PeteFromLeeds

And if they still do 'rankings' based on overall points, this would be the list for the eliminated teams I think! Iran (3pts, 0) South Korea (3pts, -1) Turkiye (3pts, -2) Scotland (3pts, -3) Uruguay (2pts, -1) Saudi Arabia (2pts, -4) Czechia (1pt, -4) New Zealand (1pt, -6) Qatar (1pt, -8, 2 goals) Curacao (1pt, -8, 1 goal) Panama (0pts, -4) Jordan (0pts, -5) Haiti (0pts, -6) Uzbekistan (0pts, -9) Tunisia (0pts, -10) Iraq (0pts, -11)

Comparing this to the number we had at the last World Cup: Africa - 9 vs 5 (+4) Asia - 2 vs 6 (-4) North America - 3 vs 4 (-1) South America - 5 vs 4 (+1) Europe - 13 vs 13 (=) Oceania - 0 vs 0 (=) So it's mainly Africa that have benefitted from the 48-team setup at the expense of Asia.

27 June 2026 1 [3] Ásgeir - Against The Current 2 [1] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 3 [2] Kodaline - We Were Only Young 4 [4] Daniel Zizka - CROSSROADS 5 [5] Jonathan Ogden - Remember 6 [15] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 7 [9] overpass - Is This Real? 8 [14] Lukas Graham - Second Chance 9 [7] COSMÓ - TANZSCHEIN 10 [11] Leléka - Ridnym 11 [13] Wendy Shay - One Goal 12 [18] Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 13 [12] Hopeful. - Like I Am Yours 14 [20] We Are Messengers - Lay It All On You 15 [6] Limoblaze - Super Power 16 [8] Antigioni - JALLA 17 [10] LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei 18 [16] Dan Stirling - Bones 19 [25] THIAGO & DC3 - Valley 20 [26] Kadzoura - and then? 21 [NEW] Stormzy, Fridayy & Angel - Blessings 22 [27] Limoblaze & Elle Limebear - JOY 23 [17] Kensington - Livin' For 24 [30] Stanleys - Pass The Time 25 [21] Sheppard - Sayonara 26 [29] Lewis Capaldi - Stay Love 27 [19] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 28 [39] Lights - COME GET YOUR GIRL 29 [24] Satoshi - Viva, Moldova! 30 [28] JONAS LOVV - Ya Ya Ya 31 [32] Folabi Nuel - Happy Song 32 [22] Living Again - Dive Into 33 [55] Terra - Musik for alla 34 [23] Lukas Graham - To Know A Girl 35 [31] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 36 [34] Tors - Must Confess 37 [33] Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 38 [43] LOVKN - Reaching for the Light 39 [56] The Red Clay Strays - Demons In Your Choir 40 [36] Tors - Wait For Me 41 [41] Rend Collective - Evergreen 42 [51] Caro Fux - Aff im Kopf 43 [NEW] Tors - All I Know 44 [49] Zoe Me - Jamais Été (Cool) 45 [37] NEEDTOBREATHE - Say It Now 46 [35] NEEDTOBREATHE - Take Me Dancing 47 [NEW] Tors - Run On Empty 48 [38] Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path 49 [40] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Milarrochy Bay 50 [53] CalledOut Music - My Love 51 [NEW] Tors - What If 52 [NEW] Tors - Always You 53 [42] Essyla - Dancing on the ice 54 [50] The Sherlocks - In Your Hands 55 [63] Birdland - Hold Me Tight 56 [NEW] Walk off the Earth - Knock 'Em Down 57 [46] The Fray - A Light That Waits 58 [54] The Bausa - Magnetic 59 [59] Dan Stirling - Peace And Truth Shall Reign 60 [44] Soulwax - Perfect We Are Not 61 [NEW] Major Lazer, Nelly Furtado & Davido - No Place Like Home 62 [45] Seafret - Desert Heart 63 [64] Jonathan Ogden - Brighter Day 64 [47] Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 65 [48] Antytila - ВІДКОЛИ 66 [76] Xandria - The Shannon's Home 67 [57] Jonathan Ogden - Day By Day 68 [58] Rend Collective - Salt And Light 69 [70] Andrew Ripp & Jervis Campbell - Hold Me Up 70 [52] NEEDTOBREATHE - Strangeness Of It All 71 [61] Living Again - Let Me Be Yours 72 [65] Booshle G. - Not Alone 73 [60] Mumford & Sons - Badlands (with Gracie Abrams) 74 [73] John Michael Howell - Missing Piece 75 [62] Johan Asgarde - Rebirth Mark 76 [74] Jonathan Ogden - Forever & Always 77 [75] The Snuts - Summer Rain 78 [66] U2 - Resurrection Song 79 [67] Marc Eggers, Aditotoro & Paul Frege - Mon Amour 80 [68] DMA'S - Heatin Park 81 [79] De'Borah Powell & The Benefactors - Never Far 82 [77] Dan Stirling - Bruised / To Be With You 83 [78] Jonathan Ogden - Running 84 [85] Rend Collective - Do It All Alone 85 [83] Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - The Tide

