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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 11 Sunday, June 21, 2026 One edition per ET date

36 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Saturday, June 20

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Sunday, June 21 · 4 matches

Day 11 brings the halfway point of the group stage, and both Groups G and H arrive at matchday 2 with their tables entirely level — four teams on one point apiece in each, every goal difference at zero. The standings offer no guidance whatsoever, which makes the afternoon's action genuinely consequential and, in a couple of cases, genuinely hard to read.

Spain against Saudi Arabia kicks off at noon on Fox and is about as lopsided as the model gets, with Spain given a 92 percent chance of winning — though the recorded lean is on the under 3 at 2.28, suggesting the expected margin of victory may be comfortable without being a rout. Belgium and Iran at 3 PM on FS1 is considerably murkier: Belgium hold a 63 percent probability but Iran sit at 16, a gap that leaves real room for surprise. The third-place cutline currently sits at 1 point on goal difference minus-one, meaning a draw today does almost as much work as a win for several of these sides. Uruguay and Cape Verde meet at 6 PM, and New Zealand face Egypt at 9 PM to close out a full Sunday card on FS1.

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

  • 12:00 PM ET

    SpainvSaudi Arabia

    H3 · Fox · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta · preview →

  • 3:00 PM ET

    BelgiumvIran

    G3 · FS1 · SoFi Stadium, Inglewood · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Iran +1.5 +6.0%

  • 6:00 PM ET

    UruguayvCape Verde

    H4 · FS1 · Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Uruguay +7.9% (+1 more)

  • 9:00 PM ET

    New ZealandvEgypt

    G4 · FS1 · BC Place, Vancouver · preview →

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 G2/6 played

Group G standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Iran†‡ drew, not yet played, not yet played 2 0 1
2 New Zealand†‡ drew, not yet played, not yet played 2 0 1
3 Belgium†§ drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
4 Egypt†§ drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
  • † head-to-head (its points, then goal difference, then goals) separates Belgium / Egypt / Iran / New Zealand (level on points).
  • ‡ Iran / New Zealand level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.
  • § Belgium / Egypt level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

Group H2/6 played

Group H standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Saudi Arabia†‡ drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
2 Uruguay†‡ drew, not yet played, not yet played 1 0 1
3 Cape Verde†§ drew, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 1
4 Spain†§ drew, not yet played, not yet played 0 0 1
  • † head-to-head (its points, then goal difference, then goals) separates Cape Verde / Saudi Arabia / Spain / Uruguay (level on points).
  • ‡ Saudi Arabia / Uruguay level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.
  • § Cape Verde / Spain level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

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 Belgium† G 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Portugal† K 0-1-0 1 0 1 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Cape Verde H 0-1-0 0 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
  • † Belgium / Portugal level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.
  • ‡ Jordan / Senegal level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.