The 22nd FIFA World Cup is starting from today. 32 teams from all over the world will participate in it. All the World Cups played so far have been played in the month of June and July, but considering the climate and heat of Qatar, this time the World Cup has been kept in November and December.

The first World Cup was played in Uruguay in 1930 and was won by the host team Uruguay. The World Cup could not be held in 1942 and 1946 due to the World War, but after that the FIFA World Cup is played at an interval of every four years.

Where will be the opening ceremony
The first match of the World Cup will be between Qatar and Ecuador from 9.30 pm Indian time. At the same time, according to Indian time, the opening ceremony will be held at Al-Bait Stadium, 40 km from Doha, at 7:30 pm.

who will perform
South Korean band BTS is the main attraction of the opening ceremony. BTS member Jungkook will perform for the first time at the opening ceremony of the World Cup. Apart from this, Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi will also perform.

Along with this, American band Black Eyed Peas, Colombian singer J Balvin, Nigerian singer Patrick Nnemeka Okori and American rapper Lil Baby will perform.

Now in the graphics below, we will tell you where the matches will be played, which countries have been champions so far, which team is in which group and you will also know many fun facts along with it…

when will the matches happen

According to Indian time, only one match will be played on the first day i.e. 20 November at 9:30 pm. After this there will be 2 matches on 21st November and 4 matches will be played every day from 23rd November. The first match will start at 12:30 PM and the last match will go on till 3:30 AM the next day.