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Qatar WC to Start a Day Earlier to Give Hosts Opening Game

The upcoming football World Cup is to start a day earlier than planned to allow hosts Qatar to play the first match.

DPA and other media have learned that the council of the world governing body FIFA is dealing with an according request. The match between Qatar and Ecuador on November 20 would start at 7 pm (1700 GMT) at Al Bayt Stadium.

FIFA is yet to comment on the issue.

Under the original tournament format, the game would have been the third of four matches scheduled for the first day, November 21, starting with the Netherlands v Senegal and the other games being England v Iran and the United States v Wales.

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Under the requested change the Netherlands game would then move from a 1 pm kick-off slot to the 7 pm slot originally for Qatar v Ecuador, while the England and US games would not be affected.

The request was made after an agreement between both teams and the South American confederation CONMEBOL. It also apparently won’t lead to changes in release dates for players.

The Host nation played the first match between 1958 and 1970, and again in the 2006 tournament in Germany.

The 1974-2002 tournaments were opened by the defending champion who however is no longer automatically qualified. There was no official opening game between 1930 and 1954.

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