A Spain leads Group H and depends only on your results to secure first place. If you advance first, will face the second placed team in Group J.
At this moment, the place belongs to Austria, which has three points and occupies second place behind Argentina. As it is a direct crossing between groups, the definition does not depend on the distribution of third-placed teams.
Therefore, at this moment, must face it.
Jordan makes its debut in the World Cup and is about to be eliminated in the first phase, facing Algeria who are also looking for their first points in California, at midnight on Tuesday (23).
New format increases the unpredictability of the knockout stage
The main novelty of the 2026 World Cup is the presence of 12 groups in the first phase. With this, the first two placed in each group and the .
To define, FIFA uses, in this order, the criteria of points, goal difference, goals scored, fair play and world ranking.
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