Final on 18th December 2022
Semifinals on 14th & 15 December 2022
Quarterfinals on 9th, 10th & 11th December 2022
Argentina and France meet in the final
Both Argentina and France are looking to win their third world title at the Lusail Stadium
After 63 games, only Argentina and France remain with the chance to lift the FIFA World Cup in its 22nd edition. The two teams that topped Group C and D will meet for the summit clash on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium to claim either of their third world title. While Argentina lifted the trophy back in 1978 and 1986, France are holders of the cup having won it four years back in Russia following their first title in 1998 playing at home.
Argentina began their journey at the tournament with a shock 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia. Lionel Scaloni and co. have since won all of their games scoring two or more goals, beating Mexico, Poland, Australia, Netherlands and Croatia on their way to the final. France on the other hand beat Australia 4-1 to begin their campaign and beat Denmark next before losing to Tunisia in group stage. Les Bleus bested Poland, England and Morocco next on their way to the title match.
Argentina’s dream of a third world title are hinged on captain Lionel Messi, who will play his final match for Argentina at the World Cup and is looking to wrap up his story at the tournament with the trophy that has long eluded him. The 35-year old had come closest to holding the trophy in 2014 when Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany in extra time. France on the other hand, are looking to become the first team to win successive World Cups since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.
Argentina, France head-to-head in FIFA World Cup 2022
World Cup finalists Argentina and France have met on 12 previous occasions in official matches, with Argentina winning six and losing three.
The last duel between the teams was in the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when eventual champions France prevailed 4-3 at Kazan Arena.
It was France's first victory over the Albiceleste in the World Cup after Argentina won the previous two encounters between the teams in football's showpiece tournament.
Here is a breakdown of their matches:
- 15 Jul 1930, France 0 Argentina 1 (World Cup)
- 03 Jun 1965, France 0 Argentina 0 (Friendly)
- 08 Jan 1971, Argentina 3 France 4 (Friendly)
- 12 Jan 1971, Argentina 2 France 0 (Friendly)
- 25 June 1972, Argentina 0 France 0 (Independence)
- 18 May 1974, France 0 Argentina 1 (Friendly)
- 26 June 1977, Argentina 0 France 0 (Friendly)
- 06 Jun 1978, Argentina 2 France 1 (World Cup)
- 26 Mar 1986, France 2 Argentina 0 (Friendly)
- 07 Feb 2007, France 0 Argentina 1 (Friendly)
- 11 Feb 2009, France 0 Argentina 2 (Friendly)
- 30 Jun 2018, France 4 Argentina 3 (World Cup)
Argentina and France might be playing in the final but Qatar is the real winner of the FIFA World Cup
On Monday morning, the past 12 years of existential footballing crisis will reach its crescendo when Argentina and France walk out onto Lusail Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd of just a sniff under 90,000. It is, in so many ways, a fairytale final.
Here is Lionel Messi, the captain and talisman of this storied football nation, the tournament's joint leading goal-scorer, now just a single warm evening away from holding the one trophy he has never managed to win. He will attempt to do so in front of one of this tournament's most astonishing walls of noise, filled not only with the 35,000 fans who travelled from Argentina with spray-painted banners and drums and flags in tow, but the many others in Qatar who have become Argentinian by osmosis, absorbing the pride and hope and passion of a nation by emotional proximity to its magnetic megastar.
Final match schedule for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
20 November to 18 December 2022 in Qatar
Following a dazzling Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, the final tournament match schedule has been published on FIFA.com.
Given the compact nature of Qatar, event organisers were able to assign, for the first time ever, group stage games to a stadium and kick-off time for each matchday after the final draw, optimising the match schedule for the benefit and comfort of spectators, teams, media and the global audience.
Fans will have another chance to apply for FIFA World Cup tickets during the next random selection draw sales period, which will launch on FIFA.com/tickets on Tuesday, 5 April at 11:00 CET (12:00 Doha time).
2022 FIFA World Cup Final
The 2022 FIFA World Cup Final will be the final match of the 2022 World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams. The match is scheduled to be played at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the national day of Qatar, and will be contested by the winners of the semi-finals.
