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Group J of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is taking place from June 16 to 27, 2026.[1] The group consists of Argentina (title holders), Algeria, Austria, and Jordan. The top two teams, possibly along with the third-placed team, will advance to the round of 32.[2]

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings[3][4]
November 2025[nb 1] June 2026
J1  Argentina 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL round robin winner March 25, 2025 19th 2022 Winner (1978, 1986, 2022) 2 1
J2  Algeria 3 CAF CAF Group G winner October 9, 2025 5th 2014 Round of 16 (2014) 35 28
J3  Austria 2 UEFA UEFA Group H winner November 18, 2025 8th 1998 Third place (1954) 24 24
J4  Jordan 4 AFC AFC third round Group B runner-up June 5, 2025 1st — — 66 63

Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of November 2025 were used for seeding for the final draw.[5]

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position will qualify for:
1  Argentina (A) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Knockout stage
2  Austria 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Algeria 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Jordan (E) 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2026. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

In the round of 32:[2]

Matches

All times listed are local.[1]

Argentina vs Algeria

Argentina had faced Algeria previously only once, a 4–3 friendly win in 2007.[6]

With his hat-trick, Lionel Messi equalled Miroslav Klose as the all-time top-scorer of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals.[7]

Messi also became the first male player to play in six World Cups and the second player to score in five World Cups.[8][9] At 38 years and 357 days old, he also became the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick.[10]

Argentina 3–0 Algeria
 [Report 1]
Attendance: 69,045
Argentina[11]
Algeria[11]
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 13 Cristian Romero downward-facing red arrow 80'
CB 6 Lisandro Martínez
LB 25 Facundo Medina
CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul
CM 20 Alexis Mac Allister
CM 24 Enzo Fernández
RF 10 Lionel Messi (c) downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 22 Lautaro Martínez downward-facing red arrow 55'
LF 16 Thiago Almada downward-facing red arrow 55'
Substitutions:
DF 26 Nahuel Molina upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 Julián Alvarez upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 15 Nicolás González upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 19 Nicolás Otamendi upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 18 Nico Paz upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni
GK 23 Luca Zidane
RB 17 Rafik Belghali
CB 2 Aïssa Mandi (c)
CB 21 Ramy Bensebaini
LB 15 Rayan Aït-Nouri
CM 14 Hicham Boudaoui downward-facing red arrow 64'
CM 19 Nabil Bentaleb downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 22 Ibrahim Maza downward-facing red arrow 82'
RF 11 Anis Hadj Moussa downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 9 Amine Gouiri downward-facing red arrow 64'
LF 10 Farès Chaïbi
Substitutions:
MF 8 Houssem Aouar upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 7 Riyad Mahrez upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 18 Mohamed Amoura upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 6 Ramiz Zerrouki upward-facing green arrow 82'
FW 20 Adil Boulbina upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Argentina)[12]

Assistant referees:[11]
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Adam Kupsik (Poland)
Fourth official:
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski [pl] (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
Support video assistant referee:
Mohammed Khadim (United Arab Emirates)

Austria vs Jordan

The two teams had never met before. The fixture marked Jordan's debut at the FIFA World Cup.

Austria 3–1 Jordan
 [Report 2]
Attendance: 68,527
Austria[13]
Jordan[13]
GK 1 Alexander Schlager
RB 5 Stefan Posch
CB 15 Philipp Lienhart
CB 8 David Alaba (c) downward-facing red arrow 59'
LB 16 Phillipp Mwene downward-facing red arrow 59'
CM 6 Nicolas Seiwald
CM 4 Xaver Schlager downward-facing red arrow 59'
RW 18 Romano Schmid downward-facing red arrow 83'
AM 20 Konrad Laimer
LW 9 Marcel Sabitzer Yellow card 77'
CF 14 Saša Kalajdžić downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Marko Arnautović upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 17 Carney Chukwuemeka upward-facing green arrow 59'
DF 3 Kevin Danso upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 24 Paul Wanner upward-facing green arrow 59'
FW 21 Patrick Wimmer upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Germany Ralf Rangnick
GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila
CB 3 Abdallah Nasib downward-facing red arrow 81'
CB 16 Mo Abualnadi downward-facing red arrow 72'
CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab
RM 23 Ihsan Haddad (c) downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh
CM 21 Nizar Al-Rashdan
LM 20 Mohannad Abu Taha
RF 10 Musa Al-Taamari downward-facing red arrow 88'
CF 9 Ali Olwan
LF 11 Odeh Al-Fakhouri downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutions:
DF 17 Salim Obaid upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 19 Saed Al-Rosan upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi upward-facing green arrow 82'
MF 25 Mohammad Al-Dawoud upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 24 Ali Azaizeh upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Morocco Jamal Sellami

Man of the Match:
Ali Olwan (Jordan)[12]

Assistant referees:[13]
Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Fourth official:
Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Video assistant referee:
Mahmoud Ashour [de] (Egypt)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Support video assistant referee:
Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Argentina vs Austria

The teams had met on two occasions, both friendlies, with the most recent being a 1–1 draw in 1990.[14]

In the 8th minute, Argentina were awarded a penalty after Stefan Posch fouled Lautaro Martinez in the box, Lionel Messi took the penalty but fired wide low to the right of the post. In the 38th minute, Messi scored with a first-time left-foot finish from just inside the penalty area to the left corner after a low cross from the left by Facundo Medina. In the 95th minute, Messi scored again to make it 2–0 when his initial shot was blocked he followed up to hit low to the net from a tight angle on the left past two Austrian defenders.[15]

In scoring both of Argentina's goals, Messi surpassed Miroslav Klose to become the all-time leading World Cup goalscorer with 18 goals.[16] He was named Man of the Match and became the third player to score in six consecutive World Cup matches.

