3rd-Place Wildcard Race

In the new 48-team format, the 8 best of the 12 third-placed teams advance to the Round of 32. Teams are ranked by ① points ② overall goal difference ③ goals scored (head-to-head does not apply across groups); ties are then broken by fair-play score and FIFA ranking.

#	Team	Grp	MP	GD	Pts	Status
1	South Korea	A	0	0	0	Qualifying
2	Qatar	B	0	0	0	Qualifying
3	Haiti	C	0	0	0	Qualifying
4	Australia	D	0	0	0	Qualifying
5	Côte d’Ivoire	E	0	0	0	Qualifying
6	Sweden	F	0	0	0	Qualifying
7	Iran	G	0	0	0	Qualifying
8	Saudi Arabia	H	0	0	0	Qualifying
↑ Round of 32 cutoff (top 8)
9	Iraq	I	0	0	0	Out
10	Austria	J	0	0	0	Out
11	Uzbekistan	K	0	0	0	Out
12	Ghana	L	0	0	0	Out

※ Rankings and the cutoff shift as the group stage unfolds. The final 8 are confirmed once every group is complete.