The Uniqueness of 2022 World Cup Hosted by Qatar:

1) It's the first time the a new technology known as Semi-Automated Offside Technology is being put to use for the games .

FIFA has approved a semi-automated offside technology that will reduce VAR offline decisions from 70 to 25 seconds. Twelve multi-tracking cameras will be mounted on the roof of each Stadium to track the ball and each player.

2) It's the first time the world cup is hosted in a different football season. To avoid the intense Qatar summer heat that can be as high as 42 degrees, the tournament will be held in the winter season and from November to mid-December for the first time in the games’ history. Previous World Cup games were typically held in June and July.

3)The 2022 ball used in Qatar is called "Al Rhila" or the Journey ball has a high tech sensor with a battery which needs to be charged before the games and could last 6hours.

The sensor is powered by a small battery, which Adidas said can last for six hours of active use, or up to 18 days when not.

The sensor weighs 14 grams and is enough to give the ball-tracking in real-time; with cameras positioned around the pitch helping referees to determine offside and other questionable decisions quickly to reduce the waiting time for VAR decision makings.

'Any time the ball is kicked, headed, thrown or even so much as tapped, the system picks it up at 500 frames per second,' Maximillian Schmidt, co-founder and managing director of KINEXON, who manufactured the sensor, said..

'Data is sent in real time from sensors to a local positioning system (LPS), which involves a setup of network antennas installed around the playing field that take in and store the data for immediate use.

When a ball flies out of bounds during the course of play, and a new ball is thrown or kicked in to replace it, KINEXON’s backend system automatically switches to the new ball’s data input without the need for human intervention.

4) Qatar holds the record for the Most Expensive World Cup Ever
Adding up the money spent on infrastructure, building new stadiums, and renovating old ones, it costs Qatar around $220 billion to host the Winter World Cup, making it the most expensive ever.

This is about 14.6 times the amount Brazil spent to host the 2014 World Cup. (Side note: this is what happens when you are one of the richest countries in the world).

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