The World Cup in Qatar awaits its last participants: three qualifying tickets for the World Cup-2022, out of a total of 32, remain to be allocated through play-offs in June, before the final tournament at the end of the year (21 November-18 December 2022).
While twenty-nine tickets found takers after the qualifying matches, three remain to be won through play-off matches: on the one hand a series of play-offs in the European zone (semi-final, final), on the other hand a pre-dam in Asia zone followed by two intercontinental dams (Asia – South America, Oceania – Central and North America):
Wednesday, June 1, European zone play-off semi-final (8:45 p.m.) Scotland – Ukraine, at Hampden Park in Glasgow
Sunday June 5, European zone play-off final (8:45 p.m.) Wales – Scotland or Ukraine, in Cardiff
Tuesday, June 7, pre-Asia zone play-off (8:00 p.m.) Australia – United Arab Emirates, at the Ahmad ben Ali stadium in QatarMonday, June 13, Asia – South America intercontinental play-off
(8:00 p.m.) Australia or United Arab Emirates – Peru, at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Qatar
Tuesday, June 14, Intercontinental Dam Oceania – Central and North America
(20h00) Costa Rica – Nouvelle-Zélande, au stade Ahmad ben Ali au Qatar
The kick-off of the competition will be given on Monday, November 21 with a poster Senegal – Netherlands (10:00 GMT), at the Al-Thumama stadium in Doha, Qatar. On the same day, the host country will start the competition against Ecuador (16:00 GMT) at Al-Bayt Stadium, in Al-Khor, in the north of the peninsula.
A month of competition will follow until the final on Sunday, December 18, played in the Lusail stadium, located 15 km north of the capital Doha.
– Monday 21 to Thursday 24 November: first day of the group stage
– From Friday 25 to Monday 28 November: second day of the group stage
– From Tuesday 29 to Friday 2 December: third day of the group stage
– From Saturday 3 to Tuesday 6 December: Round of 16
– Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December: quarter-finals
– Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December: semi-finals (9 p.m.)
– Saturday, December 17: match for third place (5:00 p.m.)
– Sunday December 18: World Cup final (5:00 p.m.)