World Cup 2022

Ahead of the Fifa World Cup 2022

The FIFA World Cup was usually held during the months of June or July. However, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held on October to November. The 2022 World Cup dates was moved six months forward mainly because of the extreme hot weather in Qatar during the summer months. In this article, we will be going through the rules for all the qualified teams, the group names, and all the important things you should now to stay updated on the event.

Here we will list the schedules of the matches including dates and tv schedules, venues or arenas, and odds.

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2022

This year’s world cup will jumpstart with a match between Senegal and Netherlands at 0500 Canadian time on November 21, 2022. While the final match will happen on the 28^th of December, 2022. The 32 teams playing this year went through the world cup 2022 qualifiers held last November 2021. They are divided into 8 groups and are going to play through a round-robin manner. Thankfully, Canada is back in FIFA World Cup for the first time after 36 long years.

The games are planned to be held in 7 different cities in Qatar, focusing on the country’s capital, Doha. 12 different arenas were also specially built for this event. Although they were successfully built, there are several issues surrounding them. This is because of the news that there were about 6, 500 workers who died while building the arenas. The report has caused this year’s World cup to have the most criticism.

WORLD CUP GROUPS: A-H

FIFA conducts qualifying tournaments in the six FIFA continental zones. These are Africa, Asia, North and Central America, Caribbean, South America, Oceana, and Europe. Places are then assigned to the teams beforehand. It is generally based on the strength of the confederations’ teams. Qualifications also differ depending on the confederation overseeing the qualifier.

The 32 teams who were qualified are divided into 8 groups with 4 national teams in each group. The world cup 2022 groups were drawn randomly but are made sure that there will be no more than two European countries or more than one team in the same confederation in one group. The tournament has two stages, group stage and the knockout stage. Since it’s a round-robin, the teams are scheduled to face each other three times. The top two teams during the group game will then advance to the knockout stage. It will then be a single elimination tournament against the teams in the knockout stage. Listed below are the groups, and the teams in it.

GROUP A

•  Qatar
•  Ecuador
•  Senegal
•  Netherlands

GROUP B

•  England
•  Iran
•  United States
•  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

WORLD CUP 2022 DATES

The Qatar 2022 World Cup will run for 3 weeks, starting on the 21st of November with a match between Senegal and Netherlands. Listed below are the game schedules and the channels that will broadcast them.

Time	November 20	Channel
07:00 PM	Qatar VS  Ecuador	Bellmedia

Time	November 21	Channel
05:00 AM	Senegal VS  Netherlands	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	England VS  Iran	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	United States VS  Wales	Bellmedia

Time	November 22	Channel
05:00 AM	Argentina VS  Saudi Arabia	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Denmark VS  Tunisia	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Mexico VS  Poland	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	France VS  Australia	Bellmedia

Time	November 23	Channel
05:00 AM	Morocco VS  Croatia	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Germany VS  Japan	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Spain VS  Costa Rica	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Belgium VS  Canada	Bellmedia

Time	November 24	Channel
05:00 AM	Switzerland VS  Cameroon	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Uruguay VS  South Korea	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Portugal VS  Ghana	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Brazil VS  Serbia	Bellmedia

Time	November 25	Channel
05:00 AM	Wales VS  Iran	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Qatar VS  Senegal	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Netherlands VS  Ecuador	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	England VS  United States	Bellmedia

Time	November 26	Channel
05:00 AM	Australia VS  Tunisia	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Poland VS  Saudi Arabia	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	France VS  Denmark	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Argentina VS  Mexico	Bellmedia

Time	November 27	Channel
05:00 AM	Japan VS  Costa Rica	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	Belgium VS  Morocco	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Croatia VS Canada	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Spain VS  Germany	Bellmedia

Time	November 28	Channel
05:00 AM	Cameroon VS  Serbia	Bellmedia
08:00 AM	South Korea VS  Ghana	Bellmedia
11:00 AM	Brazil VS  Switzerland	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Portugal VS  Uruguay	Bellmedia

Time	November 29	Channel
10:00 AM	Netherlands VS  Qatar	Bellmedia
10:00 AM	Ecuador VS  Senegal	TSN
02:00 PM	Wales VS  England	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Iran VS  United States	TSN

Time	November 30	Channel
10:00 AM	Tunisia VS  France	Bellmedia
10:00 AM	Australia VS  Denmark	TSN
02:00 PM	Poland VS  Argentina	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Saudi Arabia VS  Mexico	TSN

Time	December 01	Channel
10:00 AM	Croatia VS  Belgium	Bellmedia
10:00 AM	Canada VS  Morocco	TSN
02:00 PM	Japan VS  Spain	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Costa Rica VS  Germany	TSN

Time	December 02	Channel
10:00 AM	South Korea VS  Portugal	Bellmedia
10:00 AM	Ghana VS  Uruguay	TSN
11:00 AM	Cameroon VS  Brazil	Bellmedia
02:00 PM	Serbia VS  Switzerland	TSN

WORLD CUP 2022 FINALS SCHEDULE

After the group games, the top two teams that advances to the knockout or the world cup final 2022 games where bagging the trophy will be at the biggest stake. You can check the official FIFA website to get update on the latest news on the 2022 world cup.

KNOCKOUT/FINAL GAMES

QUARTERFINALS

SEMI-FINALS

BRONZE MATCH

FINAL

WORLD CUP 2022 TV SCHEDULE

The broadcast schedule was unclear since there is a wide timezone difference between Qatar and Canada. Fortunately, the broadcast time is now clear, to let the Canadian FIFA World Cup fanatics to enjoy and watch the game.

Group Tournament Stage

• 05:00 AM
• 08:00 AM
• 11:00 AM
• 02:00 PM’

Knockout Tournament Stage

• 10:00 AM
• 02:00 PM

Please remember that the Qatar world cup kick off times are in Canada timezone. Furthermore, you can purchase the world cup 2022 tickets through the official FIFA website linked above. Also, stay tuned at NetPlay 24/7 for the world cup 2022 odds and the latest world cup news.