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Due to Qatar's intense summer heat, this World Cup will be held from late-November to mid-December, making it the first tournament not to be held in May, June, or July and to take place in the northern autumn; it will be played in a reduced timeframe of around 29 days. The first match played at the tournament will be contested between Qatar and Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor. The final is due to be held on 18 December 2022, which also is Qatar National Day. The climate conditions caused some to call hosting the tournament in Qatar infeasible, with initial plans for air-conditioned stadiums giving way to a potential date switch from summer to winter.

Since the beginning of 2021, Turner has played twice as many times for the U.S. than Steffen , has allowed the same amount of goals and has performed better by just about every statistical measure. The biggest discrepancy comes in goals prevented , which measures the difference between opposing teams' expected goals on target and the goalkeeper's goals allowed. Teams have generated 18.23 xGOT against Turner, but he has racked up 10.23 GP, indicating he has cut down opposing teams' goal totals by more than half.

One of the standout performers of Italy’s Euro 2020 triumph and adding further bewilderment to their failure to reach Qatar this time around. As a result, the world will be denied the chance to see the rapidly-improving box-to-box midfielder at the tournament. Part of their improvement is due to the presence of highly decorated Real Madrid and former Bayern Munich defender David Alaba.

The position for the team within the group would then be drawn , with the pot 1 teams automatically drawn into position 1 of each group. Some investigations found that Qatar sought an edge in securing hosting by hiring a former CIA officer turned private contractor, Kevin Chalker, to spy on rival bid teams and key football officials who picked the winner in 2010. The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. Indonesian officials had not ruled out a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, until Qatar was awarded the 2022 tournament. During the bidding process, all non-UEFA nations gradually withdrew their 2018 bids, thus guaranteeing that a UEFA nation would host the 2018 tournament and thereby making UEFA nations ineligible for the 2022 bid. For players in the United States, a few weeks in a camp and a handful of matches, including four this month, could change everything.

From key dates to kick-off times, here's all you need to know about this year's tournament. Match schedule confirmed for RWC 2023 Final Qualification Tournament World Rugby has today unveiled the match schedule for the Final Qualification Tournament that will determine the 20th and final qualifier for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. Richarlison has urged football’s governing bodies to take action after being subjected to racist abuse while playing for Brazil.

Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt, in a letter, asked FIFA to replace Qatar as World Cup Host, calling the country as a "base of terrorism". In October 2017, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, deputy head of Dubai Police and General Security, wrote about the crisis on Twitter in Arabic; saying "If the World Cup leaves Qatar, Qatar's crisis will be over … because the crisis is created to get away from it". According to media reports, the message appeared to imply that the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar was only enacted due to Qatar hosting the world's biggest football event. In reaction to media coverage of his tweet, Dhahi Khalfan tweeted; "I said Qatar is faking a crisis and claims it's besieged so it could get away from the burdens of building expensive sports facilities for the World Cup". UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Dhahi Khalfan had been misunderstood in media coverage.

During the same time , Steffen's xGOT is 7.22, with a GP figure of -0.78, which suggests that he has allowed more goals than should have been prevented. Four matches will be played each day during the group stage, which will run over a 12-day period and see winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16. Russia's participation was further thrown into doubt after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 27 February 2022, FIFA announced a number of sanctions impacting Russia's participation in international football. Russia was prohibited from hosting international competitions, and the national team had been ordered to play all home matches behind closed doors in neutral countries. The next day, however, FIFA decided to suspend Russia from international competitions "until further notice", including its participation in the 2022 FIFA แข่งขันบอลโลก. FIFA's six continental confederations organise their own qualifying competitions.

However, despite the glut of talent on show, spare a thought for those teams who failed to qualify, and in particular, the stars who will miss out on all the fun and games at the tournament. Are also struggling but a strong run of results for Iran in the international break suggests it could be all to play for. The season will start a week earlier than normal on August , with 16 matchdays taking place up to the weekend of November 12/13, before the tournament kicks off on November 20. England will now feature on the second day with their Group B match against Iran scheduled to take place just eight days after the Premier League shuts down on Monday November 21 with a 1pm UK time kick-off. The tournament was originally set to begin a day later with Senegal's game against the Netherlands at Al Thumama Stadium but Qatar's match was moved forward in August to allow them to open their home tournament.

Gareth Southgate has said that Trent Alexander-Arnold is behind Kieran Trippier in the right-back pecking order for England due to his “all-round game”. Alexander-Arnold has starred in Liverpool’s successes in recent years but struggled to cement a starting place under Southgate on... It was mainly inspired by the culture, architecture, iconic boats and flag of Qatar. The ball was designed with sustainability as a priority, making it the first ever official match ball created with water-based glues and inks.