Ranking Every Match From The 2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was one of controversy, excitement, drama, chaos and joy, to name a few. 64 matches were played at this tournament, and each one contained either a play, a storyline or a moment that will live on in history. Today, in my largest project to date, we rank every match from this wild tournament, 6 months after the first whistle blew in the iconic Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it, and stay tuned for more big projects like this one coming soon!

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[balthox]

Aside from the France vs Argentina game, that Netherlands vs Argentina game was one of the most memorable, especially that 90+11 goal, really that one is arguably one of the greatest World Cup goal ever

[Jo-]

I would have put Argentina vs Netherlands higher just bc of the fight 💀💀💀, great vid tho-

[marcnelson]

Not a bad ranking but I can't justify giving Portugals blowout win vs Switzerland an S tier ranking. From a goal oriented entertainment standpoint sure, but the suspense of the matches quickly evaporated. The significance of Croatia knocking out Brazil and the fashion of how it happened after Neymar scores a beauty of a goal.... that's an S-tier finaly and probably the 3rd best game of the tournament

[tirodeesquina]

In my opinion Argentina vs Netherlands was the best match of the tournament. Similar to the final, Argentina dominated for most of the match with a late comeback from the opposition. It also had a ton of ref controversy for both sides and was by far the most heated match of the World Cup.

[lowurcase]

Personally, I would put Saudi Arabia beating Messi's Aregentina in S tier. No one was expecting it and quite personally, it really shocked me at 4am.

[jonnik]

Not putting Croatia vs Brazil in S tier should be a crime. All this tension and a underdog winning against a title- favorite was great! Definitely not a B tier

[elVillanostalgia]

Would've put "🇭🇷 1 (4) - (2) 1 🇧🇷" in the S tier, it was so exciting and emotional!
We were kind of acceptably underwhelmed when Neymar finally scored in the extra time (105'+1), so you have no idea how much we screamed when Petkovic unexpectedly tied the match again (116') with only 5 minutes left in the extra time... I almost cried! And that Marquinhos miss in the pole in the penalty shootout, oh my gosh... we all started to dance for 🇭🇷's victory, as 🇧🇷 couldn't dance anymore 😅 Truly an epic match... though it was not the best 2022 World Cup match disputed that day...

[lifeer]

France vs Argentina and Netherlands vs Argentina were literally the best games of the World Cup I don't think I've ever been the hyped and anxious over a football match lol

[ACasualCustomer]

I would put Arg vs Netherlands and Brazil vs Croatia in S tier. Must watch matches!

[juanb]

I feel like you rated many games high because they had a lot of goals, but some weren’t that great. On the opposite, Croatia v Brasil and Ned v Argentina definitely deserved S Tier

[robertonkel]

the fact that u put belgium croatia in d says that all u were looking for was goals. it was actually a really entertaining game(despite no goals) considering the way u were reviewing it deserved a b atleast

[ayanbasu]

I would say the top 2 best world cup matches for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup were the following:

1. Argentina vs. France -

The sheer stakes of Lionel Messi's pride were on this match. He lost the 2014 WC Final, and up until 2021, Argentina have suffered defeat after defeat. However, Argentina were the favorites going into this tournament to win the match because they won the 2021 Copa and the 2022 Finalissima, both in spectacular fashion. I think that Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia was a clear wake up call to them: get their heads out of their own asses and get to work. And this world cup, Argentina were in their best form possible. Everyone followed Messi as their leader. They helped Messi, and Messi helped them. It was a cohesive team, lots of fluidity and coordination, and all of it worked to a TEA. If Messi won, this would've cemented his legacy as the Greatest of All Time.

Then you have France, the international juggernauts of the last 5 years. Thanks to Deschamps, and a whole bunch of young talent, all lead by Kylian Mbappe, France became an internation powerhouse. They cruised through the 2018 WC, made a statement at the 2020 EUROs, and destroyed everyone in the 2022 WC. If Kylian Mbappe won, he would be the first player and the youngest player since Pele to win back-to-back World Cups, and would've become an international dominator that POTENTIALLY matched the international juggernaut of Pele.

