Qatar hosts the World Cup, and one of the most criticized things is that they have never made a World Cup before. In the past hundred years, except for Uruguay, the first World Cup, Qatar is the only team that has not participated in the World Cup but can host the World Cup. Then contact Qatar for the biggest advantage of successfully qualifying as a host (needless to say?). ), which is even more offensive.
Since they have not participated in the World Cup, Qatar in this year's World Cup is a 100% new army and a small white team, and it is impossible to know what they can play, after all, we do not even have a game with reference significance. In fact, even if Qatar could play in the World Cup in Russia four years ago, it can provide us with some reference games. Let's assume what kind of results this Qatar team will achieve if they participate in the 2018 World Cup. Or who are they closest to?
In fact, in recent years, Qatar has not been idle. Although they are the hosts and do not have to participate in the qualifiers, the necessary training is indispensable. During these years, Qatar participated in the World Preliminary Tournament in Europe, the North American Gold Cup, and the Copa America. Among them, the European World Preliminary Tournament and the Copa America's blow to Qatar is huge, after all, the gap in strength is too large. For example, in the European World Preliminary Round, against strong teams such as Serbia and Portugal, Qatar has no ability to resist at all. Even against the less formidable Ireland, Qatar lost 4-0 away. Obviously, not to mention the first-class teams in Europe, even the second-rate teams can crush Qatar.
South American teams, while not as fierce as European teams, can also easily beat Qatar.
Therefore, Qatar's participation in the European World Preliminary Tournament and the Copa America, the biggest gain is to know how many pounds they have, and how big the gap with the strong team is.
Relatively speaking, participating in the 2021 North American Gold Cup is still a good experience for Qatar.
Of course, the strength of North American teams cannot be compared with that of Europe and South America, except for Mexico and the United States, which are slightly stronger, the strength of other teams is limited, or it is not stable enough. In this event, Qatar achieved what it did not achieve in the European World Preliminary Round and the Copa America – the group qualified.
In the quarter-finals, Qatar went one step further, beating El Salvador 3:2 and actually reaching the final four. Qatar lost 0-1 to the United States in the semifinals and stopped there. But being able to reach the final four is enough to show that Qatar still has a certain competitiveness in North American football.
Let's focus on a draw in the group stage, Qatar 3-3 Panama. Qatar won easily against two other opponents, Honduras and Grenada, but faced Panama, the two teams played a high-scoring draw. It can be seen that Qatar and Panama are not only close in strength, but also similar in temperament.
Panama competed in the 2018 World Cup, but the results were disastrous, with three consecutive defeats in the group stage and a 1:6 defeat to England. In fact, if Panama is replaced by Qatar, then the outcome is likely to be not much different.
First of all, against a European powerhouse like England and Belgium, Qatar has absolutely no ability to resist. These two teams can crush Qatar just physically. As for Tunisia, it is similar to the Qatari style, but the strength and experience are certainly better, and the victory over Qatar is not much of a problem.
So, if Qatar appears in the 2018 World Cup, their results are likely to be the same as Panama's. In short, three consecutive defeats are high-probability events, and they will be mixed with one or even two big-score defeats.
Finally, this year's World Cup, although Qatar has a home advantage, but who can guarantee that their results will not be three consecutive defeats? At that time, we can wait and see.