The 2022 FIFA World Cup competition in Qatar will start from November 20 to December 18 with 32 teams and will be the last version of the World Cup with this number as the tournament will increase to 48 teams starting with the next version in 2026.
Qatar will host the World Cup for the first time in the Middle East at eight stadiums: Lusail, Al Bayt, Action City, Ahmed bin Ali, Al Tumama, 974 and Al Janub, and also at Khalifa International Stadium. .
The events of the first round of the tournament will last for 12 days, starting from November 20 to the second of December next year, and the events of the second round, “round of sixteen”, will be held from the third to the sixth of December, then the quarter-finals on the ninth and tenth of the same month.
The semi-final matches of the tournament will take place on the 13th and 14th of the same month, and the match for third place will take place on the 17th of the same month, provided that the activities of this historical version will be closed. the next day in the final match.
During the first round of the tournament, there will be four matches per day, with one round in two groups per day, given the close distance between the eight host stadiums.
Following the results of the draw for the first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage, the following groups were determined:
Group A: Qatar – Ecuador – Senegal – Netherlands.
Group B: England – Iran – America – Wales.
Group C: Argentina – Saudi Arabia – Mexico – Poland.
Group D: France – Australia – Denmark – Tunisia.
Group E: Spain – Costa Rica – Germany – Japan.
Group F: Belgium – Canada – Morocco – Croatia.
Group G: Brazil – Serbia – Switzerland – Cameroon.
Group H: Portugal – Ghana – Uruguay – South Korea.
The World Cup has been held every four years since 1930, with the exception of the 1942 and 1946 tournaments, which were canceled due to World War II. From receiving the first copy after his victory over the Argentina national team.
The Brazilian national team is considered one of the most decorated teams in the cup, having won it five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, followed by the Italian team, which won it four times in 1934. , 1938, 1982 and 2006, equal to the German national team, which achieved this in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.
Argentina, Uruguay and France have won the title twice, while England and Spain have won the tournament once each.
Only two teams managed to win the championship twice in a row, as the Italian team became the first team to win the championship twice in a row in the 1934 and 1938 versions, followed by Brazil, the champions in 1958 and 1962.
It is noteworthy that the French team became the crown of the 2018 World Cup, which was held in Russia, after a big victory in the final match against Croatia with a score of four goals to two.
