What are the rules for the knockout stage of the World Cup?

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 play six games in round robin mode, and each game lasts 90 minutes. The winning, flat and negative scores are 3, 1 and 0 respectively.

The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout 1/8 finals, and the *** 16 team is the top 16 team.

The ranking is determined according to the following rules:

1, the person with the highest score ranks first.

2. The group with the highest goal difference comes first.

3. The person with the highest total number of goals in the group ranks first.

If two or more teams are still tied according to the above rules, they will be compared in the following order to determine the ranking order:

For all teams except draws, the following rules are only made between draws. )

4. Compare the goal difference of several tied teams. If they are still equal, then:

5. Compare the results of several teams (that is, the relationship between the two teams) and draw, and the winner ranks first.

6. Compare the total number of goals scored by several tied teams.

7. The score, goal difference, the relationship between victory and defeat and the total number of goals are all the same. This requires fair competition.

Extended data:

The World Cup schedule is divided into two stages: preliminary and final. The World Cup preliminaries are divided into six divisions, namely Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, North America and Oceania.

Each division needs to formulate the rules of the qualifiers according to the actual situation of its own division, while teams from FIFA member countries (regions) who sign up for the World Cup need to conduct qualifiers in their respective divisions to compete for the places in the World Cup finals.

There are 32 places in the final stage of the World Cup, and the host country can directly obtain the places in the final stage. Except for the host country, other places are allocated by FIFA according to the football level of each qualifying area, and different qualifying areas will have different numbers of places in the final stage.

The host country of the final stage of the World Cup must be a FIFA member country (region). Member countries (regions) need to apply to FIFA (two member countries can jointly apply for hosting), and then all FIFA member countries (regions) will vote to decide.

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Cup Competition Rules