If you love watching international football, you will probably be itching for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to get underway in November.

Brazil is amongst the favorites with the bookmakers to lift the prestigious trophy, but plenty of other teams have a genuine chance of winning the tournament.

The best betting sites rate France, England, Argentina, Spain and Germany as the biggest threats to the Samba Kings, and it will be intriguing to see who comes out on top.

Read on as we take a closer look at what to expect from the 2022 World Cup.

World Cup 2022 Group Stage

The 2022 World Cup begins with 32 teams in eight groups of four:

• Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands.
• Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales.
• Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland.
• Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia.
• Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan.
• Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia.
• Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon.
• Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea.

The tournament becomes a straight knockout from the round of 16, with the winners of those matches progressing to the quarter-finals.

The eight teams are then whittled down to four for the semi-finals, where the teams will compete for a place in the final on December 18.

Players to Watch at 2022 World Cup

As befits the most important international football tournament on the calendar, some of the biggest stars on the planet will be strutting their stuff at the World Cup.

Lionel Messi immediately springs to mind, and the Argentina forward will never have a better chance of getting his hands on a World Cup winners’ medal.

Argentina qualified comfortably for the tournament, and their well-balanced squad looks to be a match for all of the well fancied teams.

Kylian Mbappe is another player worth watching as he bids to help France retain the trophy they won in Russia four years ago.

France is amongst the favorites to be successful in Qatar, but no team has won back-to-back World Cups since Brazil achieved the feat in 1962.

Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Harry Kane (England), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Sadio Mane (Senegal) are other players worth monitoring during the tournament.

Interesting Facts About 2022 World Cup

The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played in November and December, making it the first tournament not to be staged in May, June, or July.

It will be the final World Cup featuring 32 teams, as FIFA has increased the number to 48 for the 2026 edition in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Qatar is estimated to have spent around $200 billion on infrastructure projects, despite the event being played in just eight stadiums.

All eight venues will be fully air-conditioned, providing comfortable playing conditions for the players and ensuring the fans don’t find the heat too oppressive.

World Cup Prediction

Just eight teams have won the World Cup – Brazil (5), Germany (4), Italy (4), Argentina (2), Uruguay (2), France (2), Spain (1) and England (1).

Of that group, it is difficult to imagine Uruguay or England adding to their tally, while Italy has failed to qualify for the tournament.

Brazil will fancy their chances of winning the World Cup after impressing during qualifying, but they look too short in the betting.

The same applies to France, which leaves Germany, Argentina and Spain as the best value bets in the outright market.

Germany and Spain should both go a long way, but Argentina has been hugely impressive over the past few months and are strongly fancied to win the World Cup.

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At the 14th of April, we have the mark of 10-weekend tournaments qualifier for Fornite World Cup which will be held in July. There were many talks surrounding the subject of cheating on Fornite going on.

Huge Numbers of Banned Accounts

According to Epic Games, they have banned about 1,221 accounts in Fortnite just in the aftermath of Week One Solos qualifier tournament on 14th of April. Epic has given 14-day bans to 1,163 accounts for playing on two regions or more. Even more so, 196 of these accounts has even reached high enough to earn prize money, all that was forfeited.

They banned 48 accounts for 7 days because they detected many players was using the same account. Nine of this won prize so Epic has forfeited this money also. Another 8 accounts were banned for teaming up. One of them also won prize money, which will be forfeited by Epic soon.

At last, they also banned one account in 72-hours because they log out after a losing game to avoid giving the points to the opponent.

Epic Games vs Cheating

With lots on the line in this qualifier tournaments, both about the $30 million for the World Cup or the $1 million individual prize each weekend, Epic must take further actions to prevent cheating.

With the banned list above, they have delivered the punishments to the offenders based on the severity of their offense. The penalties go from a warning, temporary and permanent competitive ban, and even permanent ban from Fornite. With this anti-cheat campaign, Epic has been using algorithms to detect the players who violate the rules of the game. Moreover, they will also monitor the server replays of high-profile matches to ensure the integrity of the tournaments.

Epic Games has recently released more details about the very first Fortnite World Cup.

The 10 online contests will help pick out the qualifiers for the final round happen in New York from the 26th to the 28th of July. The World Cup features 100 players and 50 pairs in competition for over $30 million in a prize. The best solo gamer is in for $3 million.

The online rounds will be held from the 8th of April to the 16th of June and all legitimate Fortnite players are welcomed to join. Competitors with good performance will receive $1 million after each round. Apart from these contests, gamers can also compete for the chance of earning $1m in Epic tournaments happen every week.

So far, fans have known nothing else about the New York final but it is projected to be fantastic. In last year E3 video game conference held in Los Angeles in June, Epic organized a pro tournament with a prize of $3 million at Banc of California Stadium with the participation of 15,000 fans.

Ever since its debut in 2017, Fortnite: Battle Royale has made its way to the leaderboard of games with the largest number of players with more than 200 million registers. This month, the game had another record when 10.7 million people watch a concert featured American electronic music producer and DJ Marshmello.

This huge event is Epic’s first ever esports competition on a large scale. Its direct competitors are all household names like League of Legends or StarCraft2. Both events boast a massive number of online viewers and offline audience that can fill in a stadium.

In 2018, League of Legends’s same event took place at Munhak Stadium, South Korea was a huge success, at least in viewership when it drew the attention of more than 100 million people.

Epic Games, Fortnite's developer, announced the prize money worth up to $30 million for the winner of the upcoming Fortnite World Cup finals on Friday. The final match will take place on July 26^th - 28^th  in New York City, USA. So far, this will be the biggest esport final awards, surpassing the prize record of $25.5 million for The International Dota 2 tournament last year.

The tournament will begin in April this year, players will have the opportunity to show their best abilities to win a prize worth $30 million. This bonus is enough to brag the winner to parents and partners who have rejected them before. Ten online qualifiers will take place from April 13 to June 16, 2019, and the winner each week will win a $1 million bonus.

After the qualifying round is over, there will be 100 top players and 50 top teams from all over the world will come to New York in order to attend the final round of the Fortnite World Cup. All gamers who get to the finals will earn $50,000, and the final winner will receive $3 million. This means that all Fortnite awards will be worth nearly $100 million for all gamers to strive for.

According to data provided by SuperData, Epic Games earned $2.4 billion last year and currently, Fortnite is helping the company to bring in $300 million every month. Although players can download Fornite for free, the in-app shopping services, including upgrading and changing the look of the characters, have helped Epic Games earn a lot of money.

Not only the millions of Fortnite World Cup awards have helped many professional gamers earn money, but the game has helped gamers around the world become millionaires and celebrities. Typically, a top streamer on Twitch - Ninja earned about $10 million in 2018.