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2018 FIFA World Cup Group D

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2018 postage stamp from Russiadepicting Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 16 to 26 June 2018.^[1] The group consists of Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, and Nigeria. The top two teams, Croatia and Argentina, advanced to the round of 16.^[2]

Contents

• 1Teams
• 2Standings
• 3Matches
  • 3.1Argentina vs Iceland
  • 3.2Croatia vs Nigeria
  • 3.3Argentina vs Croatia
  • 3.4Nigeria vs Iceland
  • 3.5Nigeria vs Argentina
  • 3.6Iceland vs Croatia
• 4Discipline
• 5References
• 6External links

Teams[edit]

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									October 2017[nb 1]	June 2018
D1	Argentina	1	CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL Round Robin third place	10 October 2017	17th	2014 (runners-up)	Winners (1978, 1986)	4	5
D2	Iceland	3	UEFA	UEFA Group I winners	9 October 2017	1st	–	–	21	22
D3	Croatia	2	UEFA	UEFA Second Round winners	12 November 2017	5th	2014 (group stage)	Third place (1998)	18	20
D4	Nigeria	4	CAF	CAF Third Round Group B winners	7 October 2017	6th	2014 (round of 16)	Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)	41	48

Notes

1. Jump up ^ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team [  v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA