WORLD CUP. From November 20 to December 18, the 2022 World Cup will take place in Qatar. World champion in 2018, France will challenge their title.
The essential
- From November 20 until December 18, the FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar. Between ecology, the work of migrants, certain targeted communities, this World Cup in Qatar is particularly decried. According to our exclusive surveyone in two French people would like the Blues not to play this 2022 World Cup.
- Defending champions, the France team will start their 2022 World Cup against Australia, as in 2018, on Tuesday November 22. The list of 23 players by Didier Deschamps for this World Cup will be unveiled on November 9 on TF1’s 8 p.m. news.
- Follow all the latest World Cup 2022 news before the official start of the competition.
Latest news
Strange links between the president of Fifa and Qatar?
October 20, 2022 at 2:50 p.m.. An article from World, published on Thursday October 20, 2022, a month right before the start of the 2022 World Cup, highlights strange links between Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, and Qatar, host country of this World Cup. The survey explains that the Swiss has resided in Qatar since the year 2021 where he rents a house for his family. A unique choice in the history of the World Cup because theoretically, the President of FIFA comes to the host country only a few days before the kick-off of the competition. As our colleagues remind us, since 2016, the president of the body is “supposed to have only a representative and strategic role, and in no way operational.” If Jérôme Valcke, former secretary of FIFA, believes that he is within his rights, Sepp Blatter, former leader of the body, thinks that Gianni Infantino is wrong. “He doesn’t have to live in the host country of the World Cup. It’s a mistake. He has nothing to do there. He loses his neutrality and his superbness as president if there is a problem there. and that he must decide.”
The murky links don’t really end there. In 2020, FIFA withdraws its complaint filed four years earlier for “active private corruption” against Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. During the appeal trial, the representative of the public prosecutor of the Swiss Confederation said she was surprised by this reversal of the situation. Finally, Le Monde also recalls troubled cases such as in March 2016 and June 2017 when the President of FIFA met secretly (without minutes) the Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber, in charge of investigations into FIFA, including an open criminal procedure. against X, in March 2015, for “suspicion of unfair management and money laundering” in connection with the awarding of the Mondial. Two other meetings will take place, triggering criminal proceedings in Switzerland for “incitement to abuse of authority, violation of official secrecy and obstruction of criminal proceedings…
Exclusive survey: one in two French people do not want France to play the World Cup
October 20, 2022 at 9:50 a.m. One month before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an exclusive survey carried out by Yougov for L’Internaute reveals the skepticism of the French about this World Cup. This survey, carried out from October 14 to 17, 2022 on a sample of 1005 people, aged 18 and over, representative of the French population, indicates that one in two French people does not want to see the Blues play the World Cup. In detail, 49% of respondents say they are in favour, 31% completely in favor and 18% somewhat in favour. On the other hand, only 25% of respondents say they are opposed to a boycott.
As such a situation will not occur, this survey also reveals that 59% of respondents say they are in favor of France not being represented in Qatar “by the Head of State, by members of the government or by diplomats. “. Among the other lessons from this survey, the position of the players on this 2022 World Cup is expected by the spectators. 54% of respondents say they are in favor (32% completely in favor, 22% rather in favor) of “the French Football Federation and/or Didier Deschamps publicly criticize(s) the organization of the World Cup in Qatar”. here.
The draw for the 2022 World Cup determined all the groups for the group stage and a first sketch of the schedule for this World Cup with the poster for the opening match, Qatar – Ecuador. Here are all the groups resulting from this draw:
- Group A: Qatar / Ecuador / Netherlands / Senegal
- Group B: England / Iran / USA / Wales
- Group C: Argentina / Mexico / Poland / Saudi Arabia
- Group D: Australia / Denmark / France / Tunisia
- Group E: Costa Rica / Germany / Japan / Spain
- Group F: Belgium / Canada / Croatia / Morocco
- Group G: Brazil / Cameroon / Serbia / Switzerland
To cope with these climatic constraints, FIFA decided to organize this World Cup in winter, for the first time in its history. The date of the opening match, Qatar – Ecuador, has thus been set for November 20, 2022while the grand finale will take place on December 18, 2022Qatar National Day.
The group stage of the 2022 World Cup will take place from November 20 to December 2. The first two of each group will qualify for the round of 16, scheduled for December 3, 4, 5 and 6. It will then be time for the quarter-finals, scheduled for December 9 and 10, then the semi-finals, on December 13 and 14. The match for third place will take place on December 17 and the final on Sunday December 18, one week before Christmas. Here is the schedule for the group stage:
Download the 2022 World Cup schedule in PDF
Round of 16
- December 3, 2022 at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group A-2nd in Group B (8th final)
- December 3, 2022 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group C-2nd in Group D (8th final)
- December 4, 2022 at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group B-2nd in Group A (8th final)
- December 4, 2022 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group D-2nd in Group C (8th final)
- December 5 at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group E-2nd in Group F (8th final)
- December 5 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group G-2nd in Group H (8th final)
- December 6 at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group F-2nd in Group E (8th final)
- December 6 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group H-2nd in Group G (8th final)
Quarter-finals
- 9 December at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group A or 2nd in Group B-1st in Group C or 2nd in Group D (quarter-finals)
- December 9 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group E or 2nd in Group F-1st in Group G or 2nd in Group H (quarter-finals)
- December 10 at 4 p.m.: 1st in Group B or 2nd in Group A-1st in Group D or 2nd in Group C (quarter-finals)
- December 10 at 8 p.m.: 1st in Group F or 2nd in Group E-1st in Group H or 2nd in Group G (quarter-finals)
Semi-finals
- December 13 at 8 p.m.: Winner Q1-Winner Q2 (semi-final)
- December 14 at 8 p.m.: Winner Q3-Winner Q4 (semi-final)
Final
- December 17 at 4 p.m.: match for 3rd place
- December 18 at 4 p.m.: 2022 World Cup final
If beIN Sports will broadcast all the matches of the competition, TF1 unveiled in June the posters that it will broadcast for the next World Cup in Qatar. Here is the complete list of matches to be found on our dedicated paper:
It was in December 2010 that Qatar was named host country of this World Cup, being preferred to the four other candidates: Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States. A controversial choice which has continued, over the years, to give rise to controversy against a backdrop of accusations of corruption at the time of appointment, of slavery on the construction sites of the stadiums, and on the climate of the country. Given the high heat recorded in summer (the period when the competition is usually played), sometimes with peaks of 50°C, this 2022 World Cup has also had to be postponed to new dates, in winter.