Thread: Explain the World Cup to me please.
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Old 10-16-2018, 09:24 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Ultra Mantis View Post
The only reason this is called a "World Cup" is allegedly because the Crown Prince wanted to take shots at rival nation Qatar, who are hosting the actual World Cup in 2022 (and won the bid via bribery / corruption amongst FIFA top brass but that's another story). I saw on Reddit the official KSA press release for the event openly mocks / goads Qatar. The tournament itself is inconsequential.
Never thought of it that way.

A part of me thought that it was called the "World Cup" to maybe make Saudi Arabia look good as they could say something like "The best in the world have come to our country to see who is the best" and so to them "Saudi Arabia = The Best".
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