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FIFA World Cup 2022 Champions, Matches, Final and Standings

The FIFA World Cup 2022 was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022.
Argentina were crowned the champions after winning the final against the title holder France 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time. It was Argentina’s third title and their first since 1986, as well as being the first nation from outside of Europe to win the tournament since 2002. French player Kylian Mbappé became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final and won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals (8) during the tournament. Argentine captain Lionel Messi was voted the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament’s best player, winning the Golden Ball. Teammate Emiliano Martínez awarded to the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament’s best goalkeeper and won the Golden Glove. And Enzo Fernández, awarded to the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament’s best Young Player.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Awards
ChampionsRunners- UpThird PlaceFourth Place
Argentina (3rd title) France Croatia Morocco
Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball
Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé Luka Modrić
Golden BootSilver BootBronze Boot
Kylian Mbappé
8 Goals and 2 Assists		 Lionel Messi
7 Goals and 3 Assists		 Olivier Giroud
4 Goals
Golden GloveBest Young Player AwardFair Play Award
Emiliano Martínez Enzo Fernández England

FIFA World Cup 2022 Hosting Cost
At an estimated cost of over $220 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever held to date. This figure is disputed by Qatari officials, including organizing CEO Nasser Al Khater, who said the true cost was $8 billion, and other figures related to overall infrastructure development since the FIFA World Cup 2022 was awarded to Qatar in 2010.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Prize money
In April 2022, FIFA announced the prizes for all participating nations. Each qualified team received $1.5 million before the competition to cover preparation costs with each team receiving at least $9 million in prize money. This edition’s total prize pool was $440 million, $40 million greater than the prize pool of the previous tournament.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Draw
The final draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on 1 April 2022, 19:00 AST, prior to the completion of qualification. The two winners of the inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw. The draw was attended by 2,000 guests and was led by Carli Lloyd, Jermaine Jenas and sports broadcaster Samantha Johnson, assisted by the likes of Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Adel Ahmed Malalla (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinović (Serbia/Mexico), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), and Tim Cahill (Australia).

POT 1POT 2POT 3POT 4
Country | RankingCountry | RankingCountry | RankingCountry | Ranking
Qatar (51) (host) Mexico (9) Senegal (20) Wales (18)
Brazil (1) Netherlands (10) Iran (21) Costa Rica (31)
Belgium (2) Denmark (11) Japan (23) Cameroon (37)
France (3) Germany (12) Morocco (24) Canada (38)
Argentina (4) Uruguay (13) Serbia (25) Australia (42)
England (5) Switzerland (14) Poland (26) Ecuador (46)
Spain(7) United States (15) South Korea (29) Saudi Arabia (49)
Portugal (8) Croatia (16) Tunisia (35) Ghana (61)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Standings and matches
Group A

PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Netherlands321051+47
2. (Qualified) Senegal320154+16
3. Ecuador311143+14
4. Qatar300317-60

20 November 2022 19:00

Qatar 0 – 2 Ecuador
Valencia 16′ (pen), 31′

21 November 2022 19:00

Senegal 0 – 2 Netherlands
C. Gakpo 84′
Davy Klassen 90+9′

25 November 2022 16:00

Qatar 1 – 3 Senegal
M. Muntari 78′ Boulaye Dia 41′
F. Diédhiou 48′
B. Dieng 84′

25 November 2022 19:00

Netherlands 1 – 1 Ecuador
C. Gakpo 6′ Valencia 49′

29 November 2022 18:00

Ecuador 1 – 2 Senegal
Caicedo 67′ I. Sarr 44′ (pen)
Koulibaly 70′

29 November 2022 18:00

Netherlands 2 – 0 Qatar
C. Gakpo 26′
F. de Jong 49′

Group B

PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) England321092+77
2. (Qualified) United States322021+15
3. Iran310247-33
4. Wales301216-51

