The FIFA World Cup 2022 is an upcoming men’s international association football tournament in which national teams will compete. The 22nd FIFA World Cup competition will be held in Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022.
2022 FIFA World Cup: Which teams are in Group H?
Group H of the World Cup 2022 consists of Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, and the Korean Republic.
The bidding process for the FIFA World Cups in 2018 and 2022 began in January 2009. National associations had until February 2nd, 2009, to express their interest. Initially, 11 bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup were submitted, but Mexico withdrew from the process, and Indonesia’s bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian Football Association failed to submit a letter of Indonesian government guarantee to support the bid. Until Qatar was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Indonesian officials had not ruled out a bid for the 2026 tournament.
Members of UEFA were no longer in contention to host the 2022 event after UEFA was guaranteed to host the 2018 event. Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States were the five remaining bidders for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On December 2, 2010, the 22-member FIFA Executive Committee met in Zürich to vote on who would host both tournaments. Two FIFA executive committee members were suspended prior to the vote due to allegations of vote tampering. The decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which was rated as having “high operational risk,” sparked outrage among media commentators. Many have accused it of being involved in the FIFA corruption scandals.
