2022 FIFA World Cup Group H

Matches in Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 24 November to 2 December 2022.[1] The group consisted of Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. The top two teams, Portugal and South Korea, advanced to the round of 16.[2] Uruguay exited the tournament after failing to progress the group stage for the first time since 2002, with South Korea's shock 2–1 victory over Portugal contributing to the elimination.

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[3]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
H1  Portugal 1 UEFA UEFA second round Path C winners 29 March 2022 8th 2018 Third place (1966) 8 9
H2  Ghana 4 CAF CAF third round winners 29 March 2022 4th 2014 Quarter-finals (2010) 60 61
H3  Uruguay 2 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL round robin third place 24 March 2022 14th 2018 Winners (1930, 1950) 13 14
H4  South Korea 3 AFC AFC third round Group A runners-up 1 February 2022 11th 2018 Fourth place (2002) 29 28

Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Ghana 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group H, Portugal, advanced to play the runners-up of Group G, Switzerland.
  • The runners-up of Group H, South Korea, advanced to play the winners of Group G, Brazil.

Matches

All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]

Uruguay vs South Korea

The teams had previously met eight times, including twice in the World Cup, both matches won by Uruguay: a 1–0 group stage victory in 1990 and a 2–1 round of 16 success in 2010.

The match ended in a goalless draw, with the best chances coming when Diego Godín and Federico Valverde both hit the post for Uruguay.

Uruguay 0–0 South Korea
Report
Uruguay
South Korea
GK 23 Sergio Rochet
RB 22 Martín Cáceres  57'
CB 3 Diego Godín (c)
CB 2 José Giménez
LB 16 Mathías Olivera  79'
CM 15 Federico Valverde
CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur
CM 5 Matías Vecino  79'
RF 8 Facundo Pellistri  88'
CF 9 Luis Suárez  64'
LF 11 Darwin Núñez
Substitutions:
FW 21 Edinson Cavani  64'
MF 7 Nicolás de la Cruz  79'
DF 17 Matías Viña  79'
DF 13 Guillermo Varela  88'
Manager:
Diego Alonso
GK 1 Kim Seung-gyu
RB 15 Kim Moon-hwan
CB 4 Kim Min-jae
CB 19 Kim Young-gwon
LB 3 Kim Jin-su
CM 6 Hwang In-beom
CM 5 Jung Woo-young
RW 17 Na Sang-ho  74'
AM 10 Lee Jae-sung  74'
LW 7 Son Heung-min (c)
CF 16 Hwang Ui-jo  74'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Cho Gue-sung  88'  74'
MF 13 Son Jun-ho  74'
MF 18 Lee Kang-in  74'
Manager:
Paulo Bento  90+8'

Man of the Match:
Federico Valverde (Uruguay)[4]

Assistant referees:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Benoît Millot (France)
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)

Portugal vs Ghana

The teams had met once before, being Portugal's 2–1 group stage victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

After a goalless first half, Portugal were awarded a penalty in the 65th minute, when Mohammed Salisu fouled Cristiano Ronaldo in the penalty area. Ronaldo took the penalty and scored, shooting high to the left of the goalkeeper, to put Portugal into the lead. André Ayew equalised for Ghana in the 73rd minute with a close range finish after a low cross from Mohammed Kudus on the left. Portugal swiftly responded with two quick goals from World Cup debutants, the first coming from João Félix in the 78th minute with a clipped finish from the right over the advancing goalkeeper, and the second from substitute Rafael Leão two minutes later with a low finish into the right corner of the goal after a pass from Bruno Fernandes. In the 89th minute, Ghanaian substitute Osman Bukari scored with a header from six yards out to reduce the deficit. Then, in stoppage time, Ghana nearly equalized when Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa put the ball on the ground, preparing to kick it upfield, and Ghana's Iñaki Williams came from behind Costa to take the ball but slipped as he was about to shoot, with the ball subsequently cleared from danger by Portugal.[5]

With his goal, Ronaldo became the first male player to score at five different FIFA World Cup tournaments.[6] At the age of 37 years and 292 days, he also became the second-oldest player to score at a World Cup, behind only Roger Milla for Cameroon in 1994 (aged 42 years and 39 days).[7]

