2022 FIFA World Cup – Group A Permutations
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is entering its final round of group stage fixtures and with that in mind, we take a look at all the permutations regarding knockout qualification for each country. In this article, we focus on Group A which features Qatar, Netherlands, Senegal and Ecuador. Whilst tournament hosts Qatar became the first team unable to qualify for the knockout stage after losing both their first two group games, the other three sides are set to fight it out to finish in the top two.
Here are the permutations for Group A in the third and final round of matches.
Netherlands – Will qualify for the knockout stage if they avoid defeat against Qatar. Will finish top of Group A if they beat Qatar and Ecuador fail to beat Senegal by a bigger margin.
Ecuador – Will qualify for the knockout stage if they avoid defeat against Senegal. Will finish top of Group A if they better Netherlands’ result over Qatar.
Senegal – Will qualify for the knockout stage if they beat Ecuador. Will finish top of Group A if they beat Ecuador and Netherlands fail to beat Qatar.
Tuesday 29th November
Ecuador vs Senegal (15:00)
Netherlands vs Qatar (15:00)
