2022 FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup international football tournament

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup held in the Middle East and the first played in November–December, featuring 32 national teams competing for football’s most prestigious trophy.

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2022 FIFA World Cup matches 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup →
international football tournament →
bestYoungPlayer Enzo Fernández →
closingDate 2022-12-18 →
continent Asia →
defendingChampion France national football team →
editionNumber 22 →
fairPlayAwardWinner England national football team →
finalDecidedBy penalty shoot-out →
finalScore Argentina 3–3 France (Argentina won on penalties) →
finalVenue Lusail Iconic Stadium →
firstWorldCupHeldInMonths November–December →
firstWorldCupInCountry Qatar →
firstWorldCupInRegion Middle East →
fourthPlace Morocco national football team →
goldenBallWinner Lionel Messi →
goldenBootWinner Kylian Mbappé →
goldenGloveWinner Emiliano Martínez →
hostCities Al Khor →
Al Rayyan →
Al Wakrah →
Doha →
Lusail City →
surface form: Lusail
hostCitiesCount 5 →
hostCountry Qatar →
hostedBy Qatar Football Association →
hostSelectionDate 2010-12-02 →
hostSelectionProcess FIFA Executive Committee vote →
mascot Laʼeeb →
nextEdition 2026 FIFA World Cup →
notableFeature all matches played in relatively compact geographic area around Doha →
last World Cup with 32 teams before expansion to 48 teams →
numberOfConfederations 5 →
numberOfGoals 172 →
numberOfMatches 64 →
numberOfTeams 32 →
numberOfVenues 8 →
officialMatchBall Al Rihla →
officialSong Hayya Hayya (Better Together) →
officialSongPerformers Aisha →
Davido →
Trinidad Cardona →
openingDate 2022-11-20 →
openingMatchStadium Al Bayt Stadium →
organizer FIFA →
previousEdition 2018 FIFA World Cup →
runnerUp France national football team →
sport association football →
thirdPlace Croatia national football team →
winner Argentina national football team →
year 2022 →

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Qatar → hostedEvent → 2022 FIFA World Cup →
2018 FIFA World Cup matches → nextEditionMatches → 2022 FIFA World Cup →
this entity surface form: 2022 FIFA World Cup matches
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani → oversawEvent → 2022 FIFA World Cup →
Guillermo Ochoa → participatedIn → 2022 FIFA World Cup →
Kevin De Bruyne → participatedIn → 2022 FIFA World Cup →