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Group stage

Groups

The top two of each of the 12 groups advance to the Round of 32, joined by the 8 best third-placed teams. Tables follow the official tiebreakers (points, goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head).

Group A

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1 Mexico3+69
2 South Africa3-14
3 South Korea3-13
4 Czech Republic3-41

Group B

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1 Switzerland3+47
2 Canada3+54
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina3-14
4 Qatar3-81

Group C

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1 Brazil3+67
2 Morocco3+37
3 Scotland3-33
4 Haiti3-60

Group D

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1 United States3+46
2 Australia304
3 Paraguay3-24
4 Turkey3-23

Group E

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1 Germany3+66
2 Ivory Coast3+26
3 Ecuador304
4 Curaçao3-81

Group F

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1 Netherlands3+67
2 Japan3+45
3 Sweden304
4 Tunisia3-100

Group G

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1 Belgium3+45
2 Egypt3+25
3 Iran303
4 New Zealand3-61

Group H

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1 Spain3+57
2 Cape Verde303
3 Uruguay3-12
4 Saudi Arabia3-42

Group I

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1 France3+89
2 Norway3+16
3 Senegal3+23
4 Iraq3-110

Group J

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1 Argentina3+79
2 Austria304
3 Algeria3-24
4 Jordan3-50

Group K

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1 Colombia3+37
2 Portugal3+55
3 DR Congo3+14
4 Uzbekistan3-90

Group L

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1 England3+47
2 Croatia306
3 Ghana304
4 Panama3-40

Third-placed teams

The 8 best third-placed teams (highlighted rows would currently advance) join the group winners and runners-up in the Round of 32.

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1 DR Congo3+144
2 Sweden3074
3 Ecuador3024
4 Ghana3024
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina3-154
6 Algeria3-254
7 Paraguay3-224
8 Senegal3+283
9 Iran3033
10 South Korea3-123
11 Scotland3-313
12 Uruguay3-132