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Four Games Per Day Confirmed for 2022 World Cup in Qatar


Wed 15 Jul 2020 | 03:43 PM
Mohamed Helba

Fifa on Wednesday confirmed the 2022 World Cup schedule, due to be held in Qatar, as fan will be able to enjoy watching an unprecedented four games a day on television, spread out over 11 hours, during the group stage of the tournament.

The group stage matches will be last for 12 days, with games not being assigned to particular venues until after the finals draw in March 2022.

"Kick-off times for the first two rounds of games will be 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time with the eight stadiums all within a 40-mile radius of each other," BBC reported.

It means supporters and media could attend two games on the same day.

Local time will be one hour ahead of Egypt's time during the tournament, which is taking place in November and December 2022.

Where will the opening match and final take place?

The tournament's opening match will be played Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor, with a capacity of 60,000 fans,   on Monday, 21 November in a game which will feature hosts Qatar.

The final venue is the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium in Doha on Sunday, 18 December at 15:00 GMT.

A start date is yet to be announced for the European section of World Cup qualification.