World Cup 2026 Group D: Standings, results, and who can qualify
United States and Australia occupy the top two position in the group after convincing displays in their opening games.
Co-hosts the United States and Australia both got their World Cup campaigns off to a positive start. Mauricio Pochettino’s team gave the perfect answer to those who doubted them by putting four past Paraguay and the Socceroos showed that they mean business as they eased past Türkiye with 20-year-old Nestory Irankunda becoming the country’s youngest goalscorer at a World Cup.
The USMNT and Australia will scrap it out for top spot in Seattle on Friday while Paraguay and Türkiye jostle for third place.
The United States faced all of their group opponents in friendlies last year, and beat all of them apart from Türkiye.
If they lose to Australia, the USMNT will be obliged to beat Türkiye in the final game although as it stands they are well placed to advance, either directly as one of the top two or as one of the best ranked third-placed teams.
Group D: results
United States 4-1 Paraguay
Australia 2-0 Türkiye
Group D: standings
After the first matchups in the group, the table looks like this:
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| Türkiye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
Group D: remaining games
- United States vs Australia (June 19)
- Türkiye vs Paraguay (June 19)
- Türkiye vs United States (June 25)
- Paraguay vs Australia (June 25)
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