World Cup 2026 · Groups

World Cup 2026 groups & group-stage predictions

All 12 groups of the first 48-team World Cup. Every group match got a full Bawler model prediction and a free high-confidence call — logged before kickoff, settled publicly. Pick a group below to see how it played out.

Group A
  • Mexico
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Czech Republic
Group B
  • Canada
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Qatar
  • Switzerland
Group C
  • Brazil
  • Morocco
  • Haiti
  • Scotland
Group D
  • USA
  • Paraguay
  • Australia
  • Turkey
Group E
  • Germany
  • Curacao
  • Ivory Coast
  • Ecuador
Group F
  • Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Sweden
  • Tunisia
Group G
  • Belgium
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • New Zealand
Group H
  • Spain
  • Cape Verde
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Uruguay
Group I
  • France
  • Senegal
  • Iraq
  • Norway
Group J
  • Argentina
  • Algeria
  • Austria
  • Jordan
Group K
  • Portugal
  • DR Congo
  • Uzbekistan
  • Colombia
Group L
  • England
  • Croatia
  • Ghana
  • Panama

How the 2026 group stage works

For the first time the World Cup has 48 teams in 12 groups of four (A–L), hosted across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Each team plays the other three in its group once. The top two from every group, plus the eight best third-placed teams, advance to a new round of 32 — so 32 of the 48 sides progress, and even a third-place finish can be enough.

Bawler forecasts every group match with our model (national-team strength anchored on FIFA rankings — see how we model the World Cup). Group-stage games are where the model is strongest on double-chance and goals markets. Follow the free daily predictions on the predictions page and the running results on the track record.