The World Cup 2022 in Qatar will begin in about a year. The most important milestones up to the start of the tournament.
A World Cup draw before all the tickets have been allocated, the Nations League in the middle of June, a Bundesliga winter break as early as November: in the run-up to the next World Cup, things are different. Because Qatar 2022 will be played from 21 November to 18 December, i.e. shortly before Christmas, the football calendar had to be adjusted in many places in the new year.
What are the most important dates? When do the squads have to be nominated? This is how the timetable looks until the 2022 World Cup:
2021
11 to 16 November 2021: Last World Cup Qualifiers in Europe
26 November 2021: Draw for the European World Cup Play-offs in Zurich
30 November to 18 December 2021: FIFA Arab Cup with 23 Arab teams as dress rehearsal for World Cup host Qatar (replaces Confed Cup)
16 December 2021: Draw of Nations League groups
2022
24 to 29 March 2022: European World Cup play-offs; DFB eleven with two test matches.
1 April 2022: World Cup group draw in Doha
2 to 14 June 2022: Nations League, 1st to 4th matchday
June 2022: Intercontinental Play-offs (determination of the last two World Cup participants)
5 August 2022 Bundesliga opener 2022/23
22 to 27 September 2022: Nations League, 5th and 6th matchday
End of October 2022: World Cup squad nomination (changes possible up to one day before first group match)
11 to 13 November 2022: Last Bundesliga matchday before World Cup
14 November 2022: Beginning of the World Cup period
21 November 2022: World Cup kick-off
