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Where history was made Qatar played host to the first edition of the tournament in the Arab world - hailed as the greatest FIFA World Cup™ to date. Now we celebrate a legacy that epitomises the power of amazing. A legacy that lives on. Relive the most spectacular football show on earth here on our website or via our YouTube channel @Qatar2022. Now is All™ and All is forever. Check out our brand new docu-series which explores the music behind a truly unique FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Hear from special guests including RedOne, Ozuna, Gims, Fahad Al Kubaisi and Nora Fathi, and get exclusive behind the scenes insights into the making of the music that brought the tournament to life. I’m your best football buddy from the mascot-verse. As Official Mascot of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ I welcomed the world, inspired young fans, cheered on the action and celebrated every tournament goal! I even have my own mini-series – La’eeb™ from Mascot-verse – all about my epic adventures. Take a look! Qatar is a wonderful blend of history, traditions and modernity, and played host to the first FIFA World Cup™ ever in the Arab world. It’s hard to recreate that experience, but for those of you who couldn’t be there, or want to visit us in the future, a unique and extraordinary stage has been created for you to explore the FIFA World Cup 2022™ host country – virtually –to relive the memories and plan new ones. Visit the groundbreaking World Cup 2022™ stadiums, epic entertainment destinations...

Getty For months we have been counting down to the much-anticipated men's FIFA World Cup 2022, kicking off November 20, where qualifying teams from around the globe are gathering in Qatar to claim the coveted trophy. And Traveler is here to answer all of your World Cup 2022 questions. After all, whether you're a huge soccer fan or just enjoy the excitement the Cup brings out, the quadrennial event has an undeniable draw for travel-lovers. So, mark your calendars: The event will begin at 5 p.m. local time (9 a.m. EST) on Sunday, November 20, with matches leading up to the final showdown at 6 p.m. local time (10 a.m. EST) on Sunday, December 18. While many have stake in their team winning, there's a lot of hype on This article has been updated with new information since its original publish date. All listings featured in this story are independently selected by our editors. However, when you book something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When is the World Cup 2022? So, when exactly does the World Cup start? The 2022 World Cup will begin with an opening ceremony Where is the World Cup 2022? The 2022 World Cup is hosted by Qatar. The matches are going to be held between eight venues in the capital city of The opening ceremony will take place at the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, just outside of Doha, and the closing ceremony will be held at the 80,000-capacity Lusail stadium, also near Doha. Who is performing at the opening ceremony? Mor...

The 2022 football World Cup gets underway Sunday, with hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador. In the 12 years since the tiny gas-rich country was awarded rights to the event, it has spent $300 billion preparing for kickoff. Doha has been transformed, with the capital now dotted with new stadiums and hotels built to accommodate more than a million fans over the next month. The tournament is the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, in many ways the culmination of the wider region’s grand ambitions in the world of sports. Qatar and its wealthy neighbors have plowed billions of dollars into major European football clubs, the region will host four Formula 1 races next year, and the Saudi-backed LIV tour aims to dominate professional golf. The quadrennial tournament arrives in the Middle East for the first time in its 92-year history, making it the biggest sporting event ever to be held in the region. It’s also the first global spectacle open to spectators since Covid-19 restrictions shut out fans for the Tokyo Summer Olympics and the winter games in Beijing. Close to 3 million tickets — almost all the available seats — had been sold by mid-October. Alongside Qatar residents, people from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were among the top buyers, FIFA has said. Fans from the US, Mexico, Britain, France, Argentina, Brazil and Germany are also set to arrive in Doha, while Covid restrictions are keeping visitors from China away. Qatar’s small size has posed a challenge f...

PLAY YOUR WAY Play the FIFA World Cup 2022™ your way. TOURNAMENT MODE Play as one of the 32 qualified nations in an authentic single player recreation of the full FIFA World Cup 2022™ from the opening match onwards, or customise your tournament experience by changing groups and substituting in select teams that didn’t make it to the FIFA World Cup™ Finals in a Custom Tournament. In Online Tournament Mode, make your way through the Knockout Stages as any of the 32 qualified nations as you aim for FIFA World Cup™ glory against other players from around the world. FIFA WORLD CUP™: LIVE Play upcoming matches or rewrite the outcome of a past FIFA World Cup 2022™ game to change the destination of the biggest trophy in football, with authentic fixtures, squads, stats, results, group standings, and more. YOUR FIFA WORLD CUP™* Choose a nation, select a live starting point from past or current matchdays, and play an authentic single player tournament inheriting all the real-world progress made to date – including the line-ups, match stats, and standings from the tournament so far – and take control of your chosen Nation’s FIFA World Cup™ fate. *The Your FIFA World Cup™ mode will be available starting November 21. FEATURED QUICKPLAY Choose a past or current matchday and play an authentic single player fixture with real-life line-ups against the CPU or a friend locally. ONLINE QUICKPLAY Choose a past or current matchday and play against friends in an online match with real-life lineup...

Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar's capital, Doha, is one of several new venues built for the 2023 World Cup. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar's capital, Doha, is one of several new venues built for the 2023 World Cup. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images With a month to go until the opening match of the In a final pre-tournament report, Amnesty said progress has been made by the Qatari state on the protections afforded migrant workers. But weak regulations and a lack of enforcement means there is “still a long way to go”, the organisation says. Amnesty calls for a number of actions, including support from Qatar and Fifa for financial compensation for workers. Read more “Despite the positive evolution of Qatar’s labour system, substantial work remains to effectively implement and enforce these [changes],” the report says. “Ultimately, human rights abuses persist on a significant scale today.” Among its observations, the report finds that workers in security and domestic labour remain particularly vulnerable to exploitation, with some expected to work up to 18 hours a day without a weekly day off. Furthermore, Amnesty argues, there has been insufficient research into the thousands of deaths of those working in construction in the country over the past decade and the contribution played by extreme heat. The report also finds vestiges of the abolished kafala system in the country and states wages are still commonly...

Samoura will stay in the job she has held since 2016 through this year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and leave at the end of the year. GENEVA (AP) — FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer, the governing body said Wednesday. Samoura will stay in the job she has held since 2016 through this year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and leave at the end of the year, FIFA said. The 60-year-old former United Nations official from Senegal was an unexpected hire seven years ago soon after the election of FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura talks to the media during a news conference at the St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia, on June 16, 2017. Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer, the governing body said Wednesday June 14, 2023. (Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP, File) She became the first woman, first Black person, first Muslim and first non-European to be FIFA’s top administrator. “It was the best decision of my life to join FIFA,” Samoura said in a statement. “I am very proud to have led such a diverse team.” However, Infantino’s hands-on style as an executive president has meant Samoura has often struggled to establish a clearly defined public role in the $2 million-a-year job. Samoura’s time in FIFA included helping oversee men’s World Cups played in Russia and Qatar, and awarding the 2026 edition t...