There are 64 matches in the World Cup, including 48 group matches, 8 finals in 1/8, 4 finals in 1/4, 2 semi-finals, 3-4 finals in 1 game, and 3 rd and 4 th runner-up finals in 1 game. There are 32 teams participating in the 2022 World Cup, among which Qatar is the host and directly promoted, and the other 3 1 teams are decided through the continental qualifiers.
Thirty-two teams were divided into eight groups by drawing lots, and each group had four teams to compete. Each team has to play with the other three teams, and only played one game. Four teams in each group played round robin and played six games (A1-A2; a 1-a3； a 1-a4； a2-a3； a2-a4； A3-a4), each game lasts for 90 minutes, and the winning, drawing and losing scores are 3, 1 and 0 respectively. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout 1/8 finals, and the *** 16 team was "top 16".
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The number of World Cup places allocated by continents is: 65,438+03 in Europe, 5 in Africa, 4.5 in South America, 3.5 in Central and North America and the Caribbean, 4.5 in Asia and 0.5 in Oceania.