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
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Group B 2 out of 12
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Group C 3 out of 12
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Group D 4 out of 12
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Group E 5 out of 12
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Group F 6 out of 12
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Group G 7 out of 12
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Group H 8 out of 12
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Group I 9 out of 12
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Group J 10 out of 12
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Group K 11 out of 12
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Group L 12 out of 12
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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
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94
QF
97
98
SF
101
Final
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SF
102
QF
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100
R16
91
92
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96
R32
76
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80
86
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87
WINNER
WINNER
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