World Cup Archive

2022

World Cup 2022

Sun Nov 20 - Sun Dec 18 2022 (28d)

HostQatar

Champion

🇦🇷

Argentina

Champion

Final3-3 a.e.t., 4-2 pen.

Runner-up🇫🇷France

Matches

64

Goals

172

Goals / Match

2.69

Draws

10

Extra Time

5

Penalty Shootouts

5

Goal Rate Trend

1930–2026

Goals per match

3.89

1930

4.12

1934

4.67

1938

4.00

1950

5.38

1954

3.60

1958

2.78

1962

2.78

1966

2.97

1970

2.55

1974

2.68

1978

2.81

1982

2.54

1986

2.21

1990

2.71

1994

2.67

1998

2.52

2002

2.30

2006

2.27

2010

2.67

2014

2.64

2018

2.69

2022

2026

Where this edition sits across goals-per-match history.

Group Stage

Local time

48 Matches · 2.50 per matchQualifying spots

Group A

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	7
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	1	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	1	4
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	-6	0

M01Sun Nov 2019:00Qatar0-2Ecuador M02Mon Nov 2119:00Senegal0-2Netherlands M03Fri Nov 2516:00Qatar1-3Senegal M04Fri Nov 2519:00Netherlands1-1Ecuador M05Tue Nov 2918:00Netherlands2-0Qatar M06Tue Nov 2918:00Ecuador1-2Senegal

Group B

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	England	3	2	1	0	7	7
2	USA	3	1	2	0	1	5
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	-3	3
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	-5	1

M07Mon Nov 2116:00England6-2Iran M08Mon Nov 2122:00USA1-1Wales M09Fri Nov 2513:00Wales0-2Iran M10Fri Nov 2522:00England0-0USA M11Tue Nov 2922:00Wales0-3England M12Tue Nov 2922:00Iran0-1USA

Group C

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	6
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	0	4
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	-1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	-2	3

M13Tue Nov 2213:00Argentina1-2Saudi Arabia M14Tue Nov 2219:00Mexico0-0Poland M15Sat Nov 2616:00Poland2-0Saudi Arabia M16Sat Nov 2622:00Argentina2-0Mexico M17Wed Nov 3022:00Poland0-2Argentina M18Wed Nov 3022:00Saudi Arabia1-2Mexico

Group D

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	France	3	2	0	1	3	6
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	-1	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	0	4
4	Denmark	3	0	1	2	-2	1

M19Tue Nov 2216:00Denmark0-0Tunisia M20Tue Nov 2222:00France4-1Australia M21Sat Nov 2613:00Tunisia0-1Australia M22Sat Nov 2619:00France2-1Denmark M23Wed Nov 3018:00Australia1-0Denmark M24Wed Nov 3018:00Tunisia1-0France

Group E

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	2	0	1	1	6
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	6	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	1	4
4	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	-8	3

M25Wed Nov 2316:00Germany1-2Japan M26Wed Nov 2319:00Spain7-0Costa Rica M27Sun Nov 2713:00Japan0-1Costa Rica M28Sun Nov 2722:00Spain1-1Germany M29Thu Dec 122:00Japan2-1Spain M30Thu Dec 122:00Costa Rica2-4Germany

Group F

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	3	7
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	3	5
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	-1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	-5	0

M31Wed Nov 2313:00Morocco0-0Croatia M32Wed Nov 2322:00Belgium1-0Canada M33Sun Nov 2716:00Belgium0-2Morocco M34Sun Nov 2719:00Croatia4-1Canada M35Thu Dec 118:00Croatia0-0Belgium M36Thu Dec 118:00Canada1-2Morocco

Group G

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	2	6
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	1	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	0	4
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	-3	1

M37Thu Nov 2413:00Switzerland1-0Cameroon M38Thu Nov 2422:00Brazil2-0Serbia M39Mon Nov 2813:00Cameroon3-3Serbia M40Mon Nov 2819:00Brazil1-0Switzerland M41Fri Dec 222:00Serbia2-3Switzerland M42Fri Dec 222:00Cameroon1-0Brazil

Group H

3 pts/win

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	2	6
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	0	4
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	0	4
4	Ghana	3	1	0	2	-2	3

M43Thu Nov 2416:00Uruguay0-0South Korea M44Thu Nov 2419:00Portugal3-2Ghana M45Mon Nov 2816:00South Korea2-3Ghana M46Mon Nov 2822:00Portugal2-0Uruguay M47Fri Dec 218:00Ghana0-2Uruguay M48Fri Dec 218:00South Korea2-1Portugal

