The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be the 22nd edition of the tournament. It will be held in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December. The competition is one of the biggest and most watched sports events in the world. It will take place in the Middle East region, and will feature a total of 64 teams. The World Cup is considered the pinnacle of international football. This year's event will be held in a city aptly named Doha.
There will be 32 competing teams. The groups will be based on FIFA rankings, and each group will consist of four teams. The group winners will face the losers of the other groups. The losers will play the winner of each group in a knockout round. The schedule was announced in October, but it was postponed. The matches will take place in June of 2022. The tournament will be played between 21 November and 18 December in the United Arab Emirates.
The draw for the World Cup will be held in Doha, Qatar, on 31 March. The winner of the group will play the second-place team from the other group. There are two brackets in the World Cup: one for the European countries and the other for the rest of the world. The winner of each group will face the winner of the other group in a knockout round. There are eight pots altogether and the final four will be determined by FIFA ranking.
The 32 competing teams will be drawn in eight groups. The schedule for the draws is already determined, and the winner of each group will play the winner of group A. The remaining four groups will be matched with the second-place team from group B. In this manner, the winners of each group will play each other in the knockout round. The other eight groups will be split into six. The winners of the six groups will advance to the finals.
In the group stage, all the 10 nations will compete for the finals. The top four teams qualify directly. The fifth team will play an intercontinental playoff against a team from the Asian continent. There are three preliminary qualifiers in North and South America. While Mexico is the most likely to qualify for the finals, it is not sure if the other three will make it. As a result, the first four rounds of qualifying will be held in March and September.
While there are nine teams from the West and the South, only the last two have guaranteed slots. Switzerland will qualify for the World Cup in the second round, after a goalless draw. However, the European Championship will be the last group to be played. If the group stage is not decided, the World Cup will be played in Japan. While qualifying will take place between March 14 and 30 of 2022, it will be the most important stage in the tournament's history.