World Cup 2026 leaderboard update: Cape Verde pull Uruguay into danger

Cape Verde did it again. Four days after taking a point from Spain, the tournament debutants came from behind to draw 2-2 with Uruguay in Miami, leaving Group H with Spain on top and both Uruguay and Cape Verde stuck on two points. This update covers completed World Cup matches through the 02:00 UTC cutoff on June 22; New Zealand-Egypt was live at 50' and is held out of the official standings snapshot below.

The cutoff board

Match status at cutoff	Result or status	Leaderboard effect
Uruguay vs. Cape Verde	Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde, FT	Spain stay first in Group H on 4 points; Uruguay remain second and Cape Verde third, both on 2 points and level on goal difference. 1
New Zealand vs. Egypt	New Zealand 1-0 Egypt, 50'	Treated as live, not final. Group G below keeps New Zealand and Egypt at one completed match each. 2

Cape Verde's point came the hard way. Kevin Pina scored first from a 30-yard free kick in the 21st minute, Uruguay flipped the match before halftime through Maxi Araújo and Agustín Canobbio, then Hélio Varela punished a Mathías Olivera error in the 61st minute for 2-2. 1 The underlying match sheet was just as strange as the scoreline: Uruguay led 2.34 to 0.86 on expected goals and had 65% possession, but Cape Verde put four shots on goal to Uruguay's two. 3

Group H after Uruguay-Cape Verde

Completed matches only through the 02:00 UTC cutoff

Spain	4 pts
Uruguay	2 pts
Cape Verde	2 pts
Saudi Arabia	1 pt

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The card uses ESPN's Group H table from the Uruguay-Cape Verde match page: Spain 4, Uruguay 2, Cape Verde 2, Saudi Arabia 1. 3

Cape Verde and Uruguay match action — Cape Verde's second draw in two games keeps Group H open below Spain. 1

All-group standings snapshot

Each row lists teams in current group order: record, goals for-against, and points. Group G excludes the live New Zealand-Egypt match at the 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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4
H	Spain 1-1-0, 4-0, 4 pts	Uruguay 0-2-0, 3-3, 2 pts	Cape Verde 0-2-0, 2-2, 2 pts	Saudi Arabia 0-1-1, 1-5, 1 pt 3
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 4
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 4
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 4
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 4

Third-place lane

The best third-place line is still the three-point cluster: Scotland, Paraguay and Sweden sit above the one- and two-point pack. Cape Verde's draw matters because it moves the Blue Sharks to 2 points, one behind that current cut line and ahead of most third-place teams that have only one match completed. 4

Scorers, creators and keepers

Race	Current leaders	New movement to note
Golden Boot	Jonathan David, Lionel Messi and Deniz Undav lead on 3 goals. 5	Maxi Araújo's equalizer moves him into the two-goal group, while Canobbio, Pina and Hélio Varela add one-goal entries from the same match. 1
Assists	Alexander Isak leads with 3 assists; Chris Wood, Julio Enciso, Ryan Gravenberch, Denzel Dumfries, Brahim Díaz and Deniz Undav are listed on 2. 6	No completed-match assist change at the top from Uruguay-Cape Verde. The live New Zealand-Egypt match is excluded until final. 2
Golden Glove watch	Unai Simón and Raúl Rangel remain the only keepers listed with 2 clean sheets. 7	Vozinha did not get a clean sheet, but his tournament line now shows 1 clean sheet, 2 goals against and 8 saves through two matches. 7

Player power ranking after this window

Rank	Player	Why he moves here
1	Hélio Varela, Cape Verde	Came on, pressed the error, and scored the 61st-minute equalizer that kept Cape Verde unbeaten. 1
2	Kevin Pina, Cape Verde	Opened the match with a long-range free kick and gave Cape Verde the confidence to attack Uruguay rather than sit in. 1
3	Maxi Araújo, Uruguay	Scored Uruguay's first goal, helped create the second, and is now part of the two-goal chase behind the Golden Boot leaders. 5
4	Unai Simón, Spain	Still owns the cleanest goalkeeper case: two starts, two clean sheets and no goals conceded. 7
5	Jonathan David, Canada	No new match in this window, but he remains one of the three players setting the scoring pace on 3 goals. 5

What to watch next

New Zealand-Egypt live match visual — New Zealand-Egypt was still live at the cutoff, so this update treats it as a watch item rather than a final result. 2

Group H now has a clean tension: Spain control first place, but Uruguay and Cape Verde are level beneath them with Saudi Arabia still able to drag the group into chaos. 3 Group G may change as soon as New Zealand-Egypt goes final; at the cutoff, New Zealand led 1-0 on Finn Surman's 15th-minute goal, with Egypt ahead 0.85 to 0.32 on expected goals. 2

References

1
Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde Game Analysis - ESPNespn.com
2
New Zealand vs. Egypt Live Score - ESPNespn.com
3
Uruguay vs. Cape Verde Match Stats - ESPNespn.com
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2026 FIFA World Cup Standings - ESPNespn.com
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FOX Sports World Cup goal leadersfoxsports.com
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FOX Sports World Cup assist leadersfoxsports.com
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FOX Sports World Cup clean-sheet leadersfoxsports.com