<P> The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup , the quadrennial international men 's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA . It is scheduled to take place in Qatar in 2022 . This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world and the first in a Muslim - majority country . This will be the first World Cup held entirely in geographical Asia since the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan ( the 2018 competition in Russia featured one geographically Asian venue , Yekaterinburg ) . In addition the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams , with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament . The reigning World Cup champions are France . </P>
<P> The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup , the quadrennial international men 's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA . It is scheduled to take place in Qatar in 2022 . This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world and the first in a Muslim - majority country . This will be the first World Cup held entirely in geographical Asia since the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan ( the 2018 competition in Russia featured one geographically Asian venue , Yekaterinburg ) . In addition the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams , with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament . The reigning World Cup champions are France . </P>
where will the world cup be played in 2022
where will the world cup be played in 2022
Qatar
Qatar