2022 FIFA World Cup Group E

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Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 23 November to 1 December 2022. [1] The group consisted of Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan. The top two teams, Japan and Spain, advanced to the round of 16. [2] Japan became the third ever and the first Asian team to win a World Cup group since themselves in Group H and South Korea in Group D, both in 2002, a tournament both countries co-hosted. Germany was eliminated from the group stage for the second consecutive tournament after going out as defending champions in 2018. This was the second time the reigning world champions were eliminated in the group stage of the two subsequent tournaments, following Italy, who was eliminated in the following two group stages after winning the 2006 edition.

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Teams

Draw positionTeamPotConfederationMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings [3]
March 2022 [nb 1] October 2022
E1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1 UEFA UEFA Group B winners14 November 202116th 2018 Winners (2010)77
E2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4 [nb 2] CONCACAF CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners14 June 20226th 2018 Quarter-finals (2014)31 [nb 2] 31
E3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2 UEFA UEFA Group J winners11 October 202120th [nb 3] 2018 Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)1211
E4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3 AFC AFC third round Group B runners-up24 March 20227th 2018 Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018)2324

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. 1 2 As the identity of the CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners was not known at the time of the final draw, positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. [4]
  3. ↑ Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 320143+16Advanced to knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 311193+64
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 311165+14
4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3102311−83
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3). [1]

Germany vs Japan

The two teams had faced each other twice, most recently in 2006 friendly, a 2–2 draw. [5]

Japan put the ball into the net 8 minutes in, but the goal was ruled out for offside. In the 33rd minute, Germany was awarded a penalty when Japanese goalkeeper Shūichi Gonda fouled David Raum inside the area. İlkay Gündoğan converted the penalty via a shot down the middle of the net, with the goalkeeper diving to the right. [6] A German goal was declared offside before halftime. In the 75th minute, Japan equalized through Ritsu Dōan, after he finished a rebound into the net following goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's save from a low shot from the left. Japan went in front eight minutes later, when Takuma Asano received the ball down the right wing before pulling away from defender Nico Schlotterbeck towards the penalty area and shooting high above Neuer into the net past the near post. [7]

The result marked the second consecutive occasion that Germany lost their opening World Cup match, after a 1–0 defeat to Mexico in 2018. Following his substitution on in the 79th minute, the contest also saw the return of Mario Götze in a World Cup match, his first since scoring the decisive goal in extra time of the 2014 final against Argentina. [8]

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 42,608
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
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Japan
GK1 Manuel Neuer (c)
RB15 Niklas Süle
CB2 Antonio Rüdiger
CB23 Nico Schlotterbeck
LB3 David Raum
CM6 Joshua Kimmich
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RW10 Serge Gnabry Sub off.svg 90'
AM13 Thomas Müller Sub off.svg 67'
LW14 Jamal Musiala Sub off.svg 79'
CF7 Kai Havertz Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
MF18 Jonas Hofmann Sub on.svg 67'
MF8 Leon Goretzka Sub on.svg 67'
MF11 Mario Götze Sub on.svg 79'
FW9 Niclas Füllkrug Sub on.svg 79'
FW26 Youssoufa Moukoko Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Hansi Flick
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GK12 Shūichi Gonda
RB19 Hiroki Sakai Sub off.svg 75'
CB4 Ko Itakura
CB22 Maya Yoshida (c)
LB5 Yuto Nagatomo Sub off.svg 57'
CM6 Wataru Endo
CM17 Ao Tanaka Sub off.svg 71'
RW14 Junya Itō
AM15 Daichi Kamada
LW11 Takefusa Kubo Sub off.svg 46'
CF25 Daizen Maeda Sub off.svg 57'
Substitutions:
DF16 Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub on.svg 46'
MF9 Kaoru Mitoma Sub on.svg 57'
FW18 Takuma Asano Sub on.svg 57'
MF8 Ritsu Dōan Sub on.svg 71'
MF10 Takumi Minamino Sub on.svg 75'
Manager:
Hajime Moriyasu

