2018 FIFA World Cup Group B

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2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage

Group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 15 to 25 June 2018. [1] The group consisted of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, and Iran. The top two teams, Spain and Portugal, advanced to the round of 16. [2]

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Teams

Draw positionTeamPotConfederationMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
October 2017 [nb 1] June 2018
B1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1 UEFA UEFA group B winners10 October 20177th 2014 Third place (1966)34
B2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 UEFA UEFA group G winners6 October 201715th 2014 Winners (2010)810
B3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4 CAF CAF third round group C winners11 November 20175th 1998 Round of 16 (1986)4841
B4Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3 AFC AFC third round group A winners12 June 20175th 2014 Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)3437
Notes
  1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 312065+15Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 312054+15
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 31112204
4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 30122421
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are local time. [1]

Morocco vs Iran

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Mbark Boussoufa vs Rouzbeh Cheshmi

The two teams had never met before. [3]

Amine Harit fired wide with a volley from the edge of the penalty area after two minutes. Younès Belhanda and Medhi Benatia squandered close-range chances in a penalty box before Iran finally countered after 20 minutes, only for Karim Ansarifard to scuff his shot when clean through on goal. Sardar Azmoun then latched onto Omid Ebrahimi's through ball, but his shot was too low and Munir Mohamedi saved low with his feet. [4] In the final 10 minutes Hakim Ziyech lashed the ball towards the bottom-left corner of the net from 20 yards but Alireza Beiranvand stopped the ball. In the last minutes, Ehsan Hajsafi's delivery from the left was met by a header from Aziz Bouhaddouz that flew into the left corner of his own net. [4] [5] [6]

Iran won just their second match at the World Cup (D3 L8), with this is their first victory since beating the United States 2–1 in June 1998. Iran did not attempt a single shot in the second half and were the first team since 1966 to score a goal in a half of World Cup football without attempting a shot. [4] [5] Iran also maintained their unbeaten streak against CAF teams in the World Cup, having drawn Angola 1–1 in 2006 and Nigeria 0–0 in 2014; while this was also Iran's first ever victory against any Arab team in the World Cup.

Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg0–1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
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Morocco [8]
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Iran [8]
GK12 Munir Mohamedi
CB2 Achraf Hakimi
CB5 Medhi Benatia (c)
CB6 Romain Saïss
RM14 Mbark Boussoufa
CM7 Hakim Ziyech
CM8 Karim El Ahmadi Yellow card.svg 34'
LM18 Amine Harit Sub off.svg 82'
RF16 Nordin Amrabat Sub off.svg 76'
CF9 Ayoub El Kaabi Sub off.svg 77'
LF10 Younès Belhanda
Substitutions:
MF21 Sofyan Amrabat Sub on.svg 76'
FW20 Aziz Bouhaddouz Sub on.svg 77'
DF4 Manuel da Costa Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Hervé Renard
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GK1 Alireza Beiranvand
CB23 Ramin Rezaeian
CB4 Rouzbeh Cheshmi
CB8 Morteza Pouraliganji
RM10 Karim Ansarifard Yellow card.svg 90+2'
CM9 Omid Ebrahimi Sub off.svg 81'
CM3 Ehsan Hajsafi
LM7 Masoud Shojaei (c)Yellow card.svg 10'Sub off.svg 68'
RF18 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow card.svg 47'Sub off.svg 85'
CF20 Sardar Azmoun
LF11 Vahid Amiri
Substitutions:
FW17 Mehdi Taremi Sub on.svg 68'
DF19 Majid Hosseini Sub on.svg 81'
FW14 Saman Ghoddos Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Amine Harit (Morocco) [7]

Assistant referees: [8]
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Anton Averianov (Russia)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Jair Marrufo (United States)

Portugal vs Spain

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Portugal vs Spain

The two teams had met in 35 previous matches, including in the round of 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, won by Spain 1–0. Their most recent meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 semi-finals, when Spain won 4–2 on penalties after a goalless draw in normal time. [9]

Cristiano Ronaldo scored with an early penalty, winning it after he was fouled by Nacho inside the box. [10] Diego Costa then twisted and turned away from two Portugal defenders to score with a low shot to the left corner which brought the two sides level. [11] But just before the break, David de Gea fumbled a Ronaldo shot from outside the penalty box through his gloves and over the line. [12] Costa scored his second equaliser of the night just after the restart from close range before Nacho scored with a right foot half-volley in off the post from the edge of the penalty box, his first goal for Spain. As the clock ticked down, however, Gerard Piqué brought down Ronaldo just outside the box, with the Portugal star completing the scoring and his hat-trick with a free-kick into the top right corner of the net. [10]

Ronaldo became the fourth player to score in four different World Cup tournaments (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018) after Pelé, Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose, and also the first to score in eight consecutive World Cups and European Championships. At age 33, Ronaldo also became the oldest hat-trick scorer in the World Cup, surpassing Rob Rensenbrink of the Netherlands, who scored three times against Iran in 1978, aged 30. [11] [12] With this result, Spain has not won any opening matches since 2006, having lost to Switzerland 0–1 in 2010 and the Netherlands 1–5 in 2014.

