Compared with the Olympics, the opening ceremony of World Cup is generally short. Since the protagonist of the World Cup is still participating in the top 32, FIFA has only 30 minutes to open the World Cup. It is precisely because of the limited opening ceremony that the hosts of each World Cup will use all their skills to show their own culture, regional style, and love for football.
and spent $220 billion to welcome the World Cup Qatar . After 12 years of preparation, it contributed a luxurious opening ceremony to billions of fans around the world at 22:40 on November 20. The opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup was prepared by Marco Balic. As a participant in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, he gave great surprises to the outside world at the opening ceremony of this World Cup.
Qatar World Cup opening ceremony did not open with singing and dancing performances in accordance with the traditions of previous World Cups. Instead, the famous actor Morgan Freeman was specially invited as the narrator to show a mysterious video with the themes of ocean, desert, and human search, bringing global attention to the Qatar Bay Stadium. After using imaging technology to achieve a hot opening, the Qatar Dance Team led a wonderful singing and dancing performance on the stadium, and then Morgan Freeman appeared to announce the official opening ceremony.
100 dancers quickly entered the center of the stage and danced with lightsabers. During the four corners, there were also local Qatar drummers performing percussion, demonstrating the charm of Qatar's local music in the form of light and shadow dance performances. Every time the four-corner drummer beats the drum surface, the light and shadow in the venue will quickly gather to the lightsaber dancer. Then the lightsaber dancers quickly opened the venue, and the giant jerseys from the top 32 participating countries entered the stage.
surrounds 32 jerseys, and 32 dancers around him hold national flags in the center of the stage showing the national flags of participating fans around the world. As the dance is about to end, the top 32 national flag flag bearers are in a circle, demonstrating the significance of the top 32 uniting together to compete. As the music ended, dancers in red costumes turned to the center of the stage, and the theme songs of previous World Cups were played one after another, bringing fans and friends into memories four, eight, and twelve years ago. In the center of the big screen, while the superstar images of previous World Cup participating countries were repeatedly played, the mascots of previous World Cups, which were as high as three meters high, appeared on the stage one after another. As the music breaks, the light in the center of the stage gradually fades. Raibu, the mascot of this Qatar World Cup stage, appears in the form of a 3D impression. The light in the center of the stage gradually appears, and the giant doll of Raibu, the mascot of the Qatar World Cup, appears to meet fans around the world.
Just as fans are still paying attention to Raibu's cute characters, Korean BTS member Tian Jungkook and Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi entered the venue to sing the theme song "Dreamers" of this World Cup, announcing the official start of the Qatar World Cup. During the opening ceremony of this World Cup, although the overall time was only 30 minutes, Qatar, as the organizer, was full of sincerity.
uses four different forms: traditional singing and dancing performances, classical singing and dancing performances, modern laser dance , and pop music performances, to fully interpret the stories of the World Cup and the connection between Qatar as a desert country and football. As the most luxurious World Cup in previous World Cups, there is no doubt that Qatar has proved with practical actions that they are worthy of their commitment to carry forward the World Cup when bids for the World Cup 12 years ago.
