2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup; the quadrennial global men's association football tournament, held in and around Doha, Qatar, from 20 November to 18 December 2022.
The tournament was won by Argentina, defeating incumbent champions France at the final in Lusail Stadium on 18 December 2022.
==2009–2017==
Qatar 2022 bid logo.svg|Bid variant
The Qatar 2022 bid logo was unveiled on 18 May 2009 by the Qatar Football Association. The logo was inspired by the theme of global unity under the bid slogan: "Expect Amazing". The bid logo was created by British agency FutureBrand. On 2 December 2010, FIFA selected both Russia and Qatar as the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups respectively.
==2017–2019==
The interim logo is a calligraphic rendition of the word Qatar in English and Arabic (قطر‎). The logo is normally accompanied by the slogan "See you in Qatar" in both languages.
==2019–2022==
FWCQatar2022.gif|Logo loop animation
FWC2022 2019Qualifiers.jpg|Qualifiers variant
NowIsAll.png|Official slogan in English
The official logo was unveiled at 8:22pm (2022 hours) at the National Archives Building in Doha on 3 September 2019. This coincided with the anniversary of Qatar's independence from the British in 1971. This logo was unveiled considerably later than most World Cups, usually unveiled at least four years before the event. It was unveiled simultaneously on FIFA's social media accounts and projected onto landmarks in 24 cities around the world.
The logo follows the standard set by Brazil 2014; an abstraction of the FIFA World Cup trophy. In this case, it recreates the trophy from a traditional Arabic woolen shawl with a swooping curvature, depicting desert dunes. The shawl is commonly worn during the Arabian winter, when the World Cup takes place. The symbol also references the infinity symbol to represent the “interconnected nature” of the event, and the number eight refers to the eight stadiums which will host World Cup matches.
The Qatar 2022 font takes cues from Arabic lettering and calligraphy, merging it with contemporary styling of typography. The typeface as a whole reflects Qatar as a nation with strong cultural ties to the Gulf region and a modern, prosperous society.
===Mascot===
La’eeb (stylized as Laᵋeeb), the official mascot, was unveiled on 1 April 2022 during the final draw in Doha. La’eeb is a floating ghutrah with an agal from a parallel universe known as the "Mascot-Verse", home to mascots from past FIFA World Cup tournaments. He was named after an Arabic phrase that means "super-skilled player". He was created by Iranian illustrator Hossein Ojaghi.FIFA unveil the official mascot for 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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