Man of the Match:
Shūichi Gonda (Japan) [9]

Assistant referees:
David Morán (El Salvador)
Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Reserve assistant referee:
Helpys Raymundo Feliz (Dominican Republic)
Video assistant referee:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)

Spain vs Costa Rica

The teams had met on three occasions, all of them friendlies, with the most recent being a 5–0 home win for Spain in 2017. [10]

Spain dominated possession, and were up 3–0 at half-time thanks to goals scored in a span of 20 minutes by Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio and Ferran Torres from the penalty spot. Torres would get his second goal of the match nine minutes into the second half, before teenager Gavi scored Spain's fifth goal via an outside-of-the-foot volley in the 74th minute. Late strikes from substitutes Carlos Soler and Álvaro Morata saw the match conclude in a 7–0 Spanish win, the biggest margin of victory in a World Cup game since Portugal beat North Korea by the same scoreline in 2010. Costa Rica failed to record a single shot throughout the entirety of the contest, whilst Spain scored with each of their first seven shots on target. [11]

Costa Rica equalled their worst ever defeat, a 7–0 loss to Mexico in 1975, while this was Spain's biggest win at a World Cup, surpassing their 6–1 success against Bulgaria in 1998. [12] At the age of 18 years and 110 days, Gavi became the youngest ever player to both play and score in a World Cup match for Spain; he was also the youngest player to score for any team in the competition since Pelé for Brazil in 1958. [13]

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
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Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 40,013
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
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GK23 Unai Simón
RB2 César Azpilicueta
CB16 Rodri
CB24 Aymeric Laporte
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CM9 Gavi
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RF11 Ferran Torres Sub off.svg 57'
CF10 Marco Asensio Sub off.svg 69'
LF21 Dani Olmo
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DF14 Alejandro Balde Sub on.svg 64'
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FW12 Nico Williams Sub on.svg 69'
Manager:
Luis Enrique
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GK1 Keylor Navas (c)
RB16 Carlos Martínez Sub off.svg 46'
CB6 Óscar Duarte
CB15 Francisco Calvo Yellow card.svg 68'
LB8 Bryan Oviedo Sub off.svg 82'
RM4 Keysher Fuller
CM5 Celso Borges Sub off.svg 72'
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda
LM9 Jewison Bennette Sub off.svg 61'
CF12 Joel Campbell Yellow card.svg 90+7'
CF7 Anthony Contreras Sub off.svg 61'
Substitutions:
DF19 Kendall Waston Sub on.svg 46'
MF26 Álvaro Zamora Sub on.svg 61'
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MF20 Brandon Aguilera Sub on.svg 72'
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Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Fernando Suárez

Man of the Match:
Gavi (Spain) [14]

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Hasan Al-Mahri (United Arab Emirates)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Shi Xiang (China)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)

Japan vs Costa Rica

The teams had previously met four times, all in friendly matches, with Japan winning three and drawing one; [15] their most recent encounter was a 3–0 home victory for the Japanese in 2018. [16]

Japan, who made five changes to their starting lineup that won against Germany, dominated the match, but it was Costa Rica who would go in front with nine minutes remaining. [17] Keysher Fuller scored with a shot from the right which was deflected and misjudged by Japan goalkeeper Shūichi Gonda, and this would end up being the only goal of the game. [18] [19]

