Historical eventNovember 202022

2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.

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When
Sunday, November 20 20224 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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Dates: From 2022.

What happened

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula, and the second in an Asian country after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.

November 20 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1993Savings and loan crisis
  2. 1994Angola
  3. 1994Lusaka Protocol
  4. 1996Garley Building fire
  5. 1998Taliban
  6. 1998Zarya (ISS module)
  7. 2003November 15
  8. 20032003 Istanbul bombings
  9. 2015Radisson Blu Bamako attack
  10. 2016Jimmie Johnson
  11. 20222022 FIFA World Cup

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When did 2022 FIFA World Cup happen?

November 20 2022 — 4 years ago, on a Sunday.

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