The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum is hosting the exhibition “World of Football” in honour of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The exhibition began on October 2, 2022 and continues until April 1, 2023. It will take visitors on a trip through the origins of football, its history, and the FIFA World Cup, highlighting how the game can unite people from all backgrounds and cultures.
The exhibition will be presented in two halves, taking inspiration from the structure of a typical football match. The first – Football for All, All for Football – examines football's universal and global appeal. The second – The Road to Doha – takes the visitor from the first FIFA Men’s World Cup matches in Uruguay in 1930 to the final in this year’s tournament at the Lusail Stadium on 18 December 2022.
The “extra time” section, History in the Making, will expand throughout the World Cup, as items from the tournament, such as footballs, shoes, scarves, tickets, posters, official merchandise, and other objects, are added to commemorate events that make history in Qatar.
Among the exhibition highlights is the jersey worn by Argentine great Diego Maradona described by many players as ‘the greatest player of all time’ when he scored twice to give Argentina a 2-1 lead against England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. His second goal was nominated by FIFA.com users as the “goal of the 20th century.”
The jersey is on loan to the exhibition after being sold at auction in May 2022, when it became the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever purchased.
The exhibition is part of Qatar Creates, the year-round national cultural movement that curates, promotes, and celebrates the diversity of cultural activities in Qatar while connecting resident and global audiences with Qatar’s creative industries.
The objects, films, and images featured in the exhibition come from various local and international organisations and loans from private collectors. Alongside items from 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum’s football collection, significant items from major international partner museums, including the National Football Museum in the UK, the FIFA Museum, and the Musée du Sport in France, will demonstrate the global influence of the game.
