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

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Draw positionTeamPotConfederationMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[3]
March 2022[nb 1]October 2022
E1  Spain1UEFAUEFA Group B winners14 November 202116th2018Winners (2010)77
E2  Costa Rica4[nb 2]CONCACAFCONCACAF v OFC play-off winners14 June 20226th2018Quarter-finals (2014)31[nb 2]31
E3  Germany2UEFAUEFA Group J winners11 October 202120th[nb 3]2018Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)1211
E4  Japan3AFCAFC Third Round Group B runners-up24 March 20227th2018Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018)2324

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

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Japan320143+16Advanced to knockout stage
2  Spain311193+64
3  Germany311165+14
4  Costa Rica3102311−83
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

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

Germany vs Japan

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Germany  1–2  Japan
Report

Spain vs Costa Rica

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Spain  7–0  Costa Rica
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Japan vs Costa Rica

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Japan  0–1  Costa Rica
Report

Spain vs Germany

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Spain  1–1  Germany
Report
Attendance: 68,895

Japan vs Spain

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Japan  2–1  Spain
Report

Costa Rica vs Germany

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

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;
TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
           
 Spain1−1
 Germany3−3
 Costa Rica231−6
 Japan33−6

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. "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

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