2022 FIFA World Cup Group C
Appearance
Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 22 to 30 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]
Teams
[change | change source]Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[4] | |
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March 2022[nb 1] | October 2022 | |||||||||
C1 | Argentina | 1 | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up | 16 November 2021 | 18th | 2018 | Winners (1978, 1986) | 4 | 3 |
C2 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | AFC | AFC Third Round Group B winners | 24 March 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Round of 16 (1994) | 49 | 51 |
C3 | Mexico | 2 | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Third Round runners-up | 30 March 2022 | 17th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) | 9 | 13 |
C4 | Poland | 3 | UEFA | UEFA Second Round Path B winners | 29 March 2022 | 9th | 2018 | Third place (1974, 1982) | 26 | 26 |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group C will play the runners-up of Group D.
- The runners-up of Group C will play the winners of Group D.
Matches
[change | change source]All times listed are local, AST (UTC 3).[1]
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
[change | change source]Argentina | 1–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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Mexico vs Poland
[change | change source]Poland vs Saudi Arabia
[change | change source]Poland | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Argentina vs Mexico
[change | change source]Poland vs Argentina
[change | change source]Poland | 0–2 | Argentina |
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Saudi Arabia vs Mexico
[change | change source]Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | Mexico |
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Discipline
[change | change source]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 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
Poland | 1 | 3 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
Mexico | 2 | 4 | 1 | −7 | |||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 6 | 2 | 6 | −14 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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". www.sportingnews.com.
- ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.