2022 FIFA World Cup Group D

Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 22 to 30 November 2022.^[1] The teams in the group are France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings[3]
									March 2022[nb 1]	October 2022
D1	France	1	UEFA	UEFA Group D winners	13 November 2021	16th	2018	Winners (1998, 2018)	3	4
D2	Australia	4[nb 2]	AFC	AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	13 June 2022	6th	2018	Round of 16 (2006)	42[nb 2]	38
D3	Denmark	2	UEFA	UEFA Group F winners	12 October 2021	6th	2018	Quarter-finals (1998)	11	10
D4	Tunisia	3	CAF	CAF Third Round winners	29 March 2022	6th	2018	Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018)	35	30

Notes

1. The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. As the identity of the AFC v CONMEBOL 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]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group D will play the runners-up of Group C.
• The runners-up of Group D will play the winners of Group C.

Matches

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

Denmark vs Tunisia

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)

16:00

Denmark	0–0	Tunisia
	Report

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 42,925

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

France vs Australia

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)

22:00

France	4–1	Australia
Rabiot  27' Giroud  32', 71' Mbappé  68'	Report	Goodwin  9'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 40,875

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Tunisia vs Australia

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)

13:00

Tunisia	0–1	Australia
	Report	Duke  23'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 41,823

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

France vs Denmark

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)

19:00

France	2–1	Denmark
Mbappé  61', 86'	Report	A. Christensen  68'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 42,860

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Australia vs Denmark

30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)

18:00

Australia	1–0	Denmark
Leckie  60'	Report

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 41,232

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Tunisia vs France

30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)

18:00

Tunisia	1–0	France
Khazri  58'	Report

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 43,627

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Discipline

Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the teams are tied after the overall and head-to-head rules. These points are based on yellow and red cards given to a team. The points are:^[2]

• first yellow card: minus 1 point;
• indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
• direct red card: minus 4 points;
• yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
France					1								–1
Australia	3								2				–5
Denmark	2				2				1				–5
Tunisia	1				3				1				–5

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
2. "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
4. "Procedures for the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 released". FIFA. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

Other websites

• Official website