 No one will care about the Qatari this cup is soulless
Cryyyyy infidels
Lol like if we give a damn sh!t about your rubbish words,, we will still enjoy this World Cup.
It’s insane that some countries in Europe like Denmark, Sweden, Norway, countries in Africa like Morocco and Egypt, and countries in Asia and Oceania like Australia and New Zealand have never hosted a World Cup and always lose to countries like Qatar cause of money
Sweden has held a world cup in 1958 to be precise
Aus/NZ have the women’s tournament next year.
@@paulorocky big difference between tournaments
There should be one in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
@@paulorocky It will be played in July and August.
All wrong information that's just taken from other anti-qatar sources, please come and visit the country, FIFA worl cup is going on just awesome, whatever you said, everyone is having a blast here :)
What a world cup and a thrilling final! Wow. Failed my ass.
It did fail in selling tickets tbh
@@henrypalmer3664 what? 25 000 fans came from Argentina for the final but had to stay out of the stadium because it was sold out lol
@@henrypalmer3664 you are trying too hard
I remember the Belgium-Netherlands joint bid for 2018. The pitch was a WC on a human level by 2 countries with probably the biggest football history never having hosted a WC. I still recall Gullit and Pfaff coming on a bike to hand the bid dossier to Blatter, and him exploding in an uncontrollable laughter.
History always has a beginning. It's amazing how white boys have very choice words for their favourite countries. "Rapidly improving market" for the likes of Japan and South Korea. Totally dismiss any merit or interest in the gulf states that are absolutely obsessed with the game.
@@anneeq008 That's not the only aspect though, there are so many other controversies about Qatar. If it was only about passion or history no one would care. And it's not just 'white boys', people all over the world don't like this World Cup (even Muslims).
@@anneeq008 How to tell everyone you’re racist without saying that you’re racist
Just for your info, Belgium committed some of the worst atrocities in history in what used to be called the Belgian Congo; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo leading to the death of 1.5 million Congolese. Holland did the same to the people of Indonesia. The "alleged " Qatar violations are nothing compared to the torture, rape and execution comitted by Belgium and Holland.
In fact, this negative campaign against Qatar is a demonstration of the same old ugly colonial mentality!
Check that history befory you make nonsense claims about "human" level
@@abdelrahmanelsheikh5798 what we did 300 years ago was not okay. That's true. However that doesnt change anything about Qatar doing the same stuff today.
It's such an old fad of building new stadiums that won't be used after the WC. Going forward use the current iconic stadiums we have around the World!
Amen
the problem is that FIFA's ludicrous standards basically require the construction of unsustainable white elephants.
Sadly in places like South Africa and Brasil have the stadiums never got used again in countrys which needed new hospitals,schools and other things but FIFA love brown envelopes
At least FIFA has allowed Australia and New Zealand to use our current stadiums for the Women's World Cup in 2023
It will be used after WC? Have you ever been to Qatar?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the only failure i see is this video itself
I will shout loudly in the stands freeedom for Scotland... You can't do that in England, can you?
What a presentation! Astounding clarity and detail.. supremely well researched.
If they wanted it in Asia it should have been held in either South Korea / Japan (2002 was well hosted and they know how to put on a show) or Australia (their winter is in our summer and it'd have boosted football there). If they wanted a Muslim country, why not Turkey or Morocco.
Having it when the season has just taken off and in winter feels odd. I haven't seen much of a buzz for this World Cup as opposed to the ones in Russia, Brasil even South Africa. It's a bad idea to hold it there and it's obvious bribery that led to them having it.
Egypt even would be a great choice
@@gothestags09 Indeed. The right infrastructure and a rich footballing history. Tunisia even as well. Popular holiday destination and again a rich footballing history.
