WORLD CUP 2026 · GROUP A

Group AMexico, South Korea, Czechia, South Africa

Group A is balanced but stratified. Mexico is the clear favourite to top the group; second place looks like a coin-toss between the middle two. The opener and Matchday 2 cross-match usually settle it, with Matchday 3 either confirming or upending expectations.

The four teams

ADVANCE PROBABILITY · PRE-TOURNAMENT
FIFA RANK · SEED-BASED MODEL

How each team starts the tournament

Probability of reaching the Round of 32. The top 2 from each group advance directly; the 4 best third-place finishers across all 12 groups also advance — so even a third-place team has a real path through. Updates each matchday once results land.

255075100Mexico92%South Korea74%Czechia42%South Africa18%PRE-TOURN.MD 1MD 2MD 3
SOLID = current · DASHED = projection · HOVER A RIBBON TO ISOLATEMexico most likely to advance
THE FPL OVERLAP

Premier League stars in Group A

Mexico
2 PL stars
Edson Álvarez~West Ham
Raúl Jiménez~Fulham
South Korea
1 PL star
Hwang Hee-chanWolves
Czechia

No regular Premier League players in current 26-man pool.

South Africa

No regular Premier League players in current 26-man pool.

Source: Premier League official article (29 May 2026). ~ marks players inferred from secondary reporting for nations whose squads were TBA at publish time.

All 6 fixtures

MDDateUTCMatch
1Thu 11 Jun19:00
MexicovSouth Africa
1Fri 12 Jun02:00
South KoreavCzechia
2Thu 18 Jun16:00
CzechiavSouth Africa
2Fri 19 Jun01:00
MexicovSouth Korea
3Thu 25 Jun01:00
South AfricavSouth Korea
3Thu 25 Jun01:00
CzechiavMexico
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