World Cup 2022 Schedule – fixtures, matches, dates & times

World Cup Final

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 18	6 p.m.	➜ Argentina – France	Lusail

3rd Place Play-off

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 17	6 p.m.	Croatia – Morocco	Khalifa	2:1

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Semifinals

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 13	10 p.m.	Argentina – Croatia	Lusail	3:0
Dec. 14	10 p.m.	France – Morocco	al-Bayt	2:0

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Quarterfinals

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 9	6 p.m.	Croatia – Brazil	Education City	4:2 Pen (1:1)
Dec. 9	10 p.m.	Netherlands – Argentina	Lusail	3:4 Pen (2:2)
Dec. 10	6 p.m.	Morocco – Portugal	al-Thumama	1:0
Dec. 10	10 p.m.	England – France	al-Bayt	1:2

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Round of 16

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 3	6 p.m.	Netherlands – USA	Khalifa International	3:1
Dec. 3	10 p.m.	Argentina – Australia	Ahmed bin Ali	2:1
Dec. 4	6 p.m.	France – Poland	al-Thumama	3:1
Dec. 4	10 p.m.	England – Senegal	al-Bayt	3:0
Dec. 5	6 p.m.	Japan – Croatia	Stadium 974	1:3 Pen (1:1)
Dec. 5	10 p.m.	Brazil – South Korea	al-Janoub	4:1
Dec. 6	6 p.m.	Morocco – Spain	Education City	3:0 Pen (0:0)
Dec. 6	10 p.m.	Portugal – Switzerland	Lusail	6:1

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All 64 Games at Football World Cup 2022 in Qatar

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• World Cup Group Matches (48 games at group stage)
• World Cup Round of 16 (8 games)
• World Cup Quarterfinals (4 games)
• World Cup Semifinals (2 games)
• World Cup 3rd Place Game
• World Cup 2022 Final Game

• World Cup 2022 Teams
• World Cup 2022 Groups
• World Cup 2022 Stadiums

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Kick-off times on schedules are stated as local time in Qatar. Please check following table to translate kick-off times to your time-zone:

Qatar (local time)	USA & Canada (ET)	UK (GMT)	Europe (CET)	Australia (AEDT)	India (IST)
1 p.m.	5 a.m.	10 a.m.	11:00	9 p.m.	3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.	8 a.m.	1 p.m.	14:00	12 p.m.	6:30 p.m.
6 p.m.	10 a.m.	3 p.m.	16:00	2 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
7 p.m.	11 a.m.	4 p.m.	17:00	3 p.m.	9:30 p.m.
10 p.m.	2 p.m.	7 p.m.	20:00	6 p.m.	12:30 a.m.

World Cup Group Matches

The 2022 World Cup will feature 32 teams. It will be the last time 32 teams play in the World Cup, as the number is expected to rise to 48 from the next tournament in 2026.