Lmfao
2002 was the worst currupted version in the world cup history
Just because you hate rich muslims and arabs doesnt change the fact that their Hosting will be much better than all the past 3 world cups combined
@@gothestags09 not safe enough tbh especially for women. Turkey and to a lesser extent Morocco are safer and more inclusive for the worlds sport
anti arab
The $220 billion budget is not the budget for the World Cup. This CZcamsr is deliberately ignoring the fact that the $220 billion budget is for a long term development of the tourism industry in Qatar after the world cup.
Only $12 billion of that budget goes to the World Cup 2022. To top it off Qatar did not build permanent stadiums. Several stadiums are temporary and will be dismantled after the World Cup.
Lastly the tournament is still ongoing but this guy not only lied but managed to predict the future without any research on how Qatar will handle the tournament and to distract everyone he then rambles on about other countries because his bullshit needs to sound credible within any relevant research.
Disliked for spreading fake news. I was there and it was the best experience ever
I live in South Africa and it is
far different from 2010 South Africa but most of the people in SA(South Africa) are still friendly
The peoples channel back at it again! He kinda uses the nickname in a tongue and cheek way but you can tell he really does care about the people, wether that be his fanbase or the people affected by the Qatar world cup
You can truly see if people really care about other humans, by how they treat and speak about other people who can give them nothing. Politicians and cynical people deride migrants, because they have no power, often no money and usually no vote. So why not bash them, they are the weakest? People who defend those who are the weakest in society, minorities, migrants, disabled etc, they are idealists. It's what makes civilization worthwhile, but unfortunately to many people still live in the middle ages with their mind.
"The World Cup in Qatar Has Already Failed"
Reality says, it is thriving.
220 bllions spent for one month with 10 percent return , and those stadiums will never be full again maybe only once in a blue moon and will be a constant reminder of how not to spend money , they are hoping to bank on tourism i highly doubt that , global warming in the future and oil and gas every passing day having more competition , electric vehicles and fusion energy now possible , but hey th football itself was great tho...
Your crying is more beautiful after the success of the World Cup in all respects😂😂
The last 10 minutes of the video were particularly interesting, the part before that was a repetition of your earlier video. I really hope you can squeeze in another update of this video before the world cup starts. It might indeed fail because of logistics, lukewarm reception, the criticism, and such. Probably all staff in hotel and stadiums will be from Bangladesh, Nepal and India as well. Let's see if we can ask them some questions during the world cup. Thanks bringing into memory 1978 as proof that world cups can fail as marketing campaigns.
And after that failed, the Junta in Argentina invaded the Falklands (Las Malvinas), that failed & the whole regime fell apart soon after.
It's a world cup Argentineans themselves speak very little of.
@@erikthehalfabee6234 Even the players don't talk about that very much. Especially Argentina ones.
Is it the one that had Maradona won the final with an illegal goal that he scored with his hand?
Something that never fails, is Alfie's insights and cynicism. 😊👍👏👏
*realism
*realism
How wrong you were.
Best World Cup final I've ever seen.
Qatar is a tourist paradise for anyone who ever asked themselves, "I wonder what the world felt like a thousand years ago".
More like “I wonder what Mars would look like right now.”
Lmao
It should've been Australia.
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They just had the icc t20 world cup
@@abdulmoiz4350 what the heck is that
It should've been Australia, I was surprised to see America, Mexico, Canada win a bid before Australia
What now Alfie? 😂
As a South African, I have to say almost everyone was supportive of our world cup domestically and throughout many other countries. It was considered nation building and in retrospect quite cheap to host ($3bn or 3% of our annual budget). The feedback was all positive both internally and externally. Also a lot of people displaced were staying in informal or unsafe housing. I know about the bribes but it was Fifa's m/o to expect favours for hosting. We used our own labour for the infrastructure and created lots of jobs in the process. I'd say it's the last great thing our govt has done before draining the kitty. It's unfair we get paired with such controversial hosts. e.g Brazil public was against the WC and they were full of disasters. Our preparation went as smooth as possible (except for UK tabloids clutching at straws) and some say it was one of the best WC ever
They were supportive of South Africa because they think they are you Savior and treat you like poor victims.
Here here!!!
