World Cup 2026 Group B is the weakest group in terms of current FIFA Ranking and % of FIFA Ranking, Switzerland are ranked the best at 19th. Only Switzerland directly qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with both Qatar and Bosnia & Herzegovina needing an extra stage of qualifying and Canada being hosts didn’t need to qualify at all. Only Switzerland have made it past the Group Stage of all these teams, so it’s a new adventure for at least one of the teams.

FIXTURES

Match AEST Day Date AEST Time Team1 Team2 Ground Location Result
3 Saturday Jun-12 5:00 Canada Bosnia and Herzegovina BMO Field  Toronto 1-1 Report
8 Sunday Jun-13 5:00 Qatar Switzerland Levi’s Stadium  Santa Clara 1-1 Report
26 Friday Jun-18 5:00 Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina SoFi Stadium  Inglewood
27 Friday Jun-18 8:00 Canada Qatar BC Place  Vancouver
51 Thursday Jun-24 5:00 Switzerland Canada BC Place  Vancouver
52 Thursday Jun-24 5:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina Qatar Lumen Field  Seattle

GROUP STATS

2026 FIFA World Cup Group B Summary
Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Total WC Appearances Previous World Cup Previous best effort
Canada Hosts 14/02/2023 3 2022 Group stage (1986, 2022)
Qatar AFC fourth round Group A winners 14/10/2025 2 2022 Group stage (2022)
Switzerland UEFA Group B winners 18/11/2025 13 2022 Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA play-offs Path A winners 31/03/2026 2 2014 Group stage (2014)

PREDICTIONS

Here’s where we put our money where our mouth is. Using all of the stats below and more, we have developed a H2H win rating for both teams for all Group Stage games. If the rating is within 5% of each other we’re calling a draw, otherwise the higher the rating the more likely to win. From there we come up with our prediction on the final table. All of that is available below for following, arguing or ignoring. We welcome any. H2H MATCH RATINGS
Match Team1 Ratings Team2 Ratings Match Prediction
3 Canada 49.7% Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.3% Draw
8 Qatar 37.8% Switzerland 62.2% Switzerland
26 Switzerland 60.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.9% Switzerland
27 Canada 51.4% Qatar 48.6% Draw
51 Switzerland 64.2% Canada 35.8% Switzerland
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.2% Qatar 47.8% Draw
  FINAL TABLE PREDICTION
Team Pts
Switzerland 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Canada 2
Qatar 2

GENERAL STATS