World Qatar 2022, the Bundesliga stops two months: the dates

Closed for World Cup. The Bundesliga has announced a stop for all football from 14 November 2022 to 20 January 2023 in a season revolutionized by the World Cup in Qatar – scheduled from 21 November to 18 December 2022 – and by the forced interruption of the championships that the international competition will bring with it . Through an official press release, the German Football Association has communicated, specifically, the dates for the 2022-2023 vintage and the complete calendar for the next championship, both first and second division, in addition to the national cup, taking into account the pre-Cup provisions. of the world. Fifa, with an official note, has in fact announced that the players will have to be available to their respective national teams a week before the official start of the competition: the players will therefore have to free themselves from the clubs on November 14, seven days before the whistle blows. start of Qatar 202.

THE CALENDAR

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In accordance with the provisions of the German Football Association, the championship will start on 5 August 2022, and will then end on 27 May 2023 (the Bundesliga 2, the second division, will start three weeks earlier, on 15 July 2022, and then end the day after. compared to the first division, i.e. May 28, 2023). The 15th day of the first round – scheduled from 11 to 13 November – will be the last before the interruption of the championship for the World Cup. The second division will instead stop on matchday 17, scheduled for the same weekend. The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will stop for two months, in order to allow the competition to take place and facilitate the recovery of the players, and then resume on 20 January 2023 with the 16th matchday (18th for Bundesliga 2, on 27 January 2023) .

As for the German Cup, the competition will start on the weekend between 29 July and 1 August 2022, with the DFB-Pokal final scheduled for 3 June 2023. The German Super Cup will be held on 30 July. 2022.