This Tuesday begins the last day of the group stage of the World Cup. For now, the only teams eliminated are Qatar and Canada and there are only three teams qualified for the round of 16: Portugal and Brazil joined France on Monday. The world champion in 2014, Germany, meanwhile, has some pretty complicated accounts to go on. However, in the eight groups there is a lot to decide. So that you don’t need a calculator, the Observer does the calculations for you to consult the scenarios in which the different teams can qualify for the elimination phase of the competition.
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The punctual proximity between teams suggests that some will end up with the same points. In this situation, the first tiebreaker is the goal difference, that is, the difference between the goals scored and conceded in all matches. If, even so, there is a tie, the goals scored in all matches are the third tiebreaker. The following criteria are head-to-head, that is, the number of points scored in the games between the tied teams, the goal difference in the game between the tied teams, the goals scored in the game between the tied teams, the highest number of goals scored between all tied teams and then the disciplinary criteria. As a last resort, FIFA draws lots to decide who advances.
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Source: Observadora
