Cup Group E: know what each team needs to qualify

The third round of the group stage is decisive in defining the lives of many teams in the Qatar Cup.

The duels, for the most part, decide who advances to the round of 16 and who stays along the way.

Even the teams that already have their place assured, with two victories in the first two clashes, are interested in their game, to try to finish the group in the lead and avoid, theoretically, a more difficult game in the first knockout.

Groups A and B are already finalized, and the qualifiers were Holland, Senegal, England and USA.

See the situation of Group E, whose matches are, this Thursday (1st), at 16h (from Brasilia), spain vs japan and Germany vs Costa Rica🇧🇷

Spain (4 points)

• Victory: qualifies
• Tie: qualifies
• Defeat: qualifies with a tie between Germans and Costa Ricans; if Costa Rica wins, it’s out; if Germany wins, there will be equality on points and the place will be defined by the tiebreaker criteria (the first is the goal difference)

Japan (3 points)

• Victory: qualifies
• Tie: qualifies with a tie between Germans and Costa Ricans; if Costa Rica wins, it’s out; if Germany wins, there will be equality on points and the place will be defined by the tiebreaker criteria (the first is the goal difference)
• Defeat: is out

Costa Rica (3 points)

• Victory: qualifies
• Tie: rooting for Japan’s defeat; if that happens, there will be equality in points and the vacancy will be defined by the tiebreaker criteria (the first is the goal difference, which in the case of Costa Rica is very bad: -6)
• Defeat: is out

Germany (1 point)

• Victory: qualifies, as long as Spain does not lose to Japan; if that happens, there will be equality on points with the Spaniards and the vacancy will be defined by the tiebreaker criteria (the first is the goal difference)
• Tie: is out
• Defeat: is out