2022 FIFA World Cup Group B

**Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup** will be from 21 to 29 November 2022. The teams in the group are England, Iran, the United States and Wales. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.

## Teams

|rowspan=2|Draw position|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|Pot|rowspan=2|Confederation|rowspan=2|Method of qualification|rowspan=2|Date of qualification|rowspan=2 data-sort-type="number"|Finals appearance|rowspan=2|Last appearance|rowspan=2|Previous best performance|colspan=2|FIFA Rankings|
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|B1||1|UEFA|UEFA Group I winners|15 November 2021|16th|2018|**Winners** (1966)|5|5||||||||||
|B2||3|AFC|AFC Third Round Group A winners|27 January 2022|6th|2018|Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018)|21|20||||||||||
|B3||2|CONCACAF|CONCACAF Third Round third place|30 March 2022|11th|2014|Third place (1930)|15|16||||||||||
|B4||4|UEFA|UEFA Second Round Path A winners|5 June 2022|2nd|1958|Quarter-finals (1958)|18|19||||||||||
**Notes**

## Standings

In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group B will play the runners-up of Group A.
- The runners-up of Group B will play the winners of Group A.

## Matches

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

### England vs Iran

<section begin=B1 /><section end=B1 />

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|GK|**1**|Jordan Pickford|||||
|RB|**12**|Kieran Trippier|||||
|CB|**5**|John Stones|||||
|CB|**6**|Harry Maguire|||||
|LB|**3**|Luke Shaw|||||
|CM|**22**|Jude Bellingham|||||
|CM|**4**|Declan Rice|||||
|RW|**17**|Bukayo Saka|||||
|AM|**19**|Mason Mount|||||
|LW|**10**|Raheem Sterling|||||
|CF|**9**|Harry Kane (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**15**|Eric Dier|||||
|FW|**11**|Marcus Rashford|||||
|MF|**20**|Phil Foden|||||
|FW|**7**|Jack Grealish|||||
|FW|**24**|Callum Wilson|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gareth Southgate|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Alireza Beiranvand|||||
|CB|**8**|Morteza Pouraliganji|||||
|CB|**15**|Rouzbeh Cheshmi|||||
|CB|**19**|Majid Hosseini|||||
|RWB|**2**|Sadegh Moharrami|||||
|LWB|**5**|Milad Mohammadi|||||
|RM|**7**|Alireza Jahanbakhsh|||||
|CM|**21**|Ahmad Nourollahi|||||
|CM|**18**|Ali Karimi|||||
|LM|**3**|Ehsan Hajsafi (c)|||||
|CF|**9**|Mehdi Taremi|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|GK|**24**|Hossein Hosseini|||||
|MF|**6**|Saeid Ezatolahi|||||
|DF|**13**|Hossein Kanaanizadegan|||||
|MF|**17**|Ali Gholizadeh|||||
|MF|**16**|Mehdi Torabi|||||
|FW|**20**|Sardar Azmoun|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Carlos Queiroz|}|||||

### United States vs Wales

<section begin=B2 /><section end=B2 />

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|GK|**1**|Matt Turner|||||
|RB|**2**|Sergiño Dest|||||
|CB|**3**|Walker Zimmerman|||||
|CB|**13**|Tim Ream|||||
|LB|**5**|Antonee Robinson|||||
|DM|**4**|Tyler Adams (c)|||||
|CM|**8**|Weston McKennie|||||
|CM|**6**|Yunus Musah|||||
|RF|**21**|Timothy Weah|||||
|CF|**24**|Josh Sargent|||||
|LF|**10**|Christian Pulisic|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**11**|Brenden Aaronson|||||
|FW|**19**|Haji Wright|||||
|DF|**22**|DeAndre Yedlin|||||
|MF|**23**|Kellyn Acosta|||||
|FW|**16**|Jordan Morris|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gregg Berhalter|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Wayne Hennessey|||||
|CB|**5**|Chris Mepham|||||
|CB|**6**|Joe Rodon|||||
|CB|**4**|Ben Davies|||||
|DM|**15**|Ethan Ampadu|||||
|CM|**10**|Aaron Ramsey|||||
|CM|**8**|Harry Wilson|||||
|RW|**14**|Connor Roberts|||||
|LW|**3**|Neco Williams|||||
|CF|**11**|Gareth Bale (c)|||||
|CF|**20**|Daniel James|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**13**|Kieffer Moore|||||
|FW|**9**|Brennan Johnson|||||
|MF|**22**|Sorba Thomas|||||
|MF|**16**|Joe Morrell|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Rob Page|}|||||

### Wales vs Iran

<section begin=B3 /><section end=B3 />

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|GK|**1**|Wayne Hennessey|||||
|CB|**5**|Chris Mepham|||||
|CB|**6**|Joe Rodon|||||
|CB|**4**|Ben Davies|||||
|DM|**15**|Ethan Ampadu|||||
|CM|**10**|Aaron Ramsey|||||
|CM|**8**|Harry Wilson|||||
|RW|**14**|Connor Roberts|||||
|LW|**3**|Neco Williams|||||
|CF|**11**|Gareth Bale (c)|||||
|CF|**13**|Kieffer Moore|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**9**|Brennan Johnson|||||
|FW|**20**|Daniel James|||||
|MF|**7**|Joe Allen|||||
|GK|**12**|Danny Ward|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Rob Page|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**24**|Hossein Hosseini|||||
|RB|**23**|Ramin Rezaeian|||||
|CB|**19**|Majid Hosseini|||||
|CB|**8**|Morteza Pouraliganji|||||
|LB|**5**|Milad Mohammadi|||||
|RM|**17**|Ali Gholizadeh|||||
|CM|**6**|Saeid Ezatolahi|||||
|CM|**21**|Ahmad Nourollahi|||||
|LM|**3**|Ehsan Hajsafi (c)|||||
|SS|**9**|Mehdi Taremi|||||
|CF|**20**|Sardar Azmoun|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**10**|Karim Ansarifard|||||
|MF|**16**|Mehdi Torabi|||||
|MF|**7**|Alireza Jahanbakhsh|||||
|DF|**15**|Rouzbeh Cheshmi|||||
|MF|**18**|Ali Karimi|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Carlos Queiroz|}|||||