21 November 2022 16:00

England 6 – 2 Iran
Bellingham 35′
B. Saka 43′, 62′
R. Sterling 45+1′
M. Rashford 71′
J. Grealish 90′
 Taremi 65′, 90+13′(pen)

21 November 2022 22:00

United States 1 – 1 Wales
T. Weah 36′ G. Bale 82′ (pen)

25 November 2022 13:00

Wales 0 – 2 Iran
R. Cheshmi 90+8′
R. Rezaeian 90+11′

25 November 2022 22:00

England 0 – 0 United States

29 November 2022 22:00

Wales 0 – 3 England
M. Rashford 50, 68′
F. Foden 51′

29 November 2022 22:00

Iran 0 – 1 United States
C. Pulisic 38′

Group C

PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Argentina320152+36
2. (Qualified) Poland31112204
3. Mexico311123-14
4. Saudi Arabia310235-23
22 November 2022 13:00
Argentina 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia
L. Messi 10′ (pen) Al Shehri  48′
S. Al-Dawsari 53′

22 November 2022 19:00

Mexico 0 – 0 Poland

26 November 2022 16:00

Poland 2 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Zieliński 39′
Lewandowski 82′

26 November 2022 22:00

Argentina 2 – 0 Mexico
L. Messi 64′
E. Fernández 87′

30 November 2022 22:00

Poland 0 – 2 Argentina
Mac Allister 46′
J. Álvarez 67′

30 November 2022 22:00

Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Mexico
S. Al-Dawsari 90+5′ J. Martín 47′
G. Chávez 52′

Group D

PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) France320163+36
2. (Qualified) Australia320134-16
3. Tunisia31111104
4. Denmark301213-21

22 November 2022 16:00
Denmark 0 – 0 Tunisia

22 November 2022 22:00

France 4 – 1 Australia
A. Rabiot 27′
O. Giroud  32′, 71’
K. Mbappé 68′		 A. Goodwin 9′

26 November 2022 13:00

Tunisia 0 – 1 Australia
T. Duke 23′ 

26 November 2022 19:00

France 2 – 1 Denmark
K. Mbappé  61′, 86’
 A. Christensen  68′

30 November 2022 18:00

Australia 1 – 0 Denmark
A. Leckie  60′

30 November 2022 18:00

Tunisia 1 – 0 France
W. Khazri  58′
Group E
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Japan320143+16
2. (Qualified) Spain311193+64
3. Germany311165+14
4. Costa Rica3102311-83

23 November 2022 16:00
Germany 1 – 2 Japan
I. Gündoğan 33′(pen) R. Dōan  75′
T. Asano 83′

23 November 2022 19:00

Spain 7 – 0 Costa Rica
D. Olmo 11′
M. Asensio 21′
F. Torres 31′(pen), 54’
P. Gavi 74′
C. Soler 90 ‘
A. Morata 90+2′

27 November 2022 13:00

Japan 0 – 1 Costa Rica
K. Fuller  81′

27 November 2022 22:00

Spain 1 – 1 Germany
A. Morata 62′ N. Füllkrug 83′

01 December 2022 22:00

Japan 2 – 1 Spain
R. Dōan 48’
Ao Tanaka 51′		 A. Morata 11′

01 December 2022 22:00

Costa Rica 2 – 4 Germany
I. Tejeda 58’
P. Vargas 70′
 S. Gnabry  10′
K. Havertz  73’, 85′
N. Füllkrug  89′
Group F
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Morocco321041+37
2. (Qualified) Croatia312041+35
3. Belgium311112-14
4. Canada300327-50

23 November 2022 13:00
Morocco 0 – 0 Croatia

23 November 2022 22:00
Belgium 1 – 0 Canada
Batshuayi 44’

27 November 2022 16:00

Belgium 0 – 2 Morocco
Paul Saïss  73’
Z. Aboukhlal 90+2′

27 November 2022 19:00

Croatia 4 – 1 Canada
A. Kramarić 36’, 70’
M. Livaja 44’
L. Majer 90+4’
 A. Davies 2’

