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2022 FIFA World Cup Seeding
The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place on 1 April 2022 at the Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar. It set the stage for the round-robin group stage in Qatar, whence the World Cup will be played. The teams were divided into four pots of eight, with one team selected from each pot to form a group. As hosts, Qatar took position A1 from Pot 1, where they were joined by the FIFA Ranking's seven highest-ranked qualified teams. The countries occupying positions 8 to 15 on the ranking of the qualified teams were allocated to Pot 2, while the 16th to 23rd best-ranked qualifiers were placed in Pot 3. Finally, Pot 4 included the qualified teams in positions 24 to 28, plus three placeholders representing the two winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the remaining UEFA play-off winners. The hosts continued to be placed in Pot 1 and treated as a seeded team, and therefore Pot 1 consisted of hosts Qatar and the seven highest-ranked teams that qualified for the tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an international association football, football tournament contested by the men's national teams of FIFA's member associations. The 22nd FIFA World Cup is taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022; it is the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world and Islamic World, Muslim world, and the second held entirely in Asia after the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. French national football team, France are the defending champions, having defeated Croatia national football team, Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final, 2018 final. At an estimated cost of over $220 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever held; this figure is disputed by Qatari officials, including organising CEO Nasser Al Khater, who said the true cost is $8 billion, and other figures relate to overall infrastructure development since the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in 2010. This tournament is set to be the las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabah Madjer
Rabah Mustapha Madjer ( ar, رابح مصطفى ماجر; born 15 December 1958) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He reached stardom as a Porto player during the 1980s, being widely regarded as one of the best Algerian football players of all time.African legends: Rabah Madjer , 1 September 2003 With that club he won nine major titles during his six-year spell, including three and the 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group H
Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place from 24 November to 2 December 2022. The group consists of Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group H will advance to play the runners-up of Group G. * The runners-up of Group H will advance to play the winners of Group G. Matches All times listed are local, AST ( UTC+3). Uruguay vs South Korea The teams have met eight times including twice in the World Cup, both matches ending in victories for Uruguay; 1–0 in the group stage in 1990 and 2–1 in the round of 16 in 2010. Portugal vs Ghana The teams have met once, in Portugal's 2–1 group stage victory in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. South Korea vs Ghana The two teams have faced each other eight times, most recently in 2014, a friendly game Ghana won 4–0. Portugal vs Uruguay The teams have met three times including once in the World Cup, in U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group G
Group G of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place from 24 November to 2 December 2022. The group consists of Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16. Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland also played in the same group at the previous FIFA World Cup. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group G will advance to play the runners-up of Group H. * The runners-up of Group G will advance to play the winners of Group H. Matches All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). Switzerland vs Cameroon The two teams have never met before. Brazil vs Serbia The teams have met once in the World Cup, in Brazil's 2–0 group stage victory in 2018. Playing as Yugoslavia, the two teams met 18 times, including four times at FIFA World Cup's group stages in 1930, 1950, 1954 and 1974, with one victory each and two draws. Cameroon vs Serbia The two teams faced each other once in a 2010 friendly game which Serbia won 4–3. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group F
Group F of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 23 November to 1 December 2022. The group consisted of Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia. The top two teams, Morocco and Croatia, advanced to the round of 16, and later reached the semi-finals. Morocco advanced to the knockout stage for the first time since 1986. By winning the group, they became the first African team to do so since Nigeria in 1998. Belgium failed to advance out of the group round for the first time, also since 1998. The two teams that progressed out of the group, Croatia and Morocco, eventually faced each other again in the third-place play-off game, with Croatia winning 2–1. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group F, Morocco, advanced to play the runners-up of Group E, Spain. * The runners-up of Group F, Croatia, advanced to play the winners of Group E, Japan. Matches All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). Morocco vs Croatia The two teams had faced each other once in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group E
Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 23 November to 1 December 2022. The group consisted of Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan. The top two teams, Japan and Spain advanced to the round of 16. Japan became the first Asian team to win a World Cup group since themselves in Group H and South Korea in Group D, both in 2002, a tournament both countries co-hosted. Germany was eliminated from the group stage for the second consecutive tournament after going out as defending champions in 2018. They became the second reigning world champions to be eliminated in the group stage of the two subsequent tournaments, following the 2006 winners Italy. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group E, Japan, advanced to play the runners-up of Group F, Croatia. * The runners-up of Group E, Spain, advanced to play the winners of Group F, Morocco. Matches All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). Germany vs Japan The two teams had faced each other twice, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place from 22 to 30 November 2022. The group consists of the defending world champions France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16. Australia, Denmark and France were all in Group C of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group D will advance to play the runners-up of Group C. * The runners-up of Group D will advance to play the winners of Group C. Matches All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). Denmark vs Tunisia The two teams have faced each other twice, most recently in 2002, a 2–1 win for Denmark in a friendly game. France vs Australia The teams have met once in the World Cup, in France's 2–1 victory in 2018 en route to the title. They also met in Australia's 1–0 win against the reigning world champions (having previously won the 1998 FIFA World Cup) at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Tunisia vs Australia The two team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group C
Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place from 22 to 30 November 2022. The group consists of Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group C will advance to play the runners-up of Group D. * The runners-up of Group C will advance to play the winners of Group D. Matches All times listed are local, AST ( UTC+3). Argentina vs Saudi Arabia The two teams have faced each other four times, most recently in 2012, a 0–0 draw in a friendly game. Mexico vs Poland The teams have met eight times including once in the World Cup, in Poland's 3–1 first group stage victory in 1978. Poland vs Saudi Arabia The two teams have faced each other four times, most recently in 2006, a 2–1 win for Poland in a friendly game. Argentina vs Mexico The teams have met thrice in the World Cup, in Argentina's 6–3 group stage victory in 1930, 2–1 round of 16 win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group B
Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 21 to 29 November 2022. The group consisted of national association football teams from England, Iran, the United States and Wales. Both England and the United States progressed to the round of 16 undefeated. England won the group, winning two games and drawing the other, while the United States won one and drew their other two. Iran finished the group third, having won a single game, with Wales finishing fourth with a single point. Initially noted for unusually containing four teams all ranked in the top 20 at the time of the tournament, as well as two teams within the same sovereign state and other geopolitical conflicts, various incidents relating to Qatar's ban on LGBTQ+ symbols affected the games on the first match day. Teams The teams were decided by the World Cup draw that took place on 1 April 2022. The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the FIFA World Rankings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Group A
Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 20 to 29 November 2022. The group consisted of host nation Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams, the Netherlands and Senegal, advanced to the round of 16. Qatar became the first host nation to lose every group game in the World Cup history, becoming the worst performing host. Teams Notes Standings In the round of 16: * The winners of Group A, the Netherlands, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, the United States. * The runners-up of Group A, Senegal, advanced to play the winners of Group B, England. Matches All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). The match between Senegal and the Netherlands was originally scheduled to be the opening match of the tournament on 21 November 2022, 13:00, while the match between Qatar and Ecuador would take place later that day at 19:00. However, FIFA adjusted the match schedule on 11 August 2022, moving the Qatar–Ecuador fixture to 20 November in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL Play-off)
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC–CONMEBOL play-off was a single-leg match between the winner of the AFC fourth round play-off, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL, Peru. The match was played on 13 June 2022 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. Australia won 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Background The draw for the inter-confederation play-off fixtures was held on 26 November 2021. The match was the second meeting between Australia and Peru. The sides previously met four years earlier in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C, with Peru winning 2–0 when ''La Blanquirroja'' was already eliminated. Before the match, most football commentators lauded Peru as the better team and had low expectations of Australia, which struggled in the Asian qualifiers. Match Summary The match ended as a scoreless draw. In the 120th minute, Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan was subbed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF–OFC Play-off)
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF– OFC play-off was a single-leg match between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF third round, Costa Rica, and the winners from the OFC, New Zealand. Before their identity was known, the winners of the play-off had already been allocated to Group E at the World Cup. The match was played on 14 June 2022 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. Costa Rica won the match 1–0 to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Background The draw for the inter-confederation play-off fixtures was held on 26 November 2021. Both teams had met once, a friendly won 4–0 by Costa Rica at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium on 24 March 2007. Current Costa Rican captain Bryan Ruiz, then 21 years old, scored a goal and gave an assist in that match. He is also the only player from that match to remain active with his national team. Current New Zealand's coach Danny Hay also played that match. The match was the second inter-confederation pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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