Group D of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 22 to 30 November 2022. The group consisted of reigning world champions France, Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The top two teams, France and Australia, advanced to the round of 16. Australia, Denmark and France were also in Group C of the previous World Cup.
Teams[]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
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| D1 |  France |
1 | UEFA | UEFA Group D winners | 13 November 2021 | 16th | 2018 | Winners (1998, 2018) | 3 | |
| D2 |  Australia |
4 | AFC | AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 13 June 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Round of 16 (2006) | 42 | 38 |
| D3 |  Denmark |
2 | UEFA | UEFA Group F winners | 12 October 2021 | 6th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (1998) | 11 | |
| D4 |  Tunisia |
3 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) | 35 | |
Standings[]
| Team | Pld |
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D |
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GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| Australia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| Tunisia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Denmark
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group D will advance to play the runners-up of Group C.
- The runners-up of Group D will advance to play the winners of Group C.
Matches[]
All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).
Denmark vs Tunisia[]
The two teams have faced each other two times, most recently in 2002, a 2–1 win for Denmark in a friendly game.
| 22 November 2022 16:00 |
Denmark
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0–0 | Tunisia
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Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 42,925 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) |
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France vs Australia[]
The two teams had faced each other five times, including once in the World Cup, in France's 2–1 victory in 2018 en route to the title. They also met in Australia's 1–0 win against the reigning world champions (having previously won the 1998 FIFA World Cup) at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
In the ninth minute Craig Goodwin gave Australia the lead when he finished at the back post high into the net after a low cross from the right by Mathew Leckie. Adrien Rabiot made it 1–1 when he headed to the net from a Theo Hernandez cross from the left. France took the lead five minutes later when Olivier Giroud side footed to the net after a low cross from Rabiot from the left. In the 68th minute Kylian Mbappé scored with a header from six yards out to the left corner after a cross from Ousmane Dembélé on the right. Giroud got his second with another header after an Mbappé cross from the left to make it 4–1. Giroud second goal equalled Thierry Henry's all-time scoring record of 51 goals for France. France's win marked the first time since 2006 that the defending champion won their opening game. On the other hand, Craig Goodwin goal was the fastest conceded goal for France since the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
French defender Lucas Hernandez suffered a torn ACL after 13 minutes of the match.
| 22 November 2022 22:00 |
France
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4–1 | Australia
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Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Attendance: 40,875 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
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Rabiot  27'Giroud 32', 71'Mbappé 68'
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Report | Goodwin 9'
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Tunisia vs Australia[]
| 26 November 2022 13:00 |
Tunisia
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0–1 | Australia
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Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Attendance: 41,823 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) |
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| Report | Duke 23'
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France vs Denmark[]
The teams have met thrice in the World Cup, all in the group stage with three different results; France won 2–1 in 1998, Denmark won 2–0 in 2002 and the teams drew 0–0 in 2018.
| 26 November 2022 19:00 |
France
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2–1 | Denmark
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Stadium 974, Doha Attendance: 42,860 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
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| Mbappé 61', 86'
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Report | Christensen 68'
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Australia vs Denmark[]
The teams had met once in the World Cup, a 1–1 draw in 2018.
Australia won the game 1-0 to finish second in the group. The only goal of the game was scored by Mathew Leckie in the 60th minute with a low left foot finish to the bottom right corner of the net. This result meant that Australia progressed to the knockout stage for the second time at the World Cup and the first time since 2006. This was also the first time that Australia had won two matches in a World Cup and scored in every group stage game.
| 30 November 2022 18:00 |
Australia
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1–0 | Denmark
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Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Attendance: 41,232 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) |
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| Leckie 60'
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Tunisia vs France[]
The two teams had faced each other four times, most recently in a 2010 friendly, a 1–1 draw.
Wahbi Khazri put Tunisia into the lead in the 58th minute with a low shot to the bottom right corner. At that stage Tunisia were in position to qualify from the group. However, two minutes later Australia went in front against Denmark in the other match talking place at the same time, which put Tunisia outside of the qualifying positions. In added time, Antoine Griezmann scored to seemingly make it 1–1 with a volley but the goal was ruled out by VAR for offside. Australia went on to beat Denmark, which meant that Tunisia finished third in the group and failed to get into the knockout stage.
Viewers tuning in to French television for the match missed that the French team had lost the game 1–0. TF1 switched to an ad after Griezmann had seemingly levelled the game late in stoppage time, causing French viewers to miss the pitchside monitor consultation that led VAR to rule that Griezmann had been offside. French football supporters awoke in shock the following morning to belatedly discover that the game had not ended in a tie at all, but in a surprise defeat for the reigning world champions. The incident brought to mind the time British broadcaster ITV cut for an ad break and missed Steven Gerrard scoring England's opening goal at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
| 30 November 2022 18:00 |
Tunisia
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1–0 | France
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Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 43,627 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand) |
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| Khazri 58'
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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:
- 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 were applied to a player in a single match.
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3 | 2 | –5 | ||||||||||
| Denmark
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2 | 2 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
| Tunisia
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1 | 3 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
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