Fifa announces schedule for Qatar 2022

Recently, Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has announced the match schedule for World Cup 2022, to be held from November 21 to December 18 in Qatar.

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Key-Points

The 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world. The tournament will involve 32 teams from across the world.

This tournament will be the first one not to be held in May, June, or July. The tournament will be hosted in 5 cities and 8 venues. DAVV University Time Table 2020.

Qatar 2022, first men’s Fifa World Cup to be staged in the Middle East, is also the first edition to be held in the November-December window. The tournament will feature 32 teams.

About FIFA

FIFA is a non-profit organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, beach soccer, and e-football. It is the highest governing body of football.

It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Headquartered in Zurich, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania, and South America.