Nov. 20, 2022, will be the start of the 22 FIFA World Cup tournament. Taking place
every four years, the host nation is selected through a drawing ahead of the
tournament to allow time to accommodate for the millions of incoming fans.
Teams from around the world, will have to win in the qualifying rounds to secure their spot
for the tournament. Losing in these rounds would eliminate them from qualifying in general.
The host nation automatically qualifies since they will organize and take care of the 32 teams
that come in.
All qualifying teams are then placed in a draw to decide who their groups will be six months
ahead of the actual tournament. Teams placed in their respective groups will then have to play
to be on top of the group to advance to the next round.
Teams who survive their groups will then enter the quarter finals leading into the semi-finals
which will then determine who will play in the final World Cup match.
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There will be plenty of soccer matches to keep an eye out through the month of November and
into December. On November 20 the very first match between the host nation, Qatar, will play
the nation of Ecuador, opening the official start of the World Cup.
During the first week there will be 28 matches occurring throughout each day at different
times. In previous times, the World Cup usually takes place during the summer months making
this World Cup a little out of the ordinary.
To name a few games for the first week it will start out with Qatar vs Ecuador on Nov. 20, Nov.
21 will be England vs Iran, Senegal vs Netherlands, USA vs Wales. The following day will be
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia, Denmark vs Tunisia, Mexico vs Poland, and France vs Australia.
The entire World Cup Schedule can be found on google with live updates and start times.
Jose Valdez
Intern