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Southgate has come in for criticism but is unlikely to deviate from a handbrake-on approach or drop under-performing regulars. England squad: Gk - Pickford, Ramsdale, Pope; Def - Trippier, Alexander-Arnold, Walker, White, Maguire, Stones, Dier, Coady, Shaw; Mid - Rice, Bellingham, Phillips, Henderson, Gallagher, Mount; For - Kane, Wilson, Rashford, Sterling, Saka, Foden, Grealish, Maddison Fixtures: England v Iran (Mon, Nov 21 - 1600) England vs USA (Fri, Nov 25 - 1900), Wales vs England (Tues, Nov 29 - 1900) Pre-tournament odds: 17/2 Iran Coach: Carlos Queiroz Star player: Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen) World Cup best: First round 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 Well-travelled former Manchester United assistant Queiroz was reappointed in September, having led Iran to the 2014 and 2018 tournaments.
Midfield remains their strongest area, where veteran skipper Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic form a formidable backbone. Croatia squad: Gk - Livakovic, Ivusic, Grbic; Def - Vida, Lovren, Barisic, Juranovic, Gvardiol, Sosa, Stanisic, Erlic, Sutalo; Mid - Modric, Kovacic, Brozovic, Pasalaic, Vlasic, Majer, Jakic, Sucic; For - Perisic, Kramaric, Petkovic, Orsic, Budimir, Livaja Fixtures: Morocco vs Croatia (Wed, Nov 23 - 1000), Croatia vs Canada (Sun, Nov 27 - 1600), Croatia vs Belgium (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1500) Pre-tournament odds: 50/1 GROUP G Brazil Coach: Tite Star player: Neymar (PSG) World Cup best: Winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 Defensively rock-solid and with an exciting array of new attacking options easing the burden on talisman Neymar, the competition's most-successful nation have been installed as the pre-tournament favourites. They are looking to make their first World Cup final since winning the last of their five titles 20 years ago.
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Many of the veterans who helped eliminate England and Italy in 2014 remain, with the ageing core supplemented by a host of inexperienced youngsters. Navas is among the world's best goalkeepers but the draw has not been kind to the Central Americans. Costa Rica squad: GK - Navas, Alvarado, Sequeira; DEF - Calvo, Vargas, Waston, Duarte, Chacon, Fuller, Martinez, Oviedo, Matarrita; MID - Tejeda, Borges, Salas, Wilson, Torres, Lopez, Bennette, Zamora, Hernandez, Aguilera, Ruiz; FOR - Campbell, Contreras, Venegas (Alajuelense) Fixtures: Spain vs Costa Rica (Wed, Nov 23 - 1600), Japan vs Costa Rica (Sun, Nov 27 - 1000), Germany vs Costa Rica (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1900) Germany Coach: Hansi Flick Star player: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) World Cup best: Winners 2014 (West Germany were champions in 1954, 1974, 1990) Aside from the hosts, Germany were the first country to qualify but travel with relatively subdued expectations.
Michniewicz secured qualification in just his second match following the shock resignation of Paulo Sousa. Poland's last knockout match was in 1986. Poland squad: Gk - Dragowski, Skorupski, Szczesny; Def - Bednarek, Bereszynski, Cash, Glik, Gumny, Jedrzejczyk, Kiwior, Wieteska, Zalewski; Mid - Bielik, Frankowski, Grosicki, Kaminski, Krychowiak, Skoras, Damian Szymanski, Sebastian Szymanski, Zielinski, Zurkowski; For - Lewandowski, Milik, Piatek, Swiderski. Fixtures: Mexico vs Poland (Tues, Nov 22 - 1600), Poland vs Saudi Arabia (Sat, Nov 26 - 1300), Poland vs Argentina (Wed, Nov 30 - 1900) GROUP D France Coach: Didier Deschamps Star player: Kylian Mbappe (PSG) World Cup best: Winners 1998, 2018 Les Bleus are bidding to become only the third nation - after Italy and Brazil - to retain the trophy.
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Coach Kadri has only been in charge since March after being promoted from an assistant role following the sacking of Mondher Kebaier. The 2004 African champions are tactically cautious and have never made it beyond the group stage. A 5-1 warm-up thrashing by Brazil emphasised the enormity of their task. Tunisia squad: TBC Fixtures: Denmark vs Tunisia (Tues, Nov 22 - 1300) Tunisia vs Australia (Sat, Nov 26 - 1000), Tunisia vs France (Wed, Nov 30 - 1500) GROUP E Spain Coach: Luis Enrique Star player: Pedri (Barcelona) World Cup best: Winners 2010 Enrique is developing a talented young team as Spain attempt to finally emerge from the shadow of the all-conquering squads which won the 2010 World Cup either side of successive European Championship triumphs.
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Their entire squad is based domestically and has been training together since June in preparation for a maiden appearance at this level. Qatar squad: TBC Fixtures: Qatar v Ecuador (Sun, Nov 20 - 1900) Qatar vs Senegal (Fri, Nov 25 - 1300), Qatar v Netherlands (Tues, Nov 29 - 1500) Pre-tournament odds: 250/1 Ecuador Coach: Gustavo Alfaro Star player: Moises Caicedo (Brighton) World Cup best: Second round 2006 Ecuador were South American Under-20 champions in 2019 and have a youthful side which is quick, strong and suited to counter-attacking tactics. Argentinian Alfaro, appointed in August 2020, steadied the ship following a turbulent period. While he has toughened up the team defensively, goals have dried up in recent warm-up fixtures.
