2026/6/25 · 22:25

World Cup 2026 leaderboard update: Ecuador stun Germany, Ivory Coast through

Ecuador's 2-1 comeback against Germany and Ivory Coast's 2-0 win over Curaçao close Group E: Germany win the group, Ivory Coast advance second, and Ecuador take the strongest current third-place line. This digest refreshes all 12 groups, the Golden Boot and assist boards, goalkeeper watch and player power ranking through the latest completed matches.

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Group E finished with the two results that changed the board most. Ecuador came from behind to beat Germany 2-1, while Ivory Coast beat Curaçao 2-0; the remaining June 25 Group D and Group F fixtures were still listed without final scores at this cutoff, so they stay out of the updated tables. 1

Ecuador's win was the swing result. Leroy Sané scored after two minutes, but Nilson Angulo equalized in the 9th minute and Gonzalo Plata scored the 77th-minute winner; ESPN's match page logged Ecuador at 1.51 xG to Germany's 0.65, and Germany still finished first in Group E on the head-to-head tiebreak over Ivory Coast. 2 Ivory Coast took the other qualifying place after Nicolas Pépé scored in the 7th and 64th minutes against Curaçao, with ESPN logging a 1.30-0.47 xG edge for Ivory Coast. 3

What changed in this update

Match	Score	Leaderboard impact
Ecuador vs. Germany	Ecuador 2-1 Germany 2	Germany still win Group E on six points; Ecuador move to four points and the strongest current third-place line. 4
Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast	Curaçao 0-2 Ivory Coast 3	Ivory Coast finish level with Germany on six points and take second; Curaçao finish fourth on one point. 4

All group standings

Group A

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico 4	3	3-0-0	6	0	+6	9
South Africa 4	3	1-1-1	2	3	-1	4
South Korea 4	3	1-0-2	2	3	-1	3
Czechia 4	3	0-1-2	2	6	-4	1

Group B

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland 4	3	2-1-0	7	3	+4	7
Canada 4	3	1-1-1	8	3	+5	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4	3	1-1-1	5	6	-1	4
Qatar 4	3	0-1-2	2	10	-8	1

Group C

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil 4	3	2-1-0	7	1	+6	7
Morocco 4	3	2-1-0	6	3	+3	7
Scotland 4	3	1-0-2	1	4	-3	3
Haiti 4	3	0-0-3	2	8	-6	0

Group D

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States 4	2	2-0-0	6	1	+5	6
Australia 4	2	1-0-1	2	2	0	3
Paraguay 4	2	1-0-1	2	4	-2	3
Türkiye 4	2	0-0-2	0	3	-3	0

Group E

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany 4	3	2-0-1	10	4	+6	6
Ivory Coast 4	3	2-0-1	4	2	+2	6
Ecuador 4	3	1-1-1	2	2	0	4
Curaçao 4	3	0-1-2	1	9	-8	1

Group F

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands 4	2	1-1-0	7	3	+4	4
Japan 4	2	1-1-0	6	2	+4	4
Sweden 4	2	1-0-1	6	6	0	3
Tunisia 4	2	0-0-2	1	9	-8	0

Group G

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt 4	2	1-1-0	4	2	+2	4
Iran 4	2	0-2-0	2	2	0	2
Belgium 4	2	0-2-0	1	1	0	2
New Zealand 4	2	0-1-1	3	5	-2	1

Group H

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain 4	2	1-1-0	4	0	+4	4
Uruguay 4	2	0-2-0	3	3	0	2
Cape Verde 4	2	0-2-0	2	2	0	2
Saudi Arabia 4	2	0-1-1	1	5	-4	1

Group I

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France 4	2	2-0-0	6	1	+5	6
Norway 4	2	2-0-0	7	3	+4	6
Senegal 4	2	0-0-2	3	6	-3	0
Iraq 4	2	0-0-2	1	7	-6	0

Group J

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina 4	2	2-0-0	5	0	+5	6
Austria 4	2	1-0-1	3	3	0	3
Algeria 4	2	1-0-1	2	4	-2	3
Jordan 4	2	0-0-2	2	5	-3	0

Group K

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia 4	2	2-0-0	4	1	+3	6
Portugal 4	2	1-1-0	6	1	+5	4
DR Congo 4	2	0-1-1	1	2	-1	1
Uzbekistan 4	2	0-0-2	1	8	-7	0

Group L

Team	MP	W-D-L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England 4	2	1-1-0	4	2	+2	4
Ghana 4	2	1-1-0	1	0	+1	4
Croatia 4	2	1-0-1	3	4	-1	3
Panama 4	2	0-0-2	0	2	-2	0

Third-place race

Ecuador now have the best current third-place profile: four points, even goal difference and two goals scored. Bosnia and Herzegovina are also on four points, while six teams sit on three points behind them. 4

Current rank	Third-place team	Group	W-D-L	GD	Pts
1	Ecuador 4	E	1-1-1	0	4
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina 4	B	1-1-1	-1	4
3	Sweden 4	F	1-0-1	0	3
4	Croatia 4	L	1-0-1	-1	3
5	South Korea 4	A	1-0-2	-1	3
6	Algeria 4	J	1-0-1	-2	3
7	Paraguay 4	D	1-0-1	-2	3
8	Scotland 4	C	1-0-2	-3	3

Golden Boot board

Messi still leads the scoring race on five. Haaland, Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior form the four-goal chase group, while Pépé's brace moves Ivory Coast's knockout push more than it changes the very top of the Golden Boot table. 5

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	xG	Shots on goal
1	Lionel Messi 5	ARG	5	2.30	6
2	Erling Haaland 5	NOR	4	2.05	7
3	Kylian Mbappé 5	FRA	4	1.88	7
4	Vinícius Júnior 5	BRA	4	2.33	8
5	Matheus Cunha 5	BRA	3	1.09	3
6	Johan Manzambi 5	SUI	3	0.81	3
7	Jonathan David 5	CAN	3	1.83	6
8	Ismael Saibari 5	MAR	3	1.44	4
9	Deniz Undav 5	GER	3	1.34	4
10	Daichi Kamada 5	JPN	2	0.88	2

Assist board

The assist race is tighter than the Golden Boot race: Alexander Isak, Bruno Guimarães and Michael Olise all sit on three assists, with a large two-assist pack directly behind them. 6

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Goals	Shots
1	Alexander Isak 6	SWE	3	1	5
2	Bruno Guimarães 6	BRA	3	0	1
3	Michael Olise 6	FRA	3	0	5
4	Chris Wood 6	NZL	2	0	5
5	Julio Enciso 6	PAR	2	0	3
6	Martin Odegaard 6	NOR	2	0	4
7	Mohamed Salah 6	EGY	2	1	6
8	Ryan Gravenberch 6	NED	2	0	2
9	Breel Embolo 6	SUI	2	1	7
10	Denzel Dumfries 6	NED	2	0	1

Goalkeeper watch

Raúl Rangel's three clean sheets are still the cleanest Golden Glove case on the board. Emiliano Martínez, Alisson and Unai Simón are the main two-clean-sheet chasers. 7

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Clean sheets	Goals against	Saves
1	Raúl Rangel 7	MEX	3	0	4
2	Emiliano Martínez 7	ARG	2	0	1
3	Alisson 7	BRA	2	1	10
4	Unai Simón 7	ESP	2	0	2
5	Jordan Pickford 7	ENG	1	2	3
6	Mike Maignan 7	FRA	1	1	1
7	Angus Gunn 7	SCO	1	4	8
8	Diogo Costa 7	POR	1	1	3
9	Dominik Livaković 7	CRO	1	4	10
10	Matt Freese 7	USA	1	1	2

Player power ranking

Lionel Messi, Argentina — Still the board leader: five goals, two player-of-the-match awards and a 9.2 rating through two matches. 5
Nicolas Pépé, Ivory Coast — The brace that put Ivory Coast into second place in Group E is this update's most decisive individual performance. 3
Gonzalo Plata, Ecuador — The 77th-minute winner against Germany turned Ecuador from a near-exit team into the strongest current third-place side. 2
Raul Rangel, Mexico — Three clean sheets and no goals conceded keep him first on the goalkeeper board. 7
Vinícius Júnior, Brazil — Four goals and eight shots on target keep him in the Golden Boot top four after Brazil's group is complete. 5

The next board movement should come from the unresolved Group D and Group F fixtures on the June 25 slate; they were not counted here because FOX had not marked them final at this cutoff. 1