FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Learn about host nation, opening match, squads, ticket costs, and extra

World Cup 2022 in Qatar: The wait is sort of over for the world’s greatest sporting occasion. Followers eagerly ready for the FIFA World Cup 2022, which might kick off on November 20 and culminate on December 18, can now depend the remaining hours at their fingertips. Qatar is the primary nation within the Center East nation, and second in Asia, after Japan and South Korea, to host the distinguished sporting occasion.

Additionally, for the primary time in its 92-year historical past, the event is happening in November and December moderately than in the midst of the 12 months as Qatar is without doubt one of the hottest nations on the earth.  

Qatar: The host

The collection of Qatar because the host nation of the 2022 World Cup was performed in 2010. As per stories, the nation has spent a whopping $300 billion on the event’s preparations. It has developed highways, motels, recreation areas, and 6 new soccer stadiums and upgraded two together with coaching websites at an estimated value of as much as $10 billion to accommodate world-class gamers. The stadiums the place the matches will probably be performed are Al Bayt Stadium, Khalifa Worldwide Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Lusail Stadium, Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, Schooling Metropolis Stadium, and Al Janoub Stadium, to carry the event. With 80,000 seats, Lusail Iconic Stadium is the biggest stadium of the upcoming world cup.

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Qatar’s funding has caught everybody’s eye as it’s a lot larger as in comparison with different hosts. Image this: Russia spent $11.6 billion spent for the FIFA World Cup in 2018, Brazil invested $15 billion in 2014, South Africa shelled out $3.6 billion in 2010. Earlier than that, Germany spent $4.3 billion in 2006, Japan $7 billion in 2002, France $2.3 billion in 1998, and the US $500 million in 1994.

Moreover, the host nation was in the midst of many controversies ranging from the ban of beer gross sales contained in the stadiums, its strict guidelines on homosexuality, and lastly, severe abuse and mistreatment of migrant staff who constructed the event’s infrastructure.

Match particulars 

Thirty-two international locations will probably be participating in soccer’s greatest occasion. This event will kick begin with a Group A match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador on November 20. The opening sport will probably be performed on the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, whereas the ultimate match takes place on December 18 on the Lusail Stadium in Lusail.

Teams and leagues

The 32 international locations have been divided into eight teams with 4 groups every. There will probably be group matches, adopted by knockout matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and the ultimate to crown the champions on December 18.

The teams are:  

GROUP A: Qatar (hosts), 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.

Ticket costs

Pricing on tickets will depend on a wide range of elements reminiscent of who’s enjoying, the stage of the event, and extra. As per FIFA, almost three million tickets have been bought throughout the eight stadiums in Qatar. The event is predicted to ship file income for the organising physique, rather more than what it had earned ($5.4 billion) in Russia. The full ticket income is estimated to be about $1 billion, as per information stories.  

There are 4 classes within the tickets:

Class 1 is the highest-priced ticket and is positioned in prime areas throughout the stadium.

Class 2 and Class 3 are tickets which can be positioned in seating areas throughout the stadium that provide a much less optimum view of the motion.

Class 4 is tickets throughout the stadium which can be reserved solely for residents of Qatar.

The estimated base ticket costs are as follows:

Match	Cat. 1	Cat. 2	Cat. 3	Cat. 4
Opening Match	$618	$440	$302	$55
Group Matches	$220	$165	$69	$11
Spherical of 16	$275	$206	$96	$19
Quarterfinals Matches	$426	$288	$206	$82
Semifinals Matches	$956	$659	$357	$137
Third-Place Match	$426	$302	$206	$82
Last Match	$1607	$1003	$604	$206

 Event format

The event will begin off with group-stage matches, the place solely the highest two groups from every of the eight teams survive. Following this, 16 group-stage groups will advance to the single-game knockout levels — Spherical of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and closing — the place the winner strikes on and the loser goes house.  

The knockout matches, if finish with none outcomes, will probably be selected additional time, penalty kicks, sudden demise strategies, if needed, to find out the victor.

Schedule:

Group stage: Nov. 20-Dec. 2

Spherical of 16: Dec. 3-6

Quarterfinals: Dec. 9-10

Semifinals: Dec. 13-14

Third-place match: Dec. 17

Last: Dec. 18