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The 26 Standings

Vol. I — No. 15 Thursday, June 25, 2026 One edition per ET date

54 of 72 group-stage matches played

The Morning After

Overnight — Wednesday, June 24

Full record — every call and pick, graded →

Today

Thursday, June 25 · 6 matches

Day 15 brings the final matchday 3 action in Groups D, E, and F, closing out 18 more fixtures across a long Thursday. With 54 of 72 group-stage matches already in the books, several spots in the round of 32 remain unresolved, and today's simultaneous kickoffs are designed precisely to prevent back-room arithmetic. Germany, already through on six points, faces Ecuador in a game where the models give no side a commanding edge — 48 percent for Germany, 27 for a draw, 25 for Ecuador — making it one of the more genuinely open contests on the slate. Group F is similarly compressed: Netherlands and Japan sit level on four points apiece, with Sweden just a point behind, so the 7 p.m. pair could produce almost any configuration. Paraguay and Australia are separated by a single point and goal-difference concerns in Group D, and their 30/37 split in the consensus is about as tight as these things get. On the third-place cutline, 8th-place Cape Verde and 9th-place Belgium are level on two points and identical goal difference, so results elsewhere could matter there too.

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

  • 4:00 PM ET

    CuraçaovCôte d'Ivoire

    E5 · FS1 · Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia · preview →

  • 4:00 PM ET

    EcuadorvGermany

    E6 · Fox · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Draw +7.1%

  • 7:00 PM ET

    JapanvSweden

    F5 · FS1 · AT&T Stadium, Arlington · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Japan +13.0% (+1 more)

  • 7:00 PM ET

    TunisiavNetherlands

    F6 · Fox · Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Draw +4.7%

  • 10:00 PM ET

    TürkiyevUnited States

    D5 · Fox · SoFi Stadium, Inglewood · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Over 2.75 +7.8% (+1 more)

  • 10:00 PM ET

    ParaguayvAustralia

    D6 · FS1 · Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara · preview →

    ▸ best bet: Australia +14.6% (+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 A6/6 played

Group A standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Mexico — qualified for the Round of 32 won, won, won 6 +6 9
2 South Africa — qualified for the Round of 32 lost, drew, won 2 -1 4
3 South Korea won, lost, lost 2 -1 3
4 Czechia — eliminated lost, drew, lost 2 -4 1

Group B6/6 played

Group B standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Switzerland — qualified for the Round of 32 drew, won, won 7 +4 7
2 Canada — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, lost 8 +5 4
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina† drew, lost, won 5 -1 4
4 Qatar — eliminated drew, lost, lost 2 -8 1
  • † overall goal difference/goals separate Bosnia and Herzegovina / Canada (level on points and head-to-head).

Group C6/6 played

Group C standings after 6 of 6 matches
PositionTeamFormGFGDPts
1 Brazil — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, won 7 +6 7
2 Morocco — qualified for the Round of 32† drew, won, won 6 +3 7
3 Scotland won, lost, lost 1 -3 3
4 Haiti — eliminated lost, lost, lost 2 -6 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 — eliminated 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 — eliminated 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 — eliminated 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 — eliminated 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina B 1-1-1 5 -1 4 ✓ qualifying as it stands
2 Sweden F 1-0-1 6 0 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
3 Croatia L 1-0-1 3 -1 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
4 South Korea A 1-0-2 2 -1 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
5 Algeria† J 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
6 Paraguay† D 1-0-1 2 -2 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
7 Scotland C 1-0-2 1 -3 3 ✓ qualifying as it stands
8 Cape Verde H 0-2-0 2 0 2 ✓ qualifying as it stands
  the cutline — top 8 advance
9 Belgium G 0-2-0 1 0 2 out as it stands
10 DR Congo K 0-1-1 1 -1 1 out as it stands
11 Ecuador E 0-1-1 0 -1 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.