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Group stage

Tap on the teams to put them into the group slots. To arrange their final standings, tap the square-dots icon beside a team, then drag and drop it into your preferred order: group winner, runner-up, third place and bottom

Group A 1 out of 12

MEX

RSA

KOR

UEFA4

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The final spot will be decided in the UEFA play-off in March between Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, Denmark and North Macedonia.

Group B 2 out of 12

CAN

UEFA1

QAT

SUI

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4

The final spot will be decided in the UEFA play-off in March between Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group C 3 out of 12

BRA

MAR

HAI

SCO

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4

Group D 4 out of 12

USA

PAR

AUS

UEFA3

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The final spot will be decided in the UEFA play-off in March between Slovakia, Kosovo, Turkey and Romania.

Group E 5 out of 12

GER

CUW

CIV

ECU

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Group F 6 out of 12

NED

JPN

UEFA2

TUN

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4

The final spot will be decided in the UEFA play-off in March between Ukraine, Sweden, Poland and Albania.

Group G 7 out of 12

BEL

EGY

IRN

NZL

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Group H 8 out of 12

ESP

CPV

KSA

URU

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4

Group I 9 out of 12

FRA

SEN

IC2

NOR

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4

The final spot will be decided in the inter-confederation (IC) play-off in March between Bolivia, Suriname and Iraq.

Group J 10 out of 12

ARG

ALG

AUT

JOR

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Group K 11 out of 12

POR

IC1

UZB

COL

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The final spot will be decided in the inter-confederation (IC) play-off in March between New Caledonia, Jamaica and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Group L 12 out of 12

ENG

CRO

GHA

PAN

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Best third place

For the first time in World Cup history, the winners and runners-up of each group will be joined in the knockout round of 32 by the eight best third-placed teams. The placement of each team will affect whom they face in the knockout round.

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Knockouts

R32

74

77

73

75

83

84

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82

R16

89

90

93

94

QF

97

98

SF

101

Final

104

SF

102

QF

99

100

R16

91

92

95

96

R32

76

78

79

80

86

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87