The word ‘Fifa’ is an acronym for ‘Fédération Internationale de Football Association’. It is a global sports governing body. FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is a football tournament organized by FIFA above and is contested by the members of FIFA. The tournament takes place every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, at the 2018 tournament in Russia.<br /> <br /> The next Fifa World Cup will take place in Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, a country in Western Asia. It is scheduled to start from 20 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world, and the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. Qatar is spending a whopping $200 billion on infrastructure projects, which includes the construction of stadiums, highways, hotels, and so on. This will make the upcoming event one of the most expensive World Cups in the history of the game.

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