How to watch the 2022 World Cup on FOX40

(KTXL) — The 2022 FIFA World Cup starts this November and in the Sacramento area, you can catch most of the matches on FOX40.

The tournament features 32 teams from five different FIFA member associations and will kick off with host country Qatar facing Ecuador on November 20.

Fans of the U.S. Men’s National Team can watch all of the team’s games on FOX40 in November and December. FOX40 will also broadcast Mexico’s matches and other huge matchups of the international tournament.

The U.S. Men’s team is placed in Group B — with England, Iran, and Wales — and will begin its World Cup run on Nov. 21 against Wales. The U.S. will then play England on Nov. 25 and wrap up group play against Iran on November 29.

As for Mexico, the club is placed in Group C and will begin its World Cup run against Poland on Nov. 22. Mexico continues group play against Argentina on Nov. 26 and will wrap up the group stage on Nov. 30.

The top two clubs in each group advance to the knockout stage, which begins with the Round of 16 on Dec. 3. The quarterfinals will be played on Dec. 9, followed by the semifinals on Dec. 13, the third-place match on Dec. 17, and the championship on Dec. 18.

The first match FOX40 will broadcast will be a matchup between Senegal and the Netherlands.

All of the matches on FOX40 will be preceded by the special show, World Cup Today. A recap of the day’s action will be featured on another show, World Cup Tonight, at 12 a.m. after all of the day’s matches have finished.

Below are the scheduled group stage matches that FOX40 will broadcast throughout November and December:

Note: Times are PST and Games scheduled to be broadcasted on FOX40 are in bold.

Sunday, Nov. 20

~~Qatar vs. Ecuador, 8 a.m., FS1~~

Monday, Nov. 21

~~England vs. Iran, 5 a.m. FS1~~

~~Senegal vs. the Netherlands. 7:45 a.m. FOX40~~

~~United States vs. Wales, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Tuesday, Nov. 22

~~Argentina vs. Saudi Arabia, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Denmark vs. Tunisia, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~Mexico vs. Poland, 7:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~France vs. Australia, 11 a.m., FOX40~~

Wednesday, Nov. 23

~~Morocco vs. Croatia, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Germany vs. Japan, 8 a.m., FS1~~

~~Spain vs. Costa Rica, 7:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Belgium vs. Canada, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Thursday, Nov. 24

~~Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Uruguay vs. South Korea, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~Portugal vs. Ghana, 7:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Brazil vs. Serbia, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Friday, Nov. 25

~~Wales vs. Iran, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Qatar vs. Senegal, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~Netherlands vs. Ecuador, 7:45 a.m., FOX40~~

England vs. the United States, 10:45 a.m., FOX40

Saturday, Nov. 26

~~Tunisia vs. Australia, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Poland vs. Saudi Arabia, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~France vs. Denmark, 8 a.m., FS1~~

~~Argentina vs. Mexico, 11 a.m., FS1~~

Sunday, Nov. 27

~~Japan vs. Costa Rica, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~Belgium vs. Morocco, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~Croatia vs. Canada, 8 a.m., FS1~~

~~Spain vs. Germany, 11 a.m. FS1~~

Monday, Nov. 28

~~Cameroon vs. Serbia, 2 a.m., FS1~~

~~South Korea vs. Ghana, 5 a.m., FS1~~

~~Brazil vs. Switzerland, 7:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Portugal vs. Uruguay, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Tuesday, Nov. 29

~~Ecuador vs. Senegal, 7 a.m., FS1~~

~~Wales vs. England, 11 a.m., FS1~~

~~Netherlands vs. Qatar, 6:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Iran vs. the United States, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Wednesday, Nov. 30

~~Australia vs. Denmark, 7 a.m., FS1~~

~~Saudi Arabia vs. Mexico, 11 a.m., FS1~~

~~Tunisia vs. France, 6:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Poland vs. Argentina, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Thursday, Dec. 1

~~Canada vs. Morocco, 7 a.m., FS1~~

~~Costa Rica vs. Germany, 11 a.m., FS1~~

~~Croatia vs. Belgium, 6:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Japan vs. Spain, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Friday, Dec. 2

~~Ghana vs. Uruguay, 7 a.m., FS1~~

~~Serbia vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m., FS1~~

~~South Korea vs. Portugal, 6:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Cameron vs. Brazil, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Knockout stage

The knockout stage begins on Saturday, Dec. 3 with the Round of 16 and concludes with the final on Sunday, Dec. 18. The majority of the knockout stage games will be broadcasted on FOX40.

Here is the schedule for the knockout stage:

Round of 16

Saturday, Dec. 3

~~The Netherlands vs. the United States, 6:45 a.m., FOX40~~

~~Argentina vs. Australia,10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Sunday, Dec. 4

~~France vs. Poland, 7 a.m. FS1~~

~~England vs. Senegal, 11 a.m.. FS1~~

Monday, Dec. 5

~~Japan vs. Croatia, 6:45 a.m. FOX40~~

~~Brazil vs. South Korea, 10:45 a.m., FOX40~~

Tuesday, Dec. 6