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Host Qatar will play in the opening game of their World Cup tournament, added on a separate day to the schedule just 100 days before kickoff.
The soccer marquee tournament is now set to start a day earlier than originally planned seven years ago to allow Qatar to play Ecuador on November 20. A person familiar with the proposal told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
This person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
The proposal will be submitted to a committee made up of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and representatives of six continental football organizations, officials said. rice field. A decision is expected this week.
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July's pre-season friendly between Melbourne Victory and Manchester United at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Qatar Adidas Al Leela official match ball for the FIFA World Cup 2022 played on 15th May 2022, Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)
According to a letter sent by FIFA this week and reviewed by the AP, the governing body , is seeking approval by the continental football bodies by Thursday.
Qatar should get a special Sunday slot for the opening ceremony and his World Cup debut at his 60,000-capacity part-time stadium.
The World Cup is now based on a decision in 2015 after FIFA agreed to postpone the tournament to avoid the extreme desert heat of his June and his July. , is scheduled to start on Monday, November 21st. FIFA also agreed on a shorter 28-day program to minimize disruption to domestic football, especially in Europe, which shuts down before the World Cup.
Recent World Cups By tradition, 2014 hosts Brazil and 2018 hosts Russia were given exclusive opening dates to face their first opponents. However, a tighter schedule in Qatar required him to play four games a day across the group stages, or 48 in 12 days.
The Netherlands, Senegal and Ecuador were in Group A to face Qatar in the draw for the tournament on April 1 in Doha. The Netherlands and Senegal were assigned 1:00 PM. At the start of local time, Qatar faced Ecuador in his third game, with evening kick-off scheduled to take place six hours later.
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Panoramic view of Al Janoub Stadium, one of eight venues that will host the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The stadium, designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, is located near the former fishing village of Wakulla in Qatar. July 4, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Sidhik Keerantakath/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
The proposal to create a 29-day tournament instead of a 28-day Qatari officials and South American football group CONMEBOL are in talks involving Qatari and Ecuadorian football federations, the person told The Associated Press.
FIFA said in a letter: He acknowledged that changing the dates after tickets were on sale affected some travel fans. However, FIFA said commercially that "the value and benefits of the proposal well outweigh the risks".
Only a few players from European clubs are involved in the Qatar vs. Ecuador match. Several of Ecuador's likely rosters have played for clubs in Spain, the United States and Mexico.
Had Qatar been due to face the Netherlands, whose main squad will play for clubs in England and Italy, until 13 November, it would have been more difficult to agree to a schedule change.
With this proposal, FIFA is expected to move the Netherlands-Senegal match back from a lunchtime start to an evening slot freed up by Qatar.
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A perspective view of the dome covering the countdown clock for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha on August 10, 2022. Sources say host Qatar will play his opening game just three months before the competition begins. According to sources familiar with the matter, Qatar said he would face Ecuador 24 hours ahead of schedule on November 20, with FIFA's ruling council to confirm it shortly. (Photo by MUSTAFA ABUMUNES/AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Sunday night's opener in Qatar saw Asia, Europe and the United States Now put the World Cup in direct competition with the NFL game. The US soccer team will open its World Cup against Wales in the second half of Monday's game in Qatar.
The 2022 World Cup will be the first in the tournament's 92-year history to be held outside of the traditional Northern Hemisphere summer season. All 21 previous editions were played between late May and the end of July.
A November 21-December 18 tournament schedule was agreed, so European clubs could play his November 12-13 weekend before placing players in 32 World Cup teams. I was able to release it. FIFA said in a letter that the change to the start date should not change the tournament rules, which require players to report to their national teams from their clubs by 14 November.
The final will take place on Sunday, Qatar's National Day, before thePremier League put on its traditional boxing match of the day on 26 December. Players can return to the club for a full week.
Qatar originally made a bid to hold the tournament from June until he held it in July. It promised innovative stadium cooling technology to overcome the heat expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) during the first World Cup held in the Middle East.
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Panoramic view of Al Janoub Stadium, one of eight venues that will host the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The stadium, designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, is located near the former fishing village of Wakulla in Qatar. July 4, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Sidhik Keerantakath/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
In December 2010, Qatar defeated the United States in a controversial bidding contest. Breakout 14- Placed eighth in the final voting by the FIFA Executive Committee, but the group was later widely discredited by a corruption scandal.
After more than four years, FIFA has changed to running tournaments in temperatures around 25-30 degrees Celsius (77-86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Now, seven more years later, the date is set to change again.
