2022 FIFA World Cup Group B

State of association football tournament

Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are England, Iran, the United States and Wales. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]

Draw position Team[3] Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[4]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
B1   England 1 UEFA UEFA Group I winners 15 November 2021 16th 2018 Winners (1966) 5 5
B2   Iran 3 AFC AFC Third Round Group A winners 27 January 2022 6th 2018 Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018) 21 20
B3   United States 2 CONCACAF CONCACAF Third Round third place 30 March 2022 11th 2014 Third place (1930) 15 16
B4   Wales 4[nb 2] UEFA UEFA Second Round Path A winners 5 June 2022 2nd 1958 Quarter-finals (1958) 18[nb 2] 19

Notes

  1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. 2.0 2.1 As the identity of the UEFA Second Round Path A 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.[5]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2   United States 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Iran 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Wales 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group B will play the runners-up of Group A.
  • The runners-up of Group B will play the winners of Group A.

Matches

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

England vs Iran

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England  6–2  Iran
Report

United States vs Wales

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United States  1–1  Wales
Report

Wales vs Iran

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Wales  0–2  Iran
Report

England vs United States

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England  0–0  United States
Report
Attendance: 68,463

Wales vs England

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Wales  0–3  England
Report

Iran vs United States

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Iran  0–1  United States
Report
Attendance: 42,127

Discipline

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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
                                   
  England 0
  United States 4 1 −5
  Iran 2 2 3 −7
  Wales 2 1 1 2 −9

References

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  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". sportingnews.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  4. "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 released". FIFA. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

Other websites

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