Round of 32 qualification
The third-place race
Each group sends its top two teams through. The twelve third-place finishers are then compared with one another, and the best eight also advance.
How the twelve are ranked
- Points
- Overall goal difference
- Overall goals scored
- Team conduct score
- FIFA world ranking
If the groups ended now
Green rows sit above the eight-team qualification line. Groups are unfinished, so the team occupying third can still change.
| # | Team | Group | Pts | GD | GF | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | F | 4 | 0 | 7 | In |
| 2 | Ecuador | E | 4 | 0 | 2 | In |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | B | 4 | -1 | 5 | In |
| 4 | Paraguay | D | 4 | -2 | 2 | In |
| 5 | Croatia | L | 3 | -1 | 3 | In |
| 6 | Korea Republic | A | 3 | -1 | 2 | In |
| 7 | Algeria | J | 3 | -2 | 2 | In |
| 8 | Scotland | C | 3 | -3 | 1 | In |
| 9 | Cabo Verde | H | 2 | 0 | 2 | Out |
| 10 | Belgium | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | Out |
| 11 | Congo DR | K | 1 | -1 | 1 | Out |
| 12 | Senegal | I | 0 | -3 | 3 | Out |
Projected best-third routes
This isolates the chance of advancing specifically in third place—not by winning the group or finishing second.
EcuadorGroup E · currently 3rd
100%
SwedenGroup F · currently 3rd
100%
Bosnia and HerzegovinaGroup B · currently 3rd
100%
ParaguayGroup D · currently 3rd
100%
GhanaGroup L · currently 2nd
69%
Korea RepublicGroup A · currently 3rd
66%
SenegalGroup I · currently 3rd
36%
AlgeriaGroup J · currently 3rd
34%
EgyptGroup G · currently 1st
33%
Congo DRGroup K · currently 3rd
28%
CroatiaGroup L · currently 3rd
25%
IR IranGroup G · currently 2nd
22%
AustriaGroup J · currently 2nd
21%
UruguayGroup H · currently 2nd
16%
BelgiumGroup G · currently 3rd
12%
ScotlandGroup C · currently 3rd
10%
Cabo VerdeGroup H · currently 3rd
8%
Saudi ArabiaGroup H · currently 4th
7%
New ZealandGroup G · currently 4th
6%
SpainGroup H · currently 1st
5%
UzbekistanGroup K · currently 4th
1%
IraqGroup I · currently 4th
1%
EnglandGroup L · currently 1st
<1%
PortugalGroup K · currently 2nd
<1%
The current table uses the public score feed. Fair-play card totals and official FIFA ranking are not yet in the dataset, so the app uses its pre-tournament rating only as a final deterministic fallback when every available football criterion is still tied.