1 and 32 teams were divided into 8 groups by drawing lots. There are four teams in each group to participate in the competition. Each team must play against the other three teams, and there is only one game. Each group has four teams and plays six games in a circle. Each game lasts 90 minutes, winning 3 points, drawing 1 point, and losing 0 points.
2. The top two teams in each group scored 1/8 in the knockout stage, and there were * * * 16 teams, that is, "16 top teams".
3. The ranking rule of matching is: the person with the highest score ranks first; The total number of goals ranks first in the group; The group with the highest total number of goals ranks first.
4. If there are still two or more teams in parallel according to the above rules, compare them in the following order to determine the ranking order: compare the winning and losing relationships of several parallel teams. Compare the parallel goal difference of several teams. Compare the total number of goals scored by multiple parallel teams.
5. If there are two or more parallel teams according to the above rules, compare them in the following order to determine the ranking order: fair game score, that is, the team with fewer red and yellow cards ranks first; Fifa draws lots.
6. The top two teams in each group qualify and enter the knockout stage. Among them, the last two games of each group must start at the same time.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 knockout in 2022:
A total of 16 teams participated in the first round elimination of the 2022 World Cup. The competition is as follows:
8 finals of 1/8: Netherlands VS USA, Argentina VS Australia, Japan VS Croatia, Brazil VS Korea, England VS Senegal, France VS Poland, Morocco VS Spain, Portugal VS Switzerland.
1/4 finals: Netherlands VS Argentina, Croatia VS Brazil, Britain VS France, Morocco VS Portugal.
Semifinal: Argentina VS Croatia, France VS Morocco.
The two teams that won the semi-final entered the final and competed for the championship and runner-up, while the two teams that failed entered the final and competed for the third or fourth place.