2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
Appearance
Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]
Teams
[change | change source]Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[3] | |
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March 2022[nb 1] | October 2022 | |||||||||
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1 | AFC | Hosts | 2 December 2010 | 1st | — | — | 51 | 50 |
A2 | ![]() |
4 | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place | 24 March 2022 | 4th | 2014 | Round of 16 (2006) | 46 | 44 |
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3 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2002) | 20 | 18 |
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2 | UEFA | UEFA Group G winners | 16 November 2021 | 11th | 2014 | Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) | 10 | 8 |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group A will play the runners-up of Group B.
- The runners-up of Group A will play the winners of Group B.
Matches
[change | change source]All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]
Qatar vs Ecuador
[change | change source]Senegal vs Netherlands
[change | change source]Qatar vs Senegal
[change | change source]Netherlands vs Ecuador
[change | change source]Netherlands ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ecuador vs Senegal
[change | change source]Netherlands vs Qatar
[change | change source]Netherlands ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Discipline
[change | change source]Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the teams are tied after the overall and head-to-head rules. These points are based on yellow and red cards given to a team. The points are:[2]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
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1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
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2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
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2 | 3 | 1 | −6 | |||||||||
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4 | 3 | −7 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.