The final will be held at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the city centre of Doha. The stadium was intended to host the final as part of Qatar's World Cup bid, and was confirmed as the final venue on 15 July 2020. The stadium will also host nine other matches, with six in the group stage and three other knockout fixtures.
The Lusail Iconic Stadium, owned by the Qatar Football Association, was built as part of Qatar's winning bid for the World Cup. The stadium was designed by British firm Foster + Partners and Populous, supported by MANICA Architecture. The stadium will be cooled using solar power and have a zero carbon footprint. Construction began in April 2017, and was planned to finish in 2020. However, the completion of the stadium was postponed, with construction ultimately finishing in November 2021. The stadium had its first match on 9 September 2022 with the Lusail Super Cup game, later than expected
2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar
From 20 November to 18 December 2022
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of FIFA's member associations. The 22nd FIFA World Cup is taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022; it is the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world and Muslim world, and the second held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. France are the defending champions, having defeated Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 final. At an estimated cost of over $220 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever held; this figure is disputed by Qatari officials, including organising CEO Nasser Al Khater, who said the true cost is $8 billion, and other figures relate to overall infrastructure development since the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in 2010.
This tournament is set to be the last with 32 participating teams, with the field to increase to 48 teams for the 2026 edition. To avoid the extremes of Qatar's hot climate, this World Cup is being held during November and December. It is being played in a reduced timeframe of 29 days with 64 matches to be played in eight venues across five cities. The Qatar national football team entered the event automatically, their first World Cup, alongside 31 teams who were determined by the qualification process. Qatar lost all three group matches; they became the first hosts to lose every game, the earliest host nation eliminated, and the second host (after South Africa in 2010) not to progress past the first stage.
In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in eight round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play to decide which teams would participate in the final, which will be held on 18 December 2022 at Lusail Stadium, coinciding with Qatar's National Day.
The choice to host the World Cup in Qatar has been a source of controversy due to Qatar's treatment of migrant workers, women, and its position on LGBT rights as well as Qatar's climate, lack of a strong football culture, scheduling changes, and allegations of bribery for hosting rights and wider FIFA corruption.
FIFA World Cup 2018
From 14 June to 15 July 2018
They waited until it was over, until the fireworks shot into the sky and the rain soaked them to the skin, until that glistening trophy was safe in their hands and golden confetti sparkled in their hair.
Only then, once France's players knew they had emerged triumphant from a World Cup of chaos & abandon, a tournament that defied expectation and prediction, did they succumb to the wild spirit of the past month and do the one thing they, and they alone, had managed to avoid.
At the end, after the end, the French finally lost control. Even at the final whistle, their 4-2 victory over Croatia confirmed, they had retained the sense of order that has set them apart from all of their opponents, their peers and rivals, in Russia. For the 2nd time in its history, for the 1st time in 20 years, France is champion of the world
2014 FIFA World Cup
From 12 June to 13 July 2014
The 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament that is currently taking place in Brazil. It began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude with the final on 13 July 2014. It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the last one being in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.
The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are being played in 12 cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums. For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the matches are using goal-line technology, as well seeing the use of vanishing spray for free kicks.
With the host country, all world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (Argentina, England, France, Germany, Italy,Spain and Uruguay) have qualified for this competition. Spain is the defending champion, having defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in the2010 World Cup final to win its first World title. The previous four World Cups staged in South America were all won by South American teams.
Singapore Aims For 2034 World Cup
Football Association of Singapore’s VP Says World Cup 2034 Is “Realistic”
Back in 2001, ESM Goh Chok Tong delivered a speech at the launch of the new Tiger Beer sponsorship for the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). He announced that the FAS had taken up his challenge of bringing the team to the World Cup by 2010.
The ambitious endeavour was named Goal 2010. Unfortunately in 2010, Singapore lost to the Saudis in the World Cup qualifiers and Goal 2010 was no more.
This year, the ambition is renewed. Senior Minister of State for Health and Law, as well as Vice President of FAS, Edwin Tong, told The Straits Times in an interview that he has hopes for The Lions to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2034.
