2022 FIFA World Cup Group E

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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, the CONCACAF–OFC winners (either Costa Rica or New Zealand), Germany and Japan. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]

Teams[change | change source]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw. However, since the winner of the play-off was unknown at the time of the draw, they were put into Pot 4 automatically.[3]
  2. ↑ Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

Standings[change | change source]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 CONCACAF–OFC winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 23 November 2022. 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 | change source]

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

Germany vs Japan[change | change source]

Germany Match 11 Japan
Report

Spain vs CONCACAF–OFC winners[change | change source]

Spain Match 10 CONCACAF–OFC winners
Report

Japan vs CONCACAF–OFC winners[change | change source]

Japan Match 25 CONCACAF–OFC winners
Report

Spain vs Germany[change | change source]

Spain Match 28 Germany
Report

Japan vs Spain[change | change source]

Japan Match 43 Spain
Report

CONCACAF–OFC winners vs Germany[change | change source]

CONCACAF–OFC winners Match 44 Germany
Report

Discipline[change | change source]

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
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Spain
CONCACAF–OFC winners
 Germany
 Japan

References[change | change source]

  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. ↑ "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ released". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

Other websites[change | change source]

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