2022 FIFA World Cup Group H

Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 24 November to 2 December 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. 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
H1  Portugal 1 UEFA UEFA Second Round Path C winners 29 March 2022 8th 2018 Third place (1966) 8 9
H2  Ghana 4 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 4th 2014 Quarter-finals (2010) 60 61
H3  Uruguay 2 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin third place 24 March 2022 14th 2018 Winners (1930, 1950) 13 14
H4  South Korea 3 AFC AFC Third Round Group A runners-up 1 February 2022 11th 2018 Fourth place (2002) 29 28

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Ghana 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group H will play the runners-up of Group G.
  • The runners-up of Group H will play the winners of Group G.

Matches

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

Uruguay vs South Korea

Uruguay 0–0 South Korea
Report
Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 41,663
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Portugal vs Ghana

Portugal 3–2 Ghana
 Report
  • A. Ayew Goal 73'
  • Bukari Goal 89'
Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 42,662
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

South Korea vs Ghana

South Korea 2–3 Ghana
  • Cho Gue-sung Goal 58', 61'
 Report
  • Salisu Goal 24'
  • Kudus Goal 34', 68'
Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 43,983

Portugal vs Uruguay

Portugal 2–0 Uruguay
 Report
Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 88,668
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Ghana vs Uruguay

Ghana 0–2 Uruguay
Report
  • De Arrascaeta Goal 26', 32'
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 43,443
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

South Korea vs Portugal

South Korea 2–1 Portugal
  • Kim Young-gwon Goal 27'
  • Hwang Hee-chan Goal 90+1'
 Report
  • Horta Goal 5'
Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 44,097
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

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
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Portugal 2 3 −5
 South Korea 1 2 2 −5
 Ghana 4 2 2 −8
 Uruguay 1 2 5 −8

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.

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