WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THE TOURNAMENT?
* A round-robin structure with each and every of the 32 groups taking part in 3 fits in teams of 4. Teams get 3 issues for a win and one for a draw.
* The most sensible two in each and every workforce complicated to the final 16, with one-off fits that would move to additional time after which consequences if vital to come to a decision a winner.
* There are general of 4 rounds: Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and last, which can happen on Dec. 18.
* There may be a 3rd position playoff between the losers of the semi-finals.
WHICH TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR THE ROUND OF 16?
, Group A: Netherlands and Senegal
, Group B: England and the United States
, Group C: Argentina and Poland
, Group D: France and Australia
, Group E: Japan and Spain
, Group F: Morocco and Croatia
, Group G: Brazil and Switzerland
, Group H: Portugal and South Korea
WHICH TEAMS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS?
Argentina
* Netherlands
* England
* France
* Croatia
* Brazil
* Morocco
* Portuguese
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WHICH TEAMS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE WORLD CUP?
Qatar
* Hosts Qatar have been the primary workforce to be eradicated following defeats through Ecuador (2β0) and Senegal (3β1). They ended their marketing campaign with out a level after a 2β0 defeat to the Netherlands of their last workforce level fit.
ECUADOR
* Ecuador got here agonizingly on the subject of attaining the final 16 and matching their earlier absolute best appearing in 2006, however have been eradicated after a 2β1 defeat to African champions Senegal.
Iran
* Despite being crushed 6-2 through England of their Group B opener, Iran’s 2-0 victory over Wales had given them a glimmer of hope for a history-making march to the final 16.
* However, a 1-0 defeat to the United States knocked them out of the contest.
WALES
* Wales, who have been competing within the world showpiece event for the primary time since 1958, completed backside of Group B with one level and one function.
MEXICO
* Mexico neglected out at the knockout levels after completing in the back of Poland on function distinction, finishing a run of 7 successive last-16 appearances on the World Cup.
* Mexico Tata trainer Martino approved complete duty for his or her go out and stated he would now not lengthen his contract with the federation (FMF).
SAUDI ARABIA
* After opening their marketing campaign in Qatar with a shocking 2-1 victory over Argentina, Saudi Arabia misplaced 2-0 to Poland and noticed their hopes of constructing the knockout segment vanish with a 2-1 defeat through Mexico.
Tunisia
* Tunisia beat protecting champions France 1-0 of their final Group D fit however it was once now not sufficient for them to advance to the final 16, when they drew to Denmark and have been crushed through Australia of their first two video games.
DENMARK
* Denmark completed backside of Group D after drawing with Tunisia and shedding to France and Australia.
GERMANY
* Germany have been knocked out of the World Cup on the workforce level for a 2d consecutive time, completing 3rd in Group E in the back of Japan and Spain.
COSTA RICA
* Costa Rica have been knocked out after struggling a 4β2 defeat through Germany of their last Group E fit, which left them backside with 3 issues when they misplaced 7β0 to Spain sooner than beating Japan 1β0.
BELGIUM
* Belgium, who have been favorites to qualify from Group F, completed 3rd of their workforce with 4 issues after profitable simply one among their 3 video games.
* Belgium trainer Roberto Martinez, who have been in control of the workforce since 2016 and led them to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018, stated he was once status down from the task after his aspect’s go out.
CANADA
* Canada, making their first World Cup look since 1986, completed backside of Group F with 3 losses.
Cameroon
* Cameroon beat five-times winners Brazil 1-0 of their final Group G fit however it was once now not sufficient for them to advance to the final 16, when they drew to Serbia and have been crushed through Switzerland of their first two video games.
SERBIA
* Serbia completed backside of Group G and depart Qatar with out a unmarried win, shedding to Brazil and Switzerland and drawing with Cameroon.
URUGUAY
* Uruguay completed Group H on 4 issues, the similar as South Korea, however have been knocked out as a result of that they had scored fewer targets than the Asian aspect.
GHANA
* Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in an exhilarating win however defeats to Portugal and Uruguay eradicated them from the event.
AUSTRALIA
* Australia have been eradicated from the World Cup following a 2-1 defeat to Argentina within the final 16, with targets from Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez securing the win for the South Americans.
THE UNITED STATES
* The United States’ World Cup marketing campaign got here to an finish after a 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands within the final 16.
SENEGAL
* African champions Senegal have been crushed 3-0 through England within the final 16, with Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka getting at the scoresheet for Gareth Southgate’s aspect.
POLAND
* Poland, within the knockout level for the primary time since 1986 and searching for a primary quarter-final look since 1982, have been knocked out after a threeβ1 defeat to France within the final 16.
SOUTH KOREA
* World Cup favorites Brazil scored 4 first-half targets to protected an excellent 4-1 victory over South Korea of their final 16 conflict.
* After the defeat, South Korea trainer Paulo Bento introduced that he’s status down, however added that the verdict have been made months in the past and was once now not impacted through anything else that took place in Qatar.
JAPAN
* Japan have been eradicated from the World Cup within the final 16 all over again after a defeat to Croatia.
* They have been crushed through Turkey on the identical level in 2002, exited on consequences in opposition to Paraguay in 2010 and gave up a 2-0 result in lose to a stoppage-time function in opposition to Belgium 4 years in the past.
SPAIN
* Former champions Spain have been eradicated after being crushed on consequences through Morocco within the final 16.
* Spain loved greater than 75% of ownership within the fit and finished virtually 1,000 passes however have been not able to wreck down their smartly arranged fighters.
SWITZERLAND
* Switzerland have been knocked out following a 6-1 defeat through Portugal.