XXII WORLD CUP (QATAR 2022)

(From 21-11-2022 to 18-12-2022)
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COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 211 national teams enter a Qualifying Stage (host Qatar is exempt from this round), divided in 15 geographic groups. The group winners, together with a variable number of best ranked teams, qualify for the Final Stage in Qatar (the ten group runners-up and the best two Nations League group winners of the European Zone play two knock-out rounds in order to earn three more berths in the Final Stage).

· The 32 teams qualified for the Final Stage are divided in 8 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to an 1/8 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners move to quarterfinals and further semifinals, and the two surviving teams at the end of these knock-out rounds qualify for the final.
 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

GROUP STAGE

(Seeded teams are indicated in blue)

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (21-11-2022)

Competition Day 1 (21-11-2022)

Doha

Senegal - Netherlands

0-2

Al-Rayyan

England - Iran

6-2

Al-Khor

Qatar - Ecuador

0-2 (x)

Al-Rayyan

USA - Wales

1-1

Competition Day 2 (25-11-2022)

Competition Day 2 (25-11-2022)

Doha

Qatar - Senegal

1-3

Al-Rayyan

Wales - Iran

0-2

Al-Rayyan

Netherlands - Ecuador

1-1

Al-Khor

England - USA

0-0

Competition Day 3 (29-11-2022)

Competition Day 3 (29-11-2022)

Al-Rayyan

Ecuador - Senegal

1-2

Al-Rayyan

Wales - England

0-3

Al-Khor

Netherlands - Qatar

2-0

Doha

Iran - USA

0-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Netherlands

3

2

1

0

5

1

7

2. Senegal

3

2

0

1

5

4

6

3. Ecuador

3

1

1

1

4

3

4

4. Qatar

3

0

0

3

1

7

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. England

3

2

1

0

9

2

7

2. USA

3

1

2

0

2

1

5

3. Iran

3

1

0

2

4

7

3

4. Wales

3

0

1

2

1

6

1

(x) Game played on 20-11-2022.

 

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (22-11-2022)

Competition Day 1 (22-11-2022)

Lusail

Argentina - Saudi Arabia

1-2

Al-Rayyan

Denmark - Tunisia

0-0

Doha

Mexico - Poland

0-0

Al-Wakrah

France - Australia

4-1

Competition Day 2 (26-11-2022)

Competition Day 2 (26-11-2022)

Al-Rayyan

Poland - Saudi Arabia

2-0

Al-Wakrah

Tunisia - Australia

0-1

Lusail

Argentina - Mexico

2-0

Doha

France - Denmark

2-1

Competition Day 3 (30-11-2022)

Competition Day 3 (30-11-2022)

Doha

Poland - Argentina

0-2

Al-Wakrah

Australia - Denmark

1-0

Lusail

Saudi Arabia - Mexico

1-2

Al-Rayyan

Tunisia - France

1-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Argentina

3

2

0

1

5

2

6

2. Poland

3

1

1

1

2

2

4

3. Mexico

3

1

1

1

2

3

4

4. Saudi Arabia

3

1

0

2

3

5

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. France

3

2

0

1

6

3

6

2. Australia

3

2

0

1

3

4

6

3. Tunisia

3

1

1

1

1

1

4

4. Denmark

3

0

1

2

1

3

1

 

GROUP E

 

GROUP F

Competition Day 1 (23-11-2022)

Competition Day 1 (23-11-2022)

Al-Rayyan

Germany - Japan

1-2

Al-Khor

Morocco - Croatia

0-0

Doha

Spain - Costa Rica

7-0

Al-Rayyan

Belgium - Canada

1-0

Competition Day 2 (27-11-2022)

Competition Day 2 (27-11-2022)

Al-Rayyan

Japan - Costa Rica

0-1

Doha

Belgium - Morocco

0-2

Al-Khor

Spain - Germany

1-1

Al-Rayyan

Croatia - Canada

4-1

Competition Day 3 (1-12-2022)

Competition Day 3 (1-12-2022)

Al-Rayyan

Japan - Spain

2-1

Al-Rayyan

Croatia - Belgium

0-0

Al-Khor

Costa Rica - Germany

2-4

Doha

Canada - Morocco

1-2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Japan

3

2

0

1

4

3

6

2. Spain

3

1

1

1

9

3

4

3. Germany

3

1

1

1

6

5

4

4. Costa Rica

3

1

0

2

3

11

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Morocco

3

2

1

0

4

1

7

2. Croatia

3

1

2

0

4

1

5

3. Belgium

3

1

1

1

1

2

4

4. Canada

3

0

0

3

2

7

0

 

GROUP G

 

GROUP H

Competition Day 1 (24-11-2022)

Competition Day 1 (24-11-2022)

Al-Wakrah

Switzerland - Cameroon

1-0

Al-Rayyan

Uruguay - South Korea

0-0

Lusail

Brazil - Serbia

2-0

Doha

Portugal - Ghana

3-2

Competition Day 2 (28-11-2022)

Competition Day 2 (28-11-2022)

Al-Wakrah

Cameroon - Serbia

3-3

Al-Rayyan

South Korea - Ghana

2-3

Doha

Brazil - Switzerland

1-0

Lusail

Portugal - Uruguay

2-0

Competition Day 3 (2-12-2022)

Competition Day 3 (2-12-2022)

