FIFA World Cup 2022 Start Date

Last Modified Nov 21, 2022 10:56 GMT

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is set to begin on 20th November 2022, with the finals scheduled to take place on 18th December 2022. The FIFA World Cup is normally played between the June-July period but due to the climatic conditions in Qatar, it was decided that the November-December period would be more suited for this year's World Cup. The first match is set to be between host city Qatar and Ecuador.

World Cup 2022 Venue

LusailAl KhorDoha
Lusail Iconic StadiumAl Bayt StadiumStadium 974Al Thumama Stadium
Capacity: 80,000Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 40,000
Al RayyanAl Wakrah
Education City StadiumAhmad bin Ali StadiumKhalifa International StadiumAl Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 45,350Capacity: 44,740Capacity: 40,000(upgraded)Capacity: 40,000

World Cup 2022 Teams

GROUP A

PosTeam
1Qatar(H)
2Ecuador
3Senegal
4Netherlands

GROUP B

PosTeam
1England
2Iran
3United States
4Wales

GROUP C

PosTeam
1Argentina
2Saudi Arabia
3Mexico
4Poland

GROUP D

PosTeam
1France
2Australia
3Denmark
4Tunisia

GROUP E

PosTeam
1Spain
2Costa Rica
3Germany
4Japan

GROUP F

PosTeam
1Belgium
2Canada
3Morocco
4Croatia

GROUP G

PosTeam
1Brazil
2Serbia
3Switzerland
4Cameroon

GROUP H

PosTeam
1Portugal
2Ghana
3Uruguay
4South Korea

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