17 September 2019FIFA World Cup
The Fifa World Cup is organized by Federation International Football Association (FIFA) which oversees the football games in the different continents and regions of the world. It has 6 Federations and 211 National Associations. The 6 Federations are
The 211 Associations come from various National Football Associations in various countries.
World Cup 2022
The next Fifa World Cup will be held in Qatar in 2022 between 21 November to 18 December. The qualification matches have already started from 6 June 2019. 211 teams from various Fifa member countries will compete to qualify for the final match. The qualification matches will be divided into 6 zones. It will end on March 2022 after which the World Cup competition will begin. The rough schedule for the qualification matches is as follows
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So far, only Qatar is qualified as it is the host country. The AFC qualifying matches are played by 40 countries divided into 8 groups (Group A to Group H) with their present standing as shown in the following webpage
The next qualifying matches will be played on 10 October 2019 in AFC. The details are as follows:
10 October 2019
Matching Group | Match Between | SG Time | Venue |
Group A | Syria vs. Maldives | 22:00 | Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium (Dubai) |
| China PR vs. Guam | 20:00 | Tianhe Stadium (Guangzhou) |
Group B | Jordan vs. Kuwait | 00:00 | International Stadium (Amman) |
| Australia vs. Nepal | 16:30 | GIO Stadium Canberra (Canberra) |
Group C | IR Iran vs. Cambodia | 21:30 | Azadi Stadium (Tehran) |
| Iraq vs. Hong Kong | 00:00 | Basrah Sports City Stadium (Basrah) |
Group D | Saudi Arabia vs. Singapore | 23:25 | King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (Buraydah) |
| Uzbekistan vs. Yemen | 22:30 | Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium (Tashkent) |
Group E | Oman Afghanistan | 22:30 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (Muscat)
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| Bangladesh vs. Qatar | 21:00 | Bangabandhu National Stadium (Dhaka)
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Group F | Japan vs. Mongolia | 18:35 | Saitama Stadium 2002 (Saitama)
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| Kyrgyz Republic vs. Myanmar | 22:30 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium (Bishkek) |
Group G | Vietnam vs. Malaysia | 19:00 | My Dinh National Stadium (Hanoi)
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| United Arab Emirates vs. Indonesia | 00:00 | Indonesia Al Maktoum Stadium (Dubai) |
Group H | Lebanon vs. Turkmenistan | 00:00 | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium (Beirut)
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| Korea Republic vs. Sri Lanka | 19:00 | Hwaseong Stadium (Hwaseong) |