World Cup 2022 news, playoff draw, fixtures & latest updates
Each team presents the entrepreneurial projects that are making an impact on the Global Goals in their communities right now, and that have the momentum to launch new social enterprises, create new careers and scale impact. The 2022 Qatar World Cup will be the first time the tournament has been held in the Middle East and the first time a World Cup has been played outside of the usual summer dates. The tournament will kick off with hosts Qatar entertaining Ecuador in Group A action, with the match scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. Local time (11 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. GMT) on November 20 in Al Bayt Stadium. Owing to the climate in Qatar, concerns were expressed over holding the World Cup in its traditional timeframe of June and July. In October 2013, a task force was commissioned to consider alternative dates and report after the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In February 2019, Amnesty International questioned whether Qatar would complete the promised labour reforms before the start of the ...