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

The 22nd 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:

Team No. of times won the World Cup title
Brazil 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany 4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
Italy 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina 2 (1978, 1986)
France 2 (1998, 2018)
Uruguay 2 (1930, 1950)
England 1 (1966)
Spain 1 (2010)

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.

Match Kick-off Time/Local Time Indian Standard Time (IST) Time Difference
Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3) UTC+05:30 2 hours and 30 minutes

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)

S.No.
Match No. Date Time (IST) Teams Venue Stage
1. 1. November 20, 2022 9:30 PM Qatar (0) - (2) Ecuador Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group A
2. 3. November 21, 2022 6:30 PM England (6) - (2) Iran Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group B
3. 2. November 21, 2022 9:30 PM Senegal (0) - (2) Netherlands Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group A
4. 4. November 22, 2022 12:30 AM USA (1) - (1) Wales Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group B
5. 8. November 22, 2022 3:30 PM Argentina (1) - (2) Saudi Arabia Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group C
6. 6. November 22, 2022 6:30 PM Denmark (0) - (0) Tunisia Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group D
7. 7. November 22, 2022 9:30 PM Mexico (0) - (0) Poland Stadium 974, Doha Group C
8. 5. November 23, 2022 12:30 AM France (4) - (1) Australia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group D
9. 12. November 23, 2022 3:30 PM Morocco (0) - (0) Croatia Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group F
10. 11. November 23, 2022 6:30 PM Germany (1) - (2) Japan Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group E
11. 10. November 23, 2022 9:30 PM Spain (7) - (0) Costa Rica Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group E
12. 9. November 24, 2022 12:30 AM Belgium (1) - (0) Canada Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group F
13. 13. November 24, 2022 3:30 PM Switzerland (1) - (0) Cameroon Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group G
14. 14. November 24, 2022 6:30 PM Uruguay (0) - (0) South Korea Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group H
15. 15. November 24, 2022 9:30 PM Portugal (3) - (2) Ghana Stadium 974, Doha Group H
16. 16. November 25, 2022 12:30 AM Brazil (2) - (0) Serbia Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group G
17. 17. November 25, 2022 3:30 PM Wales (0) - (2) Iran Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group B
18. 18. November 25, 2022 6:30 PM Qatar (1) - (3) Senegal Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group A
19. 19. November 25, 2022 9:30 PM Netherlands (1) - (1) Ecuador Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group A
20. 20. November 26, 2022 12:30 AM England (0) - (0) USA Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group B
21. 21. November 26, 2022 3:30 PM Tunisia (0) - (1) Australia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group D
22. 22. November 26, 2022 6:30 PM Poland (2) - (0) Saudi Arabia Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group C
23. 23. November 26, 2022 9:30 PM France (2) - (1) Denmark Stadium 974, Doha Group D
24. 24. November 27, 2022 12:30 AM Argentina (2) - (0) Mexico Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group C
25. 25. November 27, 2022 3:30 PM Japan (0) - (1) Costa Rica Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group E
26. 26. November 27, 2022 6:30 PM Belgium (0) - (2) Morocco Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group F
27. 27. November 27, 2022 9:30 PM Croatia (4) - (1) Canada Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group F
28. 28. November 28, 2022 12:30 AM Spain (1) - (1) Germany Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group E
29. 29. November 28, 2022 3:30 PM Cameroon (3) - (3) Serbia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group G
30. 30. November 28, 2022 6:30 PM South Korea (2) - (3) Ghana Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group H
31. 31. November 28, 2022 9:30 PM Brazil (1) - (0) Switzerland Stadium 974, Doha Group G
32. 32. November 29, 2022 12:30 AM Portugal (2) - (0) Uruguay Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group H
33. 35. November 29, 2022 8:30 PM Ecuador (1) - (2) Senegal Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group A
34. 36. November 29, 2022 8:30 PM Netherlands (2) - (0) Qatar Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group A
35. 33. November 30, 2022 12:30 AM Wales (0) - (3) England Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group B
36. 34. November 30, 2022 12:30 AM Iran (0) - (1) USA Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group B
37. 37. November 30, 2022 8:30 PM Australia (1) - (0) Denmark Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group D
38. 38. November 30, 2022 8:30 PM Tunisia (1) - (0) France Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group D
39. 39. December 1, 2022 12:30 AM Poland (0) - (2) Argentina Stadium 974, Doha Group C
40. 40. December 1, 2022 12:30 AM Saudi Arabia (1) - (2) Mexico Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group C
41. 41. December 1, 2022 8:30 PM Croatia (0) - (0) Belgium Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Group F
42. 42. December 1, 2022 8:30 PM Canada (1) - (2) Morocco Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group F
43. 43. December 2, 2022 12:30 AM Japan (2) - (1) Spain Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Group E
44. 44. December 2, 2022 12:30 AM Costa Rica (2)- (4) Germany Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group E
45. 45. December 2, 2022 8:30 PM Ghana (0) - (2) Uruguay Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Group H
46. 46. December 2, 2022 8:30 PM South Korea (2) - (1) Portugal Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Group H
47. 47. December 3, 2022 12:30 AM Serbia (2) - (3) Switzerland Stadium 974, Doha Group G
48. 48. December 3, 2022 12:30 AM Cameroon (1) - (0) Brazil Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Group G
49. 49. December 3, 2022 8:30 PM Netherlands (3) - (1) USA Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Round of 16
50. 50. December 4, 2022 12:30 AM Argentina (2) vs (1) Australia Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Round of 16
51 52. December 4, 2022 8:30 PM France (3) vs (1) Poland Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Round of 16
52. 51. December 5, 2022 12:30 AM England (3) - (0) Senegal Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Round of 16
53. 53. December 5, 2022 8:30 PM Japan 1(1) vs 1(3) Croatia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Round of 16
54. 54. December 6, 2022 12:30 AM Brazil (4) vs (1) South Korea Stadium 974, Doha Round of 16
55. 55. December 6, 2022 8:30 PM Morocco 0(3) vs 0(0) Spain Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Round of 16
56. 56. December 7, 2022 12:30 AM Portugal (6) vs (1) Switzerland Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Round of 16
57 58. December 9, 2022 8:30 PM Croatia 1(4) vs 1(2) Brazil Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Quarter-finals
58. 57. December 10, 2022 12:30 AM Netherlands 2(3) vs 2(4) Argentina Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Quarter-finals
59. 60. December 10, 2022 8:30 PM Morocco (1) vs (0) Portugal Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Quarter-finals
60. 59. December 11, 2022 12:30 AM England (1) vs (2) France Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Quarter-finals
61. 61. December 14, 2022 12:30 AM Argentina (3) vs (0) Croatia Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Semi-finals
62. 62. December 15, 2022 12:30 AM France (2) vs (0) Morocco Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Semi-finals
63. 63. December 17, 2022 8:30 PM Croatia (2) vs (1) Morocco Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Third place
64. 64. December 18, 2022 8:30 PM Argentina 3 (4) vs 3 (2) France Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Final

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