Strength of Schedule — who got the toughest draw?

Based on Elo ratings of each team's 3 group opponents. "Strongest field" picks the team facing the highest-average opponents in absolute terms; "Hardest contender draw" picks the best team (Elo ≥ 1850) stuck with the toughest opponents. The "Combined" column merges opponent strength with the travel Edge Index for a single all-factors difficulty score.

Group difficulty ranking

Group I#1 of 12

GROUP OF DEATH

France2081Norway1917Senegal1866Iraq1608

Sum Elo7472

Group J#2 of 12

TOUGH GROUP

Argentina2113Austria1830Algeria1772Jordan1685

Sum Elo7400

Group K#3 of 12

TOUGH GROUP

Portugal1984Colombia1977Uzbekistan1718DR Congo1655

Sum Elo7334

Group D#4 of 12

Turkey1849Australia1839United States1780Paraguay1780

Sum Elo7248

Group F#5 of 12

Netherlands1961Japan1906Sweden1755Tunisia1585

Sum Elo7207

Group H#6 of 12

Spain2129Uruguay1870Cape Verde1606Saudi Arabia1598

Sum Elo7203

Group L#7 of 12

England2020Croatia1930Panama1727Ghana1503

Sum Elo7180

Group C#8 of 12

Brazil1988Morocco1822Scotland1794Haiti1532

Sum Elo7136

Group E#9 of 12

Germany1925Ecuador1890Ivory Coast1743Curaçao1433

Sum Elo6991

Group G#10 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Belgium1866Iran1764Egypt1699New Zealand1585

Sum Elo6914

Group A#11 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Mexico1868South Korea1786Czech Republic1712South Africa1517

Sum Elo6883

Group B#12 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Switzerland1865Canada1767Bosnia and Herzegovina1616Qatar1447

Sum Elo6695

All 48 teams · sortable

#	Team	Grp	Opp Diff↓	Avg Opp Elo	Top Opp	Group Sum	Own Elo	Travel	Combined
1	Iraq	I	100	1955	2081	7472	1608	33	66
2	Cape Verde	H	91	1928	2129	7203	1606	37	64
3	Austria	J	90	1925	2129	7400	1830	63	76
4	DR Congo	K	90	1925	2020	7334	1655	56	73
5	Ghana	L	86	1914	2020	7180	1503	40	63
6	Jordan	J	84	1905	2113	7400	1685	52	68
7	Paraguay	D	80	1895	2081	7248	1780	47	63
8	Norway	I	77	1884	2081	7472	1917	67	72
9	Sweden	F	76	1883	2081	7207	1755	52	64
10	Portugal	K	76	1882	2129	7334	1984	55	65
11	Tunisia	F	73	1874	1961	7207	1585	38	56
12	Algeria	J	73	1873	2113	7400	1772	67	70
13	Uzbekistan	K	73	1872	1984	7334	1718	63	68
14	Spain	H	71	1869	2113	7203	2129	100	86
15	Saudi Arabia	H	71	1868	2129	7203	1598	42	56
16	Haiti	C	71	1868	1988	7136	1532	13	42
17	Senegal	I	71	1868	2081	7472	1866	34	53
18	France	I	69	1862	2129	7472	2081	70	69
19	Morocco	C	67	1854	2081	7136	1822	63	65
20	Curaçao	E	66	1853	1925	6991	1433	22	44
21	England	L	65	1849	2113	7180	2020	96	81
22	Egypt	G	60	1833	2113	6914	1699	72	66
23	Argentina	J	57	1826	2129	7400	2113	63	60
24	Japan	F	56	1822	1988	7207	1906	55	55
25	Panama	L	55	1818	2020	7180	1727	8	31
26	Croatia	L	51	1809	2020	7180	1930	54	53
27	Belgium	G	50	1804	2129	6914	1866	52	51
28	Turkey	D	49	1800	1839	7248	1849	31	40
29	Brazil	C	47	1794	1917	7136	1988	42	44
30	Ivory Coast	E	46	1791	1925	6991	1743	40	43
31	United States	D	45	1790	1866	7248	1780	22	34
32	Mexico	A	44	1785	2020	6883	1868	0	22
33	South Africa	A	43	1783	1868	6883	1517	77	60
34	Switzerland	B	43	1782	2113	6695	1865	62	52
35	Scotland	C	42	1781	1988	7136	1794	28	35
36	Uruguay	H	41	1778	2129	7203	1870	27	34
37	Australia	D	41	1777	1849	7248	1839	65	53
38	New Zealand	G	41	1776	1866	6914	1585	33	37
39	Netherlands	F	38	1767	1906	7207	1961	49	43
40	Qatar	B	32	1749	1865	6695	1447	35	33
41	Colombia	K	30	1745	1984	7334	1977	56	43
42	Ecuador	E	29	1742	1925	6991	1890	44	37
43	Czech Republic	A	23	1724	1868	6883	1712	51	37
44	Iran	G	21	1717	1866	6914	1764	32	26
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	B	20	1715	1865	6695	1616	40	30
46	Germany	E	19	1712	1890	6991	1925	48	33
47	South Korea	A	15	1699	1868	6883	1786	39	27
48	Canada	B	0	1653	1865	6695	1767	38	19