Soccer is one of the most famous outdoor sports around the world. And if we talk about the tournaments of soccer, FIFA is the most popular tournament of football. So, the first world cup tournament by FIFA was held in 1930 when their president put the idea of this tournament. Furthermore, the total number of teams in the first FIFA world cup tournament was only 13. Moreover, the number of teams increases with the passage of time in this tournament. Furthermore, there are more than 200 teams around the world that are playing for qualification in this tournament at this time. So if we talk about the total number of teams in the FIFA world cup tournament this year, there are 32 final teams that will be playing in the tournament.
Schedule of FIFA World Cup 2022
The FIFA world cup 2022 tournament will be started on 20 November this year. Additionally, the soccer team of Qatar and Ecuador will play the first match of the tournament on 20 November. Furthermore, the final of the FIFA world cup 2022 will be played between the winners of the semi-final rounds on the 18 December of this year. Moreover, every team will play against their group teams to qualify for the next round of the FIFA world cup 2022.
Group A Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Qatar vs. Ecuador
Sun, Nov 20
11 a.m.
Al Bayt
Senegal vs. Netherlands
Mon Nov, 21
11 a.m.
Al Thumama
Qatar vs. Senegal
Fri Nov, 25
8 a.m.
Al Thumama
Netherlands vs. Ecuador
Fri Nov, 25
11 a.m.
Khalifa Int’l
Netherlands vs. Qatar
Tue Nov, 29
10 a.m.
Al Bayt
Ecuador vs. Senegal
Tue Nov, 29
10 a.m.
Khalifa Int’l
Group B Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
England vs. Iran
Mon, Nov 21
11 a.m.
Khalifa Int’l
USA vs. Wales
Mon Nov, 21
10 a.m.
Al Rayyan
Wales vs. Iran
Fri Nov, 25
5 a.m.
Ahmad Bin Ali
England vs. USA
Fri Nov, 25
2 p.m.
Al Bayt
Wales vs. England
Tue Nov, 29
2 p.m.
Ahmad Bin Ali
Iran vs. USA
Tue Nov, 29
2 p.m.
Al Thumama
Group C Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Argentina vs. S. Arabia
Tue, Nov 22
5 a.m.
Lusail
Mexico vs. Poland
Tue Nov, 22
11 a.m.
Stadium 974
Poland vs. S. Arabia
Sat Nov, 26
8 a.m.
Education City
Argentina vs. Mexico
Sat Nov, 26
2 p.m.
Lusail
Poland vs. Argentina
Wed Nov, 30
2 p.m.
Stadium 974
S. Arabia vs. Mexico
Wed Nov, 30
2 p.m.
Lusail
Group D Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Denmark vs. Tunisia
Tue, Nov 22
8 a.m.
Education City
France vs. Australia
Tue Nov, 22
2 p.m.
Al Janoub
Tunisia vs. Australia
Sat Nov, 26
5 a.m.
Al Janoub
France vs. Denmark
Sat Nov, 26
11 a.m.
Stadium 974
Tunisia vs. France
Wed Nov, 30
10 a.m.
Education City
Australia vs. Denmark
Wed Nov, 30
10 a.m.
Al Janoub
Group E Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Germany vs. Japan
Wed, Nov 23
8 a.m.
Khalifa Int’l
Spain vs. Costa Rica
Wed, Nov 23
11 a.m.
Al Thumama
Japan vs. Costa Rica
Sun Nov, 27
5 a.m.
Ahmad Bin Ali
Spain vs. Germany
Sun Nov, 27
2 p.m.
Al Bayt
Japan vs. Spain
Thu Dec, 1
2 p.m.
Khalifa Int’l
Costa Rica vs. Germany
Thu Dec, 1
2 p.m.
Al Bayt
Group F Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Morocco vs. Croatia
Wed, Nov 23
5 a.m.
Al Bayt
Belgium vs. Canada
Wed, Nov 23
2 p.m.
Ahmad Bin Ali
Belgium vs. Morocco
Sun Nov, 27
8 a.m.
Al Thumama
Croatia vs. Canada
Sun Nov, 27
11 a.m.
Khalifa Int’l
Croatia vs. Belgium
Thu Dec, 1
10 a.m.
Ahmad Bin Ali
Canada vs. Morocco
Thu Dec, 1
10 a.m.
Al Thumama
Group G Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Switzerland vs. Cameroon
Thu, Nov 24
5 a.m.
Al Janoub
Brazil vs. Serbia
Thu, Nov 24
2 p.m.
Lusail
Cameroon vs. Serbia
Mon Nov, 28
5 a.m.
Al Janoub
Brazil vs. Switzerland
Mon Nov, 28
11 a.m.
Stadium 974
Cameroon vs. Brazil
Fri Dec, 2
2 p.m.
Lusail
Serbia vs. Switzerland
Fri Dec, 2
2 p.m.
Stadium 974
Group H Match Schedule
Match
Date
Time
Stadium
Uruguay vs. South Korea
Thu, Nov 24
8 a.m.
Education City
Portugal vs. Ghana
Thu, Nov 24
11 a.m.
Stadium 974
South Korea vs. Ghana
Mon Nov, 28
8 a.m.
Education City
Portugal vs. Uruguay
Mon Nov, 28
2 p.m.
Lusail
South Korea vs. Portugal
Fri Dec, 2
10 a.m.
Education City
Ghana vs. Uruguay
Fri Dec, 2
10 a.m.
Al Janoub
Qualified Teams of FIFA World Cup 2022
As we know that there are more than 200 football teams around the world that play very hard to qualify for the FIFA world cup tournament. But only 32 of the football teams qualify for the tournament of FIFA world cup. So if we talk about the FIFA world cup of this year, 32 teams have qualified for the world cup FIFA. Furthermore, it includes the football team of England, Qatar, Iran, the United States, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and many others teams. Thus, we will talk about all of the qualified teams of the FIFA world cup 2022 in the Group Structure below.
Group Structure of FIFA World Cup 2022
The management has separated the qualified teams into eight groups for the FIFA world cup 2022. Moreover, the groups of the FIFA world cup include Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. Furthermore, each of these groups has four teams that will be playing against each other in group stages. So, we will showcase to you all these 32 teams with their groups in the table below.
Quarter Final Stage of FIFA World Cup
In the group stages of the tournament, 32 teams play against each other. So after the group stage, 16 teams from these 32 teams qualify for the quarter-final round. Furthermore, every group has four teams and 2 of them qualify for the next round of the tournament. Just like group A has four teams, i.e., Senegal, Netherlands, Qatar, and Ecuador, but the top 2 teams of the group will qualify for the quarter-final round of the FIFA world cup 2022.
Semi-Final Stage of FIFA World Cup 2022
Total of 16 teams from the group stage qualify for the quarter-final round of the tournament. Furthermore, these 16 teams play against each other to qualify for the semi-final round of the tournament. Additionally, there are only four slots in the semi-final stage of the FIFA world cup 2022 tournament. Therefore, 4 top teams from the quarter-final stage qualify for the semi-final round of the FIFA world cup 2022.
Final Round of FIFA World Cup 2022
After qualifying for the semi-final stage, the teams play hard to qualify for the final round of the FIFA world cup 2022 tournament. Furthermore, these four teams are separated into two matches in the semi-final round. Moreover, both of the matches are qualifier matches for the final match of the tournament. Therefore, the winners of semi-final matches qualify for the final round of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Thus, both the final teams play hard to win the match and the title of FIFA World Cup Champions as well.