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 41,479
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
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Costa Rica
GK12 Shūichi Gonda
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CB4 Ko Itakura Yellow card.svg 84'
CB22 Maya Yoshida (c)
LB5 Yuto Nagatomo Sub off.svg 46'
CM6 Wataru Endo Yellow card.svg 90+3'
CM13 Hidemasa Morita
RW8 Ritsu Dōan Sub off.svg 67'
AM15 Daichi Kamada
LW24 Yuki Soma Sub off.svg 82'
CF21 Ayase Ueda Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
DF26 Hiroki Ito Sub on.svg 46'
FW18 Takuma Asano Sub on.svg 46'
MF9 Kaoru Mitoma Sub on.svg 62'
MF14 Junya Itō Sub on.svg 67'
MF10 Takumi Minamino Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Hajime Moriyasu
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GK1 Keylor Navas (c)
CB6 Óscar Duarte
CB19 Kendall Waston
CB15 Francisco Calvo Yellow card.svg 70'
RWB4 Keysher Fuller
LWB8 Bryan Oviedo
RM13 Gerson Torres Sub off.svg 65'
CM5 Celso Borges Yellow card.svg 61'Sub off.svg 89'
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda
LM12 Joel Campbell Sub off.svg 90+5'
CF7 Anthony Contreras Yellow card.svg 41'Sub off.svg 65'
Substitutions:
MF20 Brandon Aguilera Sub on.svg 65'
MF9 Jewison Bennette Sub on.svg 65'
MF14 Youstin Salas Sub on.svg 89'
MF2 Daniel Chacón Sub on.svg 90+5'
Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Fernando Suárez

Man of the Match:
Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) [20]

Assistant referees:
Stuart Burt (England)
Simon Bennett (England)
Fourth official:
Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Reserve assistant referee:
El Hadj Malick Samba (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Benoît Millot (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolas Danos (France)

Spain vs Germany

The teams had previously met four times in the World Cup: Germany recorded a 2–1 group stage victory in 1966 and a 2–1 second group stage win in 1982, the sides had a 1–1 group stage draw in 1994, and Spain earned a 1–0 semi-final win in 2010. Their most recent meeting was in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, with Spain winning 6–0. [21]

In the first half, Spain's Dani Olmo had a shot that goalkeeper Manuel Neuer turned onto the bar. In the 62nd minute, substitute Álvaro Morata put Spain into the lead when he flicked Jordi Alba's cross from the left into the net at the near post. [22] With seven minutes to go, Niclas Füllkrug, also a substitute, equalized for Germany when he lashed the ball with his right foot high past Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simón from the right. Leroy Sané nearly won the contest for Germany in stoppage time when he was through on goal, but the ball eventually went out of bounds after he ran out of space to run. [23]

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
Attendance: 68,895
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
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Germany
GK23 Unai Simón
RB20 Dani Carvajal
CB16 Rodri
CB24 Aymeric Laporte
LB18 Jordi Alba Sub off.svg 82'
DM5 Sergio Busquets (c)Yellow card.svg 44'
CM9 Gavi Sub off.svg 66'
CM26 Pedri
RF11 Ferran Torres Sub off.svg 54'
CF10 Marco Asensio Sub off.svg 66'
LF21 Dani Olmo
Substitutions:
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MF8 Koke Sub on.svg 66'
FW12 Nico Williams Sub on.svg 66'
DF14 Alejandro Balde Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Luis Enrique
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GK1 Manuel Neuer (c)
RB5 Thilo Kehrer Yellow card.svg 37'Sub off.svg 70'
CB15 Niklas Süle
CB2 Antonio Rüdiger
LB3 David Raum Sub off.svg 87'
CM6 Joshua Kimmich Yellow card.svg 60'
CM8 Leon Goretzka Yellow card.svg 58'
RW10 Serge Gnabry Sub off.svg 85'
AM21 İlkay Gündoğan Sub off.svg 70'
LW14 Jamal Musiala
CF13 Thomas Müller Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutions:
FW9 Niclas Füllkrug Sub on.svg 70'
DF16 Lukas Klostermann Sub on.svg 70'
MF19 Leroy Sané Sub on.svg 70'
MF18 Jonas Hofmann Sub on.svg 85'
DF23 Nico Schlotterbeck Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Hansi Flick

Man of the Match:
Álvaro Morata (Spain) [24]

Assistant referees:
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)

Japan vs Spain

The teams previously faced each other once in 2001, a friendly won 1–0 by Spain. [25]

