Latest World Cup 2026 Group J standings: Argentina and Austria vie for the top spot.

Latest World Cup 2026 (Group J) standings

VTC News online newspaper provides continuous updates. World Cup 2026 standings According to the latest FIFA website, the current rankings of the teams in Group J are as follows.

Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

Table J World Cup 2026 The tournament was held across three stadiums in Kansas City, San Francisco, and Dallas (USA). Defending champions Argentina competed for a spot in the next round against Algeria, Austria, and Jordan.

World Cup 2026 Group J Fixtures

April 17th

8:00 AM: Argentina vs Algeria.

11:00 AM: Austria vs Jordan.

April 23th

0h: Argentina vs Austria.

10:00 AM: Jordan vs Algeria.

April 28th

9 AM: Algeria vs Austria.

9 AM: Jordan vs Argentina.

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The Austrian national team returned to the World Cup after a 28-year wait. They topped Group H of the European qualifying round, ahead of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Cyprus, and San Marino.

This is Austria's ninth appearance at the World Cup. Their best performance was third place at the 1954 World Cup. Austria is ranked 24th in the FIFA rankings.

Jordan

Jordan is participating in the World Cup for the first time in its history. The team advanced through the third qualifying round in the Asian region, finishing second in Group B, behind only South Korea.

The Jordan national team is ranked 63rd in the FIFA rankings.

Argentina

The Argentina national team enters the 2026 World Cup as the defending champions. Lionel Messi and his teammates topped the South American qualifying group with 38 points (9 points ahead of the second-placed team), becoming the first team from the region to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Argentina is ranked third in the FIFA rankings, behind only France and Spain. This is the team's 19th appearance at the World Cup (only behind Brazil and Germany).

Algeria

Algeria is ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings. This is their fifth appearance at the World Cup. Algeria's best performance was reaching the Round of 16 in 2014, where they lost to Germany, the eventual champions of that tournament.

To qualify for the 2026 World Cup, Algeria finished top of their group, which included Uganda, Mozambique, Guinea, Botswana, and Somalia.

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According to the World Cup 2026 formatIn the group stage, teams compete in a round-robin format, with points awarded for ranking. The top two teams from each group, along with the eight best third-placed teams, advance to the round of 16.

In the event of a tie in points among multiple teams in the group stage, the tie-breaking criteria used for ranking are head-to-head performance (calculated separately for points, goal difference, and number of goals scored in direct matches between the tied teams). If two teams are tied in all of the above criteria, the organizers will consider goal difference and the total number of goals scored in all three matches.

When all other tie-breaking criteria are irrelevant, the teams are ranked according to their position on the latest FIFA World Rankings.