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Charlie Hanson

2026-06-10T06:00+01:00

Sweden begin their World Cup tournament with a game against Tunisia. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Eight of our men’s first team will head to this summer’s World Cup that is taking place in the USA, Mexico and Canada.

The Netherlands - Jan Paul van Hecke, Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer

New York, 8-6-2026. 🧡🤍#NothingLikeOranje #NEDUZB #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/LSHhs4VjOJ
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje) June 8, 2026

Drawn in Group F, the Netherlands will face Japan in Dallas (Sunday 14 June, 9pm), Sweden in Houston (Saturday 20 June, 6pm) and Tunisia in Kansas City (Friday 26 June, 12am).

Verbruggen and van Hecke have started in both of their pre-tournament friendly wins against Algeria and Uzbekistan, while Mats Wieffer played against the former.

There is slight concern in the Dutch camp heading into the tournament, after Bart hobbled off against Uzbekistan on Monday.

Sweden - Yasin Ayari

Yasin Ayari in training ahead of this summer's World Cup. 📸 by the Swedish FA.

Our Swedish midfielder will come up against the Netherlands on Saturday 20 June, which sits in between matches against Tunisia (Monday 15 June, 3am) and Japan (Friday 26 June, 12am).

Those games take place in Monterrey, Houston and Dallas.

The midfielder will be confident in being a starter for former Brighton head coach Graham Potter, having started in both of their friendlies against Norway and Greece.

The winner of Group F will face the runners-up in Group C, which includes Brazil, Morocco, Haiti and Scotland.

Belgium - Maxim De Cuyper

Maxim De Cuyper is heading to his first World Cup with Belgium. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Max teed up Youri Tielemans’ goal in Belgium’s 2-0 friendly win against Croatia last week, before coming on for the final 20 minutes of their 5-0 drubbing of Tunisia on Saturday.

Their World Cup campaign begins in Seattle on Monday 15 June (8pm kick-off) against Egypt, before they take on Iran in Los Angeles (Sunday 21 June, 8pm kick-off) and then New Zealand in Vancouver (Saturday 27 June, 4am) in Group G.

Paraguay - Diego Gomez

¡Con fe inquebrantable, y un equipo dispuesto a darlo todo!

Luego de 16 años, ¡ahí vamos!

¡ℙ𝔸ℝ𝔸𝔾𝕌𝔸𝕐 𝔸𝕃 𝕄𝕌ℕ𝔻𝕀𝔸𝕃! 🇵🇾🏆 pic.twitter.com/LI0qhS7kaK
— Selección Paraguaya (@Albirroja) June 7, 2026

Having gone down injured at Tottenham away late on in the Premier League season, there were initially fears that Diego Gomez would miss the World Cup, but the midfielder returned to fitness in time to represent his country.

Former Albion forward Julio Enciso hasn’t been quite as fortunate though, with the 22-year-old stretchered off after 25 minutes in their 4-0 win against Nicaragua on Friday. It remains to be seen if he will be fit enough to play at the tournament.

In Group D, they face the USA (Saturday 13 June, 2am kick-off), Ferdi Kadioglu’s Turkiye (Saturday 20 June, 4am kick-off) and Australia (Friday 26 June, 3am).

Their matches take place in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Germany - Pascal Gross

Unsere Rückennummern für die WM ❤️‍🔥#fifaworldcup #dfbteam pic.twitter.com/SZmsjpZJX4
— DFB-Team (@DFB_Team) May 26, 2026

The 35-year-old was an unused substitute in Germany’s friendly victories over Finland and the USA.

In Group E, Julian Nagelsmann’s team face Curacao in Houston (Sunday 14 June, 6pm), Ivory Coast in Toronto (Saturday 20 June, 9pm) and Ecuador in New York (Thursday 25 June, kick-off 9pm).

Turkiye - Ferdi Kadioglu

Ferdi Kadioglu is in a race to be fit for his country's opening game of the tournament. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Ferdi Kadioglu has missed both of Turkiye’s pre-tournament friendlies through injury, but there is hope he will be fit in time for their opening game against Australia (Sunday 14 June, kick-off 5am).

They will then face Diego Gomez’s Paraguay on Saturday 20 June (4am kick-off), before round off Group D against the USA on Friday 26 June, kick-off 3am.