According to the scoring rules, the 32 participating teams are divided into four grades, the host Russian team is directly selected into the first seed team and enters Group A, and the remaining 365,438+0 teams will be divided into eight groups.
The classification principle is based on the FIFA World Ranking +2007+65438 published on June 6, 2007.
Each grade is divided into 8 teams, and each grade is randomly selected 1 team for grouping, which is divided into A-H group.
2. Draw lots ceremony
The Russian World Cup draw ceremony was held in the Russian Kremlin.
According to the lottery rules published by FIFA, the lottery is divided into three steps:
In the first step, the host Russian team was divided into Group A, and the other seven top teams were drawn into Group B-H in turn.
The second step is to draw out the second team in turn and enter the remaining seven positions in Group A-H. ..
The third step is to draw out the third and fourth teams in turn.
The principle of grouping is to avoid teams from the same continent except Europe.
3. Group stage
Points and ranking rules: 3 points for winning the group match, equal 1 point, and 0 point for losing. The top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.
When two or more teams score the same, they will be ranked according to the following rules (decreasing priority):
Teams with the same points compare their scores with each other, and those with more points rank first.
The team with the same score has the highest goal difference.
Teams with the same points score more points.
Only the matches between teams with the same points are calculated, and the comparison is repeated according to the rule of 1-3.
Cumulative fair points deducted by the team: 1 point for a yellow card, 3 points for an indirect red card (second yellow card), 4 points for a direct red card, 5 points for a yellow card and 5 points for a direct red card, and the one with less points ranks first.
4. knockout stage
Those who score more points in the regular competition time (90 minutes) will be promoted.
When there is no winner in the regular game time, it will enter overtime (30 minutes). If there is still no draw after overtime, we will enter the penalty shootout and decide to advance to the team.