The World Cup is finally here. After months of waiting, we can finally get down to the business of watching the world’s best soccer players compete for the biggest prize in the sport.
Thursday marks the first day of the tournament, and it’s a big one: host country Russia takes on Saudi Arabia in Moscow at 11 a.m. ET (8 p.m. local time).
The opening match features two teams that were considered “underdog” picks by many going into this World Cup: Qatar and Ecuador . But both teams have shown they’re not to be underestimated and they will hoping for a good showing.
What is the kickoff time for Qatar vs Ecuador game?

Nigeria: 5:00 PM
UK: 4:00 PM
Eastern Time: 11:00 AM
Central Time: 10:00 AM
Mountain Time: 09:00 AM
Pacific Time: 08:00 AM
Gulf Standard Time: 7:00 PM
Indian Standard Time: 8:30 PM
Qatar vs Ecuador live stream
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Qatar Squad
Goalkeepers: Saad Al-Sheeb, Meshaal Barsham, Yousef Hassan
Defenders: Pedro Miguel, Musaab Khidir, Tarek Salman, Bassam Al-Rawi, Boualem Khoukhi, Abdelkarim Hassan, Homam Ahmed, Jassem Gaber
Midfielders: Ali Asad, Assim Madabo, Mohammed Waad, Salem Al-Hajri, Moustafa Tarek, Karim Boudiaf, Abdelaziz Hatim, Ismail Mohamad
Forwards: Naif Al-Hadhrami, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Hassan Al-Haydos, Khalid Muneer, Akram Afif, Almoez Ali, Mohamed Muntari.
Ecuador squad
Goalkeepers
Moises Ramirez, Alexander Dominguez, Hernan Galindez.
Defenders
Piero Hincapie, Robert Arboleda, Pervis Estupinan, Angelo Preciado, Jackson Porozo, Xavier Arreaga, Diego Palacios, Felix Torres, William Pacho.
Midfielders
Carlos Gruezo, Jose Cifuente, Alan Franco, Moises Caicedo, Angel Mena, Jeremy Sarmiento, Jhegson Mendez, Ayrton Preciado, Gonzalo Plata, Romario Ibarra.
Forwards
Djorkaeff Reasco, Kevin Rodriguez,
Michael Estrada, Enner Valencia.
Prediction
Ecuador has been very inconsistent so far this season while Qatar has been very poor in attack, so we expect this match to be quite low scoring with a victory for Qatar. We predict 1:0.