Ranking the toughest World Cup groups 🥵

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·2 April 2026

Ranking the toughest World Cup groups 🥵

France got a tough draw.

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That’s it, we now know all the teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup.

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Unsurprisingly, like Les Bleus, some teams were less fortunate when the groups were drawn.

So the question is, which is the toughest group at the World Cup? To help answer it, here’s the ranking of the groups based on the average FIFA ranking of the teams in them.

12) Group B: Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland (average FIFA ranking: 42.3).

11) Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay (37.3).

10) Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador (37.3).

9) Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand. (36)

8) Group: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Czech Republic. (35.3)
7) Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland. (35)
6) Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama. (30.5)
5) Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan. (29.5)
4) Group K: Portugal, DR Congo, Uzbekistan, Colombia. (28.5)
3) Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia. (26.8)
2) Group D: Australia, Panama, United States, Turkey. (26.3)
1) Group I: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq. (25.7)

It’s worth noting that this method produces a few surprises, especially Group E, which is only 10th despite featuring Germany, Ivory Coast and Ecuador, but is weighed down by Curaçao’s ranking.

Source: L’Équipe

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