Beckham 'proud' to have been ambassador for the Qatar 2022 World Cup
Beckham was criticised for associating himself with a country where same-sex relationships are illegal.
The Gulf state's treatment of migrant workers has also been questioned by human rights campaigners.
"I had a lot of conversations with the LGBTQ community when I was there and they said they'd been treated perfectly fine," Beckham, 48, told Sky Sports.
"They felt it was the safest World Cup they have had for a long time."
The conditions migrant workers lived and worked in while building the World Cup stadiums and male guardianship rules that curtail women's freedoms also came under intense scrutiny.
Days before the World Cup began comedian Joe Lycett appeared to destroy £10,000 of his own money in a protest against Beckham's role with the tournament, saying he was shredding it along with Beckham's "status as a gay icon".
Lycett later confirmed he had not really destroyed the cash and had in fact donated the money to charity.
The host country's World Cup organisers stated "everyone is welcome" to visit and watch the matches, claiming no-one would be discriminated against.
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