The situation is unusual for major tournaments. The 2022 World Cup matches are known 3-4 months before the start, the Emir of Qatar postponed the opening match of his team to a later time. The unofficial reason is that the head of the country wanted to make the opening celebration in the evening, so the first match of the World Cup was the Netherlands - Senegal on November 21. But in the end, the Qatar match was postponed a day earlier and made the first, as befits the hostess. The reason is the request of the electoral emir of Qatar.