2022 FIFA World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place from 22 to 30 November 2022.[1] The group consists of reigning world champions France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16, while the other two teams will be eliminated.[2]
Australia, Denmark and France were all in Group C of the previous tournament.
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[3] | |
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| D1 |  France |
1 | UEFA | UEFA Group D winners | 13 November 2021 | 16th | 2018 | Winners (1998, 2018) | 3 | 4 |
| D2 |  Australia |
4[nb 2] | AFC | AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 June 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Round of 16 (2006) | 42[nb 2] | 38 |
| D3 |  Denmark |
2 | UEFA | UEFA Group F winners | 12 October 2021 | 6th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (1998) | 11 | 10 |
| D4 |  Tunisia |
3 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) | 35 | 30 |
Notes
- ^ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ^ a b As the identity of the AFC v CONMEBOL 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]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tunisia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Denmark
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group D will advance to play the runners-up of Group C.
- The runners-up of Group D will advance to play the winners of Group C.
Matches
All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]
Denmark vs Tunisia
The two teams had faced each other twice, most recently in 2002, a 2–1 win for Denmark in a friendly game. Denmark were not able to capitalize in their opening game; although Tunisia failed to score a single goal themselves, they still managed to secure their match without problems, with Aïssa Laïdouni earning the Man of the Match.[5]
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France vs Australia
The two teams had faced each other five times, including once in the World Cup, in France's 2–1 victory in 2018 en route to the title. They also met in Australia's 1–0 win against the reigning world champions (having previously won the 1998 FIFA World Cup) at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
In the 9th minute Craig Goodwin gave Australia the lead when he finished at the back post high into the net after a low cross from the right by Mathew Leckie. Adrien Rabiot made it 1–1 when he headed to the net from a Theo Hernandez cross from the left. France took the lead five minutes later when Olivier Giroud side footed to the net after a low cross from Rabiot from the left.[7] In the 68th minute Kylian Mbappé scored with a header from six yards out to the left corner after a cross from Ousmane Dembélé on the right. Giroud got his second with another header after an Mbappé cross from the left to make it 4–1.[8] Giroud second goal equalled Thierry Henry's all-time scoring record of 51 goals for France.[9] France's win marked the first time since 2006 where the defending champion won their opening game during their title defence.
French defender Lucas Hernandez suffered a torn ACL after 13 minutes of the match.
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Tunisia vs Australia
The two teams have faced each other twice, most recently in Tunisia's 2–0 win at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 to secure their first win in a World Cup match since 2010 when they defeated Serbia 2-1.
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France vs Denmark
The teams have met thrice in the World Cup, all in the group stage with three different results; France won 2–1 in 1998, Denmark won 2–0 in 2002 and the teams drew 0–0 in 2018.
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Australia vs Denmark
The teams have met once in the World Cup, in a 1–1 draw in 2018.
Tunisia vs France
The two teams have faced each other four times, most recently in 2010, a 1–1 draw in a friendly game.
Discipline
Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams are tied. These are calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[2]
- first yellow card: −1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- direct red card: −4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Only one of the above deductions can be applied to a player in a single match.
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3 | –3 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia
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1 | 3 | –4 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 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.
- ^ "Denmark's Hjulmand shows strain after lively Tunisia claim draw". Guardian. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "No goals as Denmark fail to hit stride". FIFA. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "France 4 Australia 1:As it happened". Guardian. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "France 4 Australia 1". BBC Sport. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "France 4–1 Australia: Olivier Giroud scores record-equalling goal as Kylian Mbappe helps holders shrug off early scare in World Cup Group D". Sky Sports. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Giroud equals Henry as Les Bleus battle back". FIFA. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Group D on Soccerworldcups