Image:France players celebrate winning the World Cup in Moscow in 2018 What is the World Cup format and schedule? Group H: Portugal, Canada, Uruguay, South Korea.
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon.Group F: Belgium, Ghana, Morocco, Croatia.Group E: Spain, Intercontinental play-off 2*, Germany, Japan.Group D: France, Intercontinental play-off 1*, Denmark, Tunisia.Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland.Group B: England, Iran, USA, European play-off*.Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands.Australia or United Arab Emirates vs Peruīecause Scotland and Wales have been pitched in the same path, it means Scotland and Wales will play each other for a place at next year's World Cup if Scotland progress past Ukraine in their delayed play-off semi-final.Meanwhile, the intercontinental play-offs will be contested on 13-14 June in Qatar with Australia or UAE or Peru plus Costa Rica or New Zealand taking the two remaining places. Wales, Scotland or Ukraine will be at the World Cup as play-off winners. Who will be the final three countries to qualify? The third and final European play-off, which will feature Wales against Scotland or Ukraine, has been delayed until June. In Europe, Portugal and Poland progressed to the finals after winning their play-off finals against North Macedonia and Sweden respectively. Sadio Mane scored the winning kick as Senegal beat Egypt 3-1 on penalties, with Mo Salah among the Egyptian players to miss their spot-kicks. Mexico and the United States also qualified for the World Cup in their final qualifier, and Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco and Cameroon were among the final countries to book their places at Qatar 2022. Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knockout round matches will be at 10am and 2pm ESTīelow is the schedule and fixture list in full, as the 2022 World Cup will be the first in history to not take place in the summer.As hosts, Qatar received automatic qualification to next year's tournament.įour-time World Cup winners Germany were the first team to guarantee a spot through the qualification process in Europe, while Brazil - the most successful national team in World Cup history with five trophies - secured swift qualification as one of the top four teams in South America's groups.Įngland secured their place in November by topping their qualifying group.Ĭanada qualified for the World Cup finals for just the second time, beating Jamaica 4-0 to book their ticket to Qatar and end 36 years of failure and heartache.The group stage will take place from Nov.There will be four games per day in the group stage.Kick off times (EST) for the group games will be 5am, 8am, 11am and 2pm.Here are more details on the schedule, as teams will not have to travel long distances during the tournament and for all but three games there will be a three-day rest for each team. The World Cup group stage draw will be held in March 2022, so until then we don’t know which stadiums teams will be playing in.Īs for the World Cup final, that will be held on December 18 in the 80,000 capacity Lusail Stadium in Doha, with the kick off time 10am ET. The 60,000 capacity Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor will host the opening game of the tournament on Monday, 21 November, as we know hosts Qatar will feature. Back to the 2022 World Cup schedule, start date and kick off times. Well, as long as the USMNT qualify for the tournament this time, as CONCACAF are still working out how the qualifying tournament will work in North and Central America.Īnyway, let’s cross that bridge when we get to it. “A World Cup over Thanksgiving!” I hear you cry. The 2022 World Cup schedule, start date and kick off times have been officially released and it will be a soccer feast in Qatar.įIFA will be taking its premier tournament to the Middle East for the first time in history and it will kick off in Qatar on November 21.
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