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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 14 Wednesday, June 24, 2026 One edition per ET date

48 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Tuesday, June 23

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Wednesday, June 24 · 6 matches

Six matches settle three groups today, and the busiest afternoon belongs to Group B, where Switzerland and Canada meet knowing that four points apiece and a combined goal difference of plus nine between them have produced one of the more pleasantly congested tables of the tournament. The models call it almost a coin flip — Switzerland 47, Canada 27, draw 26 — which is worth stating plainly rather than pretending otherwise. Simultaneously, Bosnia and Herzegovina host Qatar in a dead-rubber that is less dead than it looks: the third-place cutline currently sits at one point and a goal difference of minus one, where Czechia and DR Congo are level, meaning a Qatar win at 8.00 would be among the more disruptive results of the day. Group C resolves more tidily at six o'clock, with Brazil installed as a 79-percent favourite over Scotland and Morocco expected to handle Haiti with similar comfort at 86 percent. Group A closes out the evening: Mexico, already through on six points, face Czechia while South Korea and South Africa contest the second automatic berth, models favouring South Korea at 62 percent. A pick for that Group A opener is absent from the record; all five others carry registered positions.

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

  • 3:00 PM ET

    SwitzerlandvCanada

    B5 · Fox · BC Place, Vancouver · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Switzerland +7.1% (+1 more)

  • 3:00 PM ET

    Bosnia and HerzegovinavQatar

    B6 · FS1 · Lumen Field, Seattle · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Qatar +8.9%

  • 6:00 PM ET

    ScotlandvBrazil

    C5 · Fox · Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Brazil -1.5 +7.0% (+2 more)

  • 6:00 PM ET

    MoroccovHaiti

    C6 · FS1 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Morocco +5.5%

  • 9:00 PM ET

    CzechiavMexico

    A5 · Fox · Estadio Azteca, Mexico City · preview →

  • 9:00 PM ET

    South AfricavSouth Korea

    A6 · FS1 · Estadio BBVA, Monterrey · preview →

    ▸ best bet: South Korea +4.4%

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 K4/6 played

Group K standings after 4 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Colombia — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, not yet played 4 +3 6
2 Portugal drew, won, not yet played 6 +5 4
3 DR Congo drew, lost, not yet played 1 -1 1
4 Uzbekistan lost, lost, not yet played 1 -7 0

Group L4/6 played

Group L standings after 4 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 Croatia lost, won, not yet played 3 -1 3
4 Panama lost, lost, not yet played 0 -2 0
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate England / Ghana (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 Croatia L 1-0-1 3 -1 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 Algeria† J 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Paraguay† D 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Cape Verde H 0-2-0 2 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Belgium G 0-2-0 1 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Czechia A 0-1-1 2 -1 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 DR Congo K 0-1-1 1 -1 1 out as it stands
10 Ecuador E 0-1-1 0 -1 1 out as it stands
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina B 0-1-1 2 -3 1 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.