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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 6 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 One edition per ET date

16 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Monday, June 15

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Tuesday, June 16 · 4 matches

Six days in and a third of the group stage already settled into the record books, Tuesday opens with Group I and Group J each playing their full first-matchday card — four matches, one group winner almost certainly decided by midnight.

France against Senegal is the day's most genuinely competitive fixture on paper, with a 22 percent draw probability suggesting this is no foregone conclusion despite France being installed as 65-35 favorites once the draw is removed. Iraq and Norway follow in the same group, where the models are considerably less equivocal: Norway at 78 percent leaves Iraq little statistical runway. Prime time belongs to Argentina and Algeria in Group J, where a recorded paper play on Argentina sits at 1.44 with a stated edge of 13 points — a meaningful number if it holds. Austria and Jordan close things out past midnight on FS1. On the third-place cutline, eighth place is currently Norway at zero points, separated from ninth-place Portugal only on goal difference, so every margin today counts toward that race.

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

  • 3:00 PM ET

    FrancevSenegal

    I1 · Fox · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford · preview →

  • 6:00 PM ET

    IraqvNorway

    I2 · Fox · Gillette Stadium, Foxborough · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Under 2.5 +7.4% (+1 more)

  • 9:00 PM ET

    ArgentinavAlgeria

    J1 · Fox · Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Argentina +13.0%

  • 12:00 AM ET ☾

    AustriavJordan

    J2 · FS1 · Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Over 2.75 +6.1%

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 E2/6 played

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

Group F2/6 played

Group F standings after 2 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Sweden won, not yet played, not yet played 5 +4 3
2 Japan† drew, not yet played, not yet played 2 0 1
3 Netherlands† drew, not yet played, not yet played 2 0 1
4 Tunisia lost, not yet played, not yet played 1 -4 0
  • † Japan / Netherlands level on all modelled criteria — FIFA World Ranking decides (not modelled here); order provisional, shown alphabetically.

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