Qatar 2022: FIFA World Cups with the largest number of host cities and stadiums
Fervor for the FIFA World Cup is at its peak. And it's not just Qatar 2022 that is being talked about recently, with the 32 national teams that will compete in it already announced. The conversation also includes the 2026 edition, whose 16 venues have been announced.
The joy generated by a FIFA World Cup is something that is shared. That is why every venue and every stadium that has the opportunity to host one or more matches of this tournament will have an indelible mark, which will give it a prestige that it did not have before.
Thus, the history and glory of each and every edition of the FIFA World Cup, soccer's most prestigious tournament, has been spread throughout every venue and stadium. This is where the question arises: which have been the most generous editions so far? That is, those that have had the most host cities and stadiums? We will find out in the following lines.
Qatar 2022 will open its doors to the world to host the 22nd edition of the World Cup. This in 92 years of life of this tournament. The first Cup of this nature in the Middle East faces its most stellar moment with 5 venues, in which 8 stadiums will be available to host the 64 matches that will comprise the tournament.
In total, and throughout the 21 editions of the FIFA World Cup already held, and one to be held at the end of 2022, there have been 167 venues and 190 different stadiums that have been the guardians of all the stories that this tournament has delivered.
Qatar 2022 will go down in history as the edition with the fewest venues and stadiums since Argentina 1978, when there were 5 venues and 6 stadiums to host the 38 matches held in that edition. The one to be held from November to December 2022 will consist of 64 matches and 32