World Cup 26 The Throne Room

Twelve Groups · One Crown The Throne Room

The Crown Race

Every claim to the throne starts here. Win and take three, draw and take one — the top two of each group march on, and the eight best third-placed sides cling to the last lifelines into the knockouts.

Group A

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇲🇽 Mexico 0 0 0
2 🇿🇦 South Africa 0 0 0
3 🇰🇷 South Korea 0 0 0
4 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 0 0 0

Group B

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇨🇦 Canada 0 0 0
2 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 0 0
3 🇶🇦 Qatar 0 0 0
4 🇨🇭 Switzerland 0 0 0

Group C

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇧🇷 Brazil 0 0 0
2 🇲🇦 Morocco 0 0 0
3 🇭🇹 Haiti 0 0 0
4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 0 0 0

Group D

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇺🇸 USA 0 0 0
2 🇵🇾 Paraguay 0 0 0
3 🇦🇺 Australia 0 0 0
4 🇹🇷 Turkey 0 0 0

Group E

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇩🇪 Germany 0 0 0
2 🇨🇼 Curaçao 0 0 0
3 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 0 0 0
4 🇪🇨 Ecuador 0 0 0

Group F

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇳🇱 Netherlands 0 0 0
2 🇯🇵 Japan 0 0 0
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 0 0 0
4 🇹🇳 Tunisia 0 0 0

Group G

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇧🇪 Belgium 0 0 0
2 🇪🇬 Egypt 0 0 0
3 🇮🇷 Iran 0 0 0
4 🇳🇿 New Zealand 0 0 0

Group H

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇪🇸 Spain 0 0 0
2 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 0 0 0
3 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0
4 🇺🇾 Uruguay 0 0 0

Group I

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇫🇷 France 0 0 0
2 🇸🇳 Senegal 0 0 0
3 🇮🇶 Iraq 0 0 0
4 🇳🇴 Norway 0 0 0

Group J

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇦🇷 Argentina 0 0 0
2 🇩🇿 Algeria 0 0 0
3 🇦🇹 Austria 0 0 0
4 🇯🇴 Jordan 0 0 0

Group K

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🇵🇹 Portugal 0 0 0
2 🇨🇩 DR Congo 0 0 0
3 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 0 0 0
4 🇨🇴 Colombia 0 0 0

Group L

Top 2 + lifeline
# Contender P ± Pts
1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 0 0 0
2 🇭🇷 Croatia 0 0 0
3 🇬🇭 Ghana 0 0 0
4 🇵🇦 Panama 0 0 0

Eight Survive

The Last Lifelines

Finish third and the claim lives on — if it outranks the other third-placed contenders across all twelve groups.

The lifeline ranking opens with the group stage. The eight contenders holding on will be listed here in real time.

Three points buys a throne

Wins pay triple, and in a four-team group one win plus a draw usually keeps a claim alive. Chasing safety, though, drops you straight into the lifeline scramble.

Goal difference is the tiebreaker

Level on points, the table reads goal difference first and goals scored second. A late fourth goal in a settled match can decide who marches and who fades.

Third place is not the end

The eight best third-placed contenders cross into the Round of 32 through the side gate. Every group matters to every other group — watch all twelve.