Teams [edit ]
- Notes
- ^ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw
- ^ Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.
Standings [edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
In the beat of 16 :
- The winners of Group F, Sweden, advanced to play the runners-up of Group E, Switzerland.
- The runners-up of Group F, Mexico, advanced to play the winners of Group E, Brazil.
Matches [edit ]
All times listed are local fourth dimension. [ 1 ]
Germany five Mexico [edit ]
The two teams had faced each early 11 times, including three FIFA World Cup games all of which were german victories : 6–0 in 1978 ( beginning group stage ), 2–1 in 1998 ( round of 16 ), but a 1986 quarter-final crippled being the most meaning, which ended with a german punishment shoot-out victory. [ 7 ] Timo Werner fired a warn shot across the face of Guillermo Ochoa ‘s finish during the first minutes of the match. Héctor Moreno headed square at Manuel Neuer from their clearest opening. Javier Hernández ‘s one-two with Andrés Guardado allowed him to spin away from Mats Hummels fair inside the Germany one-half and feed Hirving Lozano down the leave. Lozano then cut inside the resistance offered by the back-tracking Mesut Özil to crash a low right foot shot inside Neuer ‘s justly position. however, two minutes subsequently, Toni Kroos ‘s free-kick arrowed towards the circus tent corner. Ochoa denied the midfielder ‘s shot, pushing the ball against the crossbar. Near the end Joshua Kimmich and Werner came close to marking, but their attempts were unsuccessful. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This get the better of represented the inaugural time that Germany had lost the opening bet on in defense of their trophy. They beat Argentina 3–1 in 1958, drew 0–0 with Poland in 1978, and defeated Bolivia 1–0 in 1994. [ 10 ] Germany lost their opening meet at a World Cup for entirely the second time, having done so in 1982, against Algeria. This is the third base straight World Cup in which the regnant supporter has failed to win their afford match – Italy drew 1–1 with Paraguay in 2010, while Spain lost 5–1 against the Netherlands in 2014 ; and besides the fourth champions failed to win their open match, as France lost 0–1 to Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup ( all of whom, coincidentally, had been knocked out at the group stagecoach ). Germany had 26 shots, the most by a side without scoring in a World Cup regular since 2006 ( Portugal five England, 29 shots in a 0–0 draw ). [ 8 ] Conversely, Mexico beat Germany for only the second time – their last win against them came in a friendly in June 1985. however, Mexico ‘s victory over Germany marked the first time a team from the CONCACAF region defeated Germany in the World Cup. additionally, Mexico became the first team from the Americas to defeat Germany at a World Cup in about 16 years – the stopping point meter Germany lost to either a North- or South-American team was at the 2002 final against Brazil. Rafael Márquez featured in his fifth World Cup finals, becoming just the third actor to achieve this feat – along with Mexico ‘s Antonio Carbajal and Germany ‘s Lothar Matthäus. [ 9 ] Coincidentally, Mexico have avenged their 1978, 1986, and 1998 by beating Germany .
