Qatar World Cup to kick off day earlier than planned
The 2022 World Cup will start a day earlier than planned with hosts Qatar playing Ecuador on Sunday, 20 November.
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World Cup to kick off day earlier than planned as Qatar opener brought forward
The 2022 World Cup will start a day earlier than planned with hosts Qatar playing Ecuador on Sunday, November 20.
FIFA World Cup 2022 brought forward one day for Qatar to kick off tournament against Ecuador in November
FIFA have altered the start of the World Cup in Qatar so that the hosts can play the opening game. The opening ceremony and Qatar’s game against Ecuador has been «brought forward one day as a stand-alone event», a FIFA statement confirmed.
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CONFIRMED | Start of 2022 World Cup brought forward by one day - FIFA
The opening match at this year's World Cup, between hosts Qatar and Ecuador, has been brought forward by one day to November 20, FIFA said Thursday, confirming an AFP report.
FIFA confirm date change for Qatar 2022
FIFA has announced that the start date for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™ has been pushed forward by one day to November the 20th. This means that the opening game for the tournament will now be hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium from 19:00 Mecca a day earlier than planned. Originally, the first game of the tournament was meant to be the Netherlands taking on Senegal at Khalifa International Stadium on the 21st of November from 13:00 Mecca, with the official opening set at 19:00 of the same day involving Qatar and Ecuador. Now the host's opener has been forward one day to be the standalone game on day one of the tournament.
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Morocco Split With Coach Vahid Halilhodzic Ahead Of World Cup
World Cup qualifiers Morocco have split with coach Vahid Halilhodzic three months ahead of the finals in Qatar, the country's football federation said Thursday. The fall-out appears to have come over Halilhodzic's handling of two of his star players. He sidelined Chelsea's Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui of Bayern Munich for disciplinary reasons and while he qualified for the World Cup without them it seems the federation wanted them back.