Portugal 3–2 Ghana
  • Ronaldo 65' (pen.)
  • Félix 78'
  • Leão 80'
Report
Attendance: 42,662
Portugal
Ghana
GK 22 Diogo Costa
RB 20 João Cancelo
CB 4 Rúben Dias
CB 13 Danilo Pereira  90+1'
LB 5 Raphaël Guerreiro
DM 18 Rúben Neves  77'
CM 8 Bruno Fernandes  90+5'
CM 25 Otávio  56'
AM 10 Bernardo Silva  88'
CF 11 João Félix  88'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)  88'
Substitutions:
MF 14 William Carvalho  56'
FW 15 Rafael Leão  77'
MF 6 João Palhinha  88'
FW 26 Gonçalo Ramos  88'
MF 17 João Mário  88'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 1 Lawrence Ati-Zigi
CB 18 Daniel Amartey
CB 23 Alexander Djiku  90+2'
CB 4 Mohammed Salisu
RWB 26 Alidu Seidu  57'  66'
LWB 17 Baba Rahman
CM 5 Thomas Partey
CM 20 Mohammed Kudus  45+1'  77'
CM 21 Salis Abdul Samed  90+2'
CF 10 André Ayew (c)  49'  77'
CF 19 Iñaki Williams  90+1'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Tariq Lamptey  66'
MF 11 Osman Bukari  77'
FW 9 Jordan Ayew  77'
MF 8 Daniel-Kofi Kyereh  90+2'
FW 25 Antoine Semenyo  90+2'
Manager:
Otto Addo

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[8]

Assistant referees:
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Corey Parker (United States)
Fourth official:
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Karen Díaz Medina (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)

South Korea vs Ghana

The teams had faced each other eight times, most recently in 2014, 4–0 friendly win by Ghana.

In the first half, Ghana scored two goals against the run of play within a ten-minute span to take a 2–0 lead, coming from Mohammed Salisu and Mohammed Kudus. South Korea would then reply in the second half with two goals of their own, both headers scored within three minutes of each other by Cho Gue-sung, to level the game at 2–2. Kudus scored the decisive goal and his second of the match in the 68th minute, coming after Iñaki Williams had mistimed his initial shot, to put Ghana back in front. Ghanaian goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi made multiple crucial saves and Salisu cleared an effort off the line late on to secure them a 3–2 victory.[9]

Cho Gue-sung and Kudus each became the first players to score multiple goals in a single World Cup match for their respective countries.[10]

When referee Anthony Taylor ended the game instead of allowing a South Korean player to kick off a corner, South Korea's head coach Paulo Bento ran onto the field and screamed at the referee, for which he was shown a red card, making it the first time in World Cup history that a coach was sent off after the conclusion of the match. Counting players' Leandro Cufré's and Josip Šimunić's red cards (both in 2006), this was the third time a sending off occurred after the match had ended.[11]

South Korea 2–3 Ghana
Report
South Korea
Ghana
GK 1 Kim Seung-gyu
RB 15 Kim Moon-hwan
CB 4 Kim Min-jae  90+2'
CB 19 Kim Young-gwon  77'
LB 3 Kim Jin-su
CM 6 Hwang In-beom
CM 5 Jung Woo-young  27'  78'
RW 22 Kwon Chang-hoon  57'
AM 25 Jeong Woo-yeong  46'
LW 7 Son Heung-min (c)
CF 9 Cho Gue-sung
Substitutions:
MF 17 Na Sang-ho  46'
MF 18 Lee Kang-in  57'
FW 16 Hwang Ui-jo  78'
DF 20 Kwon Kyung-won  90+2'
Manager:
Paulo Bento  90+12'
GK 1 Lawrence Ati-Zigi
RB 2 Tariq Lamptey  73'  78'
CB 18 Daniel Amartey  21'
CB 4 Mohammed Salisu
LB 14 Gideon Mensah  88'
DM 21 Salis Abdul Samed
CM 5 Thomas Partey
CM 20 Mohammed Kudus  83'
RF 10 André Ayew (c)  78'
CF 19 Iñaki Williams
LF 9 Jordan Ayew  78'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Kamaldeen Sulemana  78'
MF 8 Daniel-Kofi Kyereh  78'
DF 3 Denis Odoi  78'
DF 23 Alexander Djiku  83'
DF 17 Baba Rahman  88'
Manager:
Otto Addo

