2022 Qatar World Cup Group Stage Quiz

Answer: Lost all the 3 matches

Qatar lost all the 3 matches: 0-2 to Ecuador in the opening match, 1-3 to Senegal and 0-2 to the Netherlands. Mohammad Muntari was the first Qatari footballer to score a goal in the World Cup. He was born in Ghana in 1993, and became a naturalized Qatari in 2014.

South Africa, host of 2010 World Cup, was the first host nation which failed to qualify to the knockout stage. They finished third in their group: drew 1-1 against Mexico, lost 0-3 against Uruguay and won 2-1 against France.

Answer: 7

Spain beat Costa Rica 7-0 in their first match in Group E. The 7 goals were scored by 6 different players:
Olmo 11th minute
Arsenio 21st minute
F. Torres 31st (pen), 54 minute
Gavi 74th minute
Soler 90th minute
Morata 92nd minute

Answer: 8

In Group B opening match, England beat Iran 6-2. Mehdi Taremi became the first Asian player to score 2 goals against an European side in World Cup history. Taremi scored his first goal in the 65th minute and his second goal by penalty in 103rd minute in added on time. He signed for Porto in 2020.

England and USA qualified for the last 16 in Group B. England topped their group with 7 points. USA finished second with 5 points, drew 1-1 with Wales, 0-0 with England and beat Iran 1-0.

Answer: Argentina

In Group C opening match, Saudi Arabia created the biggest upset in the tournament by defeating Argentina 2-1. Argentina led 1-0 at half time, with Lionel Messi scoring a penalty in the 10th minute. Saudi Arabia hit back with two goals scored by Al-Sheri in the 46th minute and S. Al-Dawsan in the 53rd minute.

Saudi Arabia were eliminated after finishing last in their group with 3 points. They lost 0-2 to Poland and 1-2 to Mexico.

Answer: No

Australia got 6 points after losing their first match to France 1-4. The Socceroos defeated Tunisia 1-0 and Denmark 1-0 to finish with 6 points behind France on goal difference.

Australia first made it to the last 16 in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In 2006, they finished second behind Brazil with 4 points: won 3-1 against Japan, lost 0-2 to Brazil and drew 0-0 against Croatia. In round 16, they lost 0-1 to eventual champion, Italy.

Answer: Morocco

Morocco finished first with 7 points. They drew 0-0 in the first match against Croatia. In the second match, they upset the second seed team Belgium, winning 2-0. In the last group match, they beat Canada 2-1.

Croatia qualified for the last 16 finishing second with 5 points. They beat Canada 4-1 and drew 0-0 with Belgium. Belgium and Canada were eliminated in Group F.

Answer: Spain had more than 80% possession

Spain had 83% possession in the match, with 1058 passes against 228 passes from Japan. The Spanish had 12 shots with 5 shots on target. Japan had 17% possession, with 6 shots and 3 shots on target.

Spain led 1-0 when Morata scored with a header in the 11th minute. Japan hit back with two quick goals in the second half, Doan scored in the 46th minute and Tanaka in the 51st minute.

Spain finished second in Group E with 4 points. They beat Costa Rica 7-0 and drew 1-1 with Germany. Germany got 4 points but were eliminated due to inferior goal difference against Spain. Costa Rica finished with 3 points. They were eliminated after they lost their last match 2-4 to Germany.

Answer: Cameroon

Cameroon defeated Brazil 1-0 in their last group match. They got 4 points and finished third in Group G. Cameroon lost 0-1 to Switzerland in their opening match. They drew 3-3 against Serbia in the second match.

Brazil and Switzerland qualified for the last 16 in Group G. Brazil beat Switzerland 1-0 and Serbia 2-0. Switzerland beat Cameroon 1-0 and Serbia 3-2 to finish on 6 points equal Brazil (but second on goal difference).

Answer: Third

Poland achieved their best results during by finishing third in 1974 and 1982.

In Group C, the Polish drew 0-0 with Mexico in their first match, beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the second match and lost 0-2 to Argentina in their last group match. Argentina finished first in Group C with 6 points. After losing to Saudi Arabia 1-2, they beat Mexico and Poland by the same score of 2-0.

Answer: Scored more goals

South Korea finished with 4 points behind Portugal. They drew 0-0 against Uruguay and lost 2-3 against Ghana in the second match. They qualified by scoring 4 goals against 2 goals by Uruguay. Both teams had the same goal difference of 0.

South Korea beat Portugal 2-1 in their last match. Portugal scored first in the 5th with a goal from Horta. In the 27th minute, Kim Young-gwon equalized for South Korea. The winning goal was scored by Hwang Hee-chan in the 91st minute, with an exquisite assist from their star player, Son Heung-min.