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3 AFC teams reached Round of 16 first time, know complete schedule of Round of 16 matches in FIFA World Cup

03/12/2022/8:54:pm

Qatar: The group stage 47 matches of the Qatar FIFA World Cup, 2022 saw incredible and surprising results in several matches. Amazing upsets in the league stage matches ended on Friday, 2 December with surprising results. During this, the countries of Asia created a new history and African countries also showed that it is not right to take them lightly.

For the first time since 1994 in the FIFA World Cup, no team won all three group stage matches in the group stage. Germany, the 4-time champion of the World Cup, was eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup for the second time in a row. The semi-finalists of the FIFA World Cup, 2018, Belgium were also eliminated. Qatar became the second country in FIFA World Cup history to be eliminated from the tournament in the group stage itself.

3 AFC (Asian Football Confederation) teams reached Round of 16 for the first time
In this latest World Cup, Japan and South Korea from Asia crossed the group stage and made it to the next round. For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, 3 AFC teams – Japan, South Korea and Australia entered the knockout stage. USA and England also reached the Round of 16.

African countries Senegal and Morocco also made their mark and made it to the knockout round. Morocco surprised with their performance and managed to finish above Croatia and Belgium in their Group-F.

What happened to portugal and brazil
The matches of the last day of the group stage forced crores of football fans around the world to press their fingers under their teeth. South Korea beat Portugal 2-1, while Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0.

Cameroon created history by becoming the first country to beat Brazil
However, now a total of 16 teams will participate in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup, 2022, ie the knockout round, and a total of 8 matches will be played in this stage. Whoever loses one of his matches will be out of this World Cup.