| Official name | : | 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ |
| Host country | : | |
| Mascot | : | Laʼeeb |
| Edition | : | 22nd |
| Dates | : | 20 November – 18 December 2022 |
| Teams | : | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
| Total matches | : | 64 |
| Venue | : | 8 (in 5 host cities) |
| Champions | : | Argentina (2022) (3rd titles) |
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world, and the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. In addition, the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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 reigning World Cup champions are France.
Teams
The final draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on 1 April 2022, 19:00 AST, prior to the completion of qualification. The two winners of the inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw.
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 31 March 2022. Pot one contained the hosts Qatar (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the best seven teams. Pot two contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight teams into pot 3. Pot 4 contained the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and the UEFA Path A play-off winner. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for UEFA teams, for which there was at least one and no more than two per group. This principle also applied to the placeholder teams, with constraints applying based on the confederation of both potential winners of each play-off tie. The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the match schedule), with the pot 1 teams automatically drawn into position 1 of each group. The pots for the draw are shown below.
Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams name a provisional squad of up to 55 players. By 22 October, each team will be required to have announced their 55-man squads, with the Netherlands, Qatar, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay having done so already. Teams will name their final squads in early November, with the United States naming their final squad on 9 November 2022. In August 2022, FIFA increased the final squad size to 26 players from a total of 23 players at the 2018 edition.
| No. | Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Total times qualified |
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| 1 | | Hosts | 2 December 2010 | 1 (debut) |
| 2 | | UEFA Group J winners | 11 October 2021 | 20 |
| 3 | | UEFA Group F winners | 12 October 2021 | 6 |
| 4 | | CONMEBOL Round Robin winners | 11 November 2021 | 22 |
| 5 | | UEFA Group D winners | 13 November 2021 | 16 |
| 6 | | UEFA Group E winners | 13 November 2021 | 14 |
| 7 | | UEFA Group H winners | 14 November 2021 | 6 |
| 8 | | UEFA Group B winners | 14 November 2021 | 16 |
| 9 | | UEFA Group A winners | 14 November 2021 | 13 |
| 10 | | UEFA Group I winners | 15 November 2021 | 16 |
| 11 | | UEFA Group C winners | 15 November 2021 | 12 |
| 12 | | UEFA Group G winners | 16 November 2021 | 11 |
| 13 | | CONMEBOL Round Robin Runner-up | 16 November 2021 | 18 |
| 14 | | AFC third round Group A winners | 27 January 2022 | 6 |
| 15 | | AFC third round Group A runners-up | 1 February 2022 | 11 |
| 16 | | AFC third round Group B runners-up | 24 March 2022 | 7 |
| 17 | | AFC third round Group B winners | 24 March 2022 | 6 |
| 18 | | CONMEBOL round robin fourth place | 24 March 2022 | 4 |
| 19 | | CONMEBOL round robin third place | 24 March 2022 | 14 |
| 20 | | CONCACAF third round winners | 27 March 2022 | 2 |
| 21 | | CAF third round winners | 29 March 2022 | 4 |
| 22 | | CAF third round winners | 29 March 2022 | 3 |
| 23 | | UEFA second round winners | 29 March 2022 | 8 |
| 24 | | UEFA second round winners | 29 March 2022 | 9 |
| 25 | | CAF third round winners | 29 March 2022 | 9 |
| 26 | | CAF third round winners | 29 March 2022 | 6 |
| 27 | | CAF third round winners | 29 March 2022 | 8 |
| 28 | | CONCACAF third round third place | 30 March 2022 | 11 |
| 29 | | CONCACAF third round runners-up | 30 March 2022 | 17 |
| 30 | | UEFA second round winners | 5 June 2022 | 2 |
| 31 | | AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 June 2022 | 6 |
| 32 | | CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners | 14 June 2022 | 6 |
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Venues
The most used stadium will be the Lusail Iconic Stadium, which will host 10 matches, including the final. The Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor will host 9 matches. All but the 9 matches hosted in Al Khor in this tournament will be held within a 20-mile (32 km) radius of the center of Doha. For the first time ever, all venues used for this tournament will be used for knockout-round matches.
Stadium 974, formerly known as Ras Abu Aboud, is the seventh FIFA World Cup 2022 venue to be completed by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC). Its name comes from the number of shipping containers used in its construction and Qatar's international dialling code. The stadium will host seven matches during the event.
| No. | Stadium | City |
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| 1 | Lusail Iconic Stadium | Lusail |
| 2 | Al Bayt Stadium | Al Khor |
| 3 | Stadium 974 | Doha |
| 4 | Al Thumama Stadium | Doha |
| 5 | Education City Stadium | Al Rayyan |
| 6 | Al Rayyan Stadium | Al Rayyan |
| 7 | Khalifa International Stadium | Al Rayyan |
| 8 | Al Janoub Stadium | Al Wakrah |
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Group stage
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Final
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Goalscorers
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