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