The Opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2022™ featuring the Host Country on Monday 21 November 2022 has been reassigned to 17:00 CET / 19:00 Doha Time as part of the match schedule completion after the Final Draw. While the first match of the competition, in practice, will be Senegal vs Netherlands, the Opening Match will be Qatar vs Ecuador played at 17:00 CET / 19:00 Doha Time. The final match schedule for the tournament, including the stadium and kick-off time for each fixture, will be published following the completion of the draw. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 will be staged across four vibrant Host Cities: Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Łódź and Sosnowiec. El partido inaugural de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022™ que protagonizará el país anfitrión el lunes 21 de noviembre de 2022 ha sido reasignado a las 17:00 CET / 19:00 hora de Doha como parte de la finalización del calendario de partidos tras el sorteo final. Mientras que el primer partido de la competición, en la práctica, será Senegal contra Holanda, el partido inaugural será. The official site of the international governing body of football with news, national associations, competitions, results, fixtures, development, organisation, world. With the 12 groups determined during Friday’s riveting Final Draw in Washington DC, global attention then turned toward the FIFA World Cup 2026™ fixture schedule, which was unveiled by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and a selection of iconic FIFA Legends. The process in Houston, Texas, which will host seven FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, exemplifies the intricacy and depth of the challenge facing the Pitch Management team. “Last stitch” typically occurs much further out from kick-off, but heavy schedules at the North American venues limited access. The match schedule is available on FIFA.com. Both pathways could result in a nation making their debut at the global extravaganza, with New Caledonia and Suriname in contention to appear at their first FIFA World Cup. Following the much-anticipated draw that revealed the eight groups that comprise the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, fans around the world now also know exactly where and when to follow their clubs at the first edition of FIFA’s new global club showpiece. FIFA World Cup 26 match schedule – summary: • FIFA World Cup 26 to kick-off at the iconic Estadio Azteca Mexico City on Thursday, 11 June 2026, with the final scheduled for Sunday, 19 July 2026 in New York New Jersey. • Toronto, Mexico City, and Los Angeles to host the opening matches of their respective national teams. White Wolves eye world-stage revenge IR Iran and Uzbekistan have met in three AFC Futsal Asian Cup finals, with the former winning them all, the last 2-1 after falling behind in 2016. Can Bakhodir Akhmedov's troops take revenge on the biggest stage of all?.