Qatar 2022: Judged by standards no other host has faced | Featured Documentary
Was the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 judged by different standards from other tournaments, before or since? When FIFA announced the decision, it made history
Was the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 judged by different standards from other tournaments, before or since? When FIFA announced the decision, it made history — and triggered one of the fiercest controversies in modern sport. Allegations of corruption, political influence, worker abuse, cultural bias and media double standards followed the tournament for more than a decade. Through interviews with FIFA insiders, journalists, academics, activists, migrant workers and Qatari officials, A Game of Double Standards investigates how Qatar 2022 became a global battleground over power, image, and accountability.
The film asks whether international scrutiny exposed legitimate concerns, or whether Qatar was judged by standards rarely applied to other hosts. Comparing Qatar with past tournaments in Europe, Russia, and China, it examines FIFA’s culture of secrecy, the politics of global sport, and the human cost behind football’s biggest event. Contributors Sepp
Blatter – former FIFA president Guido Tognoni – former FIFA Director of Communications Hassan Al Thawadi – Secretary General, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy Simon Chadwick – Professor of Sport, University of Leeds Jaber Al Harami – Editor-in-Chief, Asharq newspaper, Qatar Bonita Mersiades – Australian sports administrator Gunther Latsch – investigative
journalist, Der Spiegel Ambet Yuson – General Secretary, Building and Wood Workers’ International Union Natalie Koch – Professor of Geopolitics and Sport Steve Cockburn – Amnesty International Pete Pattisson – Guardian reporter Rosa Moussaoui – investigative journalist, L’Humanité Richard Bloch – labour law expert David Miller – Professor of Sociology, University of Bristol
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