Man of the Match:
Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)[12]

Assistant referees:
Gary Beswick (England)
Adam Nunn (England)
Fourth official:
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Reserve assistant referee:
Michael Orué (Peru)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Corey Parker (United States)

Portugal vs Uruguay

The teams had met three times prior, including Uruguay's 2–1 round of 16 victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Bruno Fernandes put Portugal into the lead during the second half when his cross from the left deceived Uruguay keeper Sergio Rochet, after Cristiano Ronaldo had tried to glance the ball past him with his head. Ronaldo was initially ruled as the goalscorer before FIFA determined that he hadn't connected with the ball, and instead awarded the goal to Fernandes.[13][14] Fernandes scored a second in the third minute of stoppage time, a penalty awarded by the VAR for handball by José Giménez, which he rolled into the left side of the net.[15] With this victory, Portugal secured a place in the knockout stage.[16]

Portugal 2–0 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 88,668
Portugal
Uruguay
GK 22 Diogo Costa
RB 20 João Cancelo
CB 4 Rúben Dias  89'
CB 3 Pepe
LB 19 Nuno Mendes  42'
DM 18 Rúben Neves  38'  69'
CM 10 Bernardo Silva
CM 14 William Carvalho  82'
AM 8 Bruno Fernandes
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)  82'
CF 11 João Félix  77'  82'
Substitutions:
DF 5 Raphaël Guerreiro  42'
FW 15 Rafael Leão  69'
MF 23 Matheus Nunes  82'
FW 26 Gonçalo Ramos  82'
MF 6 João Palhinha  82'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK 23 Sergio Rochet
CB 2 José Giménez
CB 3 Diego Godín (c)  62'
CB 19 Sebastián Coates
DM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur  6'
CM 15 Federico Valverde
CM 5 Matías Vecino  62'
RW 13 Guillermo Varela
LW 16 Mathías Olivera  44'  86'
CF 11 Darwin Núñez  72'
CF 21 Edinson Cavani  72'
Substitutions:
FW 8 Facundo Pellistri  62'
MF 10 Giorgian de Arrascaeta  62'
FW 18 Maxi Gómez  72'
FW 9 Luis Suárez  72'
DF 17 Matías Viña  86'
Manager:
Diego Alonso

Man of the Match:
Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)[17]

Assistant referees:
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Mohammadreza Abolfazli (Iran)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Reserve assistant referee:
Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Ashley Beecham (Australia)

Ghana vs Uruguay

The teams had one prior meeting, which came in the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals; Uruguay won 4–2 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

In the first half, Ghana were awarded a penalty after Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet was adjudged to have fouled Mohammed Kudus inside the area; however, Rochet then saved the subsequent spot kick taken by Ghana captain André Ayew. Shortly after this, midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta scored Uruguay's first two goals of the tournament within a span of six minutes to earn his side a 2–0 half-time lead, which saw them rise to second place in the live group standings. However, Uruguay would then be pushed down to third in the table on goals scored following South Korea's winner against Portugal late into the second half of the group's other ongoing game. Uruguay were unable to find the third goal they now required to advance, with Ghana keeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi making saves late on to deny both Edinson Cavani and Maxi Gómez, and thus failed to progress past the first round for the first time since 2002. Defeat also saw Ghana eliminated, finishing bottom of the group with only three points.[18]

Referee Daniel Siebert and his assistants were angrily confronted by Uruguayan players following the final whistle, after both Siebert and the VAR had disagreed with Uruguay's penalty appeals in the second half: first for a coming together between Darwin Núñez and Ghana's Alidu Seidu, and then in stoppage time after Cavani went down in the area. In January 2023, FIFA would go on to punish several Uruguayan players for their actions in the aftermath of the contest, deeming their behaviour "discriminatory", "offensive", and a "violation of the principles of fair play"; substitute keeper Fernando Muslera and defender José Giménez both received four-match bans, while Cavani and captain Diego Godín each served a one-game suspension. All four players were also required to pay fines along with the nation's football association, and carry out a form of football community service.[19]

With De Arrascaeta's goals, Uruguay became the last team of all 32 participants to score at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[20]

