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The Twelve Groups

72 of 72 group matches played Top two per group + the eight best thirds reached the Round of 32
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 A6/6 played

Group A standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Mexico — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, won 6 +6 9
2 South Africa — qualified for the Round of 32 lost, drew, won 2 -1 4
3 South Korea won, lost, lost 2 -1 3
4 Czechia — eliminated lost, drew, lost 2 -4 1

Group B6/6 played

Group B standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Switzerland — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, won 7 +4 7
2 Canada — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, lost 8 +5 4
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina† drew, lost, won 5 -1 4
4 Qatar — eliminated drew, lost, lost 2 -8 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Bosnia and Herzegovina / Canada (level on points and head-to-head).

Group C6/6 played

Group C standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Brazil — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, won 7 +6 7
2 Morocco — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, won 6 +3 7
3 Scotland won, lost, lost 1 -3 3
4 Haiti — eliminated lost, lost, lost 2 -6 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Brazil / Morocco (level on points and head-to-head).

Group D6/6 played

Group D standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 United States — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, lost 8 +4 6
2 Australia — qualified for the Round of 32† won, lost, drew 2 0 4
3 Paraguay† lost, won, drew 2 -2 4
4 Türkiye — eliminated lost, lost, won 3 -2 3
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Australia / Paraguay (level on points and head-to-head).

Group E6/6 played

Group E standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Germany — qualified for the Round of 32† won, won, lost 10 +6 6
2 Côte d'Ivoire — qualified for the Round of 32† won, lost, won 4 +2 6
3 Ecuador lost, drew, won 2 0 4
4 Curaçao — eliminated lost, drew, lost 1 -8 1
  • † head-to-head (its points, then goal difference, then goals) separates Côte d'Ivoire / Germany (level on points).

Group F6/6 played

Group F standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Netherlands — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, won 10 +6 7
2 Japan — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, drew 7 +4 5
3 Sweden won, lost, drew 7 0 4
4 Tunisia — eliminated lost, lost, lost 2 -10 0

Group G6/6 played

Group G standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Belgium — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, drew, won 6 +4 5
2 Egypt — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, drew 5 +2 5
3 Iran drew, drew, drew 3 0 3
4 New Zealand — eliminated drew, lost, lost 4 -6 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Belgium / Egypt (level on points and head-to-head).

Group H6/6 played

Group H standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Spain — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, won 5 +5 7
2 Cape Verde — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, drew, drew 2 0 3
3 Uruguay† drew, drew, lost 3 -1 2
4 Saudi Arabia — eliminated† drew, lost, drew 1 -4 2
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Saudi Arabia / Uruguay (level on points and head-to-head).

Group I6/6 played

Group I standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 France — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, won 10 +8 9
2 Norway — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, lost 8 +1 6
3 Senegal lost, lost, won 8 +2 3
4 Iraq — eliminated lost, lost, lost 1 -11 0

Group J6/6 played

Group J standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Argentina — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, won 8 +7 9
2 Austria — qualified for the Round of 32† won, lost, drew 6 0 4
3 Algeria† lost, won, drew 5 -2 4
4 Jordan — eliminated lost, lost, lost 3 -5 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Algeria / Austria (level on points and head-to-head).

Group K6/6 played

Group K standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Colombia — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, drew 4 +3 7
2 Portugal — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, drew 6 +5 5
3 DR Congo drew, lost, won 4 +1 4
4 Uzbekistan — eliminated lost, lost, lost 2 -9 0

Group L6/6 played

Group L standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 England — qualified for the Round of 32 won, drew, won 6 +4 7
2 Croatia — qualified for the Round of 32 lost, won, won 5 0 6
3 Ghana won, drew, lost 2 0 4
4 Panama — eliminated lost, lost, lost 0 -4 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 DR Congo K 1-1-1 4 +1 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
2 Sweden F 1-1-1 7 0 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
3 Ecuador† E 1-1-1 2 0 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Ghana† L 1-1-1 2 0 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina B 1-1-1 5 -1 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Algeria J 1-1-1 5 -2 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Paraguay D 1-1-1 2 -2 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Senegal I 1-0-2 8 +2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 Iran G 0-3-0 3 0 3 out as it stands
10 South Korea A 1-0-2 2 -1 3 out as it stands
11 Scotland C 1-0-2 1 -3 3 out as it stands
12 Uruguay H 0-2-1 3 -1 2 out as it stands
  • † Ecuador / Ghana level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.