### England vs United States

<section begin=B4 /><section end=B4 />

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|GK|**1**|Jordan Pickford|||||
|RB|**12**|Kieran Trippier|||||
|CB|**5**|John Stones|||||
|CB|**6**|Harry Maguire|||||
|LB|**3**|Luke Shaw|||||
|CM|**22**|Jude Bellingham|||||
|CM|**4**|Declan Rice|||||
|RW|**17**|Bukayo Saka|||||
|AM|**19**|Mason Mount|||||
|LW|**10**|Raheem Sterling|||||
|CF|**9**|Harry Kane (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**7**|Jack Grealish|||||
|MF|**8**|Jordan Henderson|||||
|FW|**11**|Marcus Rashford|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gareth Southgate|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Matt Turner|||||
|RB|**2**|Sergiño Dest|||||
|CB|**3**|Walker Zimmerman|||||
|CB|**13**|Tim Ream|||||
|LB|**5**|Antonee Robinson|||||
|RM|**8**|Weston McKennie|||||
|CM|**4**|Tyler Adams (c)|||||
|CM|**6**|Yunus Musah|||||
|LM|**10**|Christian Pulisic|||||
|CF|**21**|Timothy Weah|||||
|CF|**19**|Haji Wright|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**11**|Brenden Aaronson|||||
|DF|**18**|Shaq Moore|||||
|FW|**7**|Giovanni Reyna|||||
|FW|**24**|Josh Sargent|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gregg Berhalter|}|||||

### Wales vs England

<section begin="B5" /><section end=B5 />

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|GK|**12**|Danny Ward|||||
|RB|**3**|Neco Williams|||||
|CB|**5**|Chris Mepham|||||
|CB|**6**|Joe Rodon|||||
|LB|**4**|Ben Davies|||||
|DM|**15**|Ethan Ampadu|||||
|CM|**10**|Aaron Ramsey|||||
|CM|**7**|Joe Allen|||||
|RF|**11**|Gareth Bale (c)|||||
|CF|**13**|Kieffer Moore|||||
|LF|**20**|Daniel James|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**14**|Connor Roberts|||||
|FW|**9**|Brennan Johnson|||||
|MF|**16**|Joe Morrell|||||
|MF|**8**|Harry Wilson|||||
|MF|**25**|Rubin Colwill|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Rob Page|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Jordan Pickford|||||
|RB|**2**|Kyle Walker|||||
|CB|**5**|John Stones|||||
|CB|**6**|Harry Maguire|||||
|LB|**3**|Luke Shaw|||||
|DM|**4**|Declan Rice|||||
|CM|**8**|Jordan Henderson|||||
|CM|**22**|Jude Bellingham|||||
|RF|**20**|Phil Foden|||||
|CF|**9**|Harry Kane (c)|||||
|LF|**11**|Marcus Rashford|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**18**|Trent Alexander-Arnold|||||
|FW|**24**|Callum Wilson|||||
|MF|**14**|Kalvin Phillips|||||
|DF|**12**|Kieran Trippier|||||
|FW|**7**|Jack Grealish|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gareth Southgate|}|||||

### Iran vs United States

<section begin=B6 /><section end=B6 />

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|GK|**1**|Alireza Beiranvand|||||
|RB|**23**|Ramin Rezaeian|||||
|CB|**19**|Majid Hosseini|||||
|CB|**8**|Morteza Pouraliganji|||||
|LB|**5**|Milad Mohammadi|||||
|RM|**17**|Ali Gholizadeh|||||
|CM|**6**|Saeid Ezatolahi|||||
|CM|**21**|Ahmad Nourollahi|||||
|LM|**3**|Ehsan Hajsafi (c)|||||
|SS|**9**|Mehdi Taremi|||||
|CF|**20**|Sardar Azmoun|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**18**|Ali Karimi|||||
|MF|**14**|Saman Ghoddos|||||
|MF|**16**|Mehdi Torabi|||||
|DF|**25**|Abolfazl Jalali|||||
|FW|**10**|Karim Ansarifard|||||
|colspan=3|**Other disciplinary actions:**||||||
|DF|**13**|Hossein Kanaanizadegan|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Carlos Queiroz|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Matt Turner|||||
|RB|**2**|Sergiño Dest|||||
|CB|**20**|Cameron Carter-Vickers|||||
|CB|**13**|Tim Ream|||||
|LB|**5**|Antonee Robinson|||||
|DM|**4**|Tyler Adams (c)|||||
|CM|**6**|Yunus Musah|||||
|CM|**8**|Weston McKennie|||||
|RF|**21**|Timothy Weah|||||
|CF|**24**|Josh Sargent|||||
|LF|**10**|Christian Pulisic|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**11**|Brenden Aaronson|||||
|MF|**23**|Kellyn Acosta|||||
|FW|**19**|Haji Wright|||||
|DF|**18**|Shaq Moore|||||
|DF|**3**|Walker Zimmerman|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gregg Berhalter|}|||||

## Discipline

Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the teams are tied after the overall and head-to-head rules. These points are based on yellow and red cards given to a team. The points are:
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

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