We bring to your attention the schedule of matches of the World Cup in Qatar.
On Sunday, November 20, the 22nd ever FIFA World Cup will start. This year, the planetary championship is hosted by Qatar.
For the first time in history, the tournament will be held in the Middle East and for the first time it will be held in autumn and winter.
32 national teams participate in the final part of the World Cup.
According to the regulations, all national teams were divided into eight groups, with four national teams in each. The winners and second teams of their quartets will advance to the 1/8 finals.
Compositions of the groups of the 2022 World Cup in football
Group A: Senegal, Qatar, Netherlands, Ecuador
Group B: England, USA, Iran, Wales
Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia
Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, Australia
Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan, Costa Rica
Group F: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada
Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana
The 2022 World Cup will be opened by a match between the national teams of Qatar and Ecuador. This game will take place on November 20 at the “El Bayt” stadium in the city of El Hawry. The meeting starts at 18:00 Kyiv time.
The schedule of matches of the 2022 World Cup in football
Group stage
Round 1
Sunday, November 20
- 18:00 Qatar – Ecuador (Group A)
Monday, November 21
- 15:00 England – Iran (Group B)
- 18:00 Senegal – Netherlands (Group A)
- 21:00 USA – Wales (Group B)
Tuesday, November 22
- 12:00 Argentina – Saudi Arabia (Group C)
- 15:00 Denmark – Tunisia (Group D)
- 18:00 Mexico – Poland (Group C)
- 21:00 France – Australia (Group D)
Wednesday, November 23
- 12:00 Morocco – Croatia (Group F)
- 15:00 Germany – Japan (Group E)
- 18:00 Spain – Costa Rica (Group E)
- 21:00 Belgium – Canada (Group F)
Thursday, November 24
- 12:00 Switzerland – Cameroon (Group G)
- 15:00 Uruguay – South Korea (Group H)
- 18:00 Portugal – Ghana (Group H)
- 21:00 Brazil – Serbia (Group G)
Round 2
Friday, November 25
- 12:00 Wales – Iran (Group B)
- 15:00 Qatar – Senegal (Group A)
- 18:00 Netherlands – Ecuador (Group A)
- 21:00 England – USA (Group B)
Saturday, November 26
- 12:00 Tunisia – Australia (Group D)
- 15:00 Poland – Saudi Arabia (Group C)
- 18:00 France – Denmark (Group D)
- 21:00 Argentina – Mexico (Group C)
Sunday, November 27
- 12:00 Japan – Costa Rica (Group E)
- 15:00 Belgium – Morocco (Group F)
- 18:00 Croatia – Canada (Group F)
- 21:00 Spain – Germany (Group E)
Monday, November 28
- 12:00 Cameroon – Serbia (Group G)
- 15:00 South Korea – Ghana (Group H)
- 18:00 Brazil – Switzerland (Group G)
- 21:00 Portugal – Uruguay (Group H)
Tour 3
Tuesday, November 29
- 17:00 Ecuador – Senegal (Group A)
- 17:00 Netherlands – Qatar (Group A)
- 21:00 Iran – USA (Group B)
- 21:00 Wales – England (Group B)
Wednesday, November 30
- 17:00 Tunisia – France (Group D)
- 17:00 Australia – Denmark (Group D)
- 21:00 Poland – Argentina (Group C)
- 21:00 Saudi Arabia – Mexico (Group C)
Thursday, December 1
- 17:00 Croatia – Belgium (Group F)
- 17:00 Canada – Morocco (Group F)
- 21:00 Japan – Spain (Group E)
- 21:00 Costa Rica – Germany (Group E)
Friday, December 2
- 17:00 South Korea – Portugal (Group H)
- 17:00 Ghana – Uruguay (Group H)
- 21:00 Serbia – Switzerland (Group G)
- 21:00 Cameroon – Brazil (Group G)
The 1/8 finals of the tournament will take place from December 3 to 6, the 1/4 games are scheduled for December 9-10, and the semifinals are scheduled for December 13-14.
The final match will take place on December 18 at the National Stadium in Lusail, which holds 80,000 spectators.
Let’s add that in the entire history of the World Cup, only eight national teams were able to win this trophy. The largest number of championship titles in Brazil is five.
The current winner of the World Cup is the national team of France, which beat Croatia in the final of the 2018 World Cup.
We will remind you that the national team of Ukraine could not make it to the 2022 World Cup in football. “Blue and Yellow” beat the Scotland national team 3:1 in the semifinals of the World Cup qualifiers, and narrowly lost to Wales 0:1 in the final.