Argentina 2–0 Austria
 [Report 3]
Attendance: 70,649
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Argentina[17]
Austria[17]
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 26 Nahuel Molina
CB 13 Cristian Romero downward-facing red arrow 57'
CB 6 Lisandro Martínez
LB 25 Facundo Medina Yellow card 76' downward-facing red arrow 82'
DM 20 Alexis Mac Allister
CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 24 Enzo Fernández
CM 16 Thiago Almada downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)
CF 22 Lautaro Martínez downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutions:
DF 19 Nicolás Otamendi upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 9 Julián Álvarez upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 15 Nicolás González upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 5 Leandro Paredes Yellow card 90+2' upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 3 Nicolás Tagliafico upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni
GK 1 Alexander Schlager
RB 5 Stefan Posch Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 67'
CB 3 Kevin Danso
CB 8 David Alaba (c) downward-facing red arrow 67'
LB 20 Konrad Laimer Yellow card 76'
CM 6 Nicolas Seiwald
CM 4 Xaver Schlager
RW 18 Romano Schmid downward-facing red arrow 78'
AM 24 Paul Wanner downward-facing red arrow 67'
LW 9 Marcel Sabitzer
CF 11 Michael Gregoritsch downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Marko Arnautović upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF 22 Alexander Prass upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF 23 Marco Friedl upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 21 Patrick Wimmer upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 17 Carney Chukwuemeka upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Germany Ralf Rangnick

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Argentina)[12]

Assistant referees:[17]
Mahmoud Abouregal (Egypt)
Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
Fourth official:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Diego Sánchez Rojo [gl] (Spain)
Video assistant referee:
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Mahmoud Ashour [de] (Egypt)
Support video assistant referee:
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Jordan vs Algeria

The teams have previously faced each other three times, most recently in 2004, a 1–1 draw in a friendly.[18]

In the 36th minute, Nizar Al-Rashdan scored for Jordan with a shot with the outside of his right foot low to the right corner from the right of the penalty area. Nadhir Benbouali made it 1–1 in the 69th minute with a header to the left corner of the net after corner from on the right Riyad Mahrez. Amine Gouiri got the winning goal for Algeria in the 82nd minute when he hooked the ball into the net from close range after another corner from the right broke to him. With this defeat, Jordan were eliminated from the tournament.[19]

Jordan 1–2 Algeria
 [Report 4]
Attendance: 68,371
Jordan[20]
Algeria[20]
GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila
CB 3 Abdallah Nasib
CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab
CB 4 Husam Abu Dahab Yellow card 64' downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
RM 23 Ihsan Haddad (c)
CM 21 Nizar Al-Rashdan
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh
LM 20 Mohannad Abu Taha downward-facing red arrow 85'
RF 9 Ali Olwan downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CF 10 Musa Al-Taamari downward-facing red arrow 84'
LF 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Odeh Al-Fakhouri upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 24 Ali Azaizeh upward-facing green arrow 84'
MF 2 Mohammad Abu Hashish upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 17 Salim Obaid upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
FW 7 Mohammad Abu Zrayq upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Morocco Jamal Sellami
GK 23 Luca Zidane
RB 17 Rafik Belghali
CB 2 Aïssa Mandi
CB 21 Ramy Bensebaini
LB 15 Rayan Aït-Nouri downward-facing red arrow 85'
CM 14 Hicham Boudaoui downward-facing red arrow 45'
CM 6 Ramiz Zerrouki Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 45'
AM 22 Ibrahim Maza
RF 7 Riyad Mahrez (c) downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF 9 Amine Gouiri downward-facing red arrow 86'
LF 10 Farès Chaïbi
Substitutions:
FW 12 Nadhir Benbouali upward-facing green arrow 45'
MF 19 Nabil Bentaleb upward-facing green arrow 45'
FW 11 Anis Hadj Moussa upward-facing green arrow 76'
DF 13 Jaouen Hadjam upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 3 Zineddine Belaïd upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Ibrahim Maza (Algeria)[12]

Assistant referees:[20]
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Video assistant referee:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jarred Gillett (England)
Support video assistant referee:
Bram Van Driessche [nl] (Belgium)

Algeria vs Austria

The teams have met once before, in Austria's 2–0 group stage victory at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[21]

Algeria Match 69 Austria
[Report 5]
Algeria
Austria

Assistant referees:
Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Katia Itzel García (Mexico)
Reserve assistant referee:
Sandra Ramírez (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:

Assistant video assistant referee:

Support video assistant referee:

Jordan vs Argentina

The two teams have never met before.

Jordan Match 70 Argentina
[Report 6]
Jordan
Argentina

Assistant referees:
Mihai Marius Marica (Romania)
Ferencz Tunyogi (Romania)
Fourth official:
Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)
Video assistant referee:

Assistant video assistant referee:

Support video assistant referee:

Discipline

The team conduct ("fair play") score will be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams are tied. It will also be used as a tiebreaker for the third-place ranking between groups if the overall records of teams are tied. The score will be calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows:[2]

  • yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions can be applied to a player or team official in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Score
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Algeria 1 −1
 Jordan 1 −1
 Argentina 2 −2
 Austria 1 2 −3

References

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Reports

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  6. ^ "Jordan vs Argentina | First Stage | FIFA World Cup 2026". FIFA. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
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