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Bracket Simulator

Set how each group finishes, rank the best third-placed teams, then play the knockout rounds. Third-placed teams land in their exact official Round-of-32 slots — the assignment table is FIFA's Annexe C (all 495 combinations), not a guess.

1 · Group finishing order

Tap ▲▼ to reorder. Top two advance; third place goes to the best-thirds board below. In this mode your order is the tiebreak — FIFA's real chain (Art. 13) runs: points → head-to-head (pts, GD, goals among tied teams) → overall GD → overall goals → fair play (−1 yellow / −3 second yellow / −4 straight red) → FIFA ranking. Lots are gone in 2026.

Group A

  1. Czechia
  2. South Korea
  3. Mexico
  4. South Africa

Group B

  1. Switzerland
  2. Canada
  3. Bosnia
  4. Qatar

Group C

  1. Brazil
  2. Morocco
  3. Scotland
  4. Haiti

Group D

  1. Türkiye
  2. USA
  3. Paraguay
  4. Australia

Group E

  1. Germany
  2. Ivory Coast
  3. Ecuador
  4. Curaçao

Group F

  1. Netherlands
  2. Japan
  3. Sweden
  4. Tunisia

Group G

  1. Belgium
  2. Iran
  3. Egypt
  4. New Zealand

Group H

  1. Spain
  2. Uruguay
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Cape Verde

Group I

  1. France
  2. Norway
  3. Senegal
  4. Iraq

Group J

  1. Argentina
  2. Austria
  3. Algeria
  4. Jordan

Group K

  1. Portugal
  2. Colombia
  3. DR Congo
  4. Uzbekistan

Group L

  1. England
  2. Croatia
  3. Ghana
  4. Panama

2 · Best third-placed teams

Rank the twelve third-placed teams — the top eight advance, and FIFA's Annexe C table places each into its exact Round-of-32 slot. Officially they're ranked by points → GD → goals → fair play → FIFA ranking (no head-to-head across groups).

  1. 3rd · A
  2. 3rd · B
  3. 3rd · C
  4. 3rd · D
  5. 3rd · E
  6. 3rd · F
  7. 3rd · G
  8. 3rd · H
  9. 3rd · I
  10. 3rd · J
  11. 3rd · K
  12. 3rd · L

Teams below the line are eliminated.

3 · Knockout bracket

Tap a team to send them through. Changing anything upstream clears the picks it fed.

Round of 32 · M73 2026-06-28 · Los Angeles Stadium →
Round of 32 · M74 2026-06-29 · Boston Stadium →
Round of 32 · M75 2026-06-30 · Monterrey Stadium →
Round of 32 · M76 2026-06-29 · Houston Stadium →
Round of 32 · M77 2026-06-30 · New York New Jersey Stadium →
Round of 32 · M78 2026-06-30 · Dallas Stadium →
Round of 32 · M79 2026-07-01 · Mexico City Stadium →
Round of 32 · M80 2026-07-01 · Atlanta Stadium →
Round of 32 · M81 2026-07-02 · San Francisco Bay Area Stadium →
Round of 32 · M82 2026-07-01 · Seattle Stadium →
Round of 32 · M83 2026-07-02 · Toronto Stadium →
Round of 32 · M84 2026-07-02 · Los Angeles Stadium →
Round of 32 · M85 2026-07-03 · Vancouver Stadium →
Round of 32 · M86 2026-07-03 · Miami Stadium →
Round of 32 · M87 2026-07-04 · Kansas City Stadium →
Round of 32 · M88 2026-07-03 · Dallas Stadium →

Sources: FIFA World Cup 26 Regulations, Art. 13 (group ranking) and Annexe C (third-place allocation, 495 combinations) · saved automatically on this device.