World Cup 2022: Overview

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World Cup 2022

Argentina, world champions. The whole of Qatar 2022, kept as a record — pick a view from the menu.

November 20 – December 18, 2022

The road to the finals

How the title was won — the semi-finals, the final, and the champion.

Semi-finals

Dec 13–14

Argentina
Croatia
France
Morocco

Final

Dec 18

Argentina
France

 

 

Argentina

Champion

The awards

The five official prizes FIFA hands out at the end — and who took them home.

Golden BootKylian MbappéFrance · 8 goals
Golden BallLionel MessiArgentina
Golden GloveEmiliano MartínezArgentina
Young PlayerEnzo FernándezArgentina
Fair PlayEnglandTeam award

Confederations

Teams by confederation

UEFA1341%
CONMEBOL412%
CONCACAF412%
CAF516%
AFC619%

How it ended

Regulation / extra time / penalties

Regulation5992%
Penalties58%

Wins by confederation

Match wins, all rounds

UEFA24
CONMEBOL11
CAF9
AFC7
CONCACAF3

Goals per match

Total goals, both teams

7
10
17
14
4
6
3
2
1
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Match length

Total minutes played

0
28
24
6
1
5
90–9595–100100–105105–110110–120120+

Goals by clock

When goals were scored · own goals excluded

1st half6136%
2nd half8953%
Extra time1911%

Most-watched

Peak TV audience, millions

ARG v FRA22
NED v USA17
IRN v USA16
ENG v USA15
USA v WAL12

Stadiums by capacity

Seated capacity, thousands

Lusail Stadium89
Al Bayt Stadium69
Khalifa International Stadium46
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium45
Education City Stadium45
Al Thumama Stadium44
Al Janoub Stadium44
Stadium 97444

All times are AST

Every time on these World Cup 2022 pages is AST — Arabia Standard Time, Qatar’s clock, three hours ahead of UTC. It’s the clock the tournament ran on.

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