Moriyasu, who prefers a quick-passing, hard-running game, has 19 World Cup debutants in his squad. Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu, former Liverpool player Takumi Minamino and Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma have been included, while attacking midfielder Kamada hit five goals to help Eintracht Frankfurt win last season's Europa League. Japan squad: Gk - Kawashima, Schmidt, Gonda; Def - Sakai, Yamane, Itakura, Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Taniguchi, Hiroki Ito, Nagatomo; Mid - Junya Ito, Doan, Endo, Morita, Tanaka, Kamada, Kubo, Minamino, Mitoma, Shibasaki, Soma; For - Asano, Maeda, Ueda, Machino Fixtures: Germany vs Japan (Wed, Nov 23 - 1300), Japan vs Costa Rica (Sun, Nov 27 - 1000), Japan vs Costa Rica (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1900) GROUP F Belgium Coach: Roberto Martinez Star player: Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) World Cup best: Third place 2018 Bronze medallists four years ago, Belgium cruised through qualifying. Yet their much-heralded golden generation is past its best and has one final chance to turn potential into silverware.
Herdman's side topped their qualifying group ahead of 2026 tournament co-hosts Mexico and the United States and produced some scintillating football along the way. Canada squad: TBC Fixtures: Belgium vs Canada (Wed, Nov 23 - 1900), Croatia vs Canada (Sun, Nov 27 - 1600), Canada vs Morocco (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1500) Morocco Coach: Walid Regragui Star player: Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) World Cup best: Second round 1986 Morocco fired Vahid Halilhodzic a matter of months before the big kick-off. The Bosnian fell out with star man Ziyech, who was overlooked for the duration of qualifying. The Atlas Lions have won only two of 16 previous World Cup games.
De Bruyne is arguably at the peak of his powers but Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku have endured prolonged struggles at club level. Belgium squad: Gk - Courtois, Mignolet, Casteels; Def - Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Faes, Theate, Debast, Meunier, Castagne; Mid - De Bruyne, Tielemans, Onana, Witsel, Vanaken, Dendoncker, Carrasco, Thorgan Hazard; For - Eden Hazard, De Ketelaere (AC Milan), Trossard (Brighton), Mertens, Doku, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Openda. Fixtures: Belgium vs Canada (Wed, Nov 23 - 1900), Belgium vs Morocco (Sun, Nov 27 - 1300), Croatia vs Belgium (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1500) Pre-tournament odds: 16/1 Canada Coach: John Herdman Star player: Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) World Cup best: First round 1986 After years of international anonymity, Canada return from the wilderness for only a second World Cup appearance, having finished pointless and goalless in 1986.
Emulating that modest achievement may prove tricky. Many Mexican fans - dismayed by three successive defeats to rivals the USA in 2021 - feel pessimism towards Martino's ageing side, the core of which remains from past World Cup campaigns. Mexico squad: TBC Fixtures: Mexico vs Poland (Tues, Nov 22 - 1600), Argentina vs Mexico (Sat, Nov 26 - 1900), Saudi Arabia vs Mexico (Wed, Nov 30 - 1900) Poland Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz Star player: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) World Cup best: Third place 1974, 1982 Striker Lewandowski has settled in seamlessly at Barcelona following his switch from Bayern Munich and will be critical to Polish hopes at what will almost certainly be his final World Cup.
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Eriksen's return following his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, where the Danes reached the last four, is both miraculous and a major boost. The 1992 European champions have a strong team ethic and will hope their influential playmaker can provide the spark. Denmark squad: TBC Fixtures: Denmark vs Tunisia (Tues, Nov 22 - 1300), France vs Denmark (Sat, Nov 26 - 1600), Australia vs Denmark (Wed, Nov 30 - 1500) Pre-tournament odds: 30/1 Tunisia Coach: Jalel Kadri Star player: Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) World Cup best: First round 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018 Tunisia qualified by defeating Mali in a play-off.
Regragui is tasked with injecting positive energy into a side with a history of flattering to deceive. Morocco squad: Gk - Bounou, Mohamedi, Tagnaouti; Def - Hakimi, Mazraoui, Saiss, Aguerd, El Yamiq, Dari, Attiat-Allal, Benoun; Mid - Amrabat, Amallah, Ounahi, Sabiri, Jabrane, Bilel El. For - Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Ezzalzouli, Cheddira, Harit, Chair, Boufal, Hamdallah Fixtures: Morocco vs Croatia (Wed, Nov 23 - 1000), Belgium vs Morocco (Sun, Nov 27 - 1300), Canada vs Morocco (Thurs, Dec 1 - 1500) Pre-tournament odds: 200/1 Croatia Coach: Zlatko Dalic Star player: Luka Modric (Real Madrid) World Cup best: Runners up 2018 Results have been mixed since the Croats stormed to the final in 2018. That achievement will be hard to replicate, albeit they remain a dangerous proposition, as evidenced by June's 1-0 win over world champions France.
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Van Gaal, who led them to third place in 2014, came out of retirement for a third spell in charge but has had limited time to implement his methods. A lack of club action for star striker Memphis Depay is not ideal, while goalkeeper is a position of weakness. Netherlands squad: Gk - Bijlow, Noppert, Pasveer; Def - Ake, Blind, van Dijk, Dumfries, Frimpong, de Ligt, Malacia, Timber, de Vrij; Mid - Berghuis, de Jong, Klaassen, Koopmeiners, de Roon, Simons, Taylor; For - Bergwijn, Depay, Gakpo, Janssen, de Jong, Lang, Weghorst.
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