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg3–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Attendance: 43,866 [13]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
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Portugal [14]
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Spain [14]
GK1 Rui Patrício
RB21 Cédric
CB3 Pepe
CB6 José Fonte
LB5 Raphaël Guerreiro
CM14 William Carvalho
CM8 João Moutinho
RW11 Bernardo Silva Sub off.svg 69'
AM17 Gonçalo Guedes Sub off.svg 80'
LW16 Bruno Fernandes Yellow card.svg 28'Sub off.svg 68'
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF10 João Mário Sub on.svg 68'
FW20 Ricardo Quaresma Sub on.svg 69'
FW9 André Silva Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
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GK1 David de Gea
RB4 Nacho
CB3 Gerard Piqué
CB15 Sergio Ramos (c)
LB18 Jordi Alba
CM5 Sergio Busquets Yellow card.svg 17'
CM8 Koke
RW21 David Silva Sub off.svg 86'
AM22 Isco
LW6 Andrés Iniesta Sub off.svg 70'
CF19 Diego Costa Sub off.svg 77'
Substitutions:
MF10 Thiago Sub on.svg 70'
FW17 Iago Aspas Sub on.svg 77'
FW11 Lucas Vázquez Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Fernando Hierro

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) [13]

Assistant referees: [14]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Portugal vs Morocco

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Younès Belhanda vs Gonçalo Guedes

The two teams had met previously only once, a group stage game in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, won by Morocco 3–1. [15]

João Moutinho swung in a cross from the right after a short corner and Cristiano Ronaldo headed the ball powerfully past goalkeeper Munir Mohamedi from six yards out and into the middle of the goal to open the scoring in the 4th minute. Ronaldo played Gonçalo Guedes into the box but Munir made a one-handed save. Ronaldo shot over the crossbar when Bernardo Silva's mishit presented him with a shooting chance on the edge of the box early in the second half. Rui Patrício then made a save to preserve Portugal's lead when Hakim Ziyech's free-kick was headed towards goal by Younès Belhanda, the goalkeeper diving to palm the ball away from danger. Ziyech shot another set-piece just over the crossbar from 25 yards. Nordin Amrabat and Medhi Benatia fired over with better chances. [16] With their second loss in a row, Morocco became the first team to be eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

85 international goals for Ronaldo is a new record for a European player, with Ronaldo passing Ferenc Puskás to hold the record outright. [17] Ronaldo has become the first Portuguese player since José Torres in 1966 to score a goal with his right foot, left foot and head in a single World Cup tournament. Ronaldo is the first player to score five consecutive World Cup goals for his team since Oleg Salenko for Russia in 1994. [16] [18]

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg1–0Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Attendance: 78,011 [19]
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
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Portugal [20]
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Morocco [20]
GK1 Rui Patrício
RB21 Cédric
CB3 Pepe
CB6 José Fonte
LB5 Raphaël Guerreiro
RM11 Bernardo Silva Sub off.svg 59'
CM14 William Carvalho
CM8 João Moutinho Sub off.svg 89'
LM10 João Mário Sub off.svg 70'
CF17 Gonçalo Guedes
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW18 Gelson Martins Sub on.svg 59'
MF16 Bruno Fernandes Sub on.svg 70'
MF23 Adrien Silva Yellow card.svg 90+2'Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
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GK12 Munir Mohamedi
RB17 Nabil Dirar
CB5 Medhi Benatia (c)Yellow card.svg 40'
CB4 Manuel da Costa
LB2 Achraf Hakimi
CM8 Karim El Ahmadi Sub off.svg 86'
CM14 Mbark Boussoufa
RW16 Nordin Amrabat
AM10 Younès Belhanda Sub off.svg 75'
LW7 Hakim Ziyech
CF13 Khalid Boutaïb Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutions:
FW9 Ayoub El Kaabi Sub on.svg 70'
MF23 Mehdi Carcela Sub on.svg 75'
MF11 Fayçal Fajr Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Hervé Renard

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) [19]

Assistant referees: [20]
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Frank Anderson (United States)
Fourth official:
Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Anton Averianov (Russia)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Simon Lount (New Zealand)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Iran vs Spain

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Vahid Amiri vs Isco

The two teams had never met before. [3]

