Strength of Schedule — who got the toughest draw?

Based on approximate Elo ratings of each team's 3 group opponents. The "Combined" column merges this with the travel Edge Index for a single all-factors difficulty score.

Group difficulty ranking

Group F#1 of 12

GROUP OF DEATH

Netherlands2010Japan1815Sweden1745Tunisia1665

Sum Elo7235

Group L#2 of 12

TOUGH GROUP

England2025Croatia1955Ghana1640Panama1610

Sum Elo7230

Group I#3 of 12

TOUGH GROUP

France2095Norway1815Senegal1810Iraq1500

Sum Elo7220

Group J#4 of 12

Argentina2140Austria1830Algeria1675Jordan1480

Sum Elo7125

Group H#5 of 12

Spain2045Uruguay1885Saudi Arabia1640Cape Verde1500

Sum Elo7070

Group C#6 of 12

Brazil2055Morocco1860Scotland1700Haiti1400

Sum Elo7015

Group D#7 of 12

United States1810Turkey1810Australia1715Paraguay1655

Sum Elo6990

Group G#8 of 12

Belgium1975Iran1750Egypt1715New Zealand1495

Sum Elo6935

Group K#9 of 12

Portugal2005Colombia1850DR Congo1530Uzbekistan1500

Sum Elo6885

Group E#10 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Germany1995Ivory Coast1735Ecuador1735Curaçao1370

Sum Elo6835

Group B#11 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Switzerland1820Canada1700Bosnia and Herzegovina1700Qatar1610

Sum Elo6830

Group A#12 of 12

EASIEST GROUP

Mexico1800South Korea1770Czech Republic1685South Africa1555

Sum Elo6810

All 48 teams · sortable

#	Team	Grp	Opp Diff↓	Avg Opp Elo	Top Opp	Group Sum	Own Elo	Travel	Combined
1	Iraq	I	100	1907	2095	7220	1500	53	77
2	Jordan	J	91	1882	2140	7125	1480	79	85
3	Panama	L	89	1873	2025	7230	1610	10	49
4	Haiti	C	88	1872	2055	7015	1400	26	57
5	Ghana	L	85	1863	2025	7230	1640	42	64
6	Tunisia	F	83	1857	2010	7235	1665	57	70
7	Cape Verde	H	83	1857	2045	7070	1500	48	66
8	Sweden	F	74	1830	2010	7235	1745	57	66
9	Curaçao	E	71	1822	1995	6835	1370	40	56
10	Algeria	J	69	1817	2140	7125	1675	88	79
11	New Zealand	G	68	1813	1975	6935	1495	47	57
12	Saudi Arabia	H	67	1810	2045	7070	1640	68	67
13	Japan	F	66	1807	2010	7235	1815	70	68
14	Senegal	I	65	1803	2095	7220	1810	23	44
15	Norway	I	64	1802	2095	7220	1815	40	52
16	Uzbekistan	K	62	1795	2005	6885	1500	100	81
17	DR Congo	K	59	1785	2005	6885	1530	93	76
18	Paraguay	D	56	1778	1810	6990	1655	19	38
19	Scotland	C	54	1772	2055	7015	1700	44	49
20	Austria	J	52	1765	2140	7125	1830	82	67
21	Australia	D	49	1758	1810	6990	1715	57	53
22	Croatia	L	49	1758	2025	7230	1955	76	63
23	South Africa	A	47	1752	1800	6810	1555	95	71
24	Netherlands	F	44	1742	1815	7235	2010	53	49
25	Qatar	B	43	1740	1820	6830	1610	58	50
26	Egypt	G	43	1740	1975	6935	1715	47	45
27	England	L	41	1735	1955	7230	2025	71	56
28	Iran	G	39	1728	1975	6935	1750	49	44
29	Uruguay	H	39	1728	2045	7070	1885	42	41
30	United States	D	39	1727	1810	6990	1810	20	29
31	Turkey	D	39	1727	1810	6990	1810	54	46
32	Morocco	C	36	1718	2055	7015	1860	48	42
33	Canada	B	33	1710	1820	6830	1700	6	20
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	B	33	1710	1820	6830	1700	61	47
35	Czech Republic	A	32	1708	1800	6810	1685	89	61
36	France	I	32	1708	1815	7220	2095	38	35
37	Ivory Coast	E	30	1700	1995	6835	1735	37	33
38	Ecuador	E	30	1700	1995	6835	1735	40	35
39	South Korea	A	23	1680	1800	6810	1770	54	38
40	Colombia	K	22	1678	2005	6885	1850	58	40
41	Spain	H	21	1675	1885	7070	2045	49	35
42	Mexico	A	19	1670	1770	6810	1800	0	10
43	Switzerland	B	19	1670	1700	6830	1820	51	35
44	Argentina	J	16	1662	1830	7125	2140	32	24
45	Brazil	C	14	1653	1860	7015	2055	36	25
46	Belgium	G	14	1653	1750	6935	1975	60	37
47	Portugal	K	5	1627	1850	6885	2005	42	23
48	Germany	E	0	1613	1735	6835	1995	64	32