2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022. The teams in the group are Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.

Teams

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

Notes

Standings

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

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

Qatar vs Ecuador

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20 November 2022 (2022-11-20) 19:00	Qatar	0–2	Ecuador	Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400128082	Valencia  16' (pen.), 31'

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Senegal vs Netherlands

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21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) 19:00	Senegal	0–2	Netherlands	Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235449

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Qatar vs Senegal

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25 November 2022 (2022-11-25) 16:00	Qatar	1–3	Senegal	Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Attendance: 41,797 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Muntari  78'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235448	Dia  41' Diédhiou  48' B. Dieng  84'

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Netherlands vs Ecuador

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25 November 2022 (2022-11-25) 19:00	Netherlands	1–1	Ecuador	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,833 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
	Gakpo  6'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235452	Valencia  49'

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Ecuador vs Senegal

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29 November 2022 (2022-11-29) 18:00	Ecuador	1–2	Senegal	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,569 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Caicedo  67'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235451	I. Sarr  44' (pen.) Koulibaly  70'

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Netherlands vs Qatar

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29 November 2022 (2022-11-29) 18:00	Netherlands	2–0	Qatar	Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 66,784 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
	Gakpo  26' F. de Jong  49'	https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235450

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Discipline

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:

• 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
Netherlands	1								1				−2
Ecuador	2				1								−3
Senegal	2				3				1				−6
Qatar	4				3								−7

2022 FIFA World Cup Group A Media

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  Ecuador beat host nation Qatar 2–0 in the tournament's opening match.

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  Qatar vs Ecuador, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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  Senegal vs Netherlands, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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  Qatar vs Senegal, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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  Netherlands vs Ecuador, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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  Ecuador vs Senegal, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

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  Netherlands vs Qatar, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

Other websites

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