After Álvaro Morata scored with a header from five yards out after a cross from César Azpilicueta on the right to give Spain a 1–0 half-time lead, Ritsu Dōan equalized for Japan early into the second period, with his strike from outside the penalty area overpowering goalkeeper Unai Simón and going into the top right corner of the net. Ao Tanaka put Japan in front just three minutes later with a close range finish, with the assist coming from a cut-back by Kaoru Mitoma on the left, seeing the ball hover within millimeters of the left sideline. [26] This would prove to be the decisive goal, as Japan won 2–1 to top Group E ahead of Spain and Germany, the latter being eliminated in the first round for the second tournament in a row.

Due to the tightness of the call, the circumstances surrounding Japan's second goal sparked much discussion. [27] The live television camera angle created an optical illusion as if the pass to Ao Tanaka was out of bounds, and the video assistant referee took several minutes to confirm that a sliver of the ball stayed in the field, making it a valid goal. The sole evidence that settled the dispute was the bird's eye photo taken by Petr David Josek, released by the Associated Press after the match. [28] In an interview, Josek revealed that there were three other photographers allowed to enter the suspended catwalk to take bird's eye photos, but they missed Tanaka's pass because they were at the opposite side of the pitch anticipating a Spanish goal instead. [28]

Japan's victory with only 18% of possession was the lowest for a winning side at a FIFA World Cup match since records began in 1966. [29] The match would later draw comparisons with the Japan's women's team 4–0 Spain women match at the 2023 Women's World Cup, which Japan women's victory with a mere 23% possession also broke the record for lowest by a winning side at the tournament since recordings began in 2011. [29] Both the men's and women's team showed a similar tactical plan against their Spanish counterparts. [30] Japan's progression from the group marked the first time they ever reached the knockout stage in consecutive World Cups. [31] [32]

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 44,851
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
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GK12 Shūichi Gonda
CB4 Ko Itakura Yellow card.svg 39'
CB22 Maya Yoshida (c)Yellow card.svg 45'
CB3 Shogo Taniguchi Yellow card.svg 44'
RM14 Junya Itō
CM13 Hidemasa Morita
CM17 Ao Tanaka Sub off.svg 87'
LM5 Yuto Nagatomo Sub off.svg 46'
RF15 Daichi Kamada Sub off.svg 68'
CF25 Daizen Maeda Sub off.svg 62'
LF11 Takefusa Kubo Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
MF8 Ritsu Dōan Sub on.svg 46'
MF9 Kaoru Mitoma Sub on.svg 46'
FW18 Takuma Asano Sub on.svg 62'
DF16 Takehiro Tomiyasu Sub on.svg 68'
MF6 Wataru Endo Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Hajime Moriyasu
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GK23 Unai Simón
RB2 César Azpilicueta Sub off.svg 46'
CB16 Rodri
CB4 Pau Torres
LB14 Alejandro Balde Sub off.svg 68'
DM5 Sergio Busquets (c)
CM9 Gavi Sub off.svg 68'
CM26 Pedri
RF12 Nico Williams Sub off.svg 57'
CF7 Álvaro Morata Sub off.svg 57'
LF21 Dani Olmo
Substitutions:
DF20 Dani Carvajal Sub on.svg 46'
FW11 Ferran Torres Sub on.svg 57'
FW10 Marco Asensio Sub on.svg 57'
FW25 Ansu Fati Sub on.svg 68'
DF18 Jordi Alba Sub on.svg 68'
Manager:
Luis Enrique

Man of the Match:
Ao Tanaka (Japan) [33]

Assistant referees:
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho)
Fourth official:
Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Reserve assistant referee:
El Hadj Malick Samba (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)

Costa Rica vs Germany

The teams had only met once prior, when hosts Germany defeated Costa Rica 4–2 in the opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. [34]

After taking the lead in the first half through Serge Gnabry, Germany would be pegged pack in the second period following goals from Costa Rica scored by Yeltsin Tejeda and Juan Pablo Vargas. Germany would quickly rally back with a brace from Kai Havertz and a late effort converted by Niclas Füllkrug to win the match 4–2, the same scoreline as the teams' previous World Cup encounter.

