World Cup Group G includes Belgium, Egypt, Iran and New Zealand; matches will take place in US cities Seattle and Los Angeles and in Canadas Vancouver World Cup Group G features Belgium, Egypt, Iran and New Zealand.
Group G Draw: Spain, Morocco, Colombia, and Uzbekistan
Monday June 15: Belgium vs Egypt, kick-off 8pm - Seattle, USA Sunday June 21: Belgium vs Iran, kick-off 8pm - Los Angeles, USA Saturday June 27: New Zealand vs Belgium, kick-off 4am - Vancouver, Canada
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Senne Lammens (Man Utd), Mike Penders (Racing Strasbourg). Defenders: Timothy Castagne (Fulham), Zeno Debast (Sporting Lisbon), Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton), Koni De Winter (AC Milan), Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), Thomas Meunier (Lille), Nathan Ngoy (Lille), Joaquin Seys (Club Brugge), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt). Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa), Nicolas Raskin (Rangers), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Girona).
Forwards: Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), Jeremy Doku (Man City), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille), Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), Dodi Lukebakio (Benfica), Diego Moreira (Strasbourg), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
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Saturday June 27: Egypt vs Iran, kick-off 4am - Seattle, USA Goalkeepers: Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly), Mostafa Shobeir (Al Ahly), El Mahdi Soliman (Zamalek), Mohamed Alaa (El Gouna). Defenders: Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly), Tarek Alaa (Zed), Hamdy Fathy (Al Wakrah), Rami Rabia (Al Ain), Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly), Hossam Abdelmaguid (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdelmonemn (Nice), Ahmed Fatouh (Zamalek), Karim Hafez (Pyramids).
Midfielders: Marwan Ateya (Al Ahly), Mohanad Lasheen (Pyramids), Nabil Emad (Al Najma), Mahmoud Saber (Zed), Ahmed Zizo (Al Ahly), Emam Ashour (Al Ahly), Mostafa Ziko (Pyramids), Mahmoud Trezeguet (Al Ahly), Ibrahim Adel (Nordsjaelland), Haissem Hassan (Real Ovideo). Forwards: Omar Marmoush (Man City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Aqtay Abdallah (Enppi), Hamza Abdelkarim (Barcelona). Tuesday June 16: Iran vs New Zealand, kick-off 2am - Los Angeles, USA
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor FC), Seyed Hossein Hosseini (Sepahan), Payam Niazmand (Persepolis). Defenders: Danial Eiri (Malavan), Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan), Saleh Hardani (Esteghlal), Hossein Kanaani (Persepolis), Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor FC), Milad Mohammadi (Persepolis), Ali Nemati (Foolad FC), Ramin Rezaeian (Foolad FC).
Group G Qualification Odds and Knockout Round Bracket Path
Midfielders: Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Saeid Ezatolahi (Shabab Al Ahli), Mehdi Ghaedi (Al-Nasr), Saman Ghoddos (Kalba FC), Mohammad Ghorbani (Al-Wahda), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (FC Dender), Mohammad Mohebi (Rostov), Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia (Esteghlal), Mehdi Torabi (Tractor FC), Aria Yousefi (Sepahan). Forwards: Ali Alipour (Persepolis), Dennis Dargahi (Standard Liege), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor FC), Mehdi Taremi (Olympiakos), Shahriar Moghanlou (Kalba FC). Goalkeepers: Max Crocombe (Millwall), Alex Paulsen (Lechia Gdansk), Michael Woud (Auckland).
Defenders: Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix), Francis De Vries (Auckland), Tyler Bindon (Nottingham Forest), Michael Boxall (Minnesota Utd), Liberato Cacace (Wrexham), Nando Pijnaker (Auckland), Finn Surman (Portland Timbers), Callan Elliot (Auckland), Tommy Smith (Braintree Town). Midfielders: Joe Bell (Viking FK), Matt Garbett (Peterborough), Marko Stamenic (Swansea), Sarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix), Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix), Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle).
Forwards: Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest), Eli Just (Motherwell), Kosta Barbarouses (Western Sydney Wanderers), Ben Waine (Port Vale), Ben Old (Saint-Etienne), Callum McCowatt (Silkeborg IF), Jesse Randall (Auckland), Lachlan Bayliss (Newcastle Jets).
Group G Prediction and Qualification Outlook
Belgium look like the safest group-winner pick because of squad depth, tournament experience, and the ability to control the strongest spells of a match. New Zealand are the clearest threat if they protect the middle of the pitch and take points from the direct matchup.
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium |
| 2 | Egypt |
| 3 | Iran |
| 4 | New Zealand |
The dark horse is Iran, especially if their transition play creates early goals. The key match is Belgium vs New Zealand, because it should decide first place and the cleaner knockout route.