football world cup 2022
The 2022 FIFA World Cup ( Gulf Arabic : كأس العالم لكرة القدم ٢٠٢٢ , romanized: Kaʾs al-ʿālam li-kurat al-qadam 2022 ) is scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA . It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world , [1] and it will be the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament was held in South Korea and Japan. [a] In addition, the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The reigning World Cup champions are France . [2] Due to Qatar's intense summer heat, this Worl...