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Friendly matches are deemed less important and the release period is 48 hours. [2] FIFA insist that official and friendly matches take precedence over domestic matches. However, they state that international friendlies that take place outside the designated dates do not. [2] The calendar was first used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.
The World Cup final is the last match of the competition, played by the only two teams remaining in contention, and the result determines which country is declared the world champion. It is a one-off match decided in regulation time. In case of a draw, extra time is used. If scores are then still level, a penalty shoot-out determines the winner ...
The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion. [2] 715.1 million individuals watched the final match of the tournament, almost a ninth of the entire population of the planet. The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers. [98]
This Women's World Cup was the first co-hosted tournament, and also the first senior World Cup to be held across multiple confederations. In addition, it was the first senior tournament to be held in Oceania, the first Women's World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere, and the third to be held in the Asia-Pacific region, after 1991 and 2007.
At every 32-team World Cup from 1998 through 2022, each group-stage day featured one-to-four games, usually three, each in its own time window. In 2018, for example, a typical day featured games ...
Used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2023 AFC Asian Cup: Al Bayt Stadium: Al Khor: 68,895 [1] 2021 Used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2023 AFC Asian Cup: Khalifa International Stadium: Al Rayyan: 45,857 [1] Qatar national football team: 2017 [a] Used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2011 AFC Asian Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium: Al ...
2023 World Cup may refer to: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, in association football; 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in association football; 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in ...
The match schedule and venues, without kick-off times, were confirmed on 4 July 2022. [3] The kick-off times were confirmed on 5 November 2022, after the play-off draw. [11] The semi-finals took place from 18 to 19 February, while the finals took place from 22 to 23 February 2023. [12] All times listed are local, NZDT .