Date	Time (local)	Match	Group	Stadium	Result
Nov. 20	7 p.m.	Qatar – Ecuador	A	al-Bayt	0:2
Nov. 21	4. p.m.	England – Iran	B	Khalifa International	6:2
Nov. 21	7 p.m.	Senegal – Netherlands	A	al-Thumama	0:2
Nov. 21	10 p.m.	USA – Wales	B	Ahmed bin Ali	1:1
Nov. 22	1 p.m.	Argentina – Saudi Arabia	C	Lusail	1:2
Nov. 22	4 p.m.	Denmark – Tunisia	D	Education City	0:0
Nov. 22	7 p.m.	Mexico – Poland	C	Stadium 974	0:0
Nov. 22	10 p.m.	France – Australia	D	al-Janoub	4:1
Nov. 23	1 p.m.	Morocco – Croatia	F	al-Bayt	0:0
Nov. 23	4 p.m.	Gerrmany – Japan	E	Khalifa International	1:2
Nov. 23	7 p.m.	Spain – Costa Rica	E	al-Thumama	7:0
Nov. 23	10 p.m.	Belgium – Canada	F	Ahmed bin Ali	1:0
Nov. 24	1 p.m.	Switzerland – Cameroon	G	al-Janoub	1:0
Nov. 24	4 p.m.	Uruguay – South Korea	H	Education City	0:0
Nov. 24	7 p.m.	Portugal – Ghana	H	Stadium 974	3:2
Nov. 24	10 p.m.	Brazil – Serbia	G	Lusail	2:0
Nov. 25	1 p.m.	Wales – Iran	B	Ahmed bin Ali	0:2
Nov. 25	4 p.m.	Qatar – Senegal	A	al-Thumama	1:3
Nov. 25	7 p.m.	Netherlands – Ecuador	A	Khalifa International	1:1
Nov. 25	10 p.m.	England – USA	B	al-Bayt	0:0
Nov. 26	1 p.m.	Tunisia – Australia	D	al-Janoub	0:1
Nov. 26	4 p.m.	Poland – Saudi Arabia	C	Education City	2:0
Nov. 26	7 p.m.	France – Denmark	D	Stadium 974	2:1
Nov. 26	10 p.m.	Argentina – Mexico	C	Lusail	2:0
Nov. 27	1 p.m.	Japan – Costa Rica	E	Ahmed bin Ali	0:1
Nov. 27	4 p.m.	Belgium – Morocco	F	al-Thumama	0:2
Nov. 27	7 p.m.	Croatia – Canada	F	Khalifa International	4:1
Nov. 27	10 p.m.	Spain – Germany	E	al-Bayt	1:1
Nov. 28	1 p.m.	Cameroon – Serbia	G	al-Janoub	3:3
Nov. 28	4 p.m.	South Korea – Ghana	H	Education City	2:3
Nov. 28	7 p.m.	Brazil – Switzerland	G	Stadium 974	1:0
Nov. 28	10 p.m.	Portugal – Uruguay	H	Lusail	2:0
Nov. 29	6 p.m.	Netherlands – Qatar	A	al-Bayt	2:0
Nov. 29	6 p.m.	Ecuador – Senegal	A	Khalifa International	1:2
Nov. 29	10 p.m.	Iran – USA	B	al-Thumama	0:1
Nov. 29	10 p.m.	Wales – England	B	Ahmed bin Ali	0:3
Nov. 30	6 p.m.	Tunisia – France	D	Education City	1:0
Nov. 30	6 p.m.	Australia – Denmark	D	al-Janoub	1:0
Nov. 30	10 p.m.	Saudi Arabia – Mexico	C	Lusail	1:2
Nov. 30	10 p.m.	Poland – Argentina	C	Stadium 974	0:2
Dec. 1	6 p.m.	Canada – Morocco	F	al-Thumama	1:2
Dec. 1	6 p.m.	Croatia – Belgium	F	Ahmed bin Ali	0:0
Dec. 1	10 p.m.	Costa Rica – Germany	E	al-Bayt	2:4
Dec. 1	10 p.m.	Japan – Spain	E	Khalifa International	2:1
Dec. 2	6 p.m.	Ghana – Uruguay	H	al-Janoub	0:2
Dec. 2	6 p.m.	South Korea – Portugal	H	Education City	2:1
Dec. 2	10 p.m.	Serbia – Schwitzerland	G	Stadium 974	2:3
Dec. 2	10 p.m.	Cameroon – Brazil	G	Lusail	1:0

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World Cup Round of 16

After the group matches, the successful teams will move on to the Round of 16. At this state, winners and second placed teams of each group battle each other before moving forward to the quarter-finals. This will be followed by semi-finals and finals on Sunday, December 18, 2022.

Date	Time (local)	Match	Stadium	Result
Dec. 3	6 p.m.	Netherlands – USA	Khalifa International
Dec. 3	10 p.m.	Argentina – Australia	Ahmed bin Ali
Dec. 4	6 p.m.	France – Poland	al-Thumama
Dec. 4	10 p.m.	England – Senegal	al-Bayt
Dec. 5	6 p.m.	Japan – Croatia	Stadium 974
Dec. 5	10 p.m.		al-Janoub
Dec. 6	6 p.m.	Morocco – Spain	Education City
Dec. 6	10 p.m.		Lusail

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World Cup Quarterfinals

The remaining 8 teams try to reach a place in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in an elimination match in the quarter-finals. The games will be played at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. (local time) on two days.

Date	Time (local)	Stadium	Match	Result
Dec. 9	6 p.m.	Education City	Quarterfinal 1: 1E/2F vs. 1G/2H
Dec. 9	10 p.m.	Lusail	Quarterfinal 2: 1A/2B vs. 1C/2D
Dec. 10	6 p.m.	al-Thumama	Quarterfinal 3: 1F/2E vs. 1H/2G
Dec. 10	10 p.m.	al-Bayt	Quarterfinal 4: 1B/2A vs. 1D/2C

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World Cup Semifinals

Date	Time (local)	Stadium	Match	Result
Dec. 13	10 p.m.	Lusail	Winner QF 2 – Winner QF 1
Dec. 14	10 p.m.	al-Bayt	Winner QF 4 – Winner QF 3

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World Cup 3rd Place Game

Probably the most unpopular game at a World Cup tournament: whoever misses the entry into the big final can then play for third place, which is relatively worthless in football.

Date	Time (local)	Stadium	Match	Result
Dec. 17	6 p.m.	Khalifa International	Loser SF 1 – Loser SF 2

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Football World Cup 2022 Final Game

The two winners of the semi-finals will head into the final game of the 2022 World Cup to win the world championship title in Qatar.

Date	Time (local)	Stadium	Match	Result
Dec. 18	6 p.m.	Lusail	Winner SF 1 – Winner SF 2

That was Football World Cup 2022 in Qatar – the last FIFA World Cup with 32 participating teams. At the next World Cup in 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the United States, 48 ​​nations are qualifying, so the fixture list will be somewhat more extensive.

World Cup 2022 Teams

Besides the host, there will be 31 teams that had to earn their ticket by playing qualifying matches.

