Space and companies: elements to analyze the XXII World Cup in Qatar, 2022 Cover Image

Espacio y empresas: elementos para analizar el XXII Mundial de fútbol de Qatar, 2022
Space and companies: elements to analyze the XXII World Cup in Qatar, 2022

Author(s): Jonathan Montero Oropeza
Subject(s): Sports Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Space; company; football; Qatar,world cup

Summary/Abstract: This work aims to analyze some features of the XXII World Cup in Qatar, 2022, from a geographical perspective that considers the configuration of space by the Qatari political leadership through the complex network of companies it controls as the basis. In the first section, a review is carried out on the spatial conformation of the State of Qatar through its geopolitical and diplomatic actions. The second part describes some of Qatar's business networks through the example of seven of its main companies and the influence of some of these to generate investment in professional sport. In the third section, an interpretation is expressed about the production of space and the generation of infrastructure in Qatar when obtaining the headquarters for the World Cup 2022.

  • Issue Year: 4/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-118
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Spanish