01 December 2022 18:00

Croatia 0 – 0 Belgium

01 December 2022 18:00

Canada 1 – 2 Morocco
N. Aguerd 40’(o.g.) H. Ziyech 4’’
En-Nesyri 23′
Group G
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Brazil320131+26
2. (Qualified) Switzerland320143+16
3. Cameroon31114404
4. Serbia301258-31

24 November 2022 13:00
Switzerland 1 – 0 Cameroon
D. Embolo 48’

24 November 2022 22:00

Brazil 2 – 0 Serbia
Richarlison 62′, 73’

28 November 2022 13:00
Cameroon 3 – 3 Serbia
V. Castelletto 29′
V. Aboubakar 63′
Choupo-Moting 66′
 S. Pavlović 45+1’
S. Milinković-Savić 45+3’
A. Mitrović 53+1’

28 November 2022 19:00
Brazil 1 – 0 Switzerland
Casemiro 83’

02 December 2022 22:00
Serbia 2 – 3 Switzerland
A. Mitrović 26’
D. Vlahović 35’
 X. Shaqiri 20’
D. Embolo 44’
M. Freuler 48’

02 December 2022 22:00
Cameroon 1 – 0 Brazil
V. Aboubakar 90+2′
Group H
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoints
1. (Qualified) Portugal320164+26
2. (Qualified) South Korea31114404
3. Uruguay31112204
4. Ghana310257-23
24 November 2022 16:00
Uruguay 0 – 0 South Korea

24 November 2022 19:00
Portugal 3 – 2 Ghana
C. Ronaldo 65′(pen)
J. Félix 78′
R. Leão 80′
 A. Ayew 73’
O. Bukari 89’

28 November 2022 16:00
South Korea 2 – 3 Ghana
Cho Gue-sung 58’, 61′ M. Salisu 24’
M. Kudus 34’, 68’

28 November 2022 22:00
Portugal 2 – 0 Uruguay
B. Fernandes 54′, 90+3’(pen)

02 December 2022 18:00
Ghana 0 – 2 Uruguay
De Arrascaeta 26′, 32’

02 December 2022 18:00
South Korea 2 – 1 Portugal
Kim Young-gwon 27′
Hwang Hee-chan 90+1’		 R. Horta 5’
FIFA World Cup 2022 Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if the scores were equal when normal playing time expired, extra time was played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This was followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 matches
03 December 2022 18:00
Netherlands 3 – 1 United States
M. Depay 10′
D. Blind 45+1
Dumfries 81′
 A. Wright 76′

03 December 2022 22:00
Argentina 2 – 1 Australia
L. Messi 35′
J. Álvarez 57′
 E. Fernández 77′(o.g.)

04 December 2022 18:00
France 3 – 1 Poland
O. Giroud 44′
K. Mbappé 74′, 90+1′
 Lewandowski 90+9′(pen)

04 December 2022 22:00
England 3 – 0 Senegal
J. Henderson 38′
H. Kane 45+3′
B. Saka 57′

05 December 2022 18:00
Japan 1 – 1 Croatia
D. Maeda 43′ I. Perišić 55′
Minamino
Mitoma
Asano
Yoshida 		Penalties
1 – 3		 Vlašić
Brozović
Livaja
Pašalić

05 December 2022 22:00

Brazil 4 – 1 South Korea
Vinícius Jr  7′
Neymar Jr  13′ (pen)
Richarlison 29′
L. Paquetá 36′
 Paik Seung-ho 76′
06 December 2022 18:00
Morocco 0 – 0 Spain
Sabiri
Ziyech
Benoun
Hakimi 		Penalties
3 – 0		 Sarabia
Soler
Busquets

