MUMBAI: The official launch of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 emblem, scheduled to take place at 2252 hrs IST (2022 hrs Qatar local time) on Tuesday, will be streamed live on a giant screen at Babulnath Mandir junction in South Mumbai.
The megapolis is the only Indian city alongside 14 other cities in the non-Arabic world where the emblem launch will be streamed live at a public event.
The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy of Qatar, which is the local organising committee of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has taken up the initiative to generate more interest among Indians for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup which is going to be only the second edition of the quadrennial flagship tournament hosted by an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member association.
The Middle-East has always been a favourable destination for the Indians and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy wants to tap in to them to make the event a grand success. Indian nationals residing elsewhere in the world can avail visa-on-arrival in Qatar during the football extravaganza to ease the entire travel process.
Geographically, Qatar 2022 is expected to lure more Indian football fans to taste the in-stadia experience as the distance of Qatar from any part of India will be minimal. Additionally, 25% of Qatar’s entire population hail from India and the LOC is keen to exploit this.
On the other hand, the forthcoming edition of the FIFA World Cup will be most compact in terms of travelling distance. The eight stadiums which will host the matches are situated within a 50-kilometre radius circle which provides the supporters with an opportunity to watch multiple matches in a day during the round-robin stage of the tournament.
