2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in South African Standard Time (SAST)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be the 22^nd edition of the FIFA World Cups. The tournament will be hosted by Qatar between November 20, 2022, and December 18, 2022. The tournament will last for 29 days and a total of 64 matches which will be played across 8 different stadiums. There were many requests from users for providing the 2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in South African Standard Time (SAST), accordingly, on this page we have provided that on this page.

As stated above a total of 64 matches will be played during the tournament, these matches will be played in two stages in the first stage which will be the group stage 48 matches will be played while in the second stage will be played in a knockout format will feature 16 matches. A total of 32 teams will take part in the competition which will be divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each and each team will get 3 matches to book their ticket to the knockout stage. Get complete details of the competition format of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A number of fans from South African countries especially South Africa which was also the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, want to enjoy each and every match of the tournament. Accordingly, we have provided the complete match schedule for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in South African Standard Time (SAST). The tournament will be played in Qatar and 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 South Africa is South African Standard Time (SAST) is two hours ahead of UTC, hence, there is a time difference of one hour between South African Time and match kick-off time.

As per the South African Standard Time (SAST), the tournament will get underway when Qatar take on Ecuador on November 20, 2022, at 6:00 PM at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor while the two semi-final winners will meet in the all-important final match will be played on December 18, 2022, at 5:00 PM at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail. The table below provides the complete match schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in South African Standard Time (SAST) for all 64 matches:

2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in South African Standard Time (SAST)

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