Qatar vs. Ecuador will open the World Cup
yesterday 19:43
Doha – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will open the 22nd World Championship on November 21 this year at Al Bajt Stadium in Al Chor in a match against Ecuador.
The Dutch and Senegal will also be rivals in the basic A-group. It was decided by Friday’s draw of the final tournament at the Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha.
Slovakia, which made it to the round of 16 at the 2010 championship in South Africa with its premiere participation, did not make it to the final tournament in Qatar. In the qualifying H-group, they took third place behind the winning Croatia and second Russia. The world runners-up to Croatia will meet in the F-Group with Belgium, Morocco and Canada. After the military invasion of Ukraine, the Russians were suspended from European barracks. The defending champion from France will compete in the basic D-group with Denmark, Tunisia and the winner of the intercontinental draw Australia / UAE (AFC) – Peru (CONMEBOL).
The B-group will meet England, Iran, the USA and the winner of the A-branch of the European playoffs, which will be one of the three Wales, Scotland and Ukraine. The five-time world champions from Brazil were drawn into the G-group, where the Swiss, Serbs and Cameroonians are waiting for them. The E-group with Spain, Germany, Japan and the winner of the intercontinental playoffs Costa Rica (CONCACAF) – New Zealand (OFC) is interesting. Portugal will confront the H-group with Uruguay, the Republic of Korea and Ghana. In the C-group, there are two world champions from Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.
The championship will take place in eight stadiums in five cities – Al Rayyan (3 stadiums), Doha (2), Lusail, Al Chor and Al Wakrah and for the first time in an Arab country. The final is scheduled for Sunday, December 18 at Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail (capacity 80,000 seats). A total of sixty-four matches will be played on the mundiale. Qatar’s candidacy to host the World Cup 2022 succeeded at the expense of the USA, Japan, the Republic of Korea or, it was decided on December 2, 2010 after the vote of the FIFA executive in Zurich. It was controversial, and was investigated by the organization’s Ethics Committee after allegations of corruption. The first two from each group will qualify for the round of 16, and the tournament will end for the other 16 participants.
For the first time in history, the complete number of participants was not known when the basic groups were drawn. There were 29 acquaintances out of 32 national teams in the fate, two places still belonged to five participants in the intercontinental barracks and one three selections from the European barracks of the World Championships. The final list of participants will not be known until June 14. Unknown participants were placed in the fourth performance basket. There are still two A-leg matches of the European Qualifiers to be played. Scotland’s clash with Ukraine was postponed until June due to the Russian invasion, and the winner of the duel will start fighting for the last European seat in Wales. The other two participants in the union championship from the intercontinental barracks. On neutral soil in Qatar, a representative of CONCACAF Costa Rica will play against New Zealand from the OFC, resp. Peru, the fifth CONMEBOL team will meet the winner of the duel between the United Arab Emirates and Australia as representatives of the AFC.
We drew from four performance baskets, which were selected according to the FIFA rankings as of March 31. Qatar as a function had 1 in the A-group. As usual, geographical restrictions have been applied to the draw. There should be a maximum of two national teams from Europe and one from the remaining confederations in one group. The old continent was represented in all four baskets. The exact schedule of the championship will be created later in agreement with the television results.
Qatar hosts are the only newcomers to the event. Only the Canadians will experience the second participation, before which they also qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Only six Italians are missing from the top 15 of the FIFA rankings. The reigning European champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the second time in a row, when Northern Macedonia sensationally eliminated them in the middle of the play.
The follow-up procedure was moderated by actor Idris Elba and sports journalist Reshmin Chowdhury. The draw was led by Carli Lloyd, Jermaine Jenas and Samantha Johnson, assisted by former star players and coaches Cafú, Lothar Matthäus, Adel Ahmed MalAllah, Ali Daei, Bora Milutinovič, Jay-Jay Okocha, Rabah Madjer and Tim Cahill. Before the draw, he brought a trophy to the podium for the winner of coach “Les Bleus” Didier Deschamps. The mascot of the La’eeba tournament and the official soundtrack of Hayya Hayya also presented themselves at the ceremony.
draw of the basic groups of the 2012 World Championships in Qatar:
A-group: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
B-group: England, Iran, USA, winner Wales – Scotland / Ukraine (UEFA)
C-group: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
D-group: France, winner Australia / UAE (AFC) – Peru (CONMEBOL), Denmark, Tunisia
E-group: Spain, winner Costa Rica (CONCACAF) – New Zealand (OFC), Germany, Japan
F-group: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
G-group: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
H-group: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Republic of Korea
putting in baskets:
Basket 1: England, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Qatar, Argentina, Brazil
Basket 2: Denmark, Holland, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, USA, Uruguay
Basket 3: Poland, Serbia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
4th basket: Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Cameroon, Ecuador, Canada, winner Wales – Scotland / Ukraine (UEFA), winner Costa Rica (CONCACAF) – New Zealand (OFC), winner Australia / UAE (AFC) – Peru (CONMEBOL)