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	32	70
2	Manchester City	30	61
3	Aston Villa	32	55
4	Manchester United	31	55
5	Liverpool	32	52
6	Chelsea	31	48
7	Brentford	32	47
8	Everton	32	47
9	Brighton	32	46
10	Sunderland	32	46
11	Bournemouth	32	45
12	Fulham	32	44
13	Newcastle	32	42
14	Crystal Palace	31	42
15	Nottingham Forest	32	33
16	Leeds	31	33
17	West Ham	32	32
18	Tottenham	32	30
19	Burnley	32	20
20	Wolves	32	17

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