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2026 World Cup Odds: Teams Favored to Advance to Knockout Stage
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Fox Sports·about 2 months ago

2026 World Cup Odds: Teams Favored to Advance to Knockout Stage

With the largest World Cup field in the history of the tournament, 32 of the 48 teams will be fighting for a spot in the knockout stage.

Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Germany enter the tournament with the strongest odds to advance from the group stage, supported by recent major-tournament success and talent-rich rosters.

The Spaniards are the defending European Champions while the Argentinians are looking to win back-to-back titles.

Germany has not made it out of the group stage in the last two World Cups, but has always been a perennial contender— having won four titles in its history.

And then of course there's Brazil, which has more titles than any country with five.

is -750 to advance from their group, with Türkiye, Paraguay and Australia also vying for a spot in the Round of 32.

With that in mind, let's dive into the odds for each team to advance to knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Odds to Advance to Knockout Stage Spain: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)Argentina: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)Brazil: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)Germany: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)England: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)Portugal: -5000 (bet $10 to win $10.20 total)France: -5000 (bet $10 to win $10.20 total)Belgium:-3500 (bet $10 to win $10.29 total)Switzerland: -1800 (bet $10 to win $10.56 total)Netherlands: -1400 (bet $10 to win $10.71 total)Mexico: -1400 (bet $10 to win $10.71 total)Morocco: -1000 (bet $10 to win $11 total)Colombia: -1000 (bet $10 to win $11 total)Uruguay: -1000 (bet $10 to win $11.11 total)Ecuador: -900 (bet $10 to win $11.11 total)Norway: -900 (bet $10 to win $11.11 total)United States: -750 (bet $10 to win $11.33 total)Canada: -750 (bet $10 to win $11.33 total) Croatia: -500 (bet $10 to win $12 total)Austria: -500 (bet $10 to win $12 total)Türkiye: -500 (bet $10 to win $12 total)Ivory Coast: -500 (bet $10 to win $12 total)Japan: -400 (bet $10 to win $12.50 total)Egypt: -340 (bet $10 to win $12.94 total)Algeria: -310 (bet $10 to win $13.23 total)Scotland: -310 (bet $10 to win $13.23 total)Czechia: -310 (bet $10 to win $41 total)South Korea: -310 (bet $10 to win $13.23 total)Bosnia and Herzegovina: -240 (bet $10 to win $14.17 total)Senegal: -230 (bet $10 to win $14.35 total)Sweden: -230 (bet $10 to win $1435 total)Paraguay: -205 (bet $10 to win $14.88 total)Iran: -200 (bet $10 to win $15 total)Ghana: -155 (bet $10 to win $16.45 total)DR Congo: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)Australia: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09 total) New Zealand: +150 (bet $10 to win $25 total)Tunisia: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)South Africa: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)Saudi Arabia: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)Cape Verde: +200 (bet $10 to win $30 total)Uzbekistan: +210 (bet $10 to win $31 total)Panama: +220 (bet $10 to win $32 total)Qatar: +250 (bet $10 to win $35 total)Jordan +350 (bet $10 to win $45 total)Iraq: +450 (bet $10 to win $55 total)Haiti: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)Curacao: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)

Sources: Fox Sports

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