There was a lot of back and forth in this match. Argentina destroyed France in the first half. France came back and Mbappe tied them in the second half. They traded blows in extra time. Then when it came to penalties, it was all riding on this, and Dibu did what he did best.

I'm happy Argentina won, as Messi is my GOAT and THE GOAT, but I will ALWAYS, and I mean, ALWAYS respect France and Mbappe for their performances in this tournament.

The 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup Final will go down, in my book, as the single greatest soccer/football match of all time, even more than of '96 Italy v. France, '14 Brazil v. Germany, '14 Argentina v. Germany, '22 Japan v. Spain, '10 Spain v. Netherlands, and so many more great matches.

2. Argentina vs. The Netherlands -

The aptly named "Battle of Lusail" where a historic near 20 bookings happened, on-field drama, and a shit-load of antics. This match had HISTORY, and I was on the edge of my seat for this match. I knew there was bad blood between the Albesceleste and the Dutch, especially with the coaches and the players. This match was really good, two powerhouses went back and forth with each other, and that 100' free kick goal was absolutely stunning! I commend both Argentina and Holland for doing their absolute best.

But the real highlight of this match was the referree, the bookings, and the bad blood that was displayed here. I knew this ref, and he was such a diva, as he wanted to make this match about him, and hell he did, as he was known to have some strife with Lionel Messi. But, the bookings were downright hilarious and absurd. The ref just handed out yellow cards like hotcakes, and to see the squabbles between the players was fun. It was brutal, as it did get physical. I saw Paredes straight yeet the ball into Holland's bench, and then I saw Van Dijk just run and shove Paredes to the ground. Then came the crowd brawl between the players. I was shocked, but man I was kinda laughing.

This match was amazing.

[bodofzt]

Just a correction, Mexico didn't think they were through until the last minute. Actually, Poland was ahead of Mexico on fairplay points all the time. The Saudi goal changed nothing, as Mexico needed one more goal regardless (3-0 to win on goal difference or 3-1 to win on goals scored).

[manuelb]

Great Rating. I disagree with only a couple of those ratings, but it's kinda expected, since we're talking about 64 games.
Nevertheless, pretty objective and justified ranking. Well done

[joeyjerry]

I’ll say this about Croatia vs Belgium. Watching Belgium have so many chances to score and constantly failing was hillarious. Sad though at the same time considering how strong they were in 2018

[dipenchavda]

One of the best moments along with the usual ones was in South Korea vs Portugal in which in those dying minutes son made a run for the whole pitch and made an assist and that sealed their spont in round of 16 such an amazing moment.

[djones_music]

The fact that you took the time to go through all these games and rank each one shows insane dedication. Underrated youtuber. Keep going👊

[vladimirhernandez]

so perfect that the game of the tournament is the final, what a way for the saga to end. I will never forget that game.

[Gabush]

bro Croatia v Brazil was so tense; how did you not put it in S tier, also the excitement from a relatively believed underdog team to beat one of the teams widely believed to have a winning chance is so great!

[muhammadryanelyeddari]

My personal favourite was Belgium vs Morocco. I was watching it with a few other Moroccans and when the first goal was scored everyone went wild cause we didn't think we would have a chance at beating Belgium since they had Lukaku, De Bruyne, Hazard and Courtois but then it was disallowed since it was slightly offside. That was probably the lowest part of the 2022 World Cup for me second only to El-Yamiq barely missing a bicycle kick against France. Then Morocco managed to score again and everyone went wild again. The 2nd/3rd goal convinced me and pretty much the rest of Morocco that we could make it far in the World Cup.

My 2nd favourite was Argentina vs France and my 3rd was Japan vs Spain since I'm a big Brighton fan and I wanted Mitoma to make it far in the world cup. He ended up having the most clutch/controversial assist in the world cup in that match and Costa Rica's second goal against Germany was probably my favourite non-Morocco related moment of the World Cup since at that moment Costa Rica and Japan would've been going through a group with Germany and Spain but Germany had to ruin it by scoring 3 more goals.