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2022 World Cup Qualifiers: How many different goalscorers did all teams have? Where does India stand?

Where does India rank in the list of different goalscorers of the teams in World Cup qualifiers...

India ended their 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifying campaign ended with a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan on June 15.

They finished third in Group E with seven points from eight matches. While Igor Stimac's side did not make it to the next round of the World Cup qualifiers, they directly progressed to the 2023 Asian Cup qualifying third round.

During the campaign, Stimac's men had three different goalscorers. Sunil Chhetri netted three goals while Adil Khan and Seiminlen Doungel scored a goal each.

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Chhetri scored a goal against Oman in their very first match of the group stage and then scored a brace in India's only win of the competition against Bangladesh in the second phase. Adil Khan had scored the equalising goal against Bangladesh in Kolkata in the first leg tie and Doungel scored against Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Only Sri Lanka, Nepal, Guam and Cambodia had fewer goalscorers (2) than the Blue Tigers. Iran had the most number of goalscorers (18).

It has to be noted that DPR Korea withdrew from the qualifiers midway into the campaign.

Group A

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	Syria	7	22
2	China	10	30
3	Philippines	9	12
4	Maldives	6	7
5	Guam	2	2

Group B

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goal scored
1	Australia	10	28
2	Kuwait	14	19
3	Jordan	6	13
4	Nepal	2	4
5	Chinese Taipei	4	4

Group C

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	Iran	18	34
2	Iraq	8	14
3	Bahrain	8	15
4	Hong Kong	4	4
5	Cambodia	2	2

Group D

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	Saudi Arabia	10	22
2	Uzbekistan	10	18
3	Palestine	4	10
4	Singapore	5	7
5	Yemen	4	6

Groups E

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	Qatar	8	18
2	Oman	7	16
3	India	3	6
4	Afghanistan	5	5
5	Bangladesh	3	3

Group F

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goal scored
1	Japan	15	46
2	Tajikistan	9	14
3	Kyrgyz Republic	9	19
4	Mongolia	3	3
5	Myanmar	4	6

Group G

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	UAE	7	23
2	Vietnam	7	13
3	Malaysia	5	10
4	Thailand	8	9
5	Indonesia	4	5

Group H

Position	Team	Goalscorers	Goals scored
1	South Korea	11	22
2	Lebanon	7	11
3	Turkmenistan	8	8
4	Sri Lanka	1	2
5	DPR Korea	0	0

How many teams are over India in terms of the number of goal getters?

In terms of number of different goalscorers, India have had as much as Bangladesh and Mongolia.

Position	Team	Goalscorers
1	Iran	18
2	Japan	15
3	Kuwait	14
4	South Korea	11
5	Saudi Arabia	10
6	Uzbekistan	10
7	Australia	10
8	China	10
9	Philippines	9
10	Kyrgyz Republic	9
11	Tajikistan	9
12	Bahrain	8
13	Turkmenistan	8
14	Iraq	8
15	Qatar	8
16	Thailand	8
17	Syria	7
18	Oman	7
19	UAE	7
20	Vietnam	7
21	Lebanon	7
22	Jordan	6
23	Maldives	6
24	Singapore	5
25	Afghanistan	5
26	Malaysia	5
27	Chinese Taipei	4
28	Hong Kong	4
29	Palestine	4
30	Yemen	4
31	Myanmar	4
32	Indonesia	4
33	Mongolia	3
34	Bangladesh	3
35	India	3
36	Guam	2
37	Nepal	2
38	Cambodia	2
39	Sri Lanka	1

How did India do in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers?

India started their World Cup qualification run with a narrow 2-1 defeat at the hands of Oman at home, followed by a historic goalless draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha. In their third and fourth matches, the Blue Tigers managed 1-1 draws against both Bangladesh and Afghanistan and then they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Oman away from home.

They resumed their campaign against Qatar on June 3 and lost 1-0 but followed it up with a 2-0 win over Bangladesh. In their final match, they managed a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan.