Q Life Magazine Q Magazine (US) December 2015 | Page 54

| Issue 1 The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Numbers 22 ND WORLD CUP HELD EVERY 4 YEARS SINCE 1930 (Except for 1942 and 1946, due to WWII) under guidance of FIFA, the world soccer governing body 32 ONLY 8 NATIONS have ever won the World Cup, all from Europe or South America: ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN, AND URUGUAY NATIONAL TEAMS will compete, from 209 MEMBERS OF FIFA 28 DAYS starting NOVEMBER 21, 2022 64 MATCHES, 48 GROUP MATCHES and 16 KNOCK-OUT MATCHES 54 of competition, DECEMBER 18, 2022 date of World Cup Final— also QATAR NATIONAL DAY