Latest World Cup news today: Scotland's knockout fate as first third-placed qualifier confirmed

Hello and invited to Sports Mole's unrecorded World Cup 2026 quality blog connected Thursday, June 25!

The radical signifier of the 48-team tourney is present drafting to a conclusion, meaning a stacked calendar of six games a time for the adjacent 3 days, starting with past night's A, B and C finales.

Throughout the morning, you tin drawback each the absorption to past night's battles, earlier we physique up to the closing fixtures successful Groups D, E and F.

Latest World Cup news: Who's playing today? Who's done to the knockout rounds?

Ten of the 12 teams competing successful Groups A, B and C person present had their fates sealed pursuing the last rounds of fixtures successful those sections, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, who became the archetypal third-placed squad to suffice for the past 32 with a 3-1 triumph implicit Qatar.

Bosnia person taken 4 points from their 3 matches and presently fertile arsenic the champion third-placed team, and 1 that cannot beryllium overtaken successful the bronze-medallists standings nary substance what transpires implicit the coming days.

The European federation volition beryllium joining Switzerland and Canada successful the knockout stages, arsenic the former's 2-1 triumph implicit the second did not destruct the co-hosts' qualification prospects; they coiled up successful 2nd spot down the Rossocrociati.

Near neighbours Mexico completed a cleanable radical signifier with a convincing 3-0 triumph implicit the Czech Republic, who are out, portion South Africa stunned South Korea 1-0 to suffice successful 2nd and permission the Taegeuk Warriors needing a third-placed reprieve.

Scotland are successful the aforesaid vessel aft a heavy 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Brazil, portion Morocco came from down doubly to descend Haiti 4-0 and beforehand successful 2nd spot.

Thursday's enactment begins with Curacao vs. Ivory Coast and Ecuador vs. Germany successful Group E, earlier Japan vs. Sweden and Tunisia vs. Netherlands successful Group F.

Group D past reaches its climax with head-to-heads betwixt Paraguay and Australia, and already-eliminated Turkey and already-qualified USA.