21 November 2021 ONE YEAR TO GO UNTIL THE FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022™ BEGINS! The countdown to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ has begun and Hublot’s timing every second of it. Doha, November 21, 2021 – Hublot loves football! The luxury Swiss watch company – first, unique, different – is delighted to announce the unveiling of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Countdown Clock. Today marks one year until the tournament gets under way on November 21st, 2022. The countdown started with a kickoff from French FIFA World Cup™ winner and Hublot Friend of the Brand, the legendary Marcel Desailly, who was joined on stage by Coach Sami Trabelsi and local ambassador Adel Khamis. The clock, which forms part of a striking sculpture that stands 5,75 metres high, will stand on the Qatar capital Doha’s Corniche Fishing Spot, a beautiful pier overlooking the shimmering waters of the Persian Gulf. “Exactly one year to go! The world will be brought together during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ in a festival of football like never before. Once again, Hublot is so proud and so excited to be the tournament’s Official Timekeeper and to be timing every match, right through to the final on December 18th 2022. This will be the fourth time we’ve performed the role, a great honour that will put Hublot on television screens in living rooms all over the world. Football, or soccer as it’s known in the US, is such a beautiful, intricate game that brings pleasure – and sometimes pain! – to billions of people around the globe. The discipline of mechanical watchmaking is a perfect fit. The best teams run like clockwork! Hublot loves football!” Ricardo Guadalupe HUBLOT CEO Marcel Desailly, Ricardo Guadalupe & Gianni Infantino Hublot became the first luxury company to enter football in 2006. It first timed the FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa in 2010, a role it reprised four years later in Brazil and then again in Russia in 2018. The company is now the first name in football timekeeping, with partnerships and timekeeping responsibilities for the UEFA European Championships (known as the Euros), the UEFA Champions League and the Premier League. It’s also the Official Watch of some of the world’s most prestigious football clubs, including Juventus, Chelsea, AFC Ajax and Benfica, and is proud to count a number of the game’s most celebrated individuals as Ambassadors, including Pelé, José Mourinho, Didier Deschamps and superstar French striker Kylian Mbappé. LATEST NEWS HUBLOT POLO GOLD CUP GSTAAD 2025 August 24, 2025, Gstaad - The 28th edition of the most prestigious polo tournament in the Alps was held under the official timekeeping of Hublot. The best international riders battled it out in the heights of Gstaad, offering a captivating spectacle in the exceptional setting of the Swiss mountains. A flagship event of the Alpine summer, the Hublot Polo Gold Cup Gstaad once again transformed Gstaad-Saanenland Airport into an exceptional stage for the noblest of equestrian sports. At 1,000 meters above sea level, surrounded by the majestic peaks of the Bernese Alps, this unique competition in the world continues to attract the international elite of polo, the oldest and most noble of sports. learn more ENGLAND CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2025™ ON HUBLOT TIME BASEL, Switzerland, 27 July 2025 - Congratulations England! The final at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, which attracted a crowd of more than 30,000 and a global TV audience of millions, brought to a close a wonderful tournament. It began with 16 teams and was contested across 31 fixtures, yielding more than 100 goals and many more memorable moments in front of record crowds. From start to finish, Hublot timed every second as the tournament’s Official Timekeeper. learn more
