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Cyrielle CABOT

The World Cup in numbers: A tournament to outspend them all

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A FIFA World Cup trophy replica outside the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Qatar, one of eight stadiums hosting the tournament. © Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP

The 2022 World Cup will be the most compact in history, staged in the smallest-ever host country. But by most other measures, Qatar’s football extravaganza will outstrip all previous World Cups. FRANCE 24 takes a look at a tournament unlike any other, in 10 key figures.

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