Africa via CAF brought forward five nations, Asia via AFC brought four nations plus one playoff qualifier, Europe via UEFA brought 13 nations, North/Central America & Caribbean via CONCACAF brought three nations plus one playoff qualifier, Oceania via OFC brought one playoff qualifier, and South America via CONMEBOL brought four countries plus one playoff qualifier.

Here is the list of the 32 teams that made it to the FIFA World Cup 2022:

1. Qatar is a country in the Asian region that qualified by being the host on December 2, 2010.
2. Germany are playing in the European region (UEFA) and qualified by emerging 1st in Group J on October 11, 2021.
3. Denmark are playing in the European region (UEFA) and qualified by emerging 1st in Group F on October 12, 2021.
4. Brazil are playing in the South American region (CONMEBOL) and came top 4 on November 11, 2021.
5. France are playing in the European region (UEFA) and qualified as 1st in Group D on November 13, 2021.
6. Belgium are playing in Europe (UEFA) and completed 1st in Group E on November 13, 2021.
7. Croatia are playing in Europe (UEFA) and completed 1st in Group H on November 14, 2021.
8. Spain are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified by coming 1st in Group A on November 14, 2021.
9. Serbia are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified by completing 1st in Group A on November 14, 2021.
10. England are playing in Europe (UEFA) and completed 1st in Group I on November 15, 2021.
11. Switzerland are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified by emerging 1st in Group C on November 15, 2021.
12. Netherlands are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified by emerging 1st in Group G on November 16, 2021.
13. Argentina are playing in South America (CONMEBOL) and qualified by emerging top 4 on November 16, 2021.
14. Iran are playing in Asia (AFC) and qualified by emerging top 2 in Group A on January 27, 2022.
15. South Korea are playing in Asia (AFC) and qualified by emerging top 2 in Group A on February 2, 2022.
16. Japan are playing in Asia (AFC) and qualified by emerging top 2 in Group B on March 24, 2022.
17. Saudi Arabia are playing in Asia (AFC) and qualified by emerging top 2 in Group B on March 24, 2022.
18. Ecuador are playing in South America (CONMEBOL) and qualified by emerging top 4 on March 24, 2022.
19. Uruguay are playing in South America (CONMEBOL) and qualified as top 4 on March 24, 2022.
20. Canada are playing in North America (CONCACAF) and qualified by emerging top 3 on March 27, 2022.
21. Ghana are playing in Africa (CAF) and made it via playoff on March 29, 2022.
22. Senegal are playing in Africa (CAF) and made it via playoff on March 29, 2022.
23. Portugal are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified through a playoff on March 29, 2022.
24. Poland are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified through a playoff on March 29, 2022.
25. Tunisia are playing in Africa (CAF) and qualified through a playoff on March 29, 2022.
26. Morocco are playing in Africa (CAF) and made it through a playoff on March 29, 2022.
27. Cameroon are playing in Africa (CAF) and qualified via a playoff on March 29, 2022.
28. The USA are playing in North America (CONCACAF) and made it by emerging top 3 on March 30, 2022.
29. Mexico are playing in North America (CONCACAF) and came top 3 on March 30, 2022.
30. Wales are playing in Europe (UEFA) and qualified via playoff on June 5, 2022.
31. Australia are playing in Asia (AFC) and qualified through an intercontinental playoff on June 13, 2022.
32. Costa Rica are playing in North America (CONCACAF) and qualified through an international playoff on June 14, 2022.

World Cup 2022 Groups

Here is the layout of how the teams will play at the group stage. Please note that the numbers in brackets are the FIFA rankings.

Group A

• A1: Qatar (51)

• A2: Ecuador (46)

• A3: Senegal (20)

• A4: Netherlands (10)

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Group B

• B1: England (5)

• B2: Iran (21)

• B3: USA (15)

• B4: Wales (18)

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Group C

• C1: Argentina (4)

• C2: Saudi Arabia (49)

• C3: Mexico (9)

• C4: Poland (26)

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Group D

• D1: France (3)

• D2: Australia (42)

• D3: Denmark (11)

• D4: Tunisia (35)

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Group E

• E1: Spain (7)

• E2: Costa Rica (31)

• E3: Germany (12)

• E4: Japan (23)

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Group F

• F1: Belgium (2)

• F2: Canada (38)

• F3: Morocco (24)

• F4: Croatia (16)

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Group G

• G1: Brazil (1)

• G2: Serbia (25)

• G3: Switzerland (14)

• G4: Cameroon (37)

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Group H

• H1: Portugal (8)

• H2: Ghana (60)

• H3: Uruguay (13)

• H4: South Korea (29)

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World Cup 2022 Stadiums

The group games will be in eight stadiums:

• Al Janoub Stadium

• Al Bayt Stadium

• Education City Stadium

• Khalifa International Stadium

• Ras Abu Aboud Stadium

• Al Thumama Stadium

• Lusail Stadium

• Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium