2018 FIFA World Cup Group H

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2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting Group H of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

Group H of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 19 to 28 June 2018. [1] The group consisted of Poland, Senegal, Colombia, and Japan. The top two teams, Colombia and Japan, advanced to the round of 16. [2] For the first time in World Cup history, the "fair play" rule was invoked to break a tie. Japan and Senegal finished with identical scores and goal differences to tie for second behind Colombia. Japan were awarded the place in the round of 16 based on receiving fewer yellow cards in their three matches. [3] [4]

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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
H1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 UEFA UEFA Group E winners8 October 20178th 2006 Third place (1974, 1982)68
H2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3 CAF CAF third round group D winners10 November 20172nd 2002 Quarter-finals (2002)3227
H3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place10 October 20176th 2014 Quarter-finals (2014)1316
H4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4 AFC AFC third round group B winners31 August 20176th 2014 Round of 16 (2002, 2010)4461
Notes
  1. ↑ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 320152+36Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31114404 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 31114404 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 310225−33
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are local time. [1]

Colombia vs Japan

The two teams had met in three previous matches, most recently in a 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage game, won by Colombia 4–1. [5]

In the third minute, Carlos Sánchez blocked Shinji Kagawa's 20-yard shot with his arm, denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity and the referee pointed to the penalty spot before showing the midfielder a straight red card. [6] After lengthy protests, Sánchez eventually left the field and Kagawa slotted the penalty into the bottom right corner of the net. José Pékerman then replaced Juan Cuadrado with Wílmar Barrios at the half-hour mark, and an equaliser arrived nine minutes later, from a Juan Fernando Quintero free kick, shot low under the jumping wall which the goalkeeper failed to keep out. [7] In the second half, David Ospina dived full length to his left to stop Takashi Inui's curling 20-yard shot. Yuya Osako then headed the ball into the far corner of the net from a Keisuke Honda corner from the left. With 13 minutes left, James Rodríguez's strike from inside the box was turned over the crossbar by the outstretched leg of Osako. [8]

Quintero became the first Colombian player in history to score at two World Cups. Japan became the first Asian team to beat a side from South America in the competition's history. [9] [10] Honda became the first player from an Asian nation to provide an assist in three different World Cup tournaments since 1966. Eiji Kawashima (35 years, 91 days) became the oldest player to appear for Japan in a World Cup finals match. [7] [8]

Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
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Mordovia Arena, Saransk
Attendance: 40,842 [11]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
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Colombia [12]
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Japan [12]
GK1 David Ospina
RB4 Santiago Arias
CB23 Davinson Sánchez
CB3 Óscar Murillo
LB17 Johan Mojica
CM6 Carlos Sánchez Red card.svg 3'
CM16 Jefferson Lerma
RW11 Juan Cuadrado Sub off.svg 31'
AM20 Juan Fernando Quintero Sub off.svg 59'
LW21 José Izquierdo Sub off.svg 70'
CF9 Radamel Falcao (c)
Substitutions:
MF5 Wílmar Barrios Yellow card.svg 64'Sub on.svg 31'
MF10 James Rodríguez Yellow card.svg 86'Sub on.svg 59'
FW7 Carlos Bacca Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg José Pékerman
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GK1 Eiji Kawashima Yellow card.svg 90+4'
RB19 Hiroki Sakai
CB22 Maya Yoshida
CB3 Gen Shoji
LB5 Yuto Nagatomo
CM17 Makoto Hasebe (c)
CM7 Gaku Shibasaki Sub off.svg 80'
RW8 Genki Haraguchi
AM10 Shinji Kagawa Sub off.svg 70'
LW14 Takashi Inui
CF15 Yuya Osako Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutions:
MF4 Keisuke Honda Sub on.svg 70'
MF16 Hotaru Yamaguchi Sub on.svg 80'
FW9 Shinji Okazaki Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Akira Nishino

Man of the Match:
Yuya Osako (Japan) [11]

Assistant referees: [12]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Reserve assistant referee:
Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Poland vs Senegal

The two teams had never met before. [13]

Senegal had the first clear chance in the 18th minute, M'Baye Niang dragging an effort wide after a break. Senegal took the lead when Idrissa Gueye's 20-yard shot took a huge deflection off Thiago Cionek to flick in Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny's goal and give Senegal the lead. Robert Lewandowski stepped up to float a 25-yard free-kick over the wall, Khadim N'Diaye dived to turn the ball away. Grzegorz Krychowiak hooked a high ball back towards his own goal from inside the Senegal half and with Szczesny attempting to intercept by coming out of his penalty area, Niang knocked the ball past him before side footing into an unguarded goal. [14] Arkadiusz Milik slotted a Łukasz Piszczek cross wide at the near post. Dawid Kownacki's headed attempt was saved late on by N'Diaye but the goalkeeper was beaten by Krychowiak's header with five minutes to go after a free kick from the right. [15] [16]

Cionek became the first Polish player to score an own goal in a World Cup match. Cionek's own goal was only the second time an African nation has benefited from an own goal in a World Cup match, after Andoni Zubizarreta for Spain against Nigeria in 1998. [17] Senegal continued their impressive undefeated run in an opening World Cup match, having beaten France 1–0 in 2002.

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Otkritie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 44,190 [18]
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
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Poland [19]
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Senegal [19]
GK1 Wojciech Szczęsny
RB20 Łukasz Piszczek Sub off.svg 83'
CB4 Thiago Cionek
CB2 Michał Pazdan
LB13 Maciej Rybus
CM10 Grzegorz Krychowiak Yellow card.svg 12'
CM19 Piotr Zieliński
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AM7 Arkadiusz Milik Sub off.svg 73'
LW11 Kamil Grosicki
CF9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
Substitutions:
DF5 Jan Bednarek Sub on.svg 46'
FW23 Dawid Kownacki Sub on.svg 73'
DF18 Bartosz Bereszyński Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Adam Nawałka
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GK16 Khadim N'Diaye
RB22 Moussa Wagué
CB3 Kalidou Koulibaly
CB6 Salif Sané Yellow card.svg 49'
LB12 Youssouf Sabaly
RM10 Sadio Mané (c)
CM13 Alfred N'Diaye Sub off.svg 87'
CM5 Idrissa Gueye Yellow card.svg 72'
LM18 Ismaïla Sarr
CF9 Mame Biram Diouf Sub off.svg 62'
CF19 M'Baye Niang Sub off.svg 75'
Substitutions:
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Manager:
Aliou Cissé

Man of the Match:
M'Baye Niang (Senegal) [18]

Assistant referees: [19]
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Taleb Al Maari (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Japan vs Senegal

The two teams had faced each other three times, most recently in a friendly in 2003, won by Senegal 1–0. [5]

Senegal took the lead in the 11th minute when Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima spilled a Youssouf Sabaly shot into the path of Sadio Mané, who hit the ball in from close range. Japan responded in the 34th minute when Yuto Nagatomo received a ball over the top and sent it to Takashi Inui, who curled a shot into the bottom corner past the Senegalese defenders. Yuya Osako missed a close chance in front of the Senegal net and Inui's shot struck the crossbar, before Senegal retook the lead in the 71st minute, when Moussa Wagué finished a low Sabaly cross into the top corner. Japan equalised again just seven minutes later, when Senegal goalkeeper Khadim N'Diaye failed to collect an Osako cross, leading to Inui sending the ball to Japanese substitute Keisuke Honda, who finished at the near post. [20]

Wagué became the youngest African goalscorer at a World Cup, at the age of 19 years and 268 days. With his goal, Honda became the first Japanese player to score at three different World Cups, as well as the top scoring Asian player in World Cup history with four goals. Japan equalled their best points tally of four after two group games at a World Cup, just as they did as co-hosts in 2002. [21] [22]

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
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Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg
Attendance: 32,572 [23]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
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Japan [24]
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Senegal [24]
GK1 Eiji Kawashima
RB19 Hiroki Sakai
CB22 Maya Yoshida
CB3 Gen Shoji
LB5 Yuto Nagatomo
CM17 Makoto Hasebe (c)Yellow card.svg 90+4'
CM7 Gaku Shibasaki
RW8 Genki Haraguchi Sub off.svg 75'
AM10 Shinji Kagawa Sub off.svg 72'
LW14 Takashi Inui Yellow card.svg 68'Sub off.svg 87'
CF15 Yuya Osako
Substitutions:
MF4 Keisuke Honda Sub on.svg 72'
FW9 Shinji Okazaki Sub on.svg 75'
MF11 Takashi Usami Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Akira Nishino
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GK16 Khadim N'Diaye
RB12 Youssouf Sabaly Yellow card.svg 90'
CB3 Kalidou Koulibaly
CB6 Salif Sané
LB22 Moussa Wagué
CM17 Badou Ndiaye Sub off.svg 81'
CM13 Alfred N'Diaye Sub off.svg 65'
CM5 Idrissa Gueye
RF18 Ismaïla Sarr
CF19 M'Baye Niang Yellow card.svg 59'Sub off.svg 86'
LF10 Sadio Mané (c)
Substitutions:
MF8 Cheikhou Kouyaté Sub on.svg 65'
MF11 Cheikh N'Doye Yellow card.svg 90+1'Sub on.svg 81'
FW9 Mame Biram Diouf Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé

Man of the Match:
Sadio Mané (Senegal) [23]

Assistant referees: [24]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Reserve assistant referee:
Taleb Al Maari (Qatar)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Poland vs Colombia

The two teams had met in five matches, most recently in a 2006 friendly, won by Colombia 2–1. [5]

Abel Aguilar was taken from the field on a stretcher in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Mateus Uribe. Shortly after, a cross by James Rodríguez from the right was met by the head of Yerry Mina, who lost his marker to head over Wojciech Szczęsny's outstretched arms and into the net. Juan Fernando Quintero fired wide from 25 yards at the start of the second half. Juan Cuadrado then squared to Radamel Falcao on the edge of the box who lifted his shot well over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Robert Lewandowski controlled a long pass only to shoot straight into David Ospina's midriff as Poland attempted their first shot on target of the game. Quintero's slide-rule pass presented Falcao with a one-on-one situation and he guided the ball past Szczęsny with the outside of his right foot to double his side's lead. With 15 minutes left on the clock, James' pass from the left found Cuadrado in space through the middle and he took a touch before finishing it into the bottom-right corner of the net. [25] [26]

Poland were the first European nation to be eliminated from the 2018 World Cup. Including Colombia's victory against Poland, there were 14 World Cup goals scored on 24 June 2018 - the most on a single day of action in the competition (maximum 3 games) since 10 June 1990 (also 14). [27]

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Kazan Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 42,873 [28]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
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Poland [29]
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Colombia [29]
GK1 Wojciech Szczęsny
CB20 Łukasz Piszczek
CB5 Jan Bednarek Yellow card.svg 61'
CB2 Michał Pazdan Sub off.svg 80'
RM18 Bartosz Bereszyński Sub off.svg 72'
CM10 Grzegorz Krychowiak
CM6 Jacek Góralski Yellow card.svg 85'
LM13 Maciej Rybus
RF19 Piotr Zieliński
CF9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
LF23 Dawid Kownacki Sub off.svg 57'
Substitutions:
MF11 Kamil Grosicki Sub on.svg 57'
FW14 Łukasz Teodorczyk Sub on.svg 72'
DF15 Kamil Glik Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Adam Nawałka
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GK1 David Ospina
RB4 Santiago Arias
CB23 Davinson Sánchez
CB13 Yerry Mina
LB17 Johan Mojica
CM8 Abel Aguilar Sub off.svg 32'
CM5 Wílmar Barrios
RW11 Juan Cuadrado
AM20 Juan Fernando Quintero Sub off.svg 73'
LW10 James Rodríguez
CF9 Radamel Falcao (c)Sub off.svg 78'
Substitutions:
MF15 Mateus Uribe Sub on.svg 32'
MF16 Jefferson Lerma Sub on.svg 73'
FW7 Carlos Bacca Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
James Rodríguez (Colombia) [28]

Assistant referees: [29]
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Reserve assistant referee:
Christian Schiemann (Chile)
Video assistant referee:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Japan vs Poland

The two teams had met twice, most recently in a friendly game in 2002, won by Japan 2–0. [5]

Yoshinori Muto's drive forced Łukasz Fabiański to parry, before the goalkeeper smothered a Gōtoku Sakai effort. Eiji Kawashima scooped Kamil Grosicki's header clear. With just over half an hour remaining, Rafał Kurzawa's free-kick from the left picked out Jan Bednarek, who volleyed it into the net from six yards out. Maya Yoshida headed well wide from a left-wing corner. Robert Lewandowski steered Grosicki's pin-point pass over the top. [30] [31]

Poland beat Japan for the first time in an official match, having defeated Japan in four unofficial matches. Poland won each of their 14 games in which they scored first in World Cup finals. Poland kept a clean sheet at the World Cup for the first time since winning 1–0 against Portugal in 1986. [32] On another side, since the new millennia, Poland had repeated their poor performances in 2002 and 2006 World Cups, eliminated after losing two opening matches before grabbing a late victory in the final match.

