2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in Indian Standard Time (IST)

The 22^nd edition of the FIFA World Cup which is also known as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, will be played between November 20, 2022, and December 18, 2022. Qatar will be the host of the tournament, and for the second time, the tournament will be hosted in an Asian country (the first being in 2002 when South Korea and Japan co-hosted). The 29-day-long event will feature 32 teams and a total of 64 matches will be played across 8 different stadiums in Qatar.

Generally, FIFA World Cups are organized during the June-July months, however, due to adverse weather conditions in Qatar during those months, the tournament will be held during the November-December months. FIFA World Cups are international football competitions in which top teams from different nations compete to win the World Cup title. So far 21 FIFA World Cups have been organized by FIFA which is the governing body of international football events. The winners of previous World Cups are as follows:

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 32 teams will take part, these teams except host Qatar will be selected after qualifying for the tournament through the qualification process. These teams will be divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The tournament will be played in two stages, one will be a group stage which will be in round-robin format while the next stage will be the knockout stage which will be played in a single-elimination format. Know more about the competition format of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Although India has not qualified for the tournament, however, it is a fact that football is a widely popular sport after Cricket in India. Accordingly, a number of football-loving Indian fans would be looking for the complete match schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Indian Standard Time (IST). However, as the tournament is in Qatar, the matches will be played as per Arabia Standard Time (AST) which is three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) while the time used in India is Indian Standard Time (IST) is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC, hence, there is a time difference of two hours and thirty minutes between Indian Time and match kick-off time.

The tournament will get underway with a match between Ecuador and the hosts Qatar at 9:30 PM Indian Time (IST) on November 20, 2022, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor and the will culminate with its final match being played on December 18, 2022, between two semi-final winners at 8:30 PM Indian Standard Time at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail. The table below provides the complete match schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Indian Standard Time (IST) for all 64 matches:

2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in Indian Standard Time (IST)

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