Sweden volt South Korea [edit ]
The two teams had faced each other four times, most recently in 2005, a 2–2 draw in a friendly game. [ 13 ] Sweden ‘s defense was tested by a south korean attack in the early stages. Andreas Granqvist was denied a tear at goal by a last-ditch interception by Kim Young-gwon. [ 14 ] Marcus Berg was close to score center through the first half but his close range snapshot was beaten away by Jo Hyeon-woo, while South Korea did not manage a one scene on target. Jo besides saved from Ola Toivonen ‘s header following a free-kick. In the startle to the second half, both sides exchanged chances within the first six minutes. There was a abruptly delay for Kim Min-woo ‘s filthy on Viktor Claesson to be analysed on television and for the reviewer to point to the spot but it did not affect Granqvist, who sent Jo the wrong way. [ 15 ] Hwang Hee-chan spurned a glorious opportunity recently on, heading wide from 10 yards out, as Sweden ultimately held on for a cherished three points. [ 14 ] This was Sweden ‘s first gear win in their opening catch at a World Cup since beating Mexico 3–0 as hosts in 1958. [ 16 ] South Korea lost their opening meet at a World Cup for the first time since 1998 when they lost 3–1 against Mexico. Sweden ‘s goal was the first they had scored in 402 minutes of international football. [ 15 ]
Sweden[18] | South Korea[18] |
South Korea five Mexico [edit ]
The two teams had met in 12 matches, including one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage, won by Mexico 3–1. [ 13 ] The equal was attended by the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. In the 12th minute, Hirving Lozano made a barricade to deny Lee Yong. Nine minutes subsequently, Son Heung-min shot a gloomy drive which Héctor Moreno helped to keep out. Jang Hyun-soo handled Andrés Guardado ‘s hybridization and the referee awarded a punishment, Carlos Vela stepped up and sent Jo Hyeon-woo the wrong way. Two minutes by and by, Miguel Layún lashed his feat over from close compass. South Korea wanted a penalty of their own after the restart when Moon Seon-min ‘s hit clipped Carlos Salcedo ‘s weapon, but the referee waved away their appeals. Jo lunged to his correct to tip Javier Hernández ‘s dart wide. [ 19 ] Lozano drove into space, Vela drew away to the mighty as the ball went left to Hernández, who checked back and clipped low past Jo. [ 20 ] In the third moment of blockage time, Son struck from 20-yards into the top-left corner. [ 19 ] Before Son ‘s finish, South Korea had gone 288 minutes without scoring at the World Cup, their longest always such drought. [ 21 ] Hernández scored his fiftieth goal for Mexico, becoming the inaugural address player of the Mexico national team to reach that milestone. Mexico has won consecutive matches at the World Cup starting with their inaugural accomplishment at the 2002 World Cup. Hernández is the third player to score at three World Cups, preceded by Mexico ‘s Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Rafael Márquez. [ 20 ]
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Mexico[23] |
Germany v Sweden [edit ]
The two teams had met in 36 previous matches, including four FIFA World Cup games, the latest of these being a 2–0 Germany winnings in the 2006 World Cup polish of 16. [ 24 ] julian Draxler had a fritter blocked from close image before he toe-poked a left-footed attempt narrowly wide from a mean slant soon after. Sebastian Rudy left the field with a bloody scent after a collision with Ola Toivonen moments before he burst into the box to control a Viktor Claesson cross on his chest of drawers and lift his shot over Manuel Neuer into the far corner of the net income. Three minutes into the second half, Germany drew degree when Timo Werner ‘s thwart found Marco Reus, who met it with his knee and turned the ball into the bottom corner of the net income. With precisely under 10 minutes left, Jérôme Boateng was dismissed after picking up a second yellow card for a fishing gear on Marcus Berg, and Neuer then made a one-handed deliver to deny utility John Guidetti from a down header. [ 25 ] Toni Kroos tapped a free-kick short-change to Reus before sweeping the return key run into the top right corner from bequeath of the punishment area with his veracious foot. [ 26 ] Kroos ‘ goal in ( 94.39 ) is the latest winner ever scored on the World Cup stage. The previous read belonged to Francesco Totti, who found the web recently on ( 94.26 ) against Australia in 2006. [ 27 ] Germany came from behind at half-time to win a World Cup catch for the first fourth dimension since 1974 – which was besides against Sweden ( 0–1 at HT, won 4–2 ). Sweden have lost a World Cup group-stage match for the first time since June 1990, when they lost to Costa Rica – this get the better of ends a run of 10 group games unbeaten. Boateng is the first player to be sent off at the World Cup for Germany since Miroslav Klose in 2010 against Serbia. [ 26 ]
South Korea vs Germany [edit ]
