2022 FIFA World Cup Group C

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table

Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 22 to 30 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]

FIFA World Cup Group C draw[3]
Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[4]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
C1   Argentina 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up 16 November 2021 18th 2018 Winners (1978, 1986) 4 3
C2   Saudi Arabia 4 AFC AFC Third Round Group B winners 24 March 2022 6th 2018 Round of 16 (1994) 49 51
C3   Mexico 2 CONCACAF CONCACAF Third Round runners-up 30 March 2022 17th 2018 Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) 9 13
C4   Poland 3 UEFA UEFA Second Round Path B winners 29 March 2022 9th 2018 Third place (1974, 1982) 26 26

Notes

  1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Poland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Mexico 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4   Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group C will play the runners-up of Group D.
  • The runners-up of Group C will play the winners of Group D.

Matches

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

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia

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Argentina  1–2  Saudi Arabia
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Mexico vs Poland

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Mexico  0–0  Poland
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Attendance: 39,369

Poland vs Saudi Arabia

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Poland  2–0  Saudi Arabia
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Argentina vs Mexico

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Argentina  2–0  Mexico
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Attendance: 88,966

Poland vs Argentina

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Poland  0–2  Argentina
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Attendance: 44,089

Saudi Arabia vs Mexico

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Saudi Arabia  1–2  Mexico
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Attendance: 84,985

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
                                   
  Argentina 1 1 −2
  Poland 1 3 1 −5
  Mexico 2 4 1 −7
  Saudi Arabia 6 2 6 −14

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". www.sportingnews.com.
  4. "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

Other websites

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