Qatar World Cup: Accommodation worries for football fans

The city will be operating almost 50 shuttle flights every day to Doha, which is less than an hour away by plane. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman will be operating daily shuttle flights to ferry fans to the host country. After qualifying via the play-offs, Wales' first game will also be on Monday November 21. From key dates to kick-off times, here's all you need to know about this year's tournament.

He also stated that a new vote on the attribution of the World Cup to Qatar would have to take place if the corruption allegations were to be proved. In January 2019, Infantino said that FIFA was exploring the possibility of having neighbouring countries host matches during the tournament, in order to reduce political tensions. The first Enactus World Cup was held in London, United Kingdom in 2001. Since then over 700 Enactus teams have competed at the Enactus World Cup and over 45,000 participants have attended the events—tens of thousands of nextgen and top business leaders from all corners of the earth.

Egypt, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Iceland and Sweden, all of whom qualified for the 2018 World Cup, also did not qualify for the 2022 tournament. FIFA's six continental confederations organise their own qualifying competitions. All FIFA member associations, of which there are currently 211, were eligible to enter qualification. Qatar, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament.

For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 31 March 2022. Pot two contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight แข่งขันบอลโลก teams into pot 3. Pot 4 contained the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and the UEFA Path A play-off winner.

Saint Lucia initially entered qualification but withdrew from it before their first match. North Korea withdrew from the qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonga withdrew after the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami. Due to COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads, Vanuatu and Cook Islands also withdrew because of the travel restrictions. For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the final tournament is rotated between confederations, allowing only countries from the chosen confederation to bid to host the tournament.