The two teams had faced each other three times, including two FIFA World Cup games, one at the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, which ended with a 1–0 victory for Germany, and one at the 1994 FIFA World Cup group stage, a Germany 3–2 victory. [ 7 ] Despite South Korea ‘s two previous losses, they were not eliminated barely yet. For South Korea to have any gamble of advancing, Mexico would have to defeat Sweden in their equal that same day, and South Korea would then have to defeat Germany by at least two goals, a feat predicted to be highly improbable going in, with the confederacy korean passenger car before the game predicting that it had a “ one percentage ” find of happening. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Son Heung-min injection wide from the edge of the penalty area before Marco Reus shot one towards goal at the early end only to see it blocked. Leon Goretzka drew a one-handed save from Jo Hyeon-woo with a header from the center of the penalty area, the south korean goalkeeper diving to his properly and pushing the ball away at full stretch. Two minutes into the second-half ‘s blockage clock, Son ‘s corner from the left reached Kim Young-gwon at the far post who scored into the right corner from six yards out with his left field animal foot, the offside decision that followed was overruled by a VAR decision. [ 32 ] Ju Se-jong won the testis off Manuel Neuer who had been at the other end of the sales talk in order to join the german attack, frankincense leaving the finish undefended, and hit a retentive ball to Son, who ran onto the ball and tapped into an empty web from close image to score the irregular. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Had Mexico defeated Sweden in their final examination group stage equal that lapp sidereal day, a south korean victory over Germany by at least two goals would have advanced South Korea to the Round of 16 based on goal differential, at the expense of Sweden. however, since Sweden defeated Mexico 3–0, the South Koreans were eliminated despite their 2–0 victory over Germany. This marked the second gear time that South Korea failed to make the Round of 16 in two consecutive FIFA World Cups, having been eliminated in the group degree at the previous tournament and in four consecutive World Cups from 1986 to 1998. Germany are the fourth defending champions to be eliminated from the group degree at the World Cup in the last five tournaments, following France in 2002, Italy in 2010, and Spain in 2014 ; and since the newfangled millennium, all champions eliminated in the group stagecoach have been UEFA members. This is only the second fourth dimension that Germany have been eliminated from the first gear round at the World Cup, having done so in 1938, while besides being the beginning time since then that Germany fails to finish among the best eight teams of the tournament. however, this is the first meter it happened after the first round was converted back to a group phase format in 1950. This was Germany ‘s beginning ever defeat against an asian state in a World Cup match in what was their sixth such match. This was South Korea ‘s first victory ( and clean and jerk sheet ) at the World Cup since their 2–0 winnings over Greece in 2010. Son ‘s finish for South Korea ( 95:52 ) was the latest goal Germany have always conceded in a World Cup equal ( excluding extra-time ). [ 34 ] This was besides the inaugural time Germany finished bottom in the World Cup ‘s group phase, one of the worst performances in their history ; having been eliminated from the group stage of UEFA Euro 2000 and 2004. South Korea ‘s winnings besides meant that Australia was the only team from the Asian Football Confederation that failed to win a crippled in their 2018 World Cup crusade .
South Korea[36] |
Germany[36] |
Mexico five Sweden [edit ]
The two teams had met in nine previous matches, including a 1958 FIFA World Cup group degree match won by Sweden 3–0. [ 13 ] Sweden got the breakthrough five minutes into the second one-half, Ludwig Augustinsson volleyed by Guillermo Ochoa when Viktor Claesson ‘s mishit sat him up. The referee pointed to the spot when Héctor Moreno slid in on Marcus Berg and Andreas Granqvist dart into the top-left corner. In the 74th minute, alternate Isaac Thelin flicked on a long throw-in and Edson Álvarez sent the ball into his own net income with his arm. [ 37 ] Mexico stipulate for the knockout stages for the seventh consecutive World Cup despite this frustration, thanks to South Korea ‘s 2–0 victory over Germany. [ 38 ] This was Sweden ‘s biggest win in a World Cup match since they defeated Bulgaria 4–0 in 1994 in the third-place play-off meet. Granqvist became the first base Swedish actor to score two or more goals in a single World Cup tournament since Henrik Larsson in 2002. This was Mexico ‘s worst defeat at the World Cup since they were beaten 6–0 by Germany in 1978. Jesús Gallardo was shown a scandalmongering card after merely 15 seconds in this game – the quickest anyone has ever been booked in the World Cup. [ 39 ]
discipline [edit ]
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and tete-a-tete records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and crimson cards received in all group matches as follows : [ 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;
only one of the above deductions were applied to a actor in a single match .
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | −5 | |||||||||
Mexico | 2 | 3 | −5 | ||||||||||
Germany | 2 | 1 | −5 | ||||||||||
South Korea | 2 | 4 | 4 | −10 |