And South Africa will have half emtpy stadiums that will become like ruins in a decade or so of a time they will never get again.
Another consideration is the cost of security measures. I’m sure there will be a heavy handed police/military presence to keep supporters in line, as well as any protesters, which has the possibility of making things worse. On a less serious note, with the WC being held in the middle of European seasons and with so little time for national teams to prepare, the football itself might be rubbish.
I haven't watched it yet but I can tell that this is gonna be another Alfie master piece
I’m about a quarter through it’s pretty good I gotta say
HITC Alfie - Masterclass
It's pretty good but I think he stretched the script on this one, especially considering the previous 2 videos he did on Qatar already. With some effort he could have cut 10 minutes off it.
oh shoot i just realized this a 30min video cause of the comment, the thumbnail did it for me thought this was a max 10min video
The good news is Qatar will out at the Group Stage, they had their 1st attempt on goal in the 90th minute when their oppenents had long since got bored playing them
I missed these videos. Very informative, good research done.
i saw an article that says the 2026 will “only” cost 260 million. if you think about it, it makes sense. No new stadiums will be need built,as they can use NFL stadiums, all they need to do is just minor renevations to stadiums
Many of the worker deaths were directly caused by the WC bid. They worsened their reputation, not bettered.
The irony is The west missed the chance to promote their Animal behavior (LGBQHD agendas), so now is raging about it and spending billions of dollars on campaigns to distort the image of Qatar and finding excuses for not hosing there !!!
When before, they were quite and silent about Russia WC in 2018 even though the crimes it has committed in Syria and other parts of the world, So hypocritical tbh but interests are more valuable than human rights they claim in their eyes
Who cares about a few workers dying?
Like seriously, Thousands of people gets killed daily.
This was a supreme world cup, Messi won the World Cup with Argentina in one of the best finals ever, if not the best! Morocco's performance blew the world, and many fantastic games occurred, it didn't fail in the end, they won it.
World Cup are always so controversial, I don’t even get it when anyone wants to host the World Cup.
To be honest I don’t understand it either
It’s just an overly expensive mess to deal with and a logistical nightmare. Still don’t get why countries opt to host the thing, along with the Olympics too
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You make a good point, especially in such a money driven world where the benefits of this financially would only come in the long term if at all with all the outlay it comes with & let's be honest no one is holidaying to Qatar in 10 years even if they hosted the best World Cup ever; people are fickle & will forget them soon after this ends world is too big, there's too many people with too many problems etc.
besides the reasons stated by Alfie. Big vanity projects like planning for a world cup are also an easy way for corrupt officials to steal money from the funding
Barney Ronay has written a lot of interesting things in the Guardian about how the sportswashing has already been done by this point and that even if the world cup is a failure in the ways Alfie mentions, what it really boils down to is putting Qatar on the map and global security so they can avoid the fate of other tiny oil states like Kuwait.
This is all rubbish. The world cup in Qatar is successful and wonderful let the people enjoy football.
Bro, this is blatantly ignorant at best and wildly bigoted and racist at worst. As a someone who has been following your videos since almost the beginning, and lives in the region, let me advice you to stick to football and skip the socio-political monologue.
220 billions spent for 10 percent return , hoping on bankin on future tourism while exposing how terribly their human rights records is , huge stadiums that will never be full again maybe once a blue moon , with global warming those stadiums will be a reminder how not to spent that ammount of resources , electric vehicles everyday more cheap and fusion energy now possible the prospects for qatar int he long run are not good those 220 billions could be spend in securing qatar future and not be wasted in a world cup . if a world cup would be host on my country i think most people would be against that but no one will argue against the emir and his terrible ideas. this would be failure just to make it profitable qatar would need to receives 10s of millions of tourist each year for a good decade to not consder this world cup a failure
You guys should see how arabs defend qatar in this context 😂😂
They think that the western world criticizes qatar hosting the world cup because of racism againt "islam" and "arabs", something like a conspiracy 😂
I see it in tons of comment sections. Its ridiculous. They either say that or say its "because the LGBT are mad" blatantly ignoring the elephant in the room
There is definitely hate no matter how much you try to make it look otherwise.. good luck to Qatar
Do you ever stop to think why that might be? Or do you think everything the Qatari state does is just peachy?
