There are six spots left in the 1/8 round of the World Cup 2022
The first four tables ended without much surprise. Strong teams like the Netherlands, England, Argentina and France all top the group. The second places in the group belong to Senegal, USA, Poland and Australia. In particular, the surprise was only in Australia's place when they beat Tunisia and Denmark in Group D.
The first four pairs of the 1/8 round are also determined, including the Netherlands - USA, Argentina - Australia, England - Senegal and France - Poland. If the higher-rated teams all win, the 2022 World Cup could see the quarter-finals of the Netherlands - Argentina and England - France.
The remaining four groups will play on the evening of December 1 and December 2, respectively, to determine the remaining four pairs in the 1/8 round. In particular, Brazil and Portugal are sure to pass the group stage, although it is not clear which branch they fall into. They all only need to draw in the last leg to top Group G and H respectively. At that time, Brazil will fall into the semi-finals with Argentina, and Portugal in the bracket with England and France.
There have been nine teams eliminated in the World Cup 2022 and 10 teams progressed. Therefore, there are only 13 teams remaining to compete for the remaining six spots in the knockout stage, the ratio is close to one-on-one. Spain, Croatia and Morocco all only need to draw the last leg to continue, the remaining teams must win or win big to complete the goal.
Two highly rated teams are in danger of being eliminated: Germany and Belgium. Germany needs to beat Costa Rica in the final round, and hope Japan doesn't beat Spain. And Belgium needs to beat Croatia to enter the round of 16.
The points of the Group G and H teams are identical, and the matches between Serbia - Switzerland and Ghana - Uruguay in each group will greatly determine their progress. The winning team of these two pairs will have a great chance to advance to the knockout round. Because in the remaining pairs, Brazil and Portugal are hard to fail.
