2022 FIFA World Cup Group E

group stage group in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 23 November to 1 December 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Spain, Costa Rica, Germany and Japan. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]

Teams change

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[3]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
E1   Spain 1 UEFA UEFA Group B winners 14 November 2021 16th 2018 Winners (2010) 7 7
E2   Costa Rica 4[nb 2] CONCACAF CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners 14 June 2022 6th 2018 Quarter-finals (2014) 31[nb 2] 31
E3   Germany 2 UEFA UEFA Group J winners 11 October 2021 20th[nb 3] 2018 Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) 12 11
E4   Japan 3 AFC AFC Third Round Group B runners-up 24 March 2022 7th 2018 Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018) 23 24

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 CONCACAF v OFC play-off 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.[4]
  3. Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

Standings change

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Spain 3 1 1 1 9 3 +6 4
3   Germany 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group E will play the runners-up of Group F.
  • The runners-up of Group E will play the winners of Group F.

Matches change

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

Germany vs Japan change

Germany  1–2  Japan
Report

Spain vs Costa Rica change

Spain  7–0  Costa Rica
Report

Japan vs Costa Rica change

Japan  0–1  Costa Rica
Report

Spain vs Germany change

Spain  1–1  Germany
Report
Attendance: 68,895

Japan vs Spain change

Japan  2–1  Spain
Report

Costa Rica vs Germany change

Costa Rica  2–4  Germany
Report
Attendance: 67,054

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
                                   
  Spain 1 −1
  Germany 3 −3
  Costa Rica 2 3 1 −6
  Japan 3 3 −6

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

Other websites change