Spain had their first attempt on goal in the 25th minute when David Silva's long-range free-kick was held by Alireza Beiranvand. Five minutes later, Silva's volley sailed narrowly over the crossbar from six yards out. At the start of the 2nd half, Gerard Piqué's close-range effort was blocked and then Beiranvand palmed away Sergio Busquets' curled effort from the edge of the penalty area. Karim Ansarifard's effort from a corner flashed into David de Gea's side netting. In the 54th minute, Diego Costa picked up Andrés Iniesta's pass inside the area and saw Ramin Rezaeian's attempted clearance ricochet off his leg and past Beiranvand low into the left corner of the net. Saeid Ezatolahi pulled Iran level shortly after the hour but his close-range finish after a scramble was ruled out courtesy of VAR after Rezaeian was found in an offside position. Mehdi Taremi's back-post header fizzed over De Gea's crossbar seven minutes from time as Iran pushed for an equaliser, but Spain held on for a 1–0 win. [21] [22]

Iran did not manage a shot on target for the first time in 14 World Cup games. [23]

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Kazan Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 42,718 [24]
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
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Iran [25]
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Spain [25]
GK1 Alireza Beiranvand
RB23 Ramin Rezaeian
CB19 Majid Hosseini
CB8 Morteza Pouraliganji
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CM9 Omid Ebrahimi Yellow card.svg 90+2'
CM6 Saeid Ezatolahi
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AM17 Mehdi Taremi
LW11 Vahid Amiri Yellow card.svg 79'Sub off.svg 86'
CF20 Sardar Azmoun
Substitutions:
DF5 Milad Mohammadi Sub on.svg 69'
FW18 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub on.svg 74'
FW14 Saman Ghoddos Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Queiroz
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GK1 David de Gea
RB2 Dani Carvajal
CB3 Gerard Piqué
CB15 Sergio Ramos (c)
LB18 Jordi Alba
CM5 Sergio Busquets
CM6 Andrés Iniesta Sub off.svg 71'
RW21 David Silva
AM22 Isco
LW11 Lucas Vázquez Sub off.svg 79'
CF19 Diego Costa Sub off.svg 89'
Substitutions:
MF8 Koke Sub on.svg 71'
MF20 Marco Asensio Sub on.svg 79'
FW9 Rodrigo Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Fernando Hierro

Man of the Match:
Diego Costa (Spain) [24]

Assistant referees: [25]
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Reserve assistant referee:
Christian Schiemann (Chile)
Video assistant referee:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Iran vs Portugal

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Cristiano Ronaldo vs Saeid Ezatolahi

The two teams had met twice, most recently in a group stage game in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, won by Portugal 2–0. [15]

In the 45 minute, Ricardo Quaresma cut in from the right before scoring with a curling shot off the outside of his right foot that looped over Alireza Beiranvand into the top-left corner. Saeid Ezatolahi's foul on Cristiano Ronaldo won Portugal a penalty, which Ronaldo shot low into the right, enabling Beiranvand to get down and make a stop. Iran then managed to get a penalty in stoppage time after referee used VAR to determine that Cédric's handball from Sardar Azmoun's header had been intentional, which Karim Ansarifard converted high to his right. The game ended in a 1−1 draw, with Portugal advancing and Iran eliminated. [26] [27] [28]

Quaresma (34 years, 272 days old) is the oldest player to score on his first World Cup start since Yahya Golmohammadi (35 years, 84 days old), who did so for Iran in 2006 against Mexico. Iran's goal - scored after 92 minutes and 48 seconds - was the latest goal Portugal have ever conceded at the World Cup. This was Iran's best performance ever in the FIFA World Cup, winning four points and having earned their first ever draw against any European opponents since 1978, when Iran drew 1–1 to Scotland. [29]

Iran  Flag of Iran.svg1–1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
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Mordovia Arena, Saransk
Attendance: 41,685 [30]
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
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Iran [31]
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Portugal [31]
GK1 Alireza Beiranvand
RB23 Ramin Rezaeian
CB19 Majid Hosseini
CB8 Morteza Pouraliganji
LB3 Ehsan Hajsafi (c)Yellow card.svg 52'Sub off.svg 56'
DM6 Saeid Ezatolahi Sub off.svg 76'
CM18 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub off.svg 70'
CM9 Omid Ebrahimi
RW17 Mehdi Taremi
LW11 Vahid Amiri
CF20 Sardar Azmoun Yellow card.svg 54'
Substitutions:
DF5 Milad Mohammadi Sub on.svg 56'
FW14 Saman Ghoddos Sub on.svg 70'
FW10 Karim Ansarifard Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Queiroz
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GK1 Rui Patrício
RB21 Cédric Yellow card.svg 90+8'
CB3 Pepe
CB6 José Fonte
LB5 Raphaël Guerreiro Yellow card.svg 33'
RM20 Ricardo Quaresma Yellow card.svg 64'Sub off.svg 70'
CM14 William Carvalho
CM23 Adrien Silva
LM10 João Mário Sub off.svg 84'
CF9 André Silva Sub off.svg 90+6'
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)Yellow card.svg 83'
Substitutions:
MF11 Bernardo Silva Sub on.svg 70'
MF8 João Moutinho Sub on.svg 84'
FW17 Gonçalo Guedes Sub on.svg 90+6'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) [30]

