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Two days before the opening game of a tournament Qatar had waited 12 years to stage, the government told FIFA it wouldn’t honor an agreement to let Budweiser, a major World Cup sponsor, sell ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2 ]
The knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. Played from 3 to 18 December, the knockout stage ended with the final, held at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar. [1] The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the Qatari National Day, and was contested by Argentina and defending champions France. With a record 1.5 billion ...
Ecuador beat host nation Qatar 2–0 in the tournament's opening match. Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 20 to 29 November 2022. [1] The group consisted of the host nation Qatar as well as Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands.
Matches in Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 22 to 30 November 2022. [1] The group consisted of reigning world champions France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The top two teams, France and Australia advanced to the round of 16. [2] Australia, Denmark and France were also in Group C of the previous World Cup. [3]
FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said that awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a "blatant mistake". [52] Frank Lowy, chairman of Football Federation Australia, said that if the 2022 World Cup were moved to November and thus upset the schedule of the A-League, they would seek compensation from FIFA. [53]
The teams were decided by the World Cup draw that took place on 1 April 2022. [1] The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the FIFA World Rankings. [1] [2] The first team drawn was England, which secured qualification as a pot one team by winning Group I of UEFA qualification. [3]