{"id":1408034,"date":"2026-06-21T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/one-lucky-winner-and-one-unlucky-one-what-happened-in-groups-e-and-f-at-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:02:53","slug":"one-lucky-winner-and-one-unlucky-one-what-happened-in-groups-e-and-f-at-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/one-lucky-winner-and-one-unlucky-one-what-happened-in-groups-e-and-f-at-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"One lucky winner and one unlucky one: what happened in Groups E and F at the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1515\"><strong>At the 2026 World Cup, another team has been determined that will definitely play in the playoffs, and another loser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1661\">The lucky team in <strong>Group E<\/strong> was Germany, which in a tough match, already in the added time of the second half, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/germany-vs-ivory-coast-live-streaming-and-text-coverage-of-the-2026-world-cup-match\/\"><strong>snatched a victory from C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire &#8211; 2:1<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1892\">In the same group<strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ecuador-vs-curacao-live-streaming-and-text-coverage-of-the-2026-world-cup-match\/\">Ecuador drew 0-0 with Cura\u00e7ao<\/a><\/strong>, which was more of a success for the latter. Now, in Group E, Germany has secured a spot in the playoffs and first place in its group, while three teams will be vying for the second spot.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1953\"><strong data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1953\">The standings of the teams before the third round in Group E:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"1971\"><em data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"1971\">\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ab6b0e8-89fb-4cbd-830a-f75206a8b891.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"2196\">In <strong>Group F,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/netherlands-vs-sweden-live-streaming-of-the-2026-world-cup-match\/\"><strong>the Netherlands crushed Sweden 5-1<\/strong><\/a>, erasing the goal advantage the Swedes had built in the first round, while <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/tunisia-vs-japan-live-streaming-of-the-2026-world-cup-match\/\">Japan crushed Tunisia 4-0<\/a><\/strong>. Even a coaching change couldn&#8217;t help the latter. So Tunisia is eliminated from the tournament for good.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2201\" data-end=\"2285\">The remaining teams will decide everything in the third round. It&#8217;s too early to make any predictions here.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2337\"><strong data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2337\">The situation in Group F before the third round is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2342\" data-end=\"2355\">\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/07f541f8-56b9-4dcd-93c7-7d9f7e67a177.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2342\" data-end=\"2355\">Today, Spain will play Saudi Arabia in Groups H and G. Kickoff time is 7:00 PM Kyiv time. Belgium will play Iran. That game kicks off at 10:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2026 World Cup, another team has been determined that will definitely play in the playoffs, and another loser. The lucky team in Group E was Germany, which in a tough match, already in the added time of the second half, snatched a victory from C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire &#8211; 2:1. In the same group, Ecuador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1408025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76873,76895,77323,76872],"class_list":["post-1408034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-sports","category-fifa-world-cup-2026","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408036,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408034\/revisions\/1408036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1408025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}