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Qatar FIFA World Cup to start a day earlier than planned: Report

1 min read . Updated: 10 Aug 2022, 03:25 PM IST AFP

FIFA World Cup 2022 scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022 (AFP) — FIFA World Cup 2022 scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022 **(AFP)**

In the earlier schedule for FIFA the matches were set to begin from 21 November with a match between Senegal and the Netherlands

The opening match for this year's World Cup in Qatar will be brought forward by one day to November 20, senior football sources told AFP on Wednesday.

FIFA and the Qatari organisers have agreed the change, the sources said. According to the current schedule, Senegal and the Netherlands play the first game on November 21, followed by the official inauguration match between Qatar and Ecuador later that day.