The opening match of the 2022 World Cup will be kicked off on Sunday 20 November. It is the first time that the World Cup will be played in the European winter. The tournament starts with the group stage in which 32 countries are participating. Two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage.
If you want to place a bet on the outright bet this is the perfect time as you will be getting the highest winnings possible from non GamStop betting sites. At the time of this writing, the favorites to win the tournament are:
● Brazil - (+450)
● Argentina - (+700)
● France (Reigning world champion) - (+650)
This means that Brazil is the favorite to win the tournament. However France and Argentina are not far behind. Also, don't forget that every edition of the World Cup comes with its own surprises and underdog can get the title or at least the second place!
Game Schedule
The 2022 World Cup will be played by 32 countries. They are divided into eight groups of four countries each. Each country plays against each other once. The schedule is structured in such a way that four matches are played every match day in the group stage. The World Cup in Qatar is the shortest edition in the tournament history. The knockout phase starts on December 3 with the eighth finals.
Group Stage Standings
In the group stage it is important to be first or second in the group. That means a ticket to the next round. At the 2022 World Cup, unlike, for example, the European Championship 2020, no number three from a group is admitted to the next round.
Setup of World Cup 2022
In 2010, the organization of the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar. It is the first time that the FIFA World Cup will be played in a country in the Middle East. A country without a true football tradition, but it was able to spend more than $220 billion to take care of organizing the tournament down to the smallest detail. There are quite a few questions about the allocation of the World Cup to Qatar. Not only in terms of the human rights situation in the country, but also because of the possible fraud committed to obtain the organization. It is also claimed that many people died during the construction of the stadiums due to irresponsible working conditions.
Ultimately, in November and December, football is normally played in Qatar. The World Cup will be played in eight stadiums spread over five host cities, Doha, Lusail, Al-Khor, Al-Rayyan and Al-Wakrah. The group stage will be played between November 20 and December 3. This makes it the shortest group stage in the history of the World Cup.
The best two countries from each group qualify for the eighth finals. These will be played on December 3, 4, 5 and 6. The winners of these matches will play in the quarter-finals on December 9 and 10. The tournament is over for the losers. The semifinals will be played on December 13 and 14. The winners qualify for the World Cup final, the losers have to recharge for the battle for the bronze. On December 17, the match for third place will be played before the World Cup final is played on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail city.
The knockout phase is extended when the score is tied after 90 minutes. In contrast to previous final tournaments where experiments have been made with golden goals and later with silver goals, the 2022 World Cup will simply play fifteen minutes of extension twice. If the score is still tied, then penalty kicks must decide. In the penalty shootout, each country gets five penalties. A miss is not immediately fatal. If after five penalty kicks each country is still tied, the countries alternate between playing a shoot-out, whereby a miss is fatal if the opponent uses the penalty in the equalizing turn.
Bet on World Cup Football
Football is by far the most popular sport to bet on. The World Cup is one of the largest international tournaments in football. It is therefore logical that there is a lot to bet on the World Cup. The most popular bet is predicting which country will eventually be crowned the world champion. This outright also opens early and it is recommended to bet on this before the tournament starts. Then the odds for the favorites are often the highest.
In addition to predicting the country that will become world champions, non GamStop customers can also predict which countries per group will advance to the knockout stage and of course every match at the World Cup itself offers many betting options such as 1 x 2 bets, handicap bets, and under/over bets.
World Cup Football History
The World Cup in Qatar is the 22nd final tournament to be held by FIFA. The very first edition was in 1930 in Uruguay. Thirteen countries participated in that first tournament. The host nation Uruguay became the first world champion by beating Argentina 4-2 in the final.
In 1934 the World Cup was held in Italy. Again the host country awarded the trophy. Between 1934 and 1978, sixteen countries took part in the World Cup final round. In the 1984 edition, the list of participating teams was expanded to 24 countries. Then in the 1998 edition, the total number of participating countries became 32. Starting with the 2026 World Cup, 48 countries will participate in the World Cup.
As it's known, Brazil is the most successful country at the World Cup. The South American country has won the World Cup five times. The current world champion is France. They were too strong for the surprising Croatia in the final of 2018.