Ranking the toughest World Cup groups 🥵

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·02 de abril de 2026

Ranking the toughest World Cup groups 🥵

France got a tough draw.

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Unsurprisingly, like Les Bleus, some teams were less fortunate when the group-stage draw was made.

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

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, Paraguay, United States, Turkey. (26.3)
1) Group I: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq. (25.7)

It should be noted that this method throws up a few surprises, especially Group E, which is only 10th despite featuring Germany, Ivory Coast and Ecuador, but dragged down by Curaçao’s ranking.

Source: L'Équipe

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