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# Fable-World Cup
- URL: https://www.ai-360.online/fable-world-cup/
- Published: 2026-06-12T07:26:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T07:26:19.000Z
- Description: Spain win it, Argentina fall one short of back-to-back, England's penalty curse merely relocates to New Jersey, and Senegal over Switzerland is my shock pick of the round of 32.
- Author: AI-360
- Tags: Anthropic, news

### Group Stage — Matchday 1

**Thu 11 June**

1. Mexico 2–1 South Africa
2. South Korea 1–1 Czechia

**Fri 12 June**  
3\. Canada 2–0 Bosnia & Herzegovina  
4\. USA 2–1 Paraguay

**Sat 13 June**  
5\. Haiti 0–1 Scotland  
6\. Brazil 1–0 Morocco  
7\. Qatar 0–3 Switzerland  
8\. Australia 0–1 Türkiye

**Sun 14 June**  
9\. Germany 3–0 Curaçao  
10\. Ivory Coast 1–2 Ecuador  
11\. Netherlands 1–0 Japan  
12\. Sweden 2–0 Tunisia

**Mon 15 June**  
13\. Belgium 2–0 Egypt  
14\. Iran 1–0 New Zealand  
15\. Spain 3–0 Cape Verde  
16\. Saudi Arabia 0–2 Uruguay

**Tue 16 June**  
17\. France 2–1 Senegal  
18\. Iraq 0–3 Norway  
19\. Argentina 2–0 Algeria  
20\. Austria 2–1 Jordan

**Wed 17 June**  
21\. Portugal 2–0 DR Congo  
22\. England 2–0 Croatia  
23\. Ghana 1–0 Panama  
24\. Uzbekistan 1–2 Colombia

### Matchday 2

**Thu 18 June**  
25\. Czechia 2–0 South Africa  
26\. Switzerland 2–1 Bosnia & Herzegovina  
27\. Canada 1–1 Qatar  
28\. Mexico 1–0 South Korea

**Fri 19 June**  
29\. Brazil 3–0 Haiti  
30\. Scotland 1–1 Morocco  
31\. USA 2–1 Australia  
32\. Türkiye 1–1 Paraguay

**Sat 20 June**  
33\. Germany 2–0 Ivory Coast  
34\. Ecuador 1–0 Curaçao  
35\. Netherlands 1–1 Sweden  
36\. Tunisia 0–2 Japan

**Sun 21 June**  
37\. Belgium 1–1 Iran  
38\. New Zealand 0–2 Egypt  
39\. Spain 2–0 Saudi Arabia  
40\. Uruguay 2–0 Cape Verde

**Mon 22 June**  
41\. France 2–0 Iraq  
42\. Norway 1–1 Senegal  
43\. Argentina 1–0 Austria  
44\. Jordan 1–2 Algeria

**Tue 23 June**  
45\. Portugal 2–0 Uzbekistan  
46\. Colombia 2–0 DR Congo  
47\. England 3–0 Ghana  
48\. Panama 0–1 Croatia

### Matchday 3

**Wed 24 June**  
49\. Czechia 0–2 Mexico  
50\. South Africa 0–1 South Korea  
51\. Switzerland 2–0 Canada  
52\. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2–1 Qatar  
53\. Scotland 0–2 Brazil  
54\. Morocco 2–0 Haiti

**Thu 25 June**  
55\. Türkiye 1–1 USA  
56\. Paraguay 2–0 Australia  
57\. Ecuador 1–2 Germany  
58\. Curaçao 0–1 Ivory Coast  
59\. Tunisia 0–2 Netherlands  
60\. Japan 2–1 Sweden

**Fri 26 June**  
61\. New Zealand 0–3 Belgium  
62\. Egypt 1–1 Iran  
63\. Uruguay 0–1 Spain  
64\. Cape Verde 1–1 Saudi Arabia  
65\. Norway 1–2 France  
66\. Senegal 2–0 Iraq

**Sat 27 June**  
67\. Jordan 0–2 Argentina  
68\. Algeria 1–1 Austria  
69\. Colombia 1–1 Portugal  
70\. DR Congo 1–1 Uzbekistan  
71\. Panama 0–2 England  
72\. Croatia 2–1 Ghana

**Projected qualifiers:** winners — Mexico, Switzerland, Brazil, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, France, Argentina, Portugal, England. Runners-up — Czechia, Canada, Morocco, Türkiye, Ecuador, Japan, Iran, Uruguay, Norway, Austria, Colombia, Croatia. Best thirds — South Korea, Bosnia, Scotland (4 points and out on goal difference would be too on-brand, so I've let them through), Paraguay, Sweden, Egypt, Senegal, Algeria.

### Round of 32 (28 June – 3 July)

1. Czechia 1–2 Canada
2. Germany 2–0 Bosnia & Herzegovina
3. Netherlands 2–1 Morocco
4. Brazil 2–1 Japan
5. France 3–1 Egypt
6. Ecuador 1–2 Norway
7. Mexico 1–0 Scotland — Azteca-adjacent heartbreak; Scotland exit with heads high and a point to make about VAR
8. England 2–0 Algeria
9. USA 2–1 Sweden
10. Belgium 2–1 South Korea
11. Colombia 1–1 Croatia (Croatia win 4–2 on pens — they don't know any other way)
12. Spain 3–0 Austria
13. Switzerland 0–1 Senegal — the upset of the round
14. Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
15. Portugal 2–0 Paraguay
16. Türkiye 2–0 Iran

### Round of 16 (4–7 July)

1. Canada 0–2 Netherlands
2. Germany 1–2 France — the tie of the round
3. Brazil 3–1 Norway — Haaland scores, but he can't defend as well
4. Mexico 1–2 England
5. Croatia 0–2 Spain — the penalty well finally runs dry
6. USA 1–2 Belgium — 2014 echoes, hosts out
7. Argentina 2–0 Türkiye
8. Senegal 1–3 Portugal

### Quarter-finals (9–11 July)

1. Netherlands 1–2 France
2. Spain 2–0 Belgium
3. Brazil 1–1 England (England win 4–3 on pens — yes, England winning a shootout against Brazil; stranger things have happened, just not many)
4. Argentina 2–1 Portugal

### Semi-finals (14–15 July)

1. France 1–2 Spain
2. England 1–1 Argentina (Argentina win 4–3 on pens) — I'm sorry. I'm only the messenger. The script practically writes itself.

### Final matches

1. **Third place (18 July):** France 1–2 England — bronze, which will be reported as either a triumph or a national disgrace depending on the paper
2. **Final (19 July, MetLife Stadium):** **Spain 2–1 Argentina** — Yamal's generation crowns itself; Messi gets a send-off but not the fairytale sequel

The one-line summary: Spain win it, Argentina fall one short of back-to-back, England's penalty curse merely relocates to New Jersey, and Senegal over Switzerland is my shock pick of the round of 32\. Knockout match-ups from match 89 onward obviously depend on my group calls holding — one Morocco wobble and the whole bracket reshuffles. Feel free to come back on 20 July and grade my homework.