Groups

The 48 teams are drawn into 12 groups of four. The top two in each group advance to the knockout stage, joined by the eight best third-placed teams.

Group A

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	+3	6
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	Czechia	2	0	1	1	-1	1
4	South Africa	2	0	1	1	-2	1

Group B

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Canada	2	1	1	0	+6	4
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	+3	4
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	-3	1
4	Qatar	2	0	1	1	-6	1

Group C

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	2	1	1	0	+3	4
2	Morocco	2	1	1	0	+1	4
3	Scotland	2	1	0	1	0	3
4	Haiti	2	0	0	2	-4	0

Group D

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	USA	2	2	0	0	+5	6
2	Australia	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	-2	3
4	Türkiye	2	0	0	2	-3	0

Group E

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	+7	6
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	Ecuador	2	0	1	1	-1	1
4	Curaçao	2	0	1	1	-6	1

Group F

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	2	1	1	0	+4	4
2	Japan	2	1	1	0	+4	4
3	Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	3
4	Tunisia	2	0	0	2	-8	0

Group G

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	2	1	1	0	+2	4
2	Iran	2	0	2	0	0	2
3	Belgium	2	0	2	0	0	2
4	New Zealand	2	0	1	1	-2	1

Group H

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	+4	4
2	Uruguay	2	0	2	0	0	2
3	Cape Verde Islands	2	0	2	0	0	2
4	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	-4	1

Group I

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Norway	1	1	0	0	+3	3
2	France	1	1	0	0	+2	3
3	Senegal	1	0	0	1	-2	0
4	Iraq	1	0	0	1	-3	0

Group J

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	+5	6
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	Jordan	1	0	0	1	-2	0
4	Algeria	1	0	0	1	-3	0

Group K

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Colombia	1	1	0	0	+2	3
2	Congo DR	1	0	1	0	0	1
3	Portugal	1	0	1	0	0	1
4	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	-2	0

Group L

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	England	1	1	0	0	+2	3
2	Ghana	1	1	0	0	+1	3
3	Panama	1	0	0	1	-1	0
4	Croatia	1	0	0	1	-2	0

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