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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 12 Monday, June 22, 2026 One edition per ET date

40 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Sunday, June 21

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Monday, June 22 · 4 matches

Forty matches in and the group stage is approaching its midpoint, with Monday offering a look at two groups where the table-toppers are still sorting themselves out. The headline act arrives at 1 p.m. ET when Argentina face Austria in a Group J meeting of two sides with identical records after one game — three points apiece, separated only by goal difference. The consensus gives Argentina a 72-9 edge in win probability, and the recorded spread pick reflects confidence in a margin, but Austria arrived here having won their opener as well, and a team with something to protect can make that number uncomfortable. Later in the evening, Group I splits across two simultaneous windows: France against Iraq at 5 p.m. carries a 90-2 consensus split that leaves almost nothing to discuss in terms of outcome uncertainty, while Norway against Senegal at 8 p.m. is the genuinely open match of the day — 47-26-28, which is about as flat a three-way split as you will see. On the third-place cutline, Ecuador sit eighth on one point with a goal difference of minus-one, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are one place below them on the same points but minus-three.

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

  • 1:00 PM ET

    ArgentinavAustria

    J3 · Fox · AT&T Stadium, Arlington · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Argentina -1 +6.9% (+2 more)

  • 5:00 PM ET

    FrancevIraq

    I3 · Fox · Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Iraq +2.5 +6.3%

  • 8:00 PM ET

    NorwayvSenegal

    I4 · Fox · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford · preview →

  • 11:00 PM ET

    JordanvAlgeria

    J4 · FS1 · Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Algeria +5.8%

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 A4/6 played

Group A standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Mexico — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, not yet played 3 +3 6
2 South Korea won, lost, not yet played 2 0 3
3 Czechia† lost, drew, not yet played 2 -1 1
4 South Africa† lost, drew, not yet played 1 -2 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Czechia / South Africa (level on points and head-to-head).

Group B4/6 played

Group B standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Canada† drew, won, not yet played 7 +6 4
2 Switzerland† drew, won, not yet played 5 +3 4
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina‡ drew, lost, not yet played 2 -3 1
4 Qatar‡ drew, lost, not yet played 1 -6 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Canada / Switzerland (level on points and head-to-head).
  • ‡ overall goal difference/goals separate Bosnia and Herzegovina / Qatar (level on points and head-to-head).

Group C4/6 played

Group C standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Brazil† drew, won, not yet played 4 +3 4
2 Morocco† drew, won, not yet played 2 +1 4
3 Scotland won, lost, not yet played 1 0 3
4 Haiti lost, lost, not yet played 0 -4 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Brazil / Morocco (level on points and head-to-head).

Group D4/6 played

Group D standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 United States — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, not yet played 6 +5 6
2 Australia† won, lost, not yet played 2 0 3
3 Paraguay† lost, won, not yet played 2 -2 3
4 Türkiye lost, lost, not yet played 0 -3 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Australia / Paraguay (level on points and head-to-head).

Group E4/6 played

Group E standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Germany — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, not yet played 9 +7 6
2 Côte d'Ivoire won, lost, not yet played 2 0 3
3 Ecuador† lost, drew, not yet played 0 -1 1
4 Curaçao† lost, drew, not yet played 1 -6 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Curaçao / Ecuador (level on points and head-to-head).

Group F4/6 played

Group F standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Netherlands† drew, won, not yet played 7 +4 4
2 Japan† drew, won, not yet played 6 +4 4
3 Sweden won, lost, not yet played 6 0 3
4 Tunisia lost, lost, not yet played 1 -8 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Japan / Netherlands (level on points and head-to-head).

Group G4/6 played

Group G standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Egypt drew, won, not yet played 4 +2 4
2 Iran† drew, drew, not yet played 2 0 2
3 Belgium† drew, drew, not yet played 1 0 2
4 New Zealand drew, lost, not yet played 3 -2 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Belgium / Iran (level on points and head-to-head).

Group H4/6 played

Group H standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Spain drew, won, not yet played 4 +4 4
2 Uruguay† drew, drew, not yet played 3 0 2
3 Cape Verde† drew, drew, not yet played 2 0 2
4 Saudi Arabia drew, lost, not yet played 1 -4 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Cape Verde / Uruguay (level on points and head-to-head).

Group I2/6 played

Group I standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Norway† won, not yet played, not yet played 4 +3 3
2 France† won, not yet played, not yet played 3 +2 3
3 Senegal‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -2 0
4 Iraq‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -3 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate France / Norway (level on points and head-to-head).
  • ‡ overall goal difference/goals separate Iraq / Senegal (level on points and head-to-head).

Group J2/6 played

Group J standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Argentina† won, not yet played, not yet played 3 +3 3
2 Austria† won, not yet played, not yet played 3 +2 3
3 Jordan‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -2 0
4 Algeria‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 0 -3 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Argentina / Austria (level on points and head-to-head).
  • ‡ overall goal difference/goals separate Algeria / Jordan (level on points and head-to-head).

Group K2/6 played

Group K standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Colombia won, not yet played, not yet played 3 +2 3
2 DR Congo† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
3 Portugal† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
4 Uzbekistan lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -2 0
  • † DR Congo / Portugal level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

Group L2/6 played

Group L standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 England† won, not yet played, not yet played 4 +2 3
2 Ghana† won, not yet played, not yet played 1 +1 3
3 Panama‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 0 -1 0
4 Croatia‡ lost, not yet played, not yet played 2 -2 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate England / Ghana (level on points and head-to-head).
  • ‡ overall goal difference/goals separate Croatia / Panama (level on points and head-to-head).
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 Sweden F 1-0-1 6 0 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
2 Scotland C 1-0-1 1 0 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
3 Paraguay D 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Cape Verde H 0-2-0 2 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Belgium G 0-2-0 1 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Portugal K 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Czechia A 0-1-1 2 -1 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Ecuador E 0-1-1 0 -1 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina B 0-1-1 2 -3 1 out as it stands
10 Panama L 0-0-1 0 -1 0 out as it stands
11 Jordan† J 0-0-1 1 -2 0 out as it stands
12 Senegal† I 0-0-1 1 -2 0 out as it stands
  • † Jordan / Senegal level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.