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2022 FIFA World Cup Group G

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Group G of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place from 24 November to 2 December 2022.[1] The group consists of Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16.[2]

Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland also played in the same group at the previous FIFA World Cup.

Teams

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
G1  Brazil 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin winners 11 November 2021 22nd 2018 Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 1
G2  Serbia 3 UEFA UEFA Group A winners 14 November 2021 13th[nb 2] 2018 Fourth place (1930, 1962)[nb 3] 25
G3   Switzerland 2 UEFA UEFA Group C winners 15 November 2021 12th 2018 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 14
G4  Cameroon 4 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 8th 2014 Quarter-finals (1990) 37

Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ^ This is the third appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia, who qualified on eight occasions, and Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified on two occasions.
  3. ^ Serbia's best result is the group stage in 2010 and 2018. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group G will advance to play the runners-up of Group H.
  • The runners-up of Group G will advance to play the winners of Group H.

Matches

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

Switzerland vs Cameroon

The two teams have never met before.

Switzerland Match 13 Cameroon
Report

Brazil vs Serbia

The teams have met once in the World Cup, in Brazil's 2–0 group stage victory in 2018. Playing as Yugoslavia, the two teams met 18 times, including four times at FIFA World Cup's group stages in 1930, 1950, 1954 and 1974, with one victory each and two draws.

Brazil Match 16 Serbia
Report

Cameroon vs Serbia

The two teams faced each other once in 2010 in a friendly game with Serbia winning 4–3.

Cameroon Match 29 Serbia
Report

Brazil vs Switzerland

The teams have met nine times including twice in the World Cup, both in group stage matches ending in draws; 2–2 in 1950 and 1–1 in 2018.

Brazil Match 31  Switzerland
Report

Serbia vs Switzerland

The teams have met once, in Switzerland's 2–1 group stage victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Playing as Yugoslavia, the two teams met 13 times, including one game at the 1950 FIFA World Cup group stage, a 3–0 victory for Yugoslavia.

Serbia Match 47  Switzerland
Report

Cameroon vs Brazil

The teams have met six times including twice in the World Cup, both in the group stage matches ending in victories for Brazil; 3–0 in 1994 and 4–1 in 2014.

Cameroon Match 48 Brazil
Report

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: 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;

Only one of the above deductions can be applied to a player in a single match.

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
 Brazil
 Serbia
  Switzerland
 Cameroon

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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