Knockout Stage

Local time

16 Matches · 3.25 per match

Round of 16

8

M49Sat Dec 3 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M50Sat Dec 3 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M51Sun Dec 4 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M52Sun Dec 4 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M53Mon Dec 5 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M54Mon Dec 5 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M55Tue Dec 6 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M56Tue Dec 6 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

Quarter-final

4

M57Fri Dec 9 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M58Fri Dec 9 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M59Sat Dec 10 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M60Sat Dec 10 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

Semi-final

2

M61Tue Dec 13 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

M62Wed Dec 14 22:00 UTC+3 · Local time

Play-off for third place

1

M63Sat Dec 17 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

Final

1

M64Sun Dec 18 18:00 UTC+3 · Local time

Classic Matches

The highest-scoring matches of this edition, weighted towards finals, extra time, and shootouts.

8

🇦🇷Argentina3

🇫🇷France3

Lusail Stadium · LusailAETPEN

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England6

Khalifa International Stadium · Al Rayyan (3)

🇵🇹Portugal6

🇨🇭Switzerland1

Lusail Stadium · Lusail

🇨🇷Costa Rica0

Al Thumama Stadium · Doha (1)

🇳🇱Netherlands2

🇦🇷Argentina2

Lusail Stadium · LusailAETPEN

🇨🇲Cameroon3

🇷🇸Serbia3

Al Janoub Stadium · Al Wakrah

🇨🇷Costa Rica2

🇩🇪Germany4

Al Bayt Stadium · Al Khor

🇧🇷Brazil4

🇰🇷South Korea1

Stadium 974 · Doha (2)

Participating Teams

Edition Record

Team	Coach	Top Clubs	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
🇦🇷Argentina	Lionel SCALONI	—	7	6	0	1	15	8	7
🇫🇷France	Didier Deschamps	—	7	5	0	2	16	8	8
🇭🇷Croatia	Zlatko Dalić	—	7	4	2	1	8	7	1
🇲🇦Morocco	Hoalid REGRAGUI	—	7	4	1	2	6	5	1
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England	Gareth Southgate	—	5	3	1	1	13	4	9
🇳🇱Netherlands	Louis van Gaal	—	5	3	1	1	10	4	6
🇵🇹Portugal	Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos	—	5	3	0	2	12	6	6
🇧🇷Brazil	TITE	—	5	3	0	2	8	3	5
🇯🇵Japan	Hajime Moriyasu	—	4	2	0	2	5	4	1
🇸🇳Senegal	Aliou Cissé	—	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2
🇦🇺Australia	Graham James Arnold	—	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2
🇨🇭Switzerland	Murat Yakin	—	4	2	0	2	5	9	-4
🇺🇸USA	Gregg Berhalter	—	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1
🇪🇸Spain	Luis Enrique Martínez García	—	4	1	1	2	9	3	6
🇩🇪Germany	Hans-Dieter Flick	—	3	1	1	1	6	5	1
🇪🇨Ecuador	Gustavo ALFARO	—	3	1	1	1	4	3	1
🇨🇲Cameroon	Rigobert Song Bahanag	—	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
🇺🇾Uruguay	Diego ALONSO	—	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
🇹🇳Tunisia	Jalel KADRI	—	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
🇲🇽Mexico	Gerardo Daniel Martino	—	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
🇧🇪Belgium	Roberto Martínez Montoliú	—	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1
🇵🇱Poland	Czesław Michniewicz	—	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2
🇰🇷South Korea	Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento	—	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3
🇬🇭Ghana	Otto ADDO	—	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2

Stadium Overview

Venue	Country	Matches	Goals	G/M	Finals	Capacity
Lusail Stadium · Lusail	Qatar	10	33	3.30	1	88966
Al Bayt Stadium · Al Khor	Qatar	9	20	2.22	0	68895
Khalifa International Stadium · Al Rayyan (3)	Qatar	8	31	3.88	0	45857
Al Thumama Stadium · Doha (1)	Qatar	8	24	3.00	0	44400
Education City Stadium · Al Rayyan (2)	Qatar	8	13	1.63	0	44667
Stadium 974 · Doha (2)	Qatar	7	21	3.00	0	44089
Al Janoub Stadium · Al Wakrah	Qatar	7	18	2.57	0	44325
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium · Al Rayyan (1)	Qatar	7	12	1.71	0	45032