How Qatar 2022 World Cup Will Affect European Calendar

JAKARTA - Europe will experience the World Cup held during winter for the first time. The Qatar 2022 World Cup will be held from November 21 to December 18.

While the French, German, Italian and Spanish leagues have their annual Christmas holidays without football, the English Premier League is jam-packed with their Boxing Day parties.

Quoted from Live Score, we will see how the Qatar World Cup will impact domestic football, especially England.

This year's Premier League season will start a week earlier than the 2021-22 season and will end a week later.

The participating teams will play until the weekend of November 12-13 before returning to action from the World Cup just eight days after the final. Here are the details.

August 6-7: First weekend of the 2022-23 Premier League season.

12-13 November: Final round of matches before the World Cup.

26 December: League games resume.

May 28: Final round of fixtures for the 2022-23 season.

La Liga is scheduled to start on the same weekend as the 2021-22 season but will end later. The league will resume immediately after the Christmas period.

August 12: La Liga season begins.

12-13 November: Final round of matches before the World Cup.

December 29: League games resume.

June 4: Final round of fixtures for the 2022-23 season.

Things will be done differently in Germany, as there will be a gap of two months between players leaving for the World Cup and returning to the domestic league.

Not many games are scheduled as only 18 teams compete in the Bundesliga compared to 20 in Europe's other top leagues, meaning four fewer games in a season per team.

August 5: The Bundesliga season begins.

November 13: Final round of matches before the World Cup.

January 20: League games resume.

27 May: Final round of the 2022-23 season.

There is no definite date yet on when domestic matches will resume after the World Cup and when the season will end.

Italy did not qualify for the Qatar World Cup, but there were plenty of Serie A players who represented their country in the tournament.

The French top-flight league is scheduled to start on the same weekend as the 2021-22 season.

August 6-7: The Ligue 1 season begins.

12-13 November: Final round of matches before the World Cup.

28 December: League games resume.

June 4: Final round of matches for the 2022-23 season.