1 [3] Ásgeir - Against The Current 2 [1] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 3 [2] Kodaline - We Were Only Young 4 [4] Daniel Zizka - CROSSROADS 5 [5] Jonathan Ogden - Remember 6 [15] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 7 [9] overpass - Is This Real? 8 [14] Lukas Graham - Second Chance 9 [7] COSMÓ - TANZSCHEIN 10 [11] Leléka - Ridnym 11 [13] Wendy Shay - One Goal 12 [18] Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 13 [12] Hopeful. - Like I Am Yours 14 [20] We Are Messengers - Lay It All On You 15 [6] Limoblaze - Super Power 16 [8] Antigioni - JALLA 17 [10] LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei 18 [16] Dan Stirling - Bones 19 [25] THIAGO & DC3 - Valley 20 [26] Kadzoura - and then? 21 [NEW] Stormzy, Fridayy & Angel - Blessings 22 [27] Limoblaze & Elle Limebear - JOY 23 [17] Kensington - Livin' For 24 [30] Stanleys - Pass The Time 25 [21] Sheppard - Sayonara 26 [29] Lewis Capaldi - Stay Love 27 [19] Jonathan Ogden - Again And Again 28 [39] Lights - COME GET YOUR GIRL 29 [24] Satoshi - Viva, Moldova! 30 [28] JONAS LOVV - Ya Ya Ya 31 [32] Folabi Nuel - Happy Song 32 [22] Living Again - Dive Into 33 [55] Terra - Musik for alla 34 [23] Lukas Graham - To Know A Girl 35 [31] U2 - Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) 36 [34] Tors - Must Confess 37 [33] Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 38 [43] LOVKN - Reaching for the Light 39 [56] The Red Clay Strays - Demons In Your Choir 40 [36] Tors - Wait For Me

Another interesting point - these new-style group stages have been very favourable to the African sides, with seven of them already through and the potential for two more to join them tonight. Certainly more than the 5 teams that they would have got if we'd started with 32!

So far every team that was expected to top their group has done so. Let's hope Colombia or Ghana can pull off a shock later...

Wondering if Algeria vs. Austria will be a repeat of Paraguay vs Australia, as a draw will guarantee both of them make it through, and they'll probably get equally unsavoury opponents regardless of if they're second or third in the group.

Get in Cape Verde! Great result for them. When was the last time a team finished second in their group with just 3 points? A shame for Uruguay - a second Group Stage exit in a row. Looks like they'll be the only South American team to not make the Round of 32 as well.

Senegal safely through now - the other two groups last night went their way.

Senegal have done everything they could do now - it all relies on the other matches now. Iraq will more than likely have the dubious honour of getting the lowest record across all teams in this group stage - still three teams on 0 points left to play but I can't see any of them letting their goal difference go out to 11 goals.

5-0 Senegal! Another stunning strike.

Senegal 3-0 up! Looks like Iraq had to change their goalie at half-time which can't have helped.

Yeah I think it's one of a series of glitches that seem to have appeared recently, along with formerly starred-out songs having a 'last week' of -1, and Despacito now showing as two separate chart entries from before and after Bieber was credited.

I guess for Norway - they know that if they finish second they'll play Ivory Coast, and if they're happy enough to get them in the knockouts then maybe it makes sense to not play the main team!

Having a look at the stats - Senegal really need a 3-goal difference and then hope for some favours from the other groups to give themselves the best shot of making it through. A red card for Iraq already though!

1-0 Senegal - that didn't take long!

Aaand I'm already confused by the fact that Senegal are wearing white and Iraq are wearing green!

I'll be watching Senegal vs Iraq - feels like there's more on the line for both!

Well everyone did say that Turkey could beat the USA - it's just that no-one expected them to lose their first two matches before getting there!

2-0 Bosnia! I'm definitely watching the right match

Canada and Switzerland are more than likely guaranteed Top 2 (not mathematically confirmed but it'd require a lot of coincidences and goals to avoid it) so all to play for for both teams on who will win! A win for either Bosnia or Qatar would more than likely be enough to give them 'best third place' status.

Two games in then, and just four countries yet to get their first goal - Haiti, Turkey, Ecuador and Panama.

Oh nice to see Is This Real on the playlist, didn't realise that was getting traction outside of BJSC!

Reading through this thread as I happened to google Silento, found out that he's currently serving a 30 year prison sentence and this is the only thread that mentions it. And looking through it seems like 75% of these posts are rappers getting arrested (or killed), which is a shame

Things are not looking good for Senegal now - it was always going to be difficult for them in this group but even with a win against Iraq they'll still be on the edge of the third place rankings.