How is the World Cup played?

32 teams were divided into 8 groups by lottery. There are four teams in each group to participate in the competition, and each team only needs to play one game with the other three teams.

Four teams in each group play round robin, * * * playing 6 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".

Extended data:

There are four teams in each group, and their ranking is determined according to the following rules:

A, the person with the highest score ranks first.

B, the group with the highest goal difference ranks first.

C, the group with the highest total number of goals 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. )

D. Compare the goal difference of several teams in parallel. If they are still equal, then:

E. Compare the competition results between several teams (that is, the relationship between the two teams) and draw, with the winner ranking first.

F, compare the total number of goals scored by several teams in parallel.

G, integral, goal difference, winning-losing relationship and total number of goals are all the same. This requires fair competition.

The top two in each group qualify and enter the knockout stage.

There are four teams in each group, and their ranking is determined according to the following rules:

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Cup Competition Rules