FIFA World Cup™ Skills

The 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage has come to a close in Qatar and 16 teams moved on to the knockout stage.

Only the top two teams in each group earned a ticket to the knockout rounds, while the bottom two headed back home eliminated. And it was important to win the group: First place ensures a Round of 16 match against another group's runner-up, while finishing in second place results in a theoretically tougher assignment of facing a group winner in the knockouts.

If teams were tied on points in their group — three for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss — then the following tiebreakers were used, as outlined in the official tournament rules (page 21):