The 2022 FIFA World Cup, scheduled from November 20 to December 18, 2022, in Qatar, marks the first tournament held in the Arab world and the last with 32 teams before expanding to 48 teams in 2026. Key highlights include Qatar's automatic qualification as hosts, the inclusion of female referees for the first time, and unique cooling stadium designs to combat summer heat. Controversies surrounding human rights and the legality of homosexuality persist, but Qatar will allow rainbow flags and alcohol consumption during the event.

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FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022.................................................................. 3
What is fifa world cup? ........................................................................... 3
Teams ..................................................................................................... 5
Teams qualified....................................................................................... 7
Draw ....................................................................................................... 8
The pots for the draw ............................................................................. 9
Criteria of Stadiums .............................................................................. 10
The stadiums......................................................................................... 11
Host cities in Qatar................................................................................ 15
Stadiums in Doha area.......................................................................... 16
Schedule ............................................................................................... 16
Mascot.................................................................................................. 17
Grups .................................................................................................... 18
Bracket.................................................................................................. 20
Past World Cup results.......................................................................... 21
World Cup: next edition........................................................................ 22

3. FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022
WHAT IS FIFA WORLD CUP?
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is a Football (Soccer) World Cup
competition scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA, the
quadrennial international men's football championship contested
by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to
18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be
held in the Arab world.

4. the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an
increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament in the
United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Due to Qatar's intense summer heat, this World Cup will be held
from late-November to mid-December, making it the first
tournament not to be held in May, June, or July and to take place
in the northern winter; it will be played in a reduced timeframe
of around 29 days.
The first match played at the tournament will be contested
between Qatar and Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor. The
final is due to be held on 18 December 2022, which also is Qatar
National Day.

5. TEAMS
FIFA's six continental confederations organize their own
qualifying competitions. All FIFA member associations, of which
there are currently 211, were eligible to enter qualification.
Qatar, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament.
However, the AFC obliged Qatar to participate in the Asian
qualifying stage as the first two rounds also act as qualification
for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
The reigning World Cup champions France also went through
qualifying stages as normal.
Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup,
Qatar is the only team making their debut in the FIFA World Cup,

6. becoming the first hosts to make their tournament debut since
Italy in 1934. As a result, the 2022 tournament is the first World
Cup in which none of the teams that earned a spot through
qualification were making their debut.
The Netherlands, Ecuador, Ghana, Cameroon, and the United
States returned to the tournament after missing the 2018
tournament. Canada returned after 36 years, their only prior
appearance being in 1986. Wales made their first appearance in
64 years – a record gap for a European team, their only previous
participation having been in 1958.
Four-time world champions and reigning European champions
Italy failed to qualify for a second successive World Cup for the
first time in their history, losing in the qualification play-off semi-
finals.
The previous World Cup hosts, Russia, were disqualified from
competing due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chile, the
2015 and 2016 Copa América winners also failed to qualify for the
second consecutive time. Nigeria went out to Ghana on away
goals in CAF's final playoff round, having qualified for the
previous three World Cups and six out of the last seven. Egypt,
Panama, Colombia, Peru, Iceland, and Sweden, all of whom
qualified for the 2018 World Cup, also did not qualify for the 2022
tournament.

7. Team qualified
Team failed to qualify
Team withdrew or suspended
Not a FIFA member
TEAMS QUALIFIED

8. DRAW
The final draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention
Center in Doha, Qatar, on 1 April 2022. The two winners of the
inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the
UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw.
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots based
on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 31 March 2022.
Pot 1 contained the hosts Qatar (who were automatically
assigned to position A1) and the best seven teams.
Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, with
Pot 3 the next best eight teams into
Pot 4 contains the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the
placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and
the UEFA Path A play-off winner.
Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the
same group except for UEFA teams, for which there was at least
one and no more than two per group.
This principle also applied to the placeholder teams, with
constraints applying based on the confederation of both potential
winners of each play-off tie.

9. The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team
selected then allocated into the first available group
alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would
then be drawn with the pot 1 teams automatically drawn into
position 1 of each group.
THE POTS FOR THE DRAW
FIFA announced the list of 36 referees, and 69 assistant referees
and 24 video assistant referees for the tournament. Of the 36
referees, FIFA included two each from Argentina, Brazil, England,
and France.
For the first time women referees will referee games at a major
men's tournament. Stéphanie Frappart from France, Rwandan
Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan became
the first female referees to be appointed to a men's World Cup.
They will be joined by three female assistant referees, also a
first.

