2022 FIFA’s World Cup at Qatar, But Why?

Qatar has been chosen as the host for the 2022 football world cup. I am not against a relatively new country hosting the football world cup, But why only Qatar? What is so special about this country which puts it ahead of the pack of heavy weights like the U.S.A, Australia and South Korea.?

Qatar is an extremely small country with a population of only 1.6 million. Apart from having one of the biggest oil and gas reserves of the world it has nothing to offer in terms of boosting the global appeal of the sport. According to the latest FIFA ranking The Qatar national team is at a lowly 113^th position. I am still clueless about why it got the nod ahead of other more deserving nations to host the world’s greatest sporting extravaganza?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/8176966/Qatars-hosting-of-the-2022-World-Cup-finals-is-Fifas-most-dangerous-move-yet.html

Holding a major sporting event like football world cup has a multiplier effect in the overall economy of the host nation. It lifts the overall sentiment towards its economy; the investment that goes into making the required infrastructure for the particular event becomes a sort of legacy for many years to come. We saw something like that during the 2010 Delhi commonwealth games. The infrastructure which was made for the games has been in use for the rest of the people as well.
http://www.commonwealth2010.in/new-delhi-games-village-2010.htm

The fact that hosting a major sporting event is just not about sports makes the decision of FIFA that more questionable.

http://www.commonwealth2010.in/new-delhi-games-village-2010.htm