The Qatar 2022 campaign
Australia conceded four against France, then beat Tunisia and Denmark by the same 1–0 score to finish second in Group D. Argentina ended their tournament in a narrow round-of-16 defeat. The group recovery is the campaign's defining sequence: Australia did not need to repeat France's attacking output, but to make two small leads last.
Reading the record
Australia recorded 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats across 4 matches, scoring 4 goals and conceding 6. FIFA’s match summaries record 9 attempts on target from 25 total attempts during their campaign.
Shoot-outs decide which team advances, but their kicks are excluded from the goal totals above. Matches decided on penalties count as draws in this win–draw–loss record; extra-time goals count towards the match score.
Matches to revisit
The Tunisia and Denmark games show how consecutive clean sheets turned a heavy opening loss into qualification.
Final Group D standings
Australia finished second with 6 points. The top two teams advanced to the round of 16.
The route, match by match
- 22 Nov · Group D
France 4–1 Australia ↗
France recover from an early setback
Al Janoub Stadium · 22:00 Qatar time
Match context & statistics - 26 Nov · Group D
Tunisia 0–1 Australia ↗
Australia find the response they needed
Al Janoub Stadium · 13:00 Qatar time
Match context & statistics - 30 Nov · Group D
Australia 1–0 Denmark ↗
Australia claim their knockout place
Al Janoub Stadium · 18:00 Qatar time
Match context & statistics - 3 Dec · Round of 16
Argentina 2–1 Australia ↗
Argentina get past Australia's late challenge
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium · 22:00 Qatar time
Match context & statistics
Sources and method
FIFA’s complete Qatar 2022 match-report hub ↗
Campaign totals are calculated from Australia’s match results and the individual FIFA statistical reports linked on each match page. The overview is an editorial retrospective by Qatar22 Editorial.