@@waseemrajab1658 there isn’t any hate, at least from this community here on CZcams. The vast majority of us are happy to see a World Cup in an Arab country, we just wish a better Arab country was picked, and that it was achieved without human rights violations.
Stop trying to cry about racism when you know that’s not the case, you just blindly support everything that Qatar is doing whilst ignoring the obvious facts. There are many other countries in the region that would have been a better selection for a World Cup, both logistically and morally
@@bababababababa6124 bro look at your other comments😂 tiny desert country you said? You seem very heated man I hope it doesn’t hurt
Keep this content up mate - using your platform to talk about this stuff is outstanding work
Seeing British bash Qatar on human rights is like KFC bashing Burger King on animal rights.
6 billion dollars... Brazil could have use this money for far more better things! What fuck!
I DON'T THINK ANY COUNTRY THAT STRUGGLES TO DEFINE WHAT A MAN AND A WOMAN IS, ABANDONS THEIR ELDERLY IN CARE HOMES, SHOW MORE AFFINITY AND CARE TOWARDS DOGS THAN THEIR OWN FAMILIES, IS IN A MORAL POSITION TO CRITIQUE OTHER CULTURES AND WAYS OF LIFE.
Imagine if all news was brought like this. Factual, clear and with a nice sharp bit of humour attached.
This aged
Imagine how much more money Quatar would have had to spend if they hadn't allegedly scammed hundreds of third world living workers into moving temporarily to Quatar to help build the needed infrastructure to host this? Many of the workers were given fake contracts and then got stuck because they based their budgets on what they were actually offered.. then they were told the real amount and that if they didn't like it they could quit and basically be stranded with nothing. So these workers were forced to stay and live in subhuman conditions until they made enough to get back home. Some workers even died in these dwellings that were given to them and were very muched critiqued as being unsafe and inhumane. This whole undertaking is a shameful thing.
Damn! I haven’t cared more than the football aspect of world cups but it seems to be a messed up tournament every time it’s done
I have a video idea: rating the various failed bid candidates for 2022, e.g., Japan, Australia, or even Morocco.
Thanks for your failed analysis. Best World Cup ever!! Best World Cup final ever. 🙌🏻🙌🏻💪🏼
I couldn't agree more..
@@susangenafer7110 Excellent final, but the rest of the tournament fas sterile, devoid of the genuine nature of football. Such a shame, but proof that these criminals may be able to bribe the FIFA halfwits they will never have what it takes to organise a decent World Cup. As for the charade regarding alcohol, I am dumbfounded that a) they think a lack of decent beer is not a problem for people from most sane countries, and b_ that the foul-tasting mouthwash called Budweiser is anywhere approaching being a 'beer'. What a load of fools these Middle Easterners are. I found the entire thing a fiasco of the sort rich people think they can create by hurling money around. It didn't work, just like your anti-women, anti-gay bigotry didn't work. We will not see another World Cup hosted by a mozlem dictatorship ever again.
220 bllions spent for one month with 10 percent return , and those stadiums will never be full again maybe only once in a blue moon and will be a constant reminder of how not to spend money , they are hoping to bank on tourism i highly doubt that , global warming in the future and oil and gas every passing day having more competition , electric vehicles and fusion energy now possible , but hey th football itself was great tho...
Ohh dear on what measurments was this the best World Cup ever ? Not even in the top 10.
and all it cost qatar was the lives of several hundred and several billion back handed payments
Lol this video has aged like a 1 year old milk
It's almost comical how badly this seems to have backfired on Qatar. Back in 2018 and before we knew what we know now about the Russian state, that World Cup did genuinely seem to improve public perceptions of Russia because of how well-run it was. China hosted the Winter Olympics earlier this year and also seemed to suppress widespread criticism of human rights abuses and restrictions of personal freedoms in that country.