06 December 2022 22:00
Portugal 6 – 1 Switzerland
G. Ramos 17′, 51′, 67′
Pepe 33′
R. Guerreiro 55′
R. Leão 90+2′
 M. Akanji 58′
FIFA World Cup 2022 Quarter Final Matches
09 December 2022 18:00
Croatia 1 – 1 Brazil
B. Petković 117′ Neymar Jr 105+1′
Vlašić
Majer
Modrić
Oršić 		Penalties
4 – 2		 Rodrygo
Casemiro
Pedro
Marquinhos

09 December 2022 22:00

Netherlands 2 – 2 Argentina
Weghorst 83′, 90+11′ Molina 35′
L. Messi 73′(pen)
Van Dijk
Berghuis
Koopmeiners
Weghorst
L. de Jong
Penalties
3 – 4		 Messi
Paredes
Montiel
Fernández
L.Martínez

10 December 2022 18:00

Morocco 1 – 0 Portugal
En-Nesyri 42′

10 December 2022 22:00
England 1 – 2 France
H. Kane 54′(pen) Tchouaméni 17′
O. Giroud 78′
FIFA World Cup 2022 Semi Finals
13 December 2022 22:00, Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Argentina 3 – 0 Croatia
L. Messi 34′(pen)
J. Álvarez 39′, 69′

