Group stage:
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".
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 match scores between several teams (that is, the relationship between the two teams), and the winner ranks first. If there are mutual constraints (that is, A wins B, B wins C, and C wins A), then:
F, compare the total number of goals scored by several teams in parallel. If they are still equal, then:
G the organizing Committee of the world cup will decide which team will advance in a fair way (such as play-offs and lottery). ).
The top two in each group qualify and enter the knockout stage.
Elimination stage:
The team that scored more goals within 90 minutes (including stoppage time) in the knockout stage won. If the two sides can't decide the winner within 90 minutes (including overtime), the first half and the second half will play 15 minutes overtime respectively. In the overtime stage, if the two teams are still tied, it will be decided by the penalty of the players from both sides.
In principle, the penalty kick is that each side kicks five balls. If it is still a draw, both sides will play a ball and the winner will win. If there is still no tie, continue to punish the penalty, and both sides will kick another ball until the tie is broken! It can also be seen from here that everyone will tell the victory or defeat of football anyway, because only one World Cup is prepared for each World Cup!
16 knockout stage is adopted, and the knockout stage is arranged as follows.
1/8 finally
Group A first pair Group B second = winner 1
Group B first pair Group A second = winner 2
Group c first pair group d second = third place.
Group d first pair group c second = fourth place.
Group e first pair group f second = fifth place.
Group f first pair group e second = sixth place.
Group g first pair group h second = 7th place.
Group H first pair Group G second = eighth place
The winning eight teams entered the final of 1/4, the so-called "Top 8".
1/4 finally
Winner 1 vs Winner 3= Winner A.
Winner 2 versus winner 4= winner B.
Winner 5 pairs Winner 7= Winner C.
Winner 6 pairs Winner 8= Winner D.
1/4 The four winning teams in the finals entered the "semi-finals".
semifinal
Winner a versus winner c
Winner b versus winner d
The two teams that won the semi-final entered the final, and the two teams that lost competed for the third place.