10. CRITERIA OF STADIUMS
Qatar intends the stadiums to reflect the historical and cultural
aspects of Qatar, and for the designs to meet the following terms
of reference: legacy, comfort, accessibility, and sustainability.
The stadiums will be equipped with cooling systems that aim to
reduce temperatures within the stadium by up to 20 °C (36 °F).
Their marketing includes statements describing the stadiums as
Zero Waste, and the upper tiers of the stadiums will be
disassembled after the World Cup and donated to countries with
less developed sports infrastructure.
Qatar aspires to be compliant and certified by the Global
Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for all the World Cup
stadiums. All of the five stadium projects launched have been

11. designed by German architect Albert Speer & Partners. The Al
Bayt Stadium will be the only indoor stadium of the eight used.
Bloomberg.com said that Qatar wishes to cut the number of
venues to eight or nine from the twelve originally planned.
Stadium 974, formerly known as Ras Abu Aboud, is the seventh
FIFA World Cup 2022 venue to be completed by the Supreme
Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC).
Its name comes from the number of shipping containers used in
its construction and Qatar's international dialing code. The
stadium will host seven matches during the event.
THE STADIUMS

15. HOST CITIES IN QATAR

16. STADIUMS IN DOHA AREA
SCHEDULE
FIFA World Cups are typically played in June and July, but the
2022 World Cup will be played in November and December to
avoid the intense Qatari summer heat.
As a result, the World Cup will be unusually staged in the middle
of the seasons of domestic football leagues which start in late
July or August, including all the major European leagues, which
have been obliged to incorporate extended breaks into their
domestic schedules to accommodate the World Cup.

17. The opening day featuring the hosts Qatar, will be played on 20
November 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium.
During the group stage, four matches will be played each day,
with kick-off times being 13:00, 16:00, 19:00, and 22:00 for the
first two rounds, and 18:00 and 22:00 for the simultaneous kick-
offs of the last round and for knockout stage matches.
The third-place match will be played on 17 December 2022 at the
Khalifa International Stadium, and the final will be played on 18
December 2022 at the Lusail Iconic Stadium, both at 18:00.
MASCOT

18. Its name is La’eeb, which is an Arabic word meaning "super-
skilled player". The official website of FIFA says: "La’eeb will be
known for his youthful spirit; spreading joy and confidence
everywhere he goes".
And the official backstory of the character, published there,
claims that it comes from a parallel world where tournament
mascots live, "a world where ideas and creativity form the basis
of characters that live in the minds of everyone".
GRUPS
Groups A, B, E, F: Al Bayt Stadium, Khalifa International
Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Ahmad bin Ali Stadium

19. Groups C, D, G, H: Lusail Iconic Stadium, Stadium 974,
Education City Stadium, Al Janoub Stadium
MATCH BALL
The official match ball, the "Al Rihla", was unveiled on 30 March
2022. It was mainly inspired by the culture, architecture, iconic
boats and flag of Qatar.

20. In Arabic, the word Al Rihla means "the journey". The ball was
designed with sustainability as a priority, making it the first ever
official match ball created with water-based glues and inks.
As "the game is getting faster" and "speeds up", Adidas used
some new features, allowing to provide speed and improve the
accuracy of the ball.
BRACKET
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal
playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes
each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to
determine the winners.

21. CONTROVERSIES
Groups and media outlets have expressed concern over the
suitability of Qatar to host the event with regard to
interpretations of human rights, particularly worker conditions
and the rights of fans in the LGBT community because of the
illegality of homosexuality in Qatar.
In December 2020, Qatar allowed the rainbow flags at the 2022
World Cup. Hassan Abdulla al Thawadi, chief executive of the
country's 2022 World Cup bid, said that Qatar would permit
alcohol consumption during the event, even though drinking in
public is not permitted, as the country's legal system is based on
Sharia.
PAST WORLD CUP RESULTS
Qatar 2022 will be the sixth World Cup this century, see below
the champions.
2018 champions: France

22. 2014 champions: Germany
2010 champions: Spain
2006 champions: Italy
2002 champions: Brazil
There were 16 World Cups which took place in the 20th century.
1998 champions: France
1994 champions: Brazil
1990 champions: Germany FR
1986 champions: Argentina
1982 champions: Italy
1978 champions: Argentina
1974 champions: Germany FR
1970 champions: Brazil
1966 champions: England
1962 champions: Brazil
1958 champions: Brazil
1954 champions: Germany FR
1950 champions: Uruguay
1938 champions: Italy
1934 champions: Italy
1930 champions: Uruguay
WORLD CUP: NEXT EDITION
Canada, Mexico and the USA will host the 2026 tournament
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