The World Cup is considered the largest sporting event globally, even attracting more viewers than the Olympic Games.
Initially, the 2022 World Cup was planned to take place in the summer (ie June and July as usual).
The tournament will take place from November 20, 2022.
So why did FIFA decide to change the World Cup’s holding time from summer to winter?
The answer is very simple, the cause is related to the weather in Qatar.
Qatar is located in the Arabian Peninsula, Northeast Africa, year-round affected by the Iran-Saudi Arabia high pressure (similar in nature to the subtropical Pacific high pressure), and is a climate region with
We all know that the equatorial region receives the strongest solar radiation on the entire earth.
This is because the equatorial atmosphere expands upward due to heating by solar radiation and water vapor condenses into rain.
However, the subtropical high pressure belt is also influenced by topography, being cut into three parts of the world by the Tibetan Plateau and the Cordillera Mountains: the Atlantic subtropical high, the Northern subtropical high
For example, the Pacific subtropical ridge only occasionally affects China in the summer and fall, causing heat waves.
Doha (Qatar’s capital) has an average daily high temperature of more than 40°C in August, more than 41°C in July, higher than Chongqing (China) which suffered a terrible heat wave in
Even though athletes are healthy and resilient, if they work under this scorching sun, the chance of collapsing from heatstroke will be very high.
Of course, Qatar is rich and has the ability to calculate these things.
However, even if there is an air-conditioned field, traveling to the competition venue in weather over 40 degrees will definitely affect the physical condition of the players and the audience.
In November 2022, it is normal for the average temperature in Qatar to fluctuate around 37-38°C.
The good news is that Qatar will be affected by the cold air wave.
Therefore, FIFA finally decided to organize the World Cup in November-December.
Source: Zhihu
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