Group B
The line-up, a preview, and a steer for your finishing order.
Group B pairs a host with a perennial qualifier. Switzerland (UEFA) are the most complete side here-six straight World Cup appearances, a clean qualifying campaign and a recent habit of knocking out heavyweights in the knockouts. They start as narrow favourites. Canada (CONCACAF), the second host nation, are dangerous on home soil under Jesse Marsch, with the pace of Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David to punish any open game; a favourable draw means they should fancy their chances of going through.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (UEFA) earned their place the dramatic way, beating Wales and then Italy in the playoffs, and carry enough quality to trouble anyone on their day. Qatar (AFC) are the outsiders: ranked outside the world's top fifty and short of competitive minutes since late 2025, they will need something special to repeat the home form of 2022-this time without the comfort of hosting.
How to predict it: the safe read is Switzerland and Canada advancing, with the hosts' crowd tipping a coin-flop their way. The interest is in third place. Bosnia have the individual talent to nick a positive result, and a third-placed finish in a group like this can still be enough for the knockouts-so if you back an upset on matchday one, give that side a real look as a best-thirds qualifier rather than assuming the top two are sealed.
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