This Sunday, November 20, everyone’s most awaited sporting event begins: the Qatar 2022 World Cup. And how could it be otherwise, the start of the world cup it is accompanied by a Google Doodle.
Featuring two colorful boots kicking a ball, the Message of the home page of the search engine related to this event has a particular value: gather the fans of different teams in a single celebration limiting any difference.
The Opening ceremony It will kick off at 11:30 (Argentina time) and the first match -to be played between Ecuador and Qatar- will kick off at 13:00 (Argentina time).
The the finalin which the World Cup Champion will be crowned, the December 18th and for the next month, the Selections of 32 countries they will compete to get to play that game.
Qatar 2022 World Cup: the opening ceremony and the first match
This is the first time which develops a World Cup in the Middle East.
As we said, the Qatar 2022 World Cup opening ceremony It will take place this Sunday, November 20 at 11:30 (Argentina time) at the Al Bayt Stadium, in the city of Al Khor, located 35 kilometers north of Doha.
Forecasts indicate that the event will be followed live by more than 2,000 million people around the planet.
With a strong local brand -and given the refusal to participate of several world stars such as Dua Lipa, Shakira, Alicia Keys and Rod Stewart- there will be a performance by Arab culture and will be presented jungkookthe lead singer of the South Korean pop group BTS.
They will also be i FIFA World Cup AmbassadorGhanim Al Muftah -a local popular figure-, and the Qatari singer Dana.
Qatar 2022 World Cup: the first match
At 13:00 (Argentina time) it will be the turn of the opening match that they will play Ecuador and Qatar.
it will be there World Cup debut for host country while, on the other hand, Ecuador will play for the fourth time in the history of the competition: it has already done so in 2002, 2006 and 2014.
Meanwhile, the second day (Monday 21 November) of the 2022 World Cup will see the following matches: England vs. Iran (10 hours from Argentina), Senegal vs. Holland (13 hours from Argentina) and USA vs. Wales (16 hours from Argentina).
Source: Clarin
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