World Cup 2026 leaderboard update: Spain take Group H, Belgium stall again

Spain needed one half-hour to pull Group H back toward the expected script. Belgium, by contrast, now have two points and no goals from two matches. This leaderboard update covers completed World Cup matches through the 22:00 UTC cutoff on June 21; Uruguay-Cape Verde had just kicked off and New Zealand-Egypt was not final, so neither match is counted in the standings below.

The cutoff board

Match status at cutoff	Result or status	Leaderboard effect
Spain vs. Saudi Arabia	Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia, FT	Spain move to 4 points and top Group H; Saudi Arabia stay on 1 point with a -4 goal difference. 1
Belgium vs. Iran	Belgium 0-0 Iran, FT	Iran and Belgium both reach 2 points in Group G; Iran stay first on goals scored. 2
Uruguay vs. Cape Verde	0-0, 9' at the research cutoff	Treated as live, not final; the Group H table below holds Uruguay and Cape Verde at one completed match each. 3
New Zealand vs. Egypt	Not final at cutoff	Not counted in Group G yet. 4

Spain's correction was emphatic: Lamine Yamal scored in the 10th minute, Mikel Oyarzabal scored in the 21st and 24th, and Hassan Al-Tambakti's own goal made it 4-0 early in the second half. 1 The match page also had Spain at 2.30 expected goals, 67% possession and eight shots on goal against Saudi Arabia's 0.14 xG and one shot on target. 5

Spain match video thumbnail — Spain's 4-0 win gives Group H its first clear front-runner, while the live Uruguay-Cape Verde match was still outside this cutoff. 6

Belgium's problem is now cleaner to state and harder to solve: 23 shots, 70% possession, 1.82 xG and seven shots on goal produced no goal against Iran. 7 Nathan Ngoy's 66th-minute red card changed the match state, but Alireza Beiranvand's seven saves kept the draw intact. 2

Group G deadlock visual — AI-generated visual break: Group G remains compressed after Belgium and Iran's scoreless draw at the cutoff.

All-group standings snapshot

Each row lists teams in current group order: record, goals for-against, and points. Groups G and H are held to completed matches only at the 22:00 UTC cutoff.

Group	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
A	Mexico 2-0-0, 3-0, 6 pts	South Korea 1-0-1, 2-2, 3 pts	Czechia 0-1-1, 2-3, 1 pt	South Africa 0-1-1, 1-3, 1 pt 8
B	Canada 1-1-0, 7-1, 4 pts	Switzerland 1-1-0, 5-2, 4 pts	Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1-1, 2-5, 1 pt	Qatar 0-1-1, 1-7, 1 pt 8
C	Brazil 1-1-0, 4-1, 4 pts	Morocco 1-1-0, 2-1, 4 pts	Scotland 1-0-1, 1-1, 3 pts	Haiti 0-0-2, 0-4, 0 pts 8
D	United States 2-0-0, 6-1, 6 pts	Australia 1-0-1, 2-2, 3 pts	Paraguay 1-0-1, 2-4, 3 pts	Türkiye 0-0-2, 0-3, 0 pts 8
E	Germany 2-0-0, 9-2, 6 pts	Ivory Coast 1-0-1, 2-2, 3 pts	Ecuador 0-1-1, 0-1, 1 pt	Curaçao 0-1-1, 1-7, 1 pt 8
F	Netherlands 1-1-0, 7-3, 4 pts	Japan 1-1-0, 6-2, 4 pts	Sweden 1-0-1, 6-6, 3 pts	Tunisia 0-0-2, 1-9, 0 pts 8
G	Iran 0-2-0, 2-2, 2 pts	Belgium 0-2-0, 1-1, 2 pts	New Zealand 0-1-0, 2-2, 1 pt	Egypt 0-1-0, 1-1, 1 pt 7
H	Spain 1-1-0, 4-0, 4 pts	Uruguay 0-1-0, 1-1, 1 pt	Saudi Arabia 0-1-1, 1-5, 1 pt	Cape Verde 0-1-0, 0-0, 1 pt 5
I	Norway 1-0-0, 4-1, 3 pts	France 1-0-0, 3-1, 3 pts	Senegal 0-0-1, 1-3, 0 pts	Iraq 0-0-1, 1-4, 0 pts 8
J	Argentina 1-0-0, 3-0, 3 pts	Austria 1-0-0, 3-1, 3 pts	Jordan 0-0-1, 1-3, 0 pts	Algeria 0-0-1, 0-3, 0 pts 8
K	Colombia 1-0-0, 3-1, 3 pts	Congo DR 0-1-0, 1-1, 1 pt	Portugal 0-1-0, 1-1, 1 pt	Uzbekistan 0-0-1, 1-3, 0 pts 8
L	England 1-0-0, 4-2, 3 pts	Ghana 1-0-0, 1-0, 3 pts	Panama 0-0-1, 0-1, 0 pts	Croatia 0-0-1, 2-4, 0 pts 8

Third-place lane

The cleanest third-place line is still the four-team cluster on three points: Scotland, Australia, Paraguay and Sweden. 8 Spain's win pushes Saudi Arabia into the one-point pile for now, but Group H remains incomplete until Uruguay-Cape Verde becomes final. 3

Leaderboard races visual — AI-generated visual break: the Golden Boot and Golden Glove races are still led by earlier matchdays, with Oyarzabal and Beiranvand making the main move in this window.

Scorers, creators and keepers

Race	Current leaders	New movement to note
Golden Boot	Jonathan David, Lionel Messi and Deniz Undav lead on 3 goals. 9	Oyarzabal's two goals move him into the two-goal chase pack with players including Matheus Cunha, Daichi Kamada, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Ayase Ueda. 5
Assists	Alexander Isak leads with 3 assists; Chris Wood, Julio Enciso, Ryan Gravenberch and Denzel Dumfries sit on 2. 10	Oyarzabal also assisted Yamal's opener, adding a creator point to his scoring jump. 1
Golden Glove watch	Unai Simón and Raúl Rangel are the only keepers listed with 2 clean sheets; Simón has not conceded in 180 minutes. 11	Beiranvand is the day's biggest mover: seven saves against Belgium and one clean sheet put him back in the goalkeeper conversation. 2

Player power ranking after this window

Rank	Player	Why he moves here
1	Lamine Yamal, Spain	First World Cup start, 10th-minute goal, and the spark for Spain's three-goal opening half-hour. 1
2	Mikel Oyarzabal, Spain	Two goals and an assist turned a selection headache into Spain's best attacking performance of the tournament so far. 5
3	Alireza Beiranvand, Iran	Seven saves, a clean sheet and a point against Belgium keep Iran first in Group G. 7
4	Unai Simón, Spain	Two clean sheets from two starts give Spain a defensive base while the attack resets. 11
5	Jonathan David, Canada	Still joint-top of the Golden Boot with 3 goals; no new match today, but the leaderboard has not caught him. 9

What to watch next

Group G is the messiest live group on the board: Iran and Belgium both have two draws, while New Zealand and Egypt still have only one completed match in this snapshot. 7 Group H now has a leader, but the real shape of second and third place depends on the Uruguay-Cape Verde final that was still live at cutoff. 3