There are only a few days left before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, a unique final tournament in many respects. A total of 64 matches will be played from November 20 to December 18, 2022.

Know:

• The 64 matches of the final tournament in Qatar will be broadcast live on TVR 1 and TVR 2, as well as LiveText and LiveBlog on HotNews.ro.

• Start of the games in Qatar: 12:00, 15:00, 17:00, 18:00 and 21:00 (Romanian time).

• World Cup 2022 opening match: Qatar – Ecuador, Sunday, November 20, from 18:00 (Romanian time).

How the groups look at the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands

Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales

Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland

Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia

Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan

Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia

Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon

Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea.

What you should know about the World Cup

• This will be the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the first final tournament was held in 1930 in Uruguay.

• The current champion is France (4-2 in the final against Croatia in 2018).

• Europe hosted the football championship the most, 11 times (for the first time in Italy – 1934, the last time in Russia – 2018).

• Next in the hierarchy is South America: it has been the host five times (the last time in Brazil – 2014).

• The team with the most titles: Brazil, 5 times champion (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002).

• The national team with the most second places: Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002).

• Longest distance between two World Cup titles won: Italy, 44 years (1938 – 1982).

• Host countries of the World Cup: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998).

• The worst results of the world champions: Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2010), Spain (2014) and Germany (2018) – did not pass the group stage.