There was some criticism of the final minutes in the game, as both sides appeared to settle for the 1–0 scoreline. [33]

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Volgograd Arena, Volgograd
Attendance: 42,189 [34]
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
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Japan [35]
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Poland [35]
GK1 Eiji Kawashima (c)
RB19 Hiroki Sakai
CB22 Maya Yoshida
CB20 Tomoaki Makino Yellow card.svg 66'
LB5 Yuto Nagatomo
CM16 Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM7 Gaku Shibasaki
RW21 Gōtoku Sakai
AM9 Shinji Okazaki Sub off.svg 47'
LW11 Takashi Usami Sub off.svg 65'
CF13 Yoshinori Muto Sub off.svg 82'
Substitutions:
FW15 Yuya Osako Sub on.svg 47'
MF14 Takashi Inui Sub on.svg 65'
MF17 Makoto Hasebe Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Akira Nishino
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GK22 Łukasz Fabiański
CB18 Bartosz Bereszyński
CB15 Kamil Glik
CB5 Jan Bednarek
RM21 Rafał Kurzawa Sub off.svg 79'
CM10 Grzegorz Krychowiak
CM6 Jacek Góralski
LM3 Artur Jędrzejczyk
RF19 Piotr Zieliński Sub off.svg 79'
CF9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
LF11 Kamil Grosicki
Substitutions:
FW14 Łukasz Teodorczyk Sub on.svg 79'
MF17 Sławomir Peszko Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Adam Nawałka

Man of the Match:
Jan Bednarek (Poland) [34]

Assistant referees: [35]
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
Video assistant referee:
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Senegal vs Colombia

The two teams had met only once, a 2014 friendly game which ended in a 2–2 draw. [5]

The referee awarded Senegal a penalty in the 17th minute. After consulting VAR, he judged that defender Davinson Sánchez had won the ball before making any contact with Sadio Mané. After half an hour, James Rodríguez was substituted with what appeared to be a recurrence of the injury that kept him out of Colombia's 2–1 loss to Japan. Mané took a free-kick in the 64th minute which he shot off-target. Kalidou Koulibaly got a touch on a Luis Muriel drive to deflect the ball narrowly wide. And in the 74th minute Colombia scored the decisive goal of the game, Juan Quintero's corner from the right found Yerry Mina who rose and crashed home a header that went through goalkeeper Khadim N'Diaye. [36]

With Senegal being the last African team to be knocked out of Russia 2018, there were no teams from Africa in the round of 16 for the first time since the stage was introduced in 1986. [37] Colombia were the only team to reach the knockout stage despite losing their opening match of the tournament. Senegal became the third team to be eliminated despite winning their opening game of the tournament (also Iran and Serbia); and even moreover, this was the first time Senegal got eliminated from the group stage, despite owning a huge advantage prior to the match against Colombia. The last time as many as three teams failed to get through the group stage despite winning their opener was in 2002 (Argentina, Costa Rica, and Russia). [38]

Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg0–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Cosmos Arena, Samara
Attendance: 41,970 [39]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
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Senegal [40]
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Colombia [40]
GK16 Khadim N'Diaye
RB21 Lamine Gassama
CB6 Salif Sané
CB3 Kalidou Koulibaly
LB12 Youssouf Sabaly Sub off.svg 74'
RM18 Ismaïla Sarr
CM8 Cheikhou Kouyaté (c)
CM5 Idrissa Gueye
LM10 Sadio Mané
CF20 Keita Baldé Sub off.svg 80'
CF19 M'Baye Niang Yellow card.svg 51'Sub off.svg 86'
Substitutions:
DF22 Moussa Wagué Sub on.svg 74'
FW14 Moussa Konaté Sub on.svg 80'
FW15 Diafra Sakho Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé
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GK1 David Ospina
RB4 Santiago Arias
CB23 Davinson Sánchez
CB13 Yerry Mina
LB17 Johan Mojica Yellow card.svg 45'
CM15 Mateus Uribe Sub off.svg 83'
CM6 Carlos Sánchez
RW11 Juan Cuadrado
AM20 Juan Fernando Quintero
LW10 James Rodríguez Sub off.svg 31'
CF9 Radamel Falcao (c)Sub off.svg 89'
Substitutions:
FW14 Luis Muriel Sub on.svg 31'
MF16 Jefferson Lerma Sub on.svg 83'
FW19 Miguel Borja Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
Yerry Mina (Colombia) [39]

Assistant referees: [40]
Milovan Ristić (Serbia)
Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)
Fourth official:
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Hasan Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Discipline

Fair play points were used as tiebreakers because the overall and head-to-head records of Japan and Senegal 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
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Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 121−4
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 231−6

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