FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final Draw: Arab Teams Begins Their Journey with Strong Confrontations

Doha, April 02 (QNA) - The draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which was held on Friday at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), placed Arab teams in strong groups. Qatar will be the first Arab team to play, facing Ecuador in the opening match at Al Bayt Stadium on Nov. 21. Qatar will host for the first time in the history of the Middle East the FIFA World Cup Final, and for the first time, the tournament will be held in the winter season, from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18, 2022, where Al Bayt Stadium will host the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, and Lusail Stadium will host the final match, which coincides with Qatar's National Day on Dec.18. This is Qatar's first participation in a World Cup, and despite not facing the teams that previously won the championship, the Qatari team will face three difficult tests begins against the Ecuadorean national team, which performed wonderfully in the South American qualifiers for the tournament, a Senegalese team who was crowned African champions in February, and a Dutch team who reached the final back in 2010. While the Saudi national team was also drawn to a strong group that includes Argentina, Poland and Mexico, the Saudi team will have a very difficult start against the Argentine team, the second South American qualifier and the World Cup winner in the 1978 and 1986 editions, currently ranked fourth in the world, the Saudi team will meet in the next two matches in Group C with Mexico and Poland, respectively. The draw put the Tunisian team in two very difficult European tests, where it meets its Danish counterpart, winners of Euro 1992 at the beginning of its campaign in the fourth group, which ends with the other European confrontation against the French team, the world champion, Tunisia is waiting for its opponent in the second match of the group, which will be determined through the continental playoff, where the qualifier for this playoff will be the UAE, Australian or Peruvian team. The Moroccan team was drawn into Group F, along with Belgium, Croatia, the 2018 runner-up, and Canada, which is making its first participation since 1986, the Moroccan team is participating in the finals for the sixth time, and it managed to pass the group stage once in 1986 in Mexico. (QNA)