This is where Qatar is

This is where Qatar is, for those of you who don’t know. Qatar was just announced as the host of the 2022 World Cup, so it’s also going to be where a lot of association football will be played that summer (twelve years from now!), as well as the place where a lot of fans will be watching…sober. Sad-pants for America, who hoped to grab the hosting duties. Looks like the world doesn’t trust us to host anything anymore.

It’s a good thing Brazil is hosting in 2014, so Americans get at least one World Cup played during the day-time before two in a row (Russia picked up 2018—sorry Brits!) are again played at wacky times for those of us on this side of the globe.

Fun Fact: Moscow and Qatar are in the same time zone, which, for those of you playing at home, is GMT +3 (or 8 hours ahead of EST in the U.S.).

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