Doha

Serbia - Switzerland

2-3

Al-Wakrah

Ghana - Uruguay

0-2

Lusail

Cameroon - Brazil

1-0

Al-Rayyan

South Korea - Portugal

2-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

2

0

1

3

1

6

2. Switzerland

3

2

0

1

4

3

6

3. Cameroon

3

1

1

1

4

4

4

4. Serbia

3

0

1

2

5

8

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Portugal

3

2

0

1

6

4

6

2. South Korea

3

1

1

1

4

4

4

3. Uruguay

3

1

1

1

2

2

4

4. Ghana

3

1

0

2

5

7

3

 

 

 

1/8 FINALS

(3-12-2022)

A1-B2 (1): Netherlands - USA

3-1

Al-Rayyan

C1-D2 (2): Argentina - Australia

2-1

Al-Rayyan

B1-A2 (3): England - Senegal

3-0 (x)

Al-Khor

D1-C2 (4): France - Poland

3-1 (x)

Doha

E1-F2 (5): Japan - Croatia

1-1 (pk:1-3) (y)

Al-Wakrah

G1-H2 (6): Brazil - South Korea

4-1 (y)

Doha

F1-E2 (7): Morocco - Spain

0-0 (pk:3-0) (z)

Al-Rayyan

H1-G2 (8): Portugal - Switzerland

6-1 (z)

Lusail

(x) Games played on 4-12-2022.

(y) Games played on 5-12-2022.

(y) Games played on 6-12-2022.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(9-12-2022)

1-2 (A): Netherlands - Argentina

2-2 (pk:3-4)

Lusail

5-6 (B): Croatia - Brazil

1-1 (pk:4-2)

Al-Rayyan

3-4 (C): England - France

1-2 (x)

Al-Khor

7-8 (D): Morocco - Portugal

1-0 (x)

Doha

(x) Games played on 10-12-2022.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(13-12-2022)

A-B: Argentina - Croatia

3-0

Lusail

C-D: France - Morocco

2-0 (x)

Al-Khor

(x) Game played on 14-12-2022.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(17-12-2022)

Croatia - Morocco

2-1

Al-Rayyan

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: ملعب لوسيل الدولي <Maleab Lūsayl ad-Dawliyy> / Lusail Iconic Stadium (Lusail)

DATE: 18-12-2022 (18:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 88.966

REFEREE: Szymon Marciniak (POL)

GOALS: 1-0 (Messi [p.] 23’); 2-0 (Di María 36’); 2-1 (Mbappé [p.] 80’); 2-2 (Mbappé 81’); 3-2 (Messi 108’); 3-3 (Mbappé [p.] 118’)

BOOKED: Enzo Fernández (45+’), Acuña (90+’), Paredes (114’), Montiel (116’), Emiliano Martínez (125’) [pk] / Rabiot (55’), Thuram (87’), Giroud (90+’) [bench]

PK: 0-1 (Mbappé); 1-1 (Messi) / 1-1 (Coman [saved]); 2-1 (Dybala) / 2-1 (Tchouaméni [out]); 3-1 (Paredes) / 3-2 (Kolo Muani); 4-2 (Montiel)

[Incidents: Messi set a new record for most appearances at the World Cup (26 games). Mbappé became the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final (after Geoff Hurst in 1966).]
Argentina
Argentina ARG - France FRA
3-3 (2-0;2-2) (pk:4-2)
France

Argentina (coach: Lionel Scaloni)

Emiliano Martínez

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Nahuel Molina (Gonzalo Montiel 91’)

Cristian Romero

Nicolás Otamendi

Nicolás Tagliafico (Paulo Dybala 120+’)

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Rodrigo de Paul (Leandro Paredes 102’)

Enzo Fernández

Alexis Mac Allister (Germán Pezzella 116’)

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Leo Messi (c)

Julián Álvarez (Lautaro Martínez 102’)

Ángel di María (Marcos Acuña 64’)

France (coach: Didier Deschamps)

Hugo Lloris (c)

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Jules Koundé (Axel Disasi 120+’)

Raphaël Varane (Ibrahima Konaté 113’)

Dayot Upamecano

Théo Hernández (Eduardo Camavinga 71’)

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Antoine Griezmann (Kingsley Coman 71’)

Aurélien Tchouaméni

Adrien Rabiot (Youssouf Fofana 96’)

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Ousmane Dembélé (Randal Kolo Muani 41’)

Olivier Giroud (Marcus Thuram 41’)

Kylian Mbappé

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Argentina ARG

2.

France FRA

3.

Croatia CRO

4.

Morocco MOR

5.

Netherlands NED

6.

England ENG

7.

Brazil BRA

8.

Portugal POR

9.

Japan JAP

10.

Senegal SEN

11.

Switzerland SWI

12.

Australia AUS

13.

USA USA

14.

Spain SPA

15.

Poland POL

16.

South Korea SKR

17.

Germany GER

18.

Ecuador ECU

19.

Cameroon CAM

20.

Uruguay URU

21.

Tunisia TUN

22.

Mexico MEX

23.

Belgium BEL

24.

Ghana GHA

25.

Saudi Arabia KSA

26.

Iran IRN

27.

Costa Rica CRC

28.

Denmark DIN

29.

Serbia SER

30.

Wales WAL

31.

Canada CAN

32.

Qatar QAT

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

(my own personal pick, only one player per position)

Dominik Livaković (CRO)

Achraf Hakimi (MOR)

Joško Gvardiol (CRO)

Romain Saïss (MOR)

Théo Hernández (FRA)

Antoine Griezmann (FRA)

Luka Modrić (CRO)

Neymar da Silva (BRA)

Leo Messi (ARG)

Harry Kane (ENG)

Kylian Mbappé (FRA)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Kylian Mbappé (FRA) - 8 goals

 

BEST PLAYER (GOLDEN BALL): Leo Messi (ARG)

   

 

 

 

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