ZURICH (AP) — The final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be on Dec. 18, the country’s national holiday. FIFA confirmed on Thursday the date of the world’s most watched sports event more than four years after it controversially chose the tiny Gulf emirate as host. Finally, Qatar got its reward for enduring an investigation into alleged corruption in the bidding process, and a European-led furor over moving the World Cup from its traditional June-July period. In more than seven years, on Dec. 18 — which Qataris recognize as their nation’s founding day in 1878 — the yet-to-be-built Lusail Stadium near Doha will stage the World Cup final. “It’s a Sunday, and it’s also the national day of Qatar and, yes, in principle, we try to play in 28 days,” FIFA spokesman Walter De Gregorio said, confirming a decision of the executive committee in the opening session of its two-day meeting. RELATED: EX-PORTUGAL STAR LUIS FIGO ENTERS FIFA PRESIDENTIAL RACE AGAINST BLATTER SAYING ‘FOOTBALL DESERVES BETTER’ A 28-day tournament kicking off on Monday, Nov. 21, would see the 64 matches played in four fewer days than usual. It could be confirmed on Friday, De Gregorio said in a…