Qatar is the first national team in the history of the World Cup to host the tournament and lose in the opening match (Nov. 21, 2022)

Qatar is the first national team in the history of the World Cup to host the tournament and lose in the opening match

https://dynamo.kiev.ua/en/news/424859-qatar-is-the-first-national-team-in-the-history-of-the-world-cup-to-host-the-tournament-and-lose-in-the-opening-match 2022-11-21 07:02 The national team of Qatar became the first World Cup host team to concede in the ... Qatar is the first national team in the history of the World Cup to host the tournament and lose in the opening match

21.11.2022, 07:02

The national team of Qatar became the first World Cup host team to concede in the opening match of the World Cup.

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In the match of the 1st round of the group stage, the Qatar team lost to Ecuador without a fight (0:2). Thus, Qatar became the first World Cup host team to concede in the opening match.

It should be noted that the tournament hosts have been playing in the opening match since 2006.

№	Team	M	Pts
1	Arsenal	29	64
2	Manchester City	28	59
3	Aston Villa	28	51
4	Manchester United	28	51
5	Liverpool	28	48
6	Chelsea	28	45
7	Brentford	28	43
8	Fulham	28	40
9	Everton	28	40
10	Bournemouth	28	39
11	Brighton	28	37
12	Sunderland	28	37
13	Newcastle	28	36
14	Crystal Palace	28	35
15	Leeds	28	31
16	Tottenham	28	29
17	Nottingham Forest	28	27
18	West Ham	28	25
19	Burnley	28	19
20	Wolves	29	13

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