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World Cup 2022

  • An Argentina fan touches a Lionel Messi flag.

    World Cup gallery
    Tom Jenkins’ best photographs from Qatar

  • From left; Szymon Marciniak, Lionel Messi, Achraf Hakimi and Wayne Hennessey

    World Cup quiz
    22 questions on the 22nd edition of the tournament

  • David Squires on … a salty end to Qatar’s World Cup

    David Squires on …
    A salty end to Qatar’s World Cup

    • World Cup final
      Referee responds to French criticism with phone photo

    • Salt Bae
      Fifa investigating how chef got on to pitch at final

    • Emiliano Martínez
      Vieira claims ‘stupid’ celebrations spoiled triumph

Qatar: beyond the football

  • One hundred days since the World Cup, where Lionel Messi led Argentina to triumph, many workers in Qatar remain at risk of exploitation

    ‘Legacy, what legacy?’
    Fight goes on for migrant workers after World Cup

  • The Sealine Beach resort in Qatar

    Exclusive
    Criminal case is opened over death of migrant worker

  • Stadium 974

    Broken promises?
    Future of World Cup stadiums still up in the air

  • Migrant workers sharing a room

    ‘Haven’t earned a rial’
    Qatar migrant labourers left stranded and jobless

Image of football covered in bank notes
Qatar: beyond the football

Knockout stage table

  • Round of 16
    Netherlands 3
    USA 1
    Argentina 2
    Australia 1
    Japan 1
    Croatia win 3-1 on penalties
    Croatia 1
    Brazil 4
    South Korea 1
    Quarter Final
    Netherlands 2
    Argentina win 4-3 on penalties
    Argentina 2
    Croatia 1
    Croatia win 4-2 on penalties
    Brazil 1
    Semi-Final
    Argentina 3
    Croatia 0
    Round of 16
    England 3
    Senegal 0
    France 3
    Poland 1
    Morocco 0
    Morocco win 3-0 on penalties
    Spain 0
    Portugal 6
    Switzerland 1
    Quarter Final
    England 1
    France 2
    Morocco 1
    Portugal 0
    Semi-Final
    France 2
    Morocco 0
    3rd/4th Play-Offs
    Croatia 2
    Morocco 1
    Final
    Argentina 3
    Final
    Argentina win 4-2 on penalties
    France 3
    All matches are in GMT time

News & features

  • Argentina v Netherlands; Gianni Infantino; Lionel Messi; Richarlison

    World Cup awards
    The Guardian team give their verdicts

    From Messi to Morocco, our writers share their memories

  • Argentina
    Crowd chaos forces parade to be finished by helicopter

  • Wahbi Khazri celebrates after scoring against France last month

    The Knowledge
    The World Cup match with most players born in one country

  • World rankings
    Brazil keep Argentina off top spot as Morocco climb to 11th

  • Emiliano Martínez
    Shootout success, controversy and glory

  • Game by game
    Remarkable photos from Qatar 2022

  • 'I wrote my story'
    Benzema announces international retirement

  • Fifa
    Officials float idea of men’s World Cup finals every three years

  • France
    Deschamps deserves credit despite losing World Cup final

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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In depth

  • The emir of Qatar dresses Lionel Messi in a traditional bisht as the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, looks on

    Qatar 2022 ends with greatest final and Messi coronation

    Barney Ronay
    Lionel Messi’s sublime brilliance elevated divisive World Cup into one of the great sports stories as France lost on penalties
  • ‘Paraded like a beaming Guy Fawkes dummy’: Lionel Messi with Gianni Infantino and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

    The winner is … Qatar
    Curtain falls on Project Hard Football Power

    It was costly, carbon-heavy and shadowed by corruption but this power play couldn’t have gone much better for the hosts, writes Barney Ronay
    • Left to right: Antoine Griezmann, Josko Gvardiol, Achraf Hakimi and Julián Álvarez

      From Martínez to Mbappé
      World Cup team of the tournament

    • Alexis Mac Allister, Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández

      How Scaloni turned Argentina around after opening defeat

      Sid Lowe
    • TOPSHOT-COMBO-FBL-WC-2022-MATCH64-ARG-MARADONA-MESSI<br>TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 18, 2022 shows Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (L) holding the World Cup trophy after beating France during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022 and Argentina's captain Diego Armando Maradona (R) holding the World Cup trophy won by his team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany on June 29, 1986 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

      Messi emulates Maradona in fairytale end to perfect story

      Sid Lowe
    • Anita Asante

      The football was great but Fifa had a stinker. It must do better for 2026

      Anita Asante
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Opinion

  • Illustration of crime scene tape wrapped around a corner flag

    Qatar 2022 has taken place in a crime scene

    Marina Hyde
  • Left to right: Japan’s Ritsu Doan, Azzedine Ounahi of Morocco, and Saudi Arabia’s Saud Abdulhamid.

    On the rise
    Seven of the World Cup’s biggest breakout playing stars

    We pick players, including two from Morocco, who enhanced their reputations in Qatar and could become transfer targets
  • Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal dancing with his mum

    Qatar 2022 highlights
    Cats, pop stars and dressing-room showdowns

    Sure there were sporting zeniths, but what about Chesney Hawkes, felines and a surfeit of dancing …

    Video

    • Argentina
      Fans swarm streets to welcome champions back to Buenos Aires

      The bus was swarmed by jubilant supporters who lined the streets of Buenos Aires in huge numbers to celebrate with their heroes

    • Lionel Messi was beaming as he disembarked Argentina's plane holding the World Cup trophy for all to see.&nbsp;

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      Lionel Messi
      Argentina's hero steps off plane with World Cup trophy

    • In what will be the first of many celebrations and parades, Argentina's World Cup squad celebrated with tens of thousands of fans on an open-top bus down Lusail Boulevard

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      Argentina
      Squad celebrate win with open-top bus parade in Qatar

    • Argentinians flying from Istanbul to Buenos Aires celebrated in the plane's aisles after watching live coverage of Argentina's victory over France in the World Cup final

      0:43

      Final highs
      Argentina fans on flight to Buenos Aires revel in triumph

    • Fans cried as Argentina secured their third World Cup victory after an intense match against France

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      Argentina
      Emotional fans celebrate third triumph

    • French&nbsp;fans were disappointed after&nbsp;Argentina&nbsp;but hopeful after the penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in the World Cup final

      0:59

      'The next one is for us'
      France fans reflect on their dramatic defeat

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    The big picture

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