World Cup 2026 leaderboard update: Brazil win Group C

Brazil and Morocco turned Group C into the cleanest finished group on the board: Brazil are first on goal difference, Morocco are through in second, Haiti are out, and Scotland are left waiting on the third-place table. The cutoff for this update is 02:00 UTC on June 25; the two Group A matches showing live 0-0 scorelines at that cutoff are treated as provisional until full time, not as final group outcomes.1

What changed since the last leaderboard

Match	Final	Leaderboard effect
Scotland vs. Brazil	Brazil 3-0	Brazil finished Group C on 7 points and +6 goal difference; Vinícius Júnior scored twice before halftime and Matheus Cunha added the third.2
Morocco vs. Haiti	Morocco 4-2	Morocco also reached 7 points, but Brazil's +6 goal difference beat Morocco's +3 for first place; Haiti finished 0-0-3.3

Morocco's late push against Haiti in a FOX Sports highlight frame — Morocco closed the match on a 3-0 run and secured second place in Group C; FOX's extended highlights carry the match video source Morocco vs. Haiti Extended Highlights.

Brazil win Group C in a FOX Sports highlight frame — FOX's Group C highlight package framed the night as Brazil winning the group, with Morocco also finishing strong and Scotland needing help.4

ESPN's qualification tracker now lists Mexico, United States, Germany, Argentina, France, Norway, Colombia, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil and Morocco as qualified, with Haiti, Türkiye, Tunisia, Jordan, Panama and Qatar eliminated.5 Scotland's position is much less comfortable: Steve Clarke said, "For sure I think we're going home," after the 3-0 Brazil loss left Scotland on three points and -3 goal difference.6

All-group standings snapshot

Group A is the only live caveat in this table. FOX's standings page showed Mexico-Czechia and South Africa-South Korea in progress at 0-0, so the Group A line is a live snapshot, while Groups B and C are final group tables.7

Group	Current order by points and goal difference	Readout
A	Mexico 7 (+3), South Korea 4 (0), Czechia 2 (-1), South Africa 2 (-2)	Live at cutoff; wait for the final whistle before locking the runner-up and third-place math.7
B	Switzerland 7 (+4), Canada 4 (+5), Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 (-1), Qatar 1 (-8)	Switzerland and Canada have the automatic places; Bosnia-Herzegovina sit strongly in the third-place pool.7
C	Brazil 7 (+6), Morocco 7 (+3), Scotland 3 (-3), Haiti 0 (-6)	Brazil win the group; Morocco are second; Scotland need help from other third-place teams.7
D	United States 6 (+5), Australia 3 (0), Paraguay 3 (-2), Türkiye 0 (-3)	The U.S. have already qualified; Australia-Paraguay decides second unless the third-place route intervenes.7
E	Germany 6 (+7), Ivory Coast 3 (0), Ecuador 1 (-1), Curaçao 1 (-6)	Germany are clear; Ivory Coast control second before the final round.7
F	Netherlands 4 (+4), Japan 4 (+4), Sweden 3 (0), Tunisia 0 (-8)	Netherlands-Japan is tight on points and goal difference; Sweden are the strongest current third-place team on three points.7
G	Egypt 4 (+2), Iran 2 (0), Belgium 2 (0), New Zealand 1 (-2)	Egypt lead, while Belgium and Iran are separated only by tiebreakers.7
H	Spain 4 (+4), Uruguay 2 (0), Cape Verde 2 (0), Saudi Arabia 1 (-4)	Spain lead, but both Uruguay and Cape Verde remain within one result of second.7
I	France 6 (+5), Norway 6 (+4), Senegal 0 (-3), Iraq 0 (-6)	France and Norway are already on six points before their head-to-head for first.7
J	Argentina 6 (+5), Austria 3 (0), Algeria 3 (-2), Jordan 0 (-3)	Argentina lead; Austria hold second, but Algeria have a live third-place path.7
K	Colombia 6 (+3), Portugal 4 (+5), Congo DR 1 (-1), Uzbekistan 0 (-7)	Colombia have qualified; Portugal are well placed for second.7
L	England 4 (+2), Ghana 4 (+1), Croatia 3 (-1), Panama 0 (-2)	England and Ghana are top on four points; Croatia's three points keep them in the third-place race.7

Third-place cut line

The best eight third-place teams advance, so Scotland's three points are not enough by themselves. Among current third-place teams, Bosnia-Herzegovina are safest on four points; Sweden, Croatia, Paraguay and Algeria all sit on three points with better goal difference than Scotland, while Belgium and Cape Verde are still alive on two points.5 The most important Scotland variable is simple: how many remaining third-place teams land on three or more points with a better goal difference than -3.

Golden Boot and assists board

Vinícius Júnior's brace against Scotland in a FOX Sports highlight frame — Vinícius Júnior's two first-half goals against Scotland moved him into the four-goal chase group; FOX posted the clip as Brazil's Vinícius Júnior scores twice before the break.

Rank	Goals	Player	Team	Movement note
1	5	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Still alone at the top after scoring all five Argentina goals across their first two matches.8
2	4	Erling Haaland	Norway	Level with Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior in the chase group.1
2	4	Kylian Mbappé	France	ESPN's rankings note his four goals in two France matches.8
2	4	Vinícius Júnior	Brazil	His brace against Scotland moved him onto four goals.2
5	3	Matheus Cunha	Brazil	His second-half goal against Scotland pushed him to three.2

Rank	Assists	Player	Team	Movement note
1	3	Alexander Isak	Sweden	Part of FOX's three-assist lead group.1
1	3	Bruno Guimarães	Brazil	His two assists in the Scotland win put him level at the top.2
1	3	Michael Olise	France	Holds a share of the assists lead.1
4	2	Chris Wood	New Zealand	Still on two assists entering the next Group G round.1
4	2	Julio Enciso	Paraguay	Still on two assists before Paraguay's final Group D match.1

Goalkeeper watch

FOX's clean-sheet sort has Emiliano Martínez first with two clean sheets and zero goals conceded through 180 minutes, with Alisson second on two clean sheets and one goal conceded through 270 minutes.9 Alisson's case improved because Brazil shut out Scotland while winning Group C, but Martínez still has the cleaner per-match profile: no goals conceded and one fewer match played.9

For the Golden Glove race, the next discriminator is not just clean sheets. It is whether the goalkeeper's team keeps advancing while the keeper still has a high-leverage save profile. Alisson now has Brazil's group win behind him; Martínez has Argentina's perfect defensive start but still has one group match to play.7

Player power ranking after the Group C close

Vinícius Júnior, Brazil: two goals against Scotland, four tournament goals, Brazil top of Group C.2
Lionel Messi, Argentina: five goals remain the Golden Boot benchmark, with ESPN noting he has scored all five of Argentina's goals so far.8
Kylian Mbappé, France: four goals in two matches, with France still leading Group I.8
Bruno Guimarães, Brazil: two assists in the 3-0 Scotland win pushed him into the assist-leader tier.2
Soufiane Rahimi, Morocco: his go-ahead goal helped Morocco turn a 2-2 game into a 4-2 win and secure second in Group C.3

Next matches to watch

The next completed-results update should start with the final Group A results, then move into the June 25 slate: Germany-Ecuador and Curaçao-Ivory Coast in Group E, Tunisia-Netherlands and Japan-Sweden in Group F, plus Türkiye-United States and Paraguay-Australia in Group D.1 If Group A finishes with Mexico and South Korea holding their current positions, the most important leaderboard swing will be the third-place pool, not first place.