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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 4 Sunday, June 14, 2026 One edition per ET date

8 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Saturday, June 13

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Sunday, June 14 · 4 matches

Day 4 brings Groups E and F into the picture for the first time, with four openers spread across a long Sunday that begins at 1:00 PM ET and runs past midnight. Germany against Curaçao is the least suspenseful proposition on the card — the consensus gives the Europeans a 91 percent chance of winning, which leaves very little to discuss beyond the margin. The more interesting football arrives at 4:00 PM, when the Netherlands face Japan in a game the models genuinely cannot separate: 45 percent Dutch, 30 percent Japanese, 25 percent draw. That is close enough to warrant saying plainly that the outcome is uncertain, and a paper play on the over 2.5 at 2.00 has been logged with a stated edge of 5.5 percentage points. The evening pair finishes Group E's opening night, with Ecuador considered a clear favorite at 61 percent over Côte d'Ivoire at 7:00 PM — a pick on the over 1.75 at 1.85 sits on paper there, edge 11.7pp — before Sweden and Tunisia, separated by just 20 percentage points in the consensus, close things out on FS1, with the over 2 at 1.65 also recorded, edge 7.5pp.

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

  • 1:00 PM ET

    GermanyvCuraçao

    E1 · Fox · NRG Stadium, Houston · preview →

  • 4:00 PM ET

    NetherlandsvJapan

    F1 · Fox · AT&T Stadium, Arlington · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Over 2.5 +5.5%

  • 7:00 PM ET

    Côte d'IvoirevEcuador

    E2 · FS1 · Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Over 2 +6.7%

  • 10:00 PM ET

    SwedenvTunisia

    F2 · FS1 · Estadio BBVA, Monterrey · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Over 2 +7.5%

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
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Mexico / South Korea (level on points and head-to-head).
  • ‡ overall goal difference/goals separate Czechia / South Africa (level on points and head-to-head).

Group B2/6 played

Group B standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
2 Canada† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
3 Qatar† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
4 Switzerland† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
  • † Bosnia and Herzegovina / Canada / Qatar / Switzerland level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

Group C2/6 played

Group C standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Scotland won, not yet played, not yet played 1 +1 3
2 Brazil† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
3 Morocco† drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
4 Haiti lost, not yet played, not yet played 0 -1 0
  • † Brazil / Morocco level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

Group D2/6 played

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

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 Morocco† C 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
2 Qatar† B 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
3 Austria J 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Ecuador E 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Ghana L 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Iran G 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Norway I 0-0-0 0 0 0 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Portugal K 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 Czechia A 0-0-1 1 -1 0 out as it stands
12 Türkiye D 0-0-1 0 -2 0 out as it stands
  • † Morocco / Qatar level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.