2022 Fifa World Cup Group A: Group of the group stage at the Football World Cup 2022
Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022.
The teams in the group are Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | October 2022 | |||||||||
| A1 |  Qatar | 1 | AFC | Hosts | 2 December 2010 | 1st | — | — | 51 | 50 |
| A2 |  Ecuador | 4 | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place | 24 March 2022 | 4th | 2014 | Round of 16 (2006) | 46 | 44 |
| A3 |  Senegal | 3 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2002) | 20 | 18 |
| A4 |  Netherlands | 2 | UEFA | UEFA Group G winners | 16 November 2021 | 11th | 2014 | Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) | 10 | 8 |
Notes
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
In the round of 16:
Matches
All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).
Qatar vs Ecuador
Senegal vs Netherlands
| Senegal | 0–2 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Qatar vs Senegal
Netherlands vs Ecuador
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Ecuador vs Senegal
Netherlands vs Qatar
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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:
- 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | | | | | | | | | | ||
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | −2 | ||||||||||
| Ecuador | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 2 | 3 | 1 | −6 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 4 | 3 | −7 | ||||||||||
References
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