Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 To Start A Day Earlier Than Planned: Report

FIFA WC 2022 Date: Qatar World Cup 2022 may have last-minute schedule changes as it is being reported that the quadrennial football event may start early.

FIFA WC 2022 Date

Source : AFP

FIFA WC 2022 Date: The much anticipated Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 may have last-minute schedule changes as it is being reported that the quadrennial football event may kick off earlier than the planned date. News agency AFP quoting tournament sources reported that the Qatar World Cup is "to start a day earlier".

#BREAKING Qatar World Cup to start a day earlier than planned on November 20: tournament sources pic.twitter.com/3Vq5jFnO4V

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 10, 2022

FIFA might consider moving the start date of the World Cup so that the host nation can play in the opening fixture. As of now, the first match is slated between Senegal and the Netherlands on Monday, November 21. Qatar, the host nation, is playing Ecuador on November 21 in the later half of the day.

As per The Athletic, the organiser can move the date for the match of the host nation to November 20.

"...It is understood that Qatar want to play first, as has become customary for the host nation. Their game against Ecuador is now slated to move forward to Sunday November 20," The Athletic reported.

Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 World Cup has a lot of firsts up its sleeves. It is the first football World Cup to be held in West Asia (Middle East) region. Also, this is for the first time that this FIFA World Cup is not played in the middle of the calendar year. This is being done in order to avoid the extreme heat in the region during May, June and July.   

Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 will feature female referees which is also the first time in football world cup history. 

The tournament also allows the inclusion of 26-player squads in the 32 National Teams competing in FIFA World Cup 2022.