Despite the victory, Germany were still edged out of second place in the group by Spain, as a result of the latter's superior goal difference. This meant that the 2014 champions had failed to reach the knockout stage in the two subsequent tournaments following their last World Cup title (having finished bottom of their group in 2018), the same fate that befell 2006 winners Italy in 2010 and 2014. [35] Costa Rica exited the competition as the team with the worst goal differential, in spite of the fact they won one of their three matches.

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg2–4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
Attendance: 67,054
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
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GK1 Keylor Navas (c)
CB19 Kendall Waston
CB6 Óscar Duarte Yellow card.svg 77'
CB3 Juan Pablo Vargas
RWB4 Keysher Fuller Sub off.svg 74'
LWB8 Bryan Oviedo Sub off.svg 90+3'
RM12 Joel Campbell
CM5 Celso Borges
CM17 Yeltsin Tejeda Sub off.svg 90+3'
LM20 Brandon Aguilera Sub off.svg 46'
CF11 Johan Venegas Sub off.svg 74'
Substitutions:
MF14 Youstin Salas Sub on.svg 46'
DF22 Rónald Matarrita Sub on.svg 74'
MF9 Jewison Bennette Sub on.svg 74'
FW7 Anthony Contreras Sub on.svg 90+3'
MF24 Roan Wilson Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Flag of Colombia.svg Luis Fernando Suárez
CRC-GER 2022-12-01.svg
GK1 Manuel Neuer (c)
RB6 Joshua Kimmich
CB15 Niklas Süle Sub off.svg 90+3'
CB2 Antonio Rüdiger
LB3 David Raum Sub off.svg 66'
CM8 Leon Goretzka Sub off.svg 46'
CM21 İlkay Gündoğan Sub off.svg 55'
RW19 Leroy Sané
AM14 Jamal Musiala
LW10 Serge Gnabry
CF13 Thomas Müller Sub off.svg 66'
Substitutions:
DF16 Lukas Klostermann Sub on.svg 46'
FW9 Niclas Füllkrug Sub on.svg 55'
FW7 Kai Havertz Sub on.svg 66'
MF11 Mario Götze Sub on.svg 66'
DF4 Matthias Ginter Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Hansi Flick

Man of the Match:
Kai Havertz (Germany) [36]

Assistant referees:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Karen Díaz Medina (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Reserve assistant referee:
Walter López (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jerome Brisard (France)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Corey Parker (United States)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
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Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1−1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3−3
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 231−6
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 33−6

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Group A of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was one of eight groups in the opening round of the tournament. The group featured four teams, competition hosts Germany, Costa Rica, Poland and Ecuador. Play began on 9 June with the first game of the tournament between Germany and Costa Rica, with the former attaining a 4–2 victory in the highest scoring opening game in World Cup history since the competition introduced a single game opener. Later the same day, Poland and Ecuador faced each other, with Ecuador winning 2–0. On 14 June, Germany secured their second victory of the competition, defeating Poland 1–0 following Oliver Neuville's injury time goal. The following day, Ecuador defeated Costa Rica 3–0 to guarantee both they and Germany would advance to the round of 16.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2002 FIFA World Cup final</span> World Cup final, held in Japan

The 2002 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2002 World Cup, the 17th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, on 30 June 2002, and was contested by Germany and Brazil. The tournament comprised hosts Japan and South Korea, holders France, and 29 other teams who emerged from the qualification phase, organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Germany finished first in Group E, with two wins and a draw, after which they defeated Paraguay in the round of 16, the United States in the quarter-finals and South Korea in the semi-finals. Brazil finished top of Group C with three wins, before defeating Belgium in the round of 16, England in the quarter-final, and Turkey in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 69,029 supporters, with an estimated 1.1 billion watching on television, and was refereed by Pierluigi Collina from Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">England at the FIFA World Cup</span> Overview of England at the FIFA World Cup

