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World Cup 2022 Qatar: FIFA advances the start of the World Cup with Qatar-Ecuador to November 20

The ‘Bureau’ of the FIFA Council decided “unanimously” to advance it to November 20 of the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the match between the host team and Ecuador, which will go from the 21st to the 20th of that month and replace Senegal-Netherlands as the first match of the competition, which maintains its date, as announced by the agency in a statement.

“The 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off with an even bigger celebration for Qatari fans and fans around the world. On Sunday, November 20, the hosts will face Ecuador at 7:00 p.m. (local time), in what will be the only match of the day. The FIFA Council Bureau today unanimously decided to bring forward the match and the opening ceremony by one day, which will take place at Al Bait Stadium,” it said in a statement.

As a consequence, the meeting between Senegal and the Netherlands (which originally marked the start of the competition) will be played at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, instead of 1:00 p.m.,” FIFA continued.

“This change ensures the continuation of an old tradition of the FIFA World Cup, whereby the hosts or defending champions play the first match of the competition, which is held in conjunction with the opening ceremony.. The decision has been made after assessing the operational aspects and the impact it would have on the tournament, as well as after consulting with the main interest groups and the host country, who have agreed,” FIFA said in a statement published this week. Thursday.

Despite the advancement of a day of the start of the World CupFIFA explained that “the period of transfer of players” by the clubs to the national teams will continue to start on November 14, “as had been decided and stipulated in the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players” .

“Ticket holders will receive an email informing them about those matches that have undergone changes. The locations will remain valid for the new dates and times. In addition, FIFA will try to resolve any issues arising from this change on a case-by-case basis.”

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