Scenarios on what may happen next Tuesday:
| Group A | Ecuador wins | draw Ecu - Sen | Senegal wins
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| Netherlands wins | | 1 & 2 Netherlands 7 *A | | 1 & 2 Ecuador 7 *A | | 3 Senegal 3 | | 4 Qatar 0 |
| | 1 Netherlands 7 | | 2 Ecuador 5 | | 3 Senegal 4 | | 4 Qatar 0 |
| | 1 Netherlands 7 | | 2 Senegal 6 | | 3 Ecuador 4 | | 4 Qatar 0 |
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| draw Ned - Qat | | 1 Ecuador 7 | | 2 Netherlands 5 | | 3 Senegal 3 | | 4 Qatar 1 |
| | 1 & 2 Netherlands 5 *A | | 1 & 2 Ecuador 5 *A | | 3 Senegal 4 | | 4 Qatar 1 |
| | 1 Senegal 6 | | 2 Netherlands 5 | | 3 Ecuador 4 | | 4 Qatar 1 |
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| Qatar wins | | 1 Ecuador 7 | | 2 Netherlands 4 | | 3 & 4 Senegal 3 *B | | 3 & 4 Qatar 3 *B |
| | 1 Ecuador 5 | | 2 & 3 Netherlands 4 *C | | 2 & 3 Senegal 4 *C | | 4 Qatar 3 |
| | 1 Senegal 6 | | 2 & 3 Netherlands 4 *A | | 2 & 3 Ecuador 4 *A | | 4 Qatar 3 |
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*A comes down to overall goal difference (currently tied at +2 each), then overall goals scored (currently tied at 3 each), then overall yellow cards (currently Netherlands leads 1 vs 3), then draw of lots
*B comes down to overall goal difference (currently Senegal leads 0 vs -4), then overall goals scored (currently Senegal leads 3 vs 1), then head-to-head (Senegal won)
*C comes down to overall goal difference (currently Netherlands leads +2 vs 0), then overall goals scored (currently tied 3 each), then head-to-head (Netherlands won)
| Group B | Iran wins | draw Irn - USA | USA wins
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| England wins | | 1 England 7 | | 2 Iran 6 | | 3 USA 2 | | 4 Wales 1 |
| | 1 England 7 | | 2 Iran 4 | | 3 USA 3 | | 4 Wales 1 |
| | 1 England 7 | | 2 USA 5 | | 3 Iran 3 | | 4 Wales 1 |
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| draw Eng - Wal | | 1 Iran 6 | | 2 England 5 | | 3 & 4 USA 2 *A | | 3 & 4 Wales 2 *A |
| | 1 England 5 | | 2 Iran 4 | | 3 USA 3 | | 4 Wales 2 |
| | 1 & 2 England 5 *B | | 1 & 2 USA 5 *B | | 3 Iran 4 | | 4 Wales 2 |
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| Wales wins | | 1 Iran 6 | | 2 & 3 England 4 *C | | 2 & 3 Wales 4 *C | | 4 USA 2 |
| | 1 & 2 & 3 England 4 *D | | 1 & 2 & 3 Iran 4 *D | | 1 & 2 & 3 Wales 4 *D | | 4 USA 3 |
| | 1 USA 5 | | 2 & 3 England 4 *C | | 2 & 3 Wales 4 *C | | 4 Iran 4 |
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*A comes down to overall goal difference (currently USA leads 0 vs -2), then overall goals scored (currently tied 1 each), then overall yellow cards (currently USA leads 4 vs 7), then draw of lots
*B comes down to overall goal difference (currently England leads +4 vs 0), then overall goals scored (currently England leads 6 vs 1), then overall yellow cards (currently England leads 0 vs 4), then draw of lots
*C comes down to overall goal difference (currently England leads +4 vs -2), then overall goals scored (currently England leads 6 vs 1), then head-to-head (Wales will win)
*D comes down to overall goal difference (currently England leads ahead of Iran and Wales +4 vs -2 and -2), then overall goals scored (currently England leads ahead of Iran 6 vs 4 vs 1), then head-to-head goal difference (currently England leads ahead of Iran and Wales +4 vs -2 and -2), then head-to-head goals scored (currently England leads ahead of Iran 6 vs 4 vs 0), then drawing of lots; if at some point one team advances, while the two others are tied, ties will be broken between those two on overall goal difference, then overall goals scored, then head-to-head (England beat Iran, Iran beat Wales, Wales beats England)