Four games a day to be played in group stage in Qatar
The FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed during the draw of the South American Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 at Centro de Convenciones de CONMEBOL on December 17, 2019 in Asuncion, Paraguay. (Photo by Luis Vera/Getty Images)
The FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed during the draw of the South American Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 at Centro de Convenciones de CONMEBOL on December 17, 2019 in Asuncion, Paraguay. (Photo by Luis Vera/Getty Images)

(BBC) – Four matches will be played each day during the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA has announced.

The group games will be played over a 12-day period with matches not being assigned to particular venues until after the ‘finals’ draw in March 2022.

Kick-off times for the first two rounds of games will be 13:00hrs, 16:00hrs, 19:00hrs and 22:00hrs local time with the eight stadiums all within a 40-mile radius of each other.

It means supporters and media could attend two games on the same day.

How will the group games look?
For all but three games there will be a three-day rest period in-between.

There will also be no need for teams, supporters or media to spend time flying or taking long rail or road journeys between matches.

Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knockout-round matches will be at 18:00hrs and 22:00hrs local time.

Local time will be three hours ahead of UK time during the tournament, which will take place in November and December 2022.

Where will the opening match and final take place?
The tournament’s opening match will be played at the 60 000-seater Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor on Monday, November 21 in a game which will feature hosts Qatar.

The final venue is the 80 000-capacity Lusail Stadium in Doha on Sunday, December 18 at 15:00hrs GMT.

A start date is yet to be announced for the European section of World Cup qualification. The qualifying draw is scheduled for December 1, but it is not yet known whether that will go ahead as planned.

BBC Sport will broadcast the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 on television, radio and online.

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