2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
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
| 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 | 22x20px Qatar | 1 | AFC | Hosts | 2 December 2010 | 1st | — | — | 51 | 50 |
| A2 | 22x20px Ecuador | 4 | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place | 24 March 2022 | 4th | 2014 | Round of 16 (2006) | 46 | 44 |
| A3 | 22x20px Senegal | 3 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2002) | 20 | 18 |
| A4 | 22x20px Netherlands | 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
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In the round of 16:
Matches
Qatar vs Ecuador
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| 20 November 2022 19:00 |
Qatar 22x20px | 0–2 | 22x20px Ecuador | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400128082 |
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Senegal vs Netherlands
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| 21 November 2022 19:00 |
Senegal 22x20px | 0–2 | 22x20px 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 16:00 |
Qatar 22x20px | 1–3 | 22x20px Senegal | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Attendance: 41,797 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235448 |
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Netherlands vs Ecuador
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| 25 November 2022 19:00 |
Netherlands 22x20px | 1–1 | 22x20px Ecuador | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,833 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235452 |
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Ecuador vs Senegal
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| 29 November 2022 18:00 |
Ecuador 22x20px | 1–2 | 22x20px Senegal | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,569 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235451 |
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Netherlands vs Qatar
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| 29 November 2022 18:00 |
Netherlands 22x20px | 2–0 | 22x20px Qatar | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 66,784 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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:[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booked | BookedBooked againSent off | Sent off | BookedSent off | Booked | BookedBooked againSent off | Sent off | BookedSent off | Booked | BookedBooked againSent off | Sent off | BookedSent off | ||
| 22x20px Netherlands | 1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
| 22x20px Ecuador | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
| 22x20px Senegal | 2 | 3 | 1 | −6 | |||||||||
| 22x20px Qatar | 4 | 3 | −7 | ||||||||||
2022 FIFA World Cup Group A Media
- 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 0–2 Ecuador - (13).jpg
Ecuador beat host nation Qatar 2–0 in the tournament's opening match.
- QAT-ECU 2022-11-20.svg
Qatar vs Ecuador, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
- SEN-NED 2022-11-21.svg
Senegal vs Netherlands, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
- QAT-SEN 2022-11-25.svg
Qatar vs Senegal, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
- NED-ECU 2022-11-25.svg
Netherlands vs Ecuador, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
- ECU-SEN 2022-11-29.svg
Ecuador vs Senegal, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
- NED-QAT 2022-11-29.svg
Netherlands vs Qatar, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
References
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