EA Sports has heard our wishes: The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be playable in FIFA 23. The women also get a playable World Cup mode for the 2023 World Cup in New Zealand and Australia. Nice!
The news about FIFA 23 are slowly taking shape, EA provides us with fresh features. Among them is the World Cup mode, which will come in FIFA 23. The Men's World Cup 2022 will take place in Qatar as well as the Women's World Cup 2023 in New Zealand and Australia.
Everything you need to know before the FIFA 23 launch, we have collected here for you:
- FIFA 23: News, Trailer, Leaks, Cover, Release Date
FIFA 23 Gets World Cup Mode For Men And Women
After Sam Kerr is on the cover EA makes a round thing out of women's football and brings club teams. For the first time, there is a real tournament for the national teams that can be played in FIFA: The Women's World Cup. It's about time.
Do you still remember 2006 (or were you born then, no offense) when we had to buy an extra game for the World Cup in Germany? Those times are over.
FIFA 23 World Cup: Download And Release Date
In FIFA 23, the World Cup mode will be available as a download. We assume that it will come without extra costs, and you can download it as a title update. When exactly this will be, we don't know yet. The World Cup in Qatar starts on November 20 – we assume that EA will already implement the World Cup mode before then.
FIFA 23 FUT World Cup Mode
Apparently, we will see a new promo in FIFA Ultimate Team on the occasion of the World Cup year. The FIFA World Cup Heroes are the special cards we will see then. They will be released on November 11.
- All New Heroes In FIFA 23
You know the game from the 2018 World Cup in Russia – at least if you were already playing FUT then. Back then, the World Cup also came as an update, and there was even a World Cup mode for Ultimate Team.
This is how the World Cup mode could work in FUT:
- There is no transfer market, all players and stadiums are unchangeable.
- Coins and FIFA points are overlapping, there is only one account for World Cup and normal mode
- All World Cup cards are dynamic, i.e. they can increase their rating if they perform well
- Chemistry is divided between continents and nationalities
This is all you need to know for the upcoming World Cup modes, are you as hyped as we are?
Qatar World Cup 2022 – in numbers
Teams: 32
Playing venues: 8
Matches: 65
Opening match: Al Bayt Stadium
Final: Lusail Stadium
Average venue capacity: 47,500 seats
Largest venue: Lusail
Stadium (80,000 seats)
Smallest venue: Multiple venues (40,000 seats)
Average no. of matches per venue: 8.1
Lusail
Lusail Stadium | Capacity: 80,000 seats | Opening: 2022
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
1x Quarter-Final
1x Semi-Final
Final
Al Khor
Al Bayt Stadium | Capacity: 60,000 seats | Opening: 2021
Matches:
5x Group Matches (incl. Opening Match)
1x Round of 16
1x Quarter-Final
1x Semi-Final
Al Wakrah
Al Janoub Stadium | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2019
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
Al Rayyan
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2020
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
Doha
Khalifa International Stadium | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 1976
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
Match for
Third Place
Doha
Education City Stadium | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2020
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
1x Quarter-Final
Doha
Stadium 974 | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2021
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
Doha
Al Thumama Stadium | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2021
Matches:
5x Group Matches
1x Round of 16
1x Quarter-Final