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]
Teams
changeDraw position | Team[3] | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[4] | |
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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
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ↑ 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
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
In the round of 16:
Matches
changeAll times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]
England vs Iran
changeUnited States vs Wales
changeUnited States | 1–1 | Wales |
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Report |
Wales vs Iran
changeEngland vs United States
changeWales vs England
changeIran vs United States
changeIran | 0–1 | United States |
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Report |
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Discipline
changeFair 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 | |||||||||
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England | 0 | ||||||||||||
United States | 4 | 1 | −5 | ||||||||||
Iran | 2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
Wales | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 |
References
change- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "World Cup 2022 Group B: Match schedule, fixtures, times and dates for England, USA, Iran, Wales in Qatar". sportingnews.com. Retrieved 4 November 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.