Qatar lost 2-0 to the Netherlands in their final group game of the World Cup . The Gulf state has invested an estimated $200 billion in this tournament .
Qatar ended a miserable World Cup campaign with a 2-0 loss to the Netherlands on Tuesday, and ended their own tournament with the worst ever performance by a host nation.The Gulf state has invested an estimated $200 billion in this World Cup, while its squad is the reigning continental champions after winning the Asian Cup in 2019.But coach Felix Sanchez and his squad were disappointed when they lost 3-1 to Senegal in their second match after losing 2-0 to Ecuador in the tournament's opening game.They went out without scoring a single point and only one goal on Tuesday.They were the second World Cup host nation to miss the group stage, following South Africa in 2010.
Overall, every other host nation in the 22 World Cups since the first tournament in 1930 has reached the next stage, although Japan lost in the last 16 in 2002, as did the United States in 1994.Brazil qualified in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 1998; South Korea came fourth; Mexico eliminated in the second group stage1978; France placed third; Portugal placed third; Spain placed third; Sweden placed third1958; Brazil placed fourth; Sweden placed third; Brazil lost in the quarter-finals of the tournament in 1918.Featured Video Of The DayFIFA World Cup: Cameroon Rally To Salvage 3-3 Draw Against Serbia.