At the end of the 2nd day of the group stage of the World Cup 2022, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia can still qualify for the 8th final. All the African representatives will play a third decisive match for their future in the competition. But, they do not all start with the same chances to succeed. Let's take a look at the different scenarios.
Senegal
Victory against Ecuador
Draw against Ecuador, imperative with goals and victory of Qatar over the Netherlands with 2 goals or more
Tunisia
Victory against France and draw between Australia and Denmark
Victory against France and Denmark beats Australia, but with a smaller score
Morocco
Victory against Canada
Draw against Canada
Lost to Canada and Croatia beat Belgium
Cameroon
Victory against Brazil and draw between Switzerland and Serbia and Switzerland did not score more than Cameroon
Victory against Brazil and victory of Serbia against Switzerland, but with a lower goal difference than Cameroon
Ghana
Victory against Uruguay
South Korea beat Portugal by less than 2 goals and Uruguay drew
What are the rules to decide between two or three teams in case of a tie?
1- Overall goal difference
2- Best attack (most goals scored)
3- Head-to-head match
4- Goal difference in head-to-head matches
5- Number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned
6- Disciplinary ranking with yellow and red cards (1 point for a yellow card received by a player (not followed by an expulsion), 3 points for a second warning (synonymous with a red card), 4 points for a direct red card, 5 points for a direct expulsion of a player already warned
7- Drawing of lots
