2022 FIFA World Cup Group G

Group G of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 24 November to 2 December 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. 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
G1   Brazil 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin winners 11 November 2021 22nd 2018 Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 1 1
G2   Serbia 3 UEFA UEFA Group A winners 14 November 2021 13th[nb 2] 2018 Fourth place (1930, 1962)[nb 3] 25 21
G3   Switzerland 2 UEFA UEFA Group C winners 15 November 2021 12th 2018 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 14 15
G4   Cameroon 4 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 8th 2014 Quarter-finals (1990) 37 43

Notes

  1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. This is the third appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia, who qualified on eight occasions, and Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified on two occasions.
  3. Serbia's best result is the group stage in 2010 and 2018. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

Standings

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In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group G will play the runners-up of Group H.
  • The runners-up of Group G will play the winners of Group H.

Matches

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

Switzerland vs Cameroon

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24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)
13:00
Switzerland   1–0   Cameroon Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 39,089
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235488

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Brazil vs Serbia

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24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)
22:00
Brazil   2–0   Serbia Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 88,103
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235484

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Cameroon vs Serbia

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28 November 2022 (2022-11-28)
13:00
Cameroon   3–3   Serbia Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 39,789
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla (United Arab Emirates)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235487

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Brazil vs Switzerland

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28 November 2022 (2022-11-28)
19:00
Brazil   1–0   Switzerland Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 43,649
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235485

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Serbia vs Switzerland

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2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
22:00
Serbia   2–3   Switzerland Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 41,378
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235486

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Cameroon vs Brazil

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2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
22:00
Cameroon   1–0   Brazil Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 85,986
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235483

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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
                                
  Brazil 1 2 −3
  Switzerland 2 1 4 −7
  Cameroon 1 2 3 1 −9
  Serbia 3 2 7 –12

2022 FIFA World Cup Group G 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.

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