The point I'm trying to make is that, sadly, sportswashing can work to improve the image of deeply problematic governments around the world. In Qatar, this just doesn't seem to have happened though. Criticism of the Qatari regime is still happening at full volume and will likely only intensify further when the tournament starts and fans/journalists get the chance to "enjoy" what Qatar has to offer.
Yes sportswashing worked fairly well for China and Russia, but for a variety of reasons (which I hope Alfie will dig further into in one more video) it might backfire badly for Qatar. (and I hope it will)
@@erikthehalfabee6234 because its football team is very bad even by asian standards
@@muslimcel4581 I think that's the least of Qatar's problems, it's a better team than South Africa in 2010. They might very well finish last in their group, but I think third.
@@erikthehalfabee6234 they drew with over 100 ranked india many times
@@muslimcel4581 look at their recent results. Like a semifinal in the asean cup. Obviously they have improved a lot over the past 12 years.
This video goes HARD and I'm here for it. I don't always agree with your politics but I love the effort you put in to fighting for good causes and honestly examining some of the worst things going on in the game. You are legitimately proabbly the best football content creator
Good causes! The clown yapped for half an hour and did’t address his title, “the world cup already failed “. He spent like 20 minutes talking about previous controversies, who cares! then when he talked about Qatar his main point was OMG what are they going to do with all this infrastructure after the world cup. Also who cares. We want a great tournament, do you have anything to say why it will not be? There are 4 Arab countries competing, let Qatar host it. And as for human rights! That really cracks me up, who is here believe genuinely that the west cares as a whole about human rights? Only when it’s convenient yes. Here is the proof, China hosted the winter Olympics and the US, UK, Australia etc participated although they said they are committing Genocide against the Muslim Uyghurs. I didn’t hear this clown say anything. Or how about the occupation and apartheid system perpetrated against the Palestinians for the last 74 years! Heck two weeks ago Israeli media Haaretz confirmed Israel used biological warfare during the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and not s single liberal or conservative western media said a thing about it. Please consider all Palestinians as gays, maybe you will start having some sympathy to them or at least boycott their soccer team like you did with Russia, although unlike Russian occupation to Ukraine there is actual UN council resolutions about the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem and Syrian Golan heights ( ex 242). And I am not even trying to visit the colonization era. This world cup will be the best, actually I feel bad for the next country to host it, the bar will be too high.
What!???
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Qatar is using natural resources for luxury and vanity... these nature given resources are for all living beings on earth.. when there is so much problem in world , spending so much , building 8 stadiums etc is criminal waste of resources.
The human rights violations and death of workers is slavery
Making Qatar hosts may not be the best decision ever made, but they sure did not fail to deliver the World Cup atmosphere, not to mention that the people there are hospitable. The media had so many ways to condemn this controversy.
Erm, people died building their stadiums?!?
@Sukio‘s Art Channel That is what makes me sad, tho. FIFA didn't even consider to make this World Cup a chance to remember the tenths, hundreds, or even thousands of migrant workers who died making the stadiums
@@sukiosartchannel3689 oh no USA invaded Iraq and Syria in 2006 and yet it still played in WC. The hypocrisy of the west
@@sukiosartchannel3689 yeah i agree it's sad, probably the only issue in this wc, everything else was perfect imo
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The German YT channel Sportschau (part of the German TV channel ARD) has an amazing documentary with multiple parts about the "world cup of disgrace". Apparently France played a big role in how Qatar got the world cup, which also included Qatar buying Sarkozy's favorite club PSG. It's absolutely crazy.
I love football and I love big events, but I have serious doubts about watching this one.
Thanks, pall. Do you have a good subtitled link please?
you cant trust the French
@@mattheendpod2659 Unfortunately they are only subbed in German apparently :X.
@@MrReese Damn. Thanks for checking though, appreciated.
it all ties in with the mbappe saga