14 December 2022 22:00, Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
France 2 – 0 Morocco
T. Hernandez 5′
Kolo Muani 79′
FIFA World Cup 2022 Third place play-off
17 December 2022 18:00, Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Croatia 2 – 1 Morocco
J. Gvardiol 7′
M. Oršić 42′
 A. Dari 9′
FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Match
18 December 2022 18:00, Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Argentina 3 – 3 France
Messi 23′(pen), 108′
Di María 36′
 Mbappé 80′(pen), 81′, 118′(pen)
Messi
Dybala
Paredes
Montiel
Penalties
4 – 2		 Mbappé
Coman
Tchouaméni
Kolo Muani
FIFA World Cup 2022 Top Goal Scorer List
Player NameCountryMatch PlayedGoals
Kylian MbappéFRANCE78
Lionel MessiARGENTINA77
Julián ÁlvarezARGENTINA74
Olivier GiroudFRANCE64
RicharlisonBRAZIL43
Enner ValenciaECUADOR33
Marcus RashfordENGLAND53
Bukayo SakaENGLAND43
Cody GakpoNEDARLANDS53
Gonçalo RamosPORTUGAL43
Álvaro MorataSPAIN43
NeymarBRAZIL32
Vincent AboubakarCAMEROON32
Andrej KramarićCROATIA72
Harry KaneENGLAND52
Niclas FüllkrugGERMANY32
Kai HavertzGERMANY22
Mohammed KudusGHANA32
Mehdi TaremiIRAN32
Ritsu DōanJAPAN42
Youssef En-NesyriMOROCCO72
Wout WeghorstNEDARLANDS42
Robert LewandowskiPOLAND42
Bruno FernandesPORTUGAL42
Rafael LeãoPORTUGAL52
Salem Al-DawsariSAUDI ARABIA32
Aleksandar MitrovićSERBIA32
Cho Gue-sungSOUTH KOREA42
Ferran TorresSPAIN42
Breel EmboloSWITZERLAND42
Giorgian de ArrascaetaURUGUAY22
FIFA World Cup 2022 Top Assist Provider List
Player NameCountryMatch PlayedAssist
Bruno FernandesPORTUGAL43
Harry KaneENGLAND53
Antoine GriezmannFRANCE73
Ivan PerisicCROATIA73
Lionel MessiARGENTINA73
Andrija ZivcovicSERBIA32
Tusan TadicSERBIA32
Diogo DalotPORTUGAL32
Davy KlassenNEDARLANDS42
Jordi AlbaSPAIN42
Phil FodenENGLAND42
Raphael GuerreiroPORTUGAL42
Vinicius Jr.BRAZIL42
Cristian PulisicUNITED STATES42
Marcus ThuramFRANCE52
D. DumfriesNEDARLANDS52
Mislav OrisicCROATIA62
Theo HarnandezFRANCE62
Ousmane DembeleFRANCE72
Kylian MbappéFRANCE72
FIFA World Cup 2022 Yellow Card List
Player NameCountryYellow Card Number
Gonzalo MontielARGENTINA3
Marcos AcunaARGENTINA3
Abdulelah Al-AmriSAUDI ARABIA2
Alidu SeiduGHANA2
Alireza JahanbakhshIRAN2
Amadou OnanaBELGIUM2
Cristian RomeroARGENTINA2
Francisco CalvoCOSTA RICA2
Milos DegenekAUSTRALIA2
Fabian SchärSWITZERLAND2
Collins FaiCAMEROON2
Nemanja GudeljSERBIA2
Jackson IrvineAUSTRALIA2
JahanbakhshIRAN2
Jhegson MéndezECUADOR2
Ko ItakuraJAPAN2
Mateo KovacicCROATIA2
Leandro ParedesARGENTINA2
Matthew CashPOLAND2
Nikola MilenkovicSERBIA2
Nicolás OtamendiARGENTINA2
Pape GueyeSENEGAL2
Sasa LukicSERBIA2
Strahinja PavlovićSERBIA2
Jung Woo-YoungSOUTH KOREA2
FIFA World Cup 2022 Red Card List
Player NameCountryRed Card Number
Vincent AboubakarCameroon1
Denzel DumfriesNetharlands1
Wayne HennesseyWales1
Walid CheddiraMorocco1
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Venue List
StadiumCityCapacity
Lusail StadiumLusail88,966
Al Bayt StadiumAl- Khor68,895
Khalifa International StadiumAl Rayyan45,857
Ahmad bin Ali StadiumAl Rayyan45,032
Education City StadiumAl Rayyan44,667
Al Thumama StadiumDoha44,400
Al Janoub StadiumAl Wakrah44,325
Stadium 974Doha44,089
FIFA World Cup 2022 Format
The FIFA World Cup is a professional football tournament held between national football teams, organized by FIFA. The tournament, held every four years, was first played in 1930 in Uruguay, and has been contested by 32 teams since the 1998 event. The tournament was contested with eight round-robin groups followed by a knockout round for 16 teams. The defending champions were France, who defeated Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final. The event was scheduled to take place under a reduced length, from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar. Being held in Qatar, it was the first World Cup tournament to be held in the Arab world. Spectators were not required to follow most COVID-19 pandemic restrictions such as social distancing, wearing masks, and negative tests.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Discipline
A player or team official is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)
FIFA World Cup 2022 Rule changes
The tournament featured new substitution rules whereby teams could make up to five substitutions in normal time, and an additional substitution in extra time. In addition, it was the first World Cup to feature concussion substitutions, whereby each team was permitted to use a maximum of one concussion substitute during a match. A concussion substitution did not count towards a team’s quota of regular substitutions. Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand suffered a concussion in his country’s opening match against England and was replaced by Hossein Hosseini. This was the first use of a dedicated concussion substitute during a World Cup.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on Sunday, 20 November 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, prior to the opening match of the tournament between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. It included appearances by Morgan Freeman and Ghanim Al-Muftah, along with performances by South Korean singer and BTS member Jungkook and Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi. It was the first time that the Qur’an had been recited as part of the opening ceremony. During the ceremony, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani declared the tournament open.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Match Ball (Mascot) with Sponsorship
The FIFA World Cup 2022 Mascot tournament’s official mascot was unveiled on 1 April 2022, during the group stage draw. Its name is Laʼeeb (Arabic: لعيب, romanized: Laʿīb), which is an Arabic word meaning “super-skilled player”. The official website of FIFA says: “Laʼeeb will be known for his youthful spirit; spreading joy and confidence everywhere he goes”, and the official backstory of the character, published there, claims that it comes from a parallel world where tournament mascots live, “a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone”.

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