2026 World Cup Group Scenarios: What Each Team Needs to Advance To Round of 32

The World Cup group stage can get complicated quickly. 

With 48 teams participating for the first time ever, FIFA instituted new tiebreaker rules to determine the top two in each group along with the eight highest third-place finishers.

Below, FOX Sports Research has broken down what each team needs to advance, what results would send them through, and which scenarios could leave their fate hanging in the balance. 

Here's where every group stands heading into the next round of matches, and the simple scenarios for them to advance.

Below scenarios are through all games played on June 23. 

Mexico celebrates after securing the top spot in Group in the win vs. South Korea.

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Folarin Balogoun of the U.S.

Germany has won the group and will play a third-place team from Group A, B, C, D, or F at Boston Stadium on June 29.

Argentina has won the group and will face the runner-up of Group H in Miami on July 3.

Lionel Messi of Argentina.