2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are England, Iran, the United States and Wales. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]
Teams
| Draw position | Team[3] | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022[nb 1] | October 2022 | |||||||||
| B1 | 1 | UEFA | UEFA Group I winners | 15 November 2021 | 16th | 2018 | Winners (1966) | 5 | 5 | |
| B2 | 22x20px Iran | 3 | AFC | AFC Third Round Group A winners | 27 January 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018) | 21 | 20 |
| B3 | 2 | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Third Round third place | 30 March 2022 | 11th | 2014 | Third place (1930) | 15 | 16 | |
| B4 | 4[nb 2] | UEFA | UEFA Second Round Path A winners | 5 June 2022 | 2nd | 1958 | Quarter-finals (1958) | 18[nb 2] | 19 | |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 As the identity of the UEFA Second Round Path A winners was not known at the time of the final draw, positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4.[5]
Standings
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In the round of 16:
Matches
England vs Iran
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| 21 November 2022 16:00 |
England |
6–2 | 22x20px Iran | Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235458 |
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United States vs Wales
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| 21 November 2022 22:00 |
United States |
1–1 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 43,418 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235455 |
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Wales vs Iran
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| 25 November 2022 13:00 |
Wales |
0–2 | 22x20px Iran | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 40,875 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235453 |
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England vs United States
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| 25 November 2022 22:00 |
England |
0–0 | Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 68,463 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235457 |
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Wales vs England
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| 29 November 2022 22:00 |
Wales |
0–3 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,297 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235454 |
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Iran vs United States
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| 29 November 2022 22:00 |
Iran 22x20px | 0–1 | Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Attendance: 42,127 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235456 |
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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 | ||
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||||
| 22x20px Iran | 2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | |||||||||
2022 FIFA World Cup Group B Media
Harry Kane in England's first match, wearing a FIFA "No discrimination" armband
England vs Iran, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
United States vs Wales, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
During the match between Wales and Iran
Wales vs Iran, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
England vs United States, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
Wales vs England, 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "World Cup 2022 Group B: Match schedule, fixtures, times and dates for England, USA, Iran, Wales in Qatar". sportingnews.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 released". FIFA. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.