World Cup 2026 Group A-D Guide: What to Expect and Players to Watch
FIFA’s expanded 48-team format spreads the top four nations into separate quadrants, while the guide ranks the groups and identifies likely qualifiers.
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Noh Joo-hwan] Who will be the victim of an upset in the group stage of the 2026 CONCACAF World Cup, which opens on the 12th? As this is the first tournament with a 48-team format, teams can advance to the Round of 32 knockout stage even if they finish third in their group. Therefore, the possibility of big teams being eliminated early, as seen in the past, has significantly decreased. Nevertheless, you never know in footb…
World Cup 2026 Group A-D guide: What to expect and players to watch
Raul Jimenez, Vinicius Junior, Alphonso Davies and Christian Pulisic (Picture: Getty) The early exchanges of the World Cup 2026 will be full of local intrigue, with co-hosts Mexico, Canada and USA competing in three of the first four groups. The opening game will see Group A favourites Mexico play South Africa in what is a reversal of the World Cup curtain-raiser from 2010, which saw Bafana Bafana take on El Tri in Johannesburg. Canada will be o…
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