2022 FIFA World Cup Group D

Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 22 to 30 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. 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
D1   France 1 UEFA UEFA Group D winners 13 November 2021 16th 2018 Winners (1998, 2018) 3 4
D2   Australia 4[nb 2] AFC AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners 13 June 2022 6th 2018 Round of 16 (2006) 42[nb 2] 38
D3   Denmark 2 UEFA UEFA Group F winners 12 October 2021 6th 2018 Quarter-finals (1998) 11 10
D4   Tunisia 3 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 6th 2018 Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) 35 30

Notes

  1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. 2.0 2.1 As the identity of the AFC v CONMEBOL play-off 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.[4]

Standings

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In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group D will play the runners-up of Group C.
  • The runners-up of Group D will play the winners of Group C.

Matches

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

Denmark vs Tunisia

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22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)
16:00
Denmark   0–0   Tunisia Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 42,925
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235466

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France vs Australia

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22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)
22:00
France   4–1   Australia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 40,875
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235470

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Tunisia vs Australia

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26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)
13:00
Tunisia   0–1   Australia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 41,823
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235469

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France vs Denmark

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26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)
19:00
France   2–1   Denmark Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 42,860
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235467

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Australia vs Denmark

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30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Australia   1–0   Denmark Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 41,232
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235468

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Tunisia vs France

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30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
18:00
Tunisia   1–0   France Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 43,627
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235465

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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
                                
  France 1 –1
  Australia 3 2 –5
  Denmark 2 2 1 –5
  Tunisia 1 3 1 –5

2022 FIFA World Cup Group D Media

References

  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.
  4. "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 released". FIFA. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

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