In the spotlight as host of the 2022 World Cup, the Qatar National Team’s television schedule has the details of one of the emerging teams in international football.
The Maroons have been competing since 1970, with minimal notable results, but have been thrust into the spotlight since the 2010 announcement that they would be the host nation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Since then, the program has progressed and improved, including victory at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, as the nation hope to put on a good show in their first World Cup appearance.
As part of their preparation for the World Cup, Qatar was invited as a guest team to the 2019 CONMEBOL Copa América and the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. While their performance in the Cup saw them drop out of the group stage, they played well in the Gold Cup, reaching the semifinals of the tournament, narrowly losing to the United States.
Qatar National Team TV Schedule and Streaming Links
First match: 27 March 1970 (Loss against Bahrain in Isa Town) Manager: Félix Sánchez Best World Cup result: N/A (Debut 2022) Best AFC Asian Cup result: Winners (2019)
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Where can I watch the Qatar match?
Paramount+ is a reliable place for many of Qatar’s games. With the nation competing in the AFC Asian Cup and AFC World Cup Qualifiers, both tournaments are exclusive to CBS’s paid streaming service.
With Qatar hosting the World Cup, every match is available in the US on FOX or FS1. For coverage in Spanish, each game is on Telemundo or Universo. All four of those channels are available to stream, with fuboTV being an example of a service that has all four. The Spanish broadcast of the World Cup is also available through Peacock Premium.
In case of other competitions or friendlies, the coverage is different. For example, Qatar competed in the 2021 Gold Cup, which was broadcast on FOX. However, the friendlies could easily drop on ESPN or another platform depending on the opponent.
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Line up
All Qatari national players ply their national trade in Qatar. For this reason, many fans of strictly European or American football do not know who Qatar could boast of in its World Cup. For example, the most recent call-up to the Qatar national team featured 13 players from one club, Al-Sadd. That is the same club that Xavi managed before moving to Barcelona.
Almoez Ali is one of the players who did not play for Al-Sadd. However, he is Qatar’s top scorer among active players. The 26-year-old striker already has 76 appearances.
That figure pales in comparison to Qatar’s top cap-maker, Hassan Al-Haydos. Al-Haydos has made 176 appearances for Qatar at the age of 31. Unsurprisingly, he is also the team captain, despite the fact that three other players have more than a century of appearances for Qatar.
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