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2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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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]

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings[3]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
A1 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 1 AFC Hosts 2 December 2010 1st — — 51 50
A2 File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 4 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place 24 March 2022 4th 2014 Round of 16 (2006) 46 44
A3 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 3rd 2018 Quarter-finals (2002) 20 18
A4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2 UEFA UEFA Group G winners 16 November 2021 11th 2014 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) 10 8

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings[change]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (H) 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

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]

All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]

Qatar vs Ecuador[change]

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Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg0–2File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
Report

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Senegal vs Netherlands[change]

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Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg0–2File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Report

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Qatar vs Senegal[change]

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Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg1–3File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
 Report
Attendance: 41,797

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Netherlands vs Ecuador[change]

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Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–1File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 44,833

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Ecuador vs Senegal[change]

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Ecuador File:Flag of Ecuador.svg1–2File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
 Report
Attendance: 44,569

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Netherlands vs Qatar[change]

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Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–0File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
 Report
Attendance: 66,784

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Discipline[change]

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;
Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1 1 −2
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 2 1 −3
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 2 3 1 −6
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 4 3 −7

References[change]

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

Other websites[change]

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