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Brazil will face Haiti, Morocco and Scotland. Learn more about each team, their fixtures and who they could face in the Round of 32.

Group C of the 2026 World Cup is full of intrigue, with traditional power Brazil joined by up-and-comers Morocco, a Scotland side with top-end talent and one of the tournament's biggest underdogs in Haiti.

The 2026 World Cup group stage is the biggest ever and here you can keep track on the latest standings and how the tables look in all 12 groups.

Preparations continue as teams continue to arrive in North America and settle into their base camps, while the 16 host stadiums and cities get set for the massive crowds coming in the next few weeks. The United States men's national team opens its World Cup on June 12 against Paraguay in Los Angeles.

Take a look at Switzerland’s full World Cup squad, including every player selected by Murat Yakin, the team’s schedule and its group-stage opponents.

When is the first World Cup game? Here's everything to know about the soccer tournament, including schedule, match locations and teams. (AP photo)

Australia travel to North America for the FIFA World Cup this summer, bidding to go further than ever before at the game’s biggest stage and reach their first-ever quarter-final.Tony Popovic’s

This 48-team extravaganza is the biggest World Cup there has ever been, and it might just be the most complex too. Twelve groups of four teams might be enough to follow in the first place, but those fans of brackets who have a familiarity of past tournaments might have a sense of what the issue is here.