Contents 3

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General provisions 4
1 FIFA World Cup 2022™ 4
2 Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions 4
3 Participating member associations 5
4 Entries for the FIFA World Cup™ 7
5 Withdrawal, unplayed matches and abandoned matches 9
6 Replacement 11
7 Eligibility of players 11
8 Laws of the Game 11
9 Football technologies 12
10 Refereeing 12
11 Disciplinary matters 14
12 Medical/doping 14
13 Disputes 16
14 Protests 16
15 Yellow and red cards 18
16 Commercial rights 19
17 Operational guidelines 19

Preliminary competition organisation 20

18 Entry form 20
19 List of players 20
20 Preliminary draw, format of play and group formation 22
21 Venues, kick-off times and training sessions 25
22 Stadium infrastructure and equipment 27
23 Footballs 30
24 Team equipment 30
25 Flags, anthems and competition music 31
26 Media 32
27 Financial provisions 34
28 Ticketing 35
29 Liability 36

Final competition 37
30 Final competition 37

Final provisions 38
31 Matters not provided for and force majeure 38
32 Prevailing set of regulations 38
33 Languages 38
34 Copyright 38
35 No waiver 39
36 Enforcement 39