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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 13 Tuesday, June 23, 2026 One edition per ET date

46 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Monday, June 22

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Tuesday, June 23 · 4 matches

Day 13 brings four matches and a genuinely complicated afternoon in Group L, where England and Ghana both arrive on three points from matchday one — making their 4 p.m. collision on Fox something close to a group final eight days before the round of 32. The consensus gives England an 88 percent chance of winning, which is about as lopsided as tournament football gets, yet a Ghana side already sitting on three points and a positive goal difference is not simply making up the numbers. Panama and Croatia follow at 7 p.m. in the group's other matchday-two fixture, with Croatia the heavy favourite at 79 percent; both teams need a result to stay relevant.

Group K opens the day at 1 p.m., where Portugal — level on points with DR Congo and separated from Uzbekistan only by goal difference — are given an 80 percent chance against Uzbekistan before Colombia and DR Congo close the night on FS1 at 10. On the third-place cutline, 8th place belongs to Czechia on one point and a goal difference of minus one, with Ecuador immediately behind on identical figures — meaning several results today could shuffle that race before Wednesday's slate even begins.

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

  • Full time

    Portugal5–0Uzbekistan

    K3 · Fox · NRG Stadium, Houston · preview →

  • Full time

    England0–0Ghana

    L3 · Fox · Gillette Stadium, Foxborough · preview →

    ▸ best bet: England +8.0% (+2 more)

  • 7:00 PM ET

    PanamavCroatia

    L4 · Fox · BMO Field, Toronto · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Croatia +11.4% (+1 more)

  • 10:00 PM ET

    ColombiavDR Congo

    K4 · FS1 · Estadio Akron, Guadalajara · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Colombia +14.3% (+1 more)

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 I4/6 played

Group I standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 France — qualified for the Round of 32† won, won, not yet played 6 +5 6
2 Norway — qualified for the Round of 32† won, won, not yet played 7 +4 6
3 Senegal‡ lost, lost, not yet played 3 -3 0
4 Iraq‡ lost, lost, not yet played 1 -6 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 J4/6 played

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

Group K3/6 played

Group K standings after 3 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Portugal drew, won, not yet played 6 +5 4
2 Colombia won, not yet played, not yet played 3 +2 3
3 DR Congo drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
4 Uzbekistan lost, lost, not yet played 1 -7 0

Group L3/6 played

Group L standings after 3 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 England† won, drew, not yet played 4 +2 4
2 Ghana† won, drew, not yet played 1 +1 4
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 Algeria† J 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Paraguay† D 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Cape Verde H 0-2-0 2 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Belgium G 0-2-0 1 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 DR Congo K 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Czechia A 0-1-1 2 -1 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 Ecuador E 0-1-1 0 -1 1 out as it stands
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina B 0-1-1 2 -3 1 out as it stands
11 Panama L 0-0-1 0 -1 0 out as it stands
12 Senegal I 0-0-2 3 -3 0 out as it stands
  • † Algeria / Paraguay level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.