FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: when is it, who is participating and everything you need to know

(CNN Spanish) – The twenty-second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the world’s largest football event, will be held for the first time in Qatar.

The World Cup will start on November 21 and end on December 18, 2022.

World Cup calendar

The opening match of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place on November 21, 2022 at 1:00 pm local time (05:00 am, Miami time) at the Al Bayt Stadium, a stadium with a capacity for 60,000 spectators.

The local times for the group stage matches will be at 01:00 pm, 04:00 pm, 07:00 pm and 10:00 pm; while the matches of the last day of this phase, as well as the subsequent qualifying rounds will be played simultaneously at 06:00 pm and 10:00 pm

Khalifa International Stadium will host the third-place match to be played on December 17, while the final will be played at 06:00 pm local time at Lusail Stadium before 80,000 spectators.

“In order for all teams to have enough time to recover, the group stage will last twelve days, four games will be played a day, so the schedule promises to be very exciting,” said FIFA .

FIFA has said that “the stadium and the schedule of the group stage matches of each of the days will be decided after the conclusion of the final draw, scheduled for after the qualifiers in March 2022.”

“Once the pairings are known, the possibility of assigning the best schedules depending on the television audiences and also for the fans displaced to Qatar, depending on the ideal stadium, will be evaluated,” said FIFA.

Classification

Thirty-two teams will compete in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. So far, the Qatar team is the only one qualified as the host country. The qualifiers began in 2019, but in the face of the covid-19 pandemic, the classification will not be defined until March 2022.

Tickets sale

The first tickets with associated preferential services (hospitality tickets, in English) will go on sale at the end of 2020, while the date for the sale of tickets to the general public only has not yet been announced. According to the FIFA pageTicket prices in packages are sold by game or by team and are available starting at US $ 950 and for US $ 10,750 when a package is purchased per venue.

Check out some of the region’s top stories and event news here before the tournament begins:

Qatar is ready for the 2022 World Cup and refutes allegations of worker rights abuses

As you drive through Qatar, it seems like a new desert football stadium rises on every corner, each offering a futuristic glimpse into its traditional culture.

Yet each of them has been built with the help of an army of overseas workers, many of whom hail from South Asia and parts of Africa. And the small Gulf country has launched a media offensive after several reports denouncing heinous mistreatment and abuse.

FIFA will study the possibility of a World Cup every 2 years

At the 71st FIFA congress, held this Friday in Switzerland, the news that generated the most interest was that the body that governs world football will study the possibility of organizing the World Cup every two years. Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, explained why it might be a good idea.

Germany surprised in qualifying for Qatar 2022

This is what the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium looks like

The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium is the latest stadium to open for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Built where the original stood, the new design is described as the “place that tells the story of Qatar”. We bring you the details.

This is the “Diamond in the Desert”, the new stadium for the Qatar World Cup 2022

The VAR in the Conmebol qualifying rounds

The Council of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) approved in February 2020 the implementation of the Video Assistant Referees or VAR system in qualifying matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the organization announced in a statement.

“The costs of tickets, accommodation and VAR referee fees for the 90 matches will be covered by FIFA, while the technology costs will be borne by Conmebol,” said the confederation.

According to Conmebol, the objective is “to detect clear and obvious errors in these encounters and thus promote sports justice.”

Qatar seeks to prevent 2022 World Cup attendees from suffering from heat

The organizers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar want to have everything under control, including the weather. With this system, the Middle Eastern country seeks to ensure that high temperatures will not affect football fans.

This is the logo of the Qatar 2022 World Cup

Soccer fans can now officially get excited about the 2022 World Cup. FIFA has just unveiled the Qatar World Cup emblem, and attention to detail has been paid.

FIFA says the World Cup emblem is intended to embody the vision of “an event that connects and engages the entire world”, while reflecting the culture in which the sporting event takes place.

The new emblem is white with distinctive brown markings that are both floral and geometric. The shape is supposed to resemble the number eight for the number of stadiums that will host soccer games, and the infinity symbol, to signify the “interconnected nature of the event.”