Ghana 0–2 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 43,443
Ghana
Uruguay
GK 1 Lawrence Ati-Zigi
RB 26 Alidu Seidu  90+9'
CB 18 Daniel Amartey
CB 4 Mohammed Salisu
LB 17 Baba Rahman
CM 5 Thomas Partey
CM 21 Salis Abdul Samed  72'
RW 20 Mohammed Kudus  90+8'
AM 10 André Ayew (c)  46'
LW 9 Jordan Ayew  46'
CF 19 Iñaki Williams  72'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Kamaldeen Sulemana  86'  46'
MF 11 Osman Bukari  46'
FW 25 Antoine Semenyo  72'
MF 8 Daniel-Kofi Kyereh  72'
MF 7 Abdul Fatawu Issahaku  90+8'
Manager:
Otto Addo
GK 23 Sergio Rochet
RB 13 Guillermo Varela
CB 2 José Giménez  90+10'
CB 19 Sebastián Coates  87'
LB 16 Mathías Olivera
RM 8 Facundo Pellistri  66'
CM 15 Federico Valverde
CM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur  34'
LM 10 Giorgian de Arrascaeta  80'
CF 9 Luis Suárez (c)  60'  66'
CF 11 Darwin Núñez  20'  80'
Substitutions:
MF 5 Matías Vecino  34'
FW 21 Edinson Cavani  90+10'  66'
MF 7 Nicolás de la Cruz  66'
FW 18 Maxi Gómez  80'
MF 24 Agustín Canobbio  80'
Manager:
Diego Alonso

Man of the Match:
Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay)[21]

Assistant referees:
Jan Seidel (Germany)
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Fourth official:
Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Ciro Carbone (Italy)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)

South Korea vs Portugal

Prior to this match, the teams had met once before, being South Korea's 1–0 group stage victory in the 2002 FIFA World Cup (which they co-hosted with Japan).

A rotated Portugal side took the lead in the opening five minutes, when Ricardo Horta scored on his World Cup debut with a first-time shot. South Korea would equalize in the 27th minute, when Portugal failed to clear a corner which hit the back of Cristiano Ronaldo, landing at the feet of Kim Young-gwon who scored from close range. In a second half where both sides saw opportunities, South Korea would find the winner in stoppage time, after Son Heung-min recovered the ball off a counter from a Portugal corner and slipped it to Hwang Hee-chan, who finished his shot into the bottom corner of the net.[22]

This late victory saw South Korea leapfrog Uruguay in the group standings on goals scored to join Portugal in the knockout stage, progressing to the second round for the first time since 2010.

South Korea 2–1 Portugal
Report
South Korea
Portugal
GK 1 Kim Seung-gyu
RB 15 Kim Moon-hwan
CB 20 Kwon Kyung-won
CB 19 Kim Young-gwon  81'
LB 3 Kim Jin-su
DM 5 Jung Woo-young
CM 6 Hwang In-beom
CM 18 Lee Kang-in  36'  81'
RF 10 Lee Jae-sung  65'
CF 9 Cho Gue-sung  90+3'
LF 7 Son Heung-min (c)
Substitutions:
MF 11 Hwang Hee-chan  90+2'  65'
FW 16 Hwang Ui-jo  81'
MF 13 Son Jun-ho  81'
DF 24 Cho Yu-min  90+3'
Manager:
Sérgio Costa[note 1]
GK 22 Diogo Costa
RB 2 Diogo Dalot
CB 3 Pepe
CB 24 António Silva
LB 20 João Cancelo
DM 18 Rúben Neves  65'
CM 23 Matheus Nunes  65'
CM 16 Vitinha  81'
RF 21 Ricardo Horta
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)  65'
LF 17 João Mário  81'
Substitutions:
MF 6 João Palhinha  65'
FW 15 Rafael Leão  65'
FW 9 André Silva  65'
FW 10 Bernardo Silva  81'
MF 14 William Carvalho  81'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Hwang Hee-chan (South Korea)[23]

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Bruno Pires (Brazil)

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]

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

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

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
           
 Portugal 2 3 −5
 South Korea 1 2 2 −5
 Ghana 4 2 2 −8
 Uruguay 1 2 5 −8

See also

Notes

  1. ^ South Korea manager Paulo Bento was suspended for the match due to his sending off in South Korea's match against Ghana. Assistant manager Sérgio Costa filled in as manager.

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