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2022 FIFA World Cup Group G

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

Teams

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Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings[3]
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 1
G2  Serbia 3 UEFA UEFA Group A winners 14 November 2021 13th[nb 2] 2018 Fourth place (1930, 1962)[nb 3] 25 21
G3  Switzerland 2 UEFA UEFA Group C winners 15 November 2021 12th 2018 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) 14 15
G4  Cameroon 4 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 8th 2014 Quarter-finals (1990) 37 43

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

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

Matches

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

Switzerland vs Cameroon

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Switzerland 1–0 Cameroon
 Report
Attendance: 39,089

Brazil vs Serbia

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Brazil 2–0 Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 88,103

Cameroon vs Serbia

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Cameroon 3–3 Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 39,789

Brazil vs Switzerland

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Brazil 1–0 Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 43,649

Serbia vs Switzerland

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Serbia 2–3 Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 41,378

Cameroon vs Brazil

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Cameroon 1–0 Brazil
 Report
Attendance: 85,986

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
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 1 2 −3
 Switzerland 2 1 4 −7
 Cameroon 1 2 3 1 −9
 Serbia 3 2 7 –12

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.

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