2026 World Cup Group F guide – matches, schedule, standings and draw for Netherlands, Japan, Sweden and Tunisia | Football news
World Cup Group F sees three-time runners-up Netherlands open their campaign against Japan, before facing Graham Potter’s Sweden and Tunisia.
Group F World Cup matches
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Group F World Cup table
World Cup Group F Prediction
Guide to the Netherlands
Netherlands Games
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Sunday June 14: Netherlands vs Japan, kick off 9pm – Arlington, USA
Saturday June 20: Netherlands vs Sweden, 6pm – Houston, USA
Friday June 26: Tunisia vs Netherlands, first match 12am – Kansas City, USA
Netherlands team
Goalkeepers: Bart Verbruggen (Brighton), Mark Flekken (Bayer Leverkusen), Robin Roefs (Sunderland).
Defenders: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), Nathan Ake (Man City), Micky van de Ven (Tottenham), Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan), Jorrel Hato (Chelsea), Jurrien Timber (Arsenal).
Midfielders: Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth), Quinten Timber (Marseille), Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus), Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Guus Til (PSV), Mats Weiffer (Brighton).
Leaders: Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Donyell Malen (Roma), Brian Brobbey (Sunderland), Noa Lang (Galatasaray/Napoli), Memphis Depay (Corinthians), Wout Weghorst (Ajax), Crysencio Summerville (West Ham).
Manager: Ronald Koeman
Goods from the Netherlands
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A guide to Japan
Japanese games
All start times are BST
Sunday June 14: Netherlands vs Japan, kick off 9pm – Arlington, USA
Sunday June 21: Tunisia vs Japan, kick off 5am – Guadalupe, Mexico
Friday June 26: Japan vs Sweden, 12am – Arlington, USA
The Japanese team
Goalkeepers: Tomoki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers), Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Zion Suzuki (Parma).
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Shogo Taniguchi (Sint-Truiden), Ko Itakura (Ajax), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Feyenoord), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax), Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich), Ayumu Seko (Le Havre), Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton), Junopesuke Sugenzuki (Copesuke Sugenzuki).
Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Junya Ito (Genk), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen), Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Ritsu Doan (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ao Tanaka (Leeds), Kaishu Sano (Mainz), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad).
Leaders: Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord), Keito Nakamura (Reims), Ito Suzuki (Freiburg), Kento Shiode (Wolfsburg), Keisuke Goto (Sint-Truiden).
Manager: Hajime Moriyasu
Japan kits
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Swedish guide
Swedish sports
All start times are BST
Monday June 15: Sweden vs Tunisia, kick off 3am – Guadalupe, Mexico
Saturday June 20: Netherlands vs Sweden, 6pm – Houston, USA
Friday June 26: Japan vs Sweden, 12am – Arlington, USA
Swedish team
Goalkeepers: Viktor Johansson (Stoke), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (AIK), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby).
Defenders: Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds), Isak Hien (Atalanta), Emil Holm (Juventus), Gustaf Lagerbielke (Braga), Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa), Erik Smith (St Pauli), Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo), Elliot Stroud (Mjasrtmund) Daniel S.
Midfielders: Taha Ali (Malmo), Yasin Ayari (Brighton), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham), Jesper Karlstrom (Udinese), Ken Sema (Pafos), Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), Besfort Zeneli (Union St-Gilloise).
Leaders: Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Gustaf Nilsson (Club Brugge), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic).
Manager: Graham Potter
Sweden kits
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Tunisia guide
Tunisian products
All start times are BST
Monday June 15: Sweden vs Tunisia, kick off 3am – Guadalupe, Mexico
Sunday June 21: Tunisia vs Japan, kick off 5am – Guadalupe, Mexico
Friday June 26: Tunisia vs Netherlands, first match 12am – Kansas City, USA
The Tunisian team
Goalkeepers: Sabri Ben Hessen (Etoile Sahel), Abdelmouhib Chamakh (Club Africain), Aymen Dahman (CS Sfaxien).
Defenders: Ali Abdi (Nice), Adem Arous (Kasimpasa), Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida (Esperance), Dylan Bronn (Servette), Raed Chikhaoui (US Monastir), Moutaz Neffati (Norrkoping), Omar Rekik (Maribor), Montassar Talbi (Lorient), Yang Boy Vaslery (Young Valery).
Midfielders: Mortadha Ben Ouanes (Kasimpasa), Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich), Ismael Gharbi (Augsburg), Rani Khedira (Union Berlin), Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud (Lugano), Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley), Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Leaders: Elias Achouri (Copenhagen), Khalil Ayari (PSG), Firas Chaouat (Club Africain), Rayan Elloumi (Vancouver Whitecaps), Hazem Mastouri (Dynamo Makhachkala), Elias Saad (Hannover), Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic).
Manager: Sabri Lamouchi