The England national football team did not enter the first three FIFA World Cup tournaments but have entered all 19 subsequent ones, beginning with that of 1950. They have failed to qualify for the finals on three occasions – 1974, 1978 (Argentina) and 1994 – and have failed to advance from the group stage on three occasions: in 1950, 1958 and 2014. Their best performance is winning the cup as the host nation in 1966; they also finished in fourth place in 1990 in Italy, and in 2018 in Russia. Other than these, the team have also reached the quarter-finals on seven other occasions, the latest of which was in 2022 in Qatar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIFA World Cup</span> Association football tournament in Qatar

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world and Muslim world, and the second held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 FIFA World Cup final</span> World Cup final, held in South Africa

The 2010 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2010 World Cup, the 19th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 July 2010, and was contested by the Netherlands and Spain. The event comprised hosts South Africa and 31 other teams who emerged from the qualification phase, organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, the Netherlands finished first in Group E, with three wins, after which they defeated Slovakia in the round of 16, Brazil in the quarter-final and Uruguay in the semi-final. Spain finished top of Group H with two wins and one loss, before defeating Portugal in the round of 16, Paraguay in the quarter-final and Germany in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 84,490 supporters, with more than 909 million watching on television, and was refereed by Howard Webb from England.

The Ecuador national football team has appeared at four FIFA World Cups, the world's premier football tournament for national football teams. Ecuador's first participation in the World Cup was in 2002. Their best performance was in 2006, where they were eliminated in the round of 16.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup</span> International football competition

The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niclas Füllkrug</span> German footballer (born 1993)

Niclas Füllkrug is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South American nations at the FIFA World Cup</span>

Nine of ten members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) have competed in the men's FIFA World Cup finals. National association football teams from CONMEBOL have won the tournament ten times, including Brazil's record five championships. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times.

Association football is the most popular sport in almost all North, Central American and Caribbean countries, and eleven members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, CONCACAF, have competed at the sport's biggest event – the men's FIFA World Cup.

Group D of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy. This was the only group to contain more than one previous winner of the World Cup. It was also the only group with three top 10 FIFA World Ranking teams as of October 2013 and at the start of the competition. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014.

The knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 June with the round of 16 and ended on 13 July with the final match of the tournament, held at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A third-place match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shot heard round the world (soccer)</span> Association football goal

The "Shot heard round the world" is a term used in reference to one of the most historic goals in U.S. soccer history, which allowed the U.S. national team to make it to the 1990 FIFA World Cup after 36 years of failed attempts to qualify. This goal was scored in the qualification game between Trinidad and Tobago and United States on November 19, 1989 in Port of Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIFA World Cup Group E</span> Football tournament

Group E of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018. The group consisted of Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Serbia. The top two teams, Brazil and Switzerland, advanced to the round of 16.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF–OFC play-off was a single-leg match between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF third round, Costa Rica, and the winners from the OFC, New Zealand. Before their identity was known, the winners of the play-off had already been allocated to Group E at the World Cup.

Jewison Francisco Bennette Villegas is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League club Aris Thessaloniki, on loan from EFL Championship side Sunderland, and the Costa Rica national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIFA World Cup Group H</span> Football group consisting of Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, and South Korea

Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 24 November to 2 December 2022. The group consisted of Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. The top two teams, Portugal and South Korea advanced to the round of 16. Uruguay exited the tournament after failing to progress the group stage for the first time since 2002, with South Korea's shock 2–1 victory over Portugal contributing to the elimination.

The knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. Played from 3 to 18 December, the knockout stage ended with the final, held at Lusail Stadium in Lusail. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. There were 16 matches in the knockout stage, including a third place play-off played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

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