2022 FIFA World Cup Group C

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table

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

FIFA World Cup Group C draw[3]
Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[4]
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

  1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings change

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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

All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia change

Argentina  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Report

Mexico vs Poland change

Mexico  0–0  Poland
Report
Attendance: 39,369

Poland vs Saudi Arabia change

Poland  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Report

Argentina vs Mexico change

Argentina  2–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 88,966

Poland vs Argentina change

Poland  0–2  Argentina
Report
Attendance: 44,089

Saudi Arabia vs Mexico change

Saudi Arabia  1–2  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 84,985

Discipline change

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
                                   
  Argentina 1 1 −2
  Poland 1 3 1 −5
  Mexico 2 4 1 −7
  Saudi Arabia 6 2 6 −14

References change

  1. 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. 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.
  3. "World Cup 2022 Group B: Match schedule, fixtures, times and dates for England, USA, Iran, Wales in Qatar". www.sportingnews.com.
  4. "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

Other websites change