<Li> Yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points </Li> <Li> If any of the teams above remain level after applying the above criteria, their ranking will be determined by the drawing of lots </Li> <P> The knockout stage is a single - elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one - off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary . It begins with the round of 16 (or the second round) in which the winner of each group plays against the runner - up of another group . This is followed by the quarter - finals, the semi-finals, the third - place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final . </P> <P> On 10 January 2017, FIFA approved a new format, the 48 - team World Cup (to accommodate more teams), which consists of 16 groups of three teams each, with two teams qualifying from each group, to form a round of 32 knockout stage, to be implemented by 2026 . </P>

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