world cup 2022 schedule opening ceremony

Time: 5:00 p.m. AST (local) / 2:00 p.m. GMT / 9:00 a.m. ET. The opening ceremony will begin around two hours prior to kick-off between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. The match was originally scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21, but was moved to a day earlier in order to shine a spotlight on the home nation without sharing attention with any other matches. world cup 23 november