World Cup group standings, table, schedule: Results for USMNT, Argentina, Brazil and the entire 48-team field
The group stage standings will dictate which teams advance to the knockout round
This 48-team extravaganza is the biggest World Cup there has ever been, and it might just be the most complex too. Twelve groups of four teams might be enough to follow in the first place, but those fans of brackets who have a familiarity of past tournaments might have a sense of what the issue is here. A dozen groups do not a round-robin path to the final easily make.
As such, eight of the 12 groups will send their third-place team to the first knockout rounds, meaning 72 games will be required to trim a third off this field. Those third-place teams will be ranked first by the points they accrue and then by goal difference, goals scored, their team conduct score (yellow and red cards), and then their FIFA ranking.
In short, this could get complicated. There's going to be a lot to follow, an awful lot of permutations that might, for example, decide whether Scotland get through and Sweden don't. Catch up with all the standings below.
Group A
Thursday, June 11
Mexico 2, South Africa 0
South Korea 2, Czechia 1
Thursday, June 18
Czechia 1, South Africa 1
Mexico 1, South Korea 0
Wednesday, June 24
Czechia vs. Mexico, 9 p.m.
South Africa vs. South Korea, 9 p.m.
Group B
Friday, June 12
Canada 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Saturday, June 13
Qatar 1, Switzerland 1
Thursday, June 18
Switzerland 4, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Canada 6, Qatar 0
Wednesday, June 24
Switzerland vs. Canada, 3 p.m.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Qatar, 3 p.m.
Group C
Saturday, June 13
Brazil 1, Morocco 1
Scotland 1, Haiti 0
Friday, June 19
Morocco 1, Scotland 0
Brazil 3, Haiti 0
Wednesday, June 24
Scotland vs. Brazil, 6 p.m.
Morocco vs. Haiti, 6 p.m.
Group D
Friday, June 12
USA 4, Paraguay 1
Saturday, June 13
Australia 2, Turkiye 0
Friday, June 19
USA 2, Australia 0
Paraguay 1, Turkiye 0
Thursday, June 25
Turkiye vs. USA, 10 p.m.
Paraguay vs. Australia, 10 p.m.
Group E
Sunday, June 14
Germany 7, Curacao 1
Ivory Coast 1, Ecuador 0
Saturday, June 20
Germany 2, Ivory Coast 1
Ecuador vs. Curacao, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 25
Ecuador vs. Germany, 4 p.m.
Curacao vs. Ivory Coast, 4 p.m.
Group F
Sunday, June 14
Netherlands 2, Japan 2
Sweden 5, Tunisia 1
Saturday, June 20
Netherlands 5, Sweden 1
Tunisia vs. Japan, 12 a.m.
Thursday, June 25
Japan vs. Sweden, 7 p.m.
Tunisia vs. Netherlands, 7 p.m.
Group G
Monday, June 15
Belgium 1, Egypt 1
Iran 2, New Zealand 2
Sunday, June 21
Belgium vs. Iran, 3 p.m.
New Zealand vs. Egypt, 9 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Egypt vs. Iran, 11 p.m.
New Zealand vs. Belgium, 11 p.m.
Group H
Monday, June 15
Spain 0, Cabo Verde 0
Saudi Arabia 1, Uruguay 1
Sunday, June 21
Spain vs. Saudi Arabia, 12 p.m.
Uruguay vs. Cabo Verde, 6 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Cabo Verde vs. Saudi Arabia, 8 p.m.
Uruguay vs. Spain, 8 p.m.
Group I
Tuesday, June 16
France 3, Senegal 1
Norway 4, Iraq 1
Monday, June 22
France vs. Iraq, 5 p.m.
Norway vs. Senegal, 8 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Norway vs. France, 3 p.m.
Senegal vs. Iraq, 3 p.m.
Group J
Tuesday, June 16
Argentina 3, Algeria 0
Wednesday, June 17
Austria 3, Jordan 1
Monday, June 22
Argentina vs. Austria, 1 p.m.
Jordan vs. Algeria, 11 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Algeria vs. Austria, 10 p.m.
Jordan vs. Argentina, 10 p.m.
Group K
Wednesday, June 17
Portugal 1, DR Congo 1
Colombia 3, Uzbekistan 1
Tuesday, June 23
Portugal vs. Uzbekistan, 1 p.m.
Colombia vs. DR Congo, 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Colombia vs. Portugal, 7:30 p.m.
DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan, 7:30 p.m.
World Cup group stage standings, table, results for 48-team field
James Benge 3 min readWorld Cup group stage standings, table, results for 48-team field
