The 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament was the last player with 32 groups, with the number of teams increased to 48 for the 2026 edition. The event got held in November and December. Thirty-one teams got determined by the qualification process.
Opening ceremony performance by Nora Fatehi and Jeon Jung kook
The FIFA World Cup 2022 opening ceremony took place before Qatar and Ecuador’s opening match and featured performances by BTS’s Jeon Jungkook, Indian actor and dancer Nora Fatehi, the Black-Eyed Peas, and others.
Teams got grouped in the world cup
The Netherlands, Ecuador, Senegal, and Qatar, the host country, made up the group. Senegal and the Netherlands, the top two teams, advanced to the round of 16. As the only host nation in World Cup history to lose every group game, Qatar had the worst record as a host.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup‘s Group E ran from November 23 to December 1, 2022. Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan made up the group. Spain and Japan, the top two teams, advanced to the round of 16. National association football teams from Wales, England, Iran, and the United States were included in the group. The United States and England both made it undefeated to the round of 16.
Inauguration match of world cup
The first game, which took place at 4 p.m. GMT between Qatar and Ecuador, was broadcast on BBC One and streamed live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC iPlayer app. The opening ceremony was scheduled to be broadcast earlier as part of the lead-up to the game, but the BBC’s coverage of the match didn’t begin until three o’clock (GMT) that day.
Qatar had its first world cup match
It took 29 days and 64 matches that got played in 8 venues across 5 cities. Qatar’s national football team enter the event, their first World Cup, as the host national team.
Iranian players chose not to sing the anthem
Iran’s athletes dared to forgo singing the national anthem before kickoff in their first match of the tournament against England. It was a show of support for the widespread demonstrations occurring in their nation as a result of Mahsa Amini, 22, dying while in the morality police’s care. Their silence was deafening and increased pressure on the Iranian administration, which last week suspended the morality police.
Cristiano Ronaldo played and scored at five FIFA Worldcup
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score at five FIFA World Cups, including 2006, 2010, 2018, 2014, and 2022. He netted a penalty in Portugal’s 32 victories over group H Rivals ghana. At 37 years and 272 days old on 24th November, with that goals, Ronaldo became the oldest player in Portugal at the world cup. He also holds the record for being the youngest, having scored for his Nation at the 2006 World Cup at 21 years and 132 days old. In taking to the pitch for the game against Ghana in Qatar, Ronaldo joined Antonio, Lothar Matthaus, and Lionel Messi. But CR7 had to leave Qatar without the coveted Trophy after Portugal’s shock exit in the quarterfinals after a 1-0 loss to Morocco.
Lionel Messi becomes Argentina’s top scorer.
After scoring a fifth goal this world cup against Croatia, and his 11th overall, Lionel Messi had a new string of records for Argentina. The 35-year-old is now the top scorer for Argentina in World Cup. He surpassed the previous record of Gabriel Batistuta, joint 6 in all-time World Cup score charts. The semi-final meeting with Croatia also saw him level Lothar Matthaus’s 25 World Cup appearances by a player before he overtook it in the final. He Had already passed Pele as the highest world cup goal scorer at the age of 24. But, his incredible effort from him proved in vain as Argentina won on penalties.
Spain had a youthful history maker.
Number 9 Jersey holder of Spain became the first player to be born in the year 2004 to score a goal in Qatar when his country e defeated Costa Rica 7-0 in their opening match of the tournament. Incidentally, the victory is the record for the most goals Spain has ever scored in a single world cup match.
