2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in UAE Standard Time

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled from November 20, 2022, to December 18, 2022. The tournament will be hosted by the Arabic nation Qatar which will be hosting it for the first time. The tournament is shifted from the usual June-July period to the November-December period due to intense summer heat in Qatar. The tournament will feature 64 matches across 8 stadiums in Qatar. There were many requests from users for providing the 2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in UAE Standard Time (UAE Time) and so here we are with that.

The 29-day long tournament will feature 32 teams which will be divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. During the group stage, the matches will be played in a round-robin format in which each team will face all other 3 teams of the same group. The top two teams from each group at the end of the group stage will be selected for the advanced stage of the tournament which is the knockout stage, from hereon the matches will be played in a single-elimination format meaning the loser of any match will be out of the contention to win the World Cup. Know more about the complete details of the competition format of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The UAE is a melting pot and people from almost every country live in UAE, so a number of football lovers living in UAE alongside the native UAE football fans want to enjoy each and every match of the tournament. Accordingly, we have provided the complete match schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in UAE Time. 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 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is UAE Standard Time is four hours ahead of UTC, hence, there is a time difference of one hour between UAE Time and match kick-off time.

As per the UAE Standard Time, the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be played between Qatar and Ecuador on November 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor while the tournament will end with its final match being played on December 18, 2022, at 7:00 PM at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail. The table below provides the complete match schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in UAE Standard Time (UAE Time) for all 64 matches:

2022 FIFA World Cup Schedule in UAE Standard Time

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