WC26 Daily Hub · Group Stage · June 11–27

The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 2 Friday, June 12, 2026 One edition per ET date

2 of 72 group-stage matches played

Today

Friday, June 12 · 2 matches

Day 2 of the group stage brings just two matches, but the evening fixture carries enough weight to make the early afternoon feel like a warm-up act. Canada open their campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina at 3:00 PM ET on Fox, a Group B matchday-one encounter where the standings are, naturally, a perfect blank — all four sides yet to play, all four with everything still to decide.

The main event arrives at 9:00 PM on the same channel: United States against Paraguay in Group D. The consensus probabilities make this about as even a game as the round has to offer — United States at 38 percent, Paraguay at 36, a draw slotting in at 27 — which is to say there is no meaningful favourite and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something. The recorded paper pick is on Paraguay at 4.00, carrying an 11-point edge on the closing line. Whether that edge holds up over 90 minutes is, of course, the whole question.

— the morning line, generated from the day's data

The Tables

Twelve Groups

Top two in each group advance. Shaded zones read the table as it stands — nothing is decided until the math says so.

Group A2/6 played

Group A standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Mexico won, not yet played, not yet played 2 +2 3
2 South Korea won, not yet played, not yet played 2 +1 3
3 Czechia lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -1 0
4 South Africa lost, not yet played, not yet played 0 -2 0

Group B0/6 played

Group B standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Canada not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Qatar not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Switzerland not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group C0/6 played

Group C standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Brazil not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Haiti not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Morocco not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Scotland not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group D0/6 played

Group D standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Australia not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Paraguay not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Türkiye not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 United States not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group E0/6 played

Group E standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Curaçao not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Côte d'Ivoire not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Ecuador not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Germany not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group F0/6 played

Group F standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Japan not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Netherlands not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Sweden not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Tunisia not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group G0/6 played

Group G standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Belgium not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Egypt not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Iran not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 New Zealand not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group H0/6 played

Group H standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Cape Verde not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Saudi Arabia not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Spain not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Uruguay not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group I0/6 played

Group I standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 France not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Iraq not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Norway not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Senegal not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group J0/6 played

Group J standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Algeria not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 Argentina not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Austria not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Jordan not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group K0/6 played

Group K standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Colombia not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 DR Congo not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Portugal not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Uzbekistan not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0

Group L0/6 played

Group L standings after 0 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Croatia not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
2 England not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
3 Ghana not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
4 Panama not yet played, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 0
The Cutline

Third-Place Race

The best eight third-placed teams also advance to the Round of 32. The dashed line is the cut.

Third-place ranking across all groups; the best 8 advance
RankTeamGrpW-D-LGFGDPtsQualifying
1 Austria J 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
2 Ecuador E 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
3 Ghana L 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Iran G 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Morocco C 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Norway I 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Portugal K 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Qatar B 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 Spain H 0-0-0 0 0 0 out as it stands
10 Sweden F 0-0-0 0 0 0 out as it stands
11 Türkiye D 0-0-0 0 0 0 out as it stands
12 Czechia A 0-0-1 1 -1 0 out as it stands