Jornata

An allusion to jornada, or journey — it helps you discover new stories and perspectives from the World Cup.

Group Stage

The Standings

Discovery starts with the Group Standings tables. We've added three columns: Belief, points earned versus what the bookmakers expected; Friendship, how much of this XI has played together; and Cost, what the squad is worth. Flip Belief between what's banked and the next game's outlook.

Belief:

Group A
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	+2.8	70	$207M
2	South Africa	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4	+1.9	93	$53M
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3	−1.9	72	$150M
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	−2.8	94	$203M

Group B
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	+1.4	89	$359M
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4	−1.2	82	$215M
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4	+0.2	82	$158M
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	1	−0.3	83	$22M

Group C
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	+0.3	51	$1.0B
2	Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	+1.6	51	$484M
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3	−0.6	85	$184M
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0	−1.3	79	$60M

Group D
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	USA	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	+0.1	62	$416M
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	+1.4	63	$84M
3	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4	+0.6	85	$166M
4	Turkey	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3	−2.0	98	$512M

Group E
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6	−1.3	85	$1.0B
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	+1.3	75	$564M
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	−0.3	94	$398M
4	Curacao	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8	1	+0.4	97	$28M

Group F
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	+0.9	80	$815M
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5	+0.6	62	$293M
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	+0.4	73	$439M
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	2	12	-10	0	−1.9	63	$76M

Group G
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5	−0.7	86	$591M
2	Egypt	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	+1.2	94	$126M
3	Iran	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	+0.4	69	$35M
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	4	10	-6	1	−0.8	98	$37M

Group H
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	+0.2	89	$1.3B
2	Cape Verde	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	+1.5	84	$53M
3	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	−2.0	78	$388M
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	1	5	-4	2	+0.4	84	$44M

Group I
	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	France	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9	+1.5	86	$1.6B
2	Norway	3	2	1	8	7	+1	6	+1.0	94	$637M
3	Senegal	3	1	2	8	6	+2	3	−1.5	95	$516M
4	Iraq	3	0	3	1	12	-11	0	−1.0	76	$23M

Group J
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	+1.6	90	$872M
2	Austria	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	−0.1	82	$265M
3	Algeria	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4	0.0	64	$277M
4	Jordan	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5	0	−1.6	69	$22M

Group K
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	+1.5	77	$327M
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5	−0.6	95	$1.1B
3	DR Congo	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	+0.9	93	$155M
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0	−1.8	80	$92M

Group L
	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Belv	Frnd	Cost
1	England	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	+0.4	76	$1.5B
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	+0.7	88	$418M
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	+1.1	52	$253M
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	0	−2.3	82	$37M

Belief = points earned minus what the market expected — gold beat the line, coral fell short. Upcoming shows each team's next-game expected points. Full Belief × Friendship map: the Explorer →

Top two of each group advance — and so do the eight best third-placed teams. That race is the cruellest table at the tournament.

The Third-Place Race

Eight of twelve advance. The line is what matters.

1 DR Congo Grp — 4 pts +1 In
2 Sweden Grp — 4 pts 0 In
3 Ghana Grp — 4 pts 0 In
4 Ecuador Grp — 4 pts 0 In
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Grp — 4 pts -1 In
6 Algeria Grp — 4 pts -2 In
7 Paraguay Grp — 4 pts -2 In
8 Senegal Grp — 3 pts +2 In
qualification line
9 Iran Grp — 3 pts 0 Out
10 South Korea Grp — 3 pts -1 Out
11 Scotland Grp — 3 pts -3 Out
12 Uruguay Grp — 2 pts -1 Out

Group A

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Mexico	3	+6	9	LWWWW
2 South Africa	3	-1	4	LWDL
3 South Korea	3	-1	3	LLW
4 Czech Republic	3	-4	1	LDL

Group B

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Switzerland	3	+4	7	WWWWD
2 Canada	3	+5	4	LWLWD
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	-1	4	LWLD
4 Qatar	3	-8	1	LLD

Group C

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Brazil	3	+6	7	LWWWD
2 Morocco	3	+3	7	LWWWW
3 Scotland	3	-3	3	LLW
4 Haiti	3	-6	0	LLL

Group D

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 USA	3	+4	6	LWLWW
2 Australia	3	0	4	LDLW
3 Paraguay	3	-2	4	LWDWL
4 Turkey	3	-2	3	WLL

Group E

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Germany	3	+6	6	LLWW
2 Ivory Coast	3	+2	6	LWLW
3 Ecuador	3	0	4	LWDL
4 Curacao	3	-8	1	LDL

Group F

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Netherlands	3	+6	7	LWWD
2 Japan	3	+4	5	LDWD
3 Sweden	3	0	4	LDLW
4 Tunisia	3	-10	0	LLL

Group G

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Belgium	3	+4	5	LWWWD
2 Egypt	3	+2	5	LWDWD
3 Iran	3	0	3	DDD
4 New Zealand	3	-6	1	LLD

Group H

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Spain	3	+5	7	WWWWW
2 Cape Verde	3	0	3	LDDD
3 Uruguay	3	-1	2	LDD
4 Saudi Arabia	3	-4	2	DLD

Group I

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 France	3	+8	9	WWWWW
2 Norway	3	+1	6	WWLWW
3 Senegal	3	+2	3	LWLL
4 Iraq	3	-11	0	LLL

Group J

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Argentina	3	+7	9	WWWWW
2 Austria	3	0	4	LDLW
3 Algeria	3	-2	4	LDWL
4 Jordan	3	-5	0	LLL

Group K

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 Colombia	3	+3	7	LWDWW
2 Portugal	3	+5	5	LWDWD
3 DR Congo	3	+1	4	LWLD
4 Uzbekistan	3	-9	0	LLL

Group L

Team	P	GD	Pts	Form
1 England	3	+4	7	WWWDW
2 Croatia	3	0	6	LWWL
3 Ghana	3	0	4	LLDW
4 Panama	3	-4	0	LLL

Top two (gold) advance directly; third place enters the best-third-placed race above. Official table via API-Football.