Assistant referees: [31]
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Reserve assistant referee:
Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Spain vs Morocco

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Nordin Amrabat and Sergio Ramos

Despite their geographical proximity, the two teams had faced each other only in two opportunities, both were in the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification phase and won by Spain. [15]

In the 14th minute, a mix-up between Sergio Ramos and Andrés Iniesta allowed Khalid Boutaïb to steal possession on the halfway line, burst through on goal and finish through the legs of David de Gea. Iniesta and Diego Costa combined to set up Isco for a close-range finish that tied the scores five minutes later. Boutaïb was clear again in the 25th minute when Morocco took a quick throw-in, but De Gea stopped the ball. Nordin Amrabat, Manuel da Costa and Mbark Boussoufa were all booked in three-minute period before Sergio Busquets headed over the crossbar from Isco's corner. Amrabat's strike from at least 25 yards out bounced off the woodwork in the 55th minute. Isco's looping header dipped under the crossbar, but Romain Saïss made a clearance, Gerard Piqué heading wide from the resulting Isco corner. Youssef En-Nesyri scored home a header to give Morocco the lead. And when Iago Aspas turned home Dani Carvajal's cross from the right after a short corner – the goal given by VAR after a long delay – Spain was tied in the first minute of added time. [32] [33]

Boutaïb's goal for Morocco was their first goal at the finals since 1998, when Salaheddine Bassir scored in a 3–0 win over Scotland. Ramos made his 16th appearance for Spain at the World Cup, overtaking Xavi as their most capped outfield player in the competition. Spain have failed to win their final group game at a World Cup for the first time since 1982, having won the previous eight such games. [34]

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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Spain [36]
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Morocco [36]
GK1 David de Gea
RB2 Dani Carvajal
CB3 Gerard Piqué
CB15 Sergio Ramos (c)
LB18 Jordi Alba
CM5 Sergio Busquets
CM10 Thiago Sub off.svg 74'
RW21 David Silva Sub off.svg 84'
AM22 Isco
LW6 Andrés Iniesta
CF19 Diego Costa Sub off.svg 74'
Substitutions:
FW17 Iago Aspas Sub on.svg 74'
MF20 Marco Asensio Sub on.svg 74'
FW9 Rodrigo Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Fernando Hierro
ESP-MAR 2018-06-25.svg
GK12 Munir Mohamedi Yellow card.svg 88'
RB17 Nabil Dirar
CB4 Manuel da Costa Yellow card.svg 31'
CB6 Romain Saïss
LB2 Achraf Hakimi Yellow card.svg 90+3'
CM8 Karim El Ahmadi Yellow card.svg 21'
CM14 Mbark Boussoufa (c)Yellow card.svg 31'
RW16 Nordin Amrabat Yellow card.svg 29'
AM10 Younès Belhanda Sub off.svg 63'
LW7 Hakim Ziyech Sub off.svg 85'
CF13 Khalid Boutaïb Sub off.svg 72'
Substitutions:
MF11 Fayçal Fajr Sub on.svg 63'
FW19 Youssef En-Nesyri Sub on.svg 72'
FW20 Aziz Bouhaddouz Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Hervé Renard

Man of the Match:
Isco (Spain) [35]

Assistant referees: [36]
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
Yellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svg
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1−1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 114−6
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 322−7
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 116−8

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">France at the FIFA World Cup</span> Overview of France at the FIFA World Cup

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morocco at the FIFA World Cup</span> Participation of Moroccos national football team in the FIFA World Cup

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 FIFA Club World Cup final</span> Football match

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIFA World Cup Group A</span> Football tournament group stage

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIFA World Cup Group C</span> Football tournament

Group C of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 16 to 26 June 2018. The group consisted of eventual champions France, Australia, Peru, and Denmark. The top two teams, France and Denmark, advanced to the round of 16.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIFA World Cup Group E</span> Football tournament

Group E of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018. The group consisted of Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Serbia. The top two teams, Brazil and Switzerland, advanced to the round of 16.

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