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] | |
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| 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
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ↑ 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
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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France vs Australia
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Tunisia vs Australia
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France vs Denmark
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Australia vs Denmark
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Tunisia vs France
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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;
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| France | 1 | –1 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 3 | 2 | –5 | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 released". FIFA. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ↑ "No goals as Denmark fail to hit stride". FIFA. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ "Giroud equals Henry as Les Bleus battle back". FIFA. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ "Duke's delight as Aussies edge Tunisia". FIFA. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ↑ "Mbappe brace downs Denmark, sends France through". FIFA. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ "Leckie lauded as Socceroos toast their hero". FIFA. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ↑ "Tunisia beat France but cannot hurdle group stage barrier". FIFA. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.