2026 FIFA World Cup Group E

Group E of the 2026 FIFA World Cup took place from June 14 to 25, 2026.^[1] The group consisted of Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, and Ecuador.

Four-time world champions Germany secured their place in the round of 32, after failing to progress past the group stage in the last two tournaments. Ivory Coast finished as runners-up, progressing to the knockout stages for the first time.

In an upset victory, Ecuador defeated Germany in their last group game, finishing third and advancing as one of the eight best third-place teams.^[2]. World Cup debutants Curaçao finished fourth, and were eliminated.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings^[3]^[4]
Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	November 2025^{[nb 1]}	June 2026
E1	Germany	1	UEFA	UEFA Group A winner	November 17, 2025	21st^{[nb 2]}	2022	Winner (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)	9	10
E2	Curaçao	4	CONCACAF	CONCACAF Group B winner	November 18, 2025	1st	—	—	82	82
E3	Ivory Coast	3	CAF	CAF Group F winner	October 14, 2025	4th	2014	Group stage (2006, 2010, 2014)	42	33
E4	Ecuador	2	CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL round robin runner-up	June 10, 2025	5th	2022	Round of 16 (2006)	23	23

Notes

^ The rankings of November 2025 were used for seeding for the final draw.^[5]
^ Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6^[a]
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Curaçao	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Germany 2–1 Ivory Coast.

In the round of 32:^[2]

The winner of Group E, Germany, advanced to play the third-place team of Group D, Paraguay.
The runner-up of Group E, Ivory Coast, advanced to play the runner-up of Group I, Norway.
The third-place team of Group E, Ecuador, advanced to play the winner of Group A, Mexico, as one of the eight best third-place teams from the group stage.

Matches

All times listed are local.^[1]

Germany vs Curaçao

The two sides had never met before. The fixture marked Curaçao's FIFA World Cup debut, making it the smallest country by population ever to qualify for the tournament.

Germany's seven goals were the most they scored in a World Cup match since 2014, when they also defeated Brazil 7–1 in the semi-final.

June 14, 2026

12:00 p.m. UTC−5

Germany	7–1	Curaçao
Nmecha 6' Schlotterbeck 38' Havertz 45+5' (pen.), 88' Musiala 47' Brown 68' Undav 78'	^{[Report 1]}	Comenencia 21'

NRG Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 68,021

Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Germany^[6]

Curaçao^[6]


GK	1	Manuel Neuer
CB	6	Joshua Kimmich (c)	83'
CB	4	Jonathan Tah	72'
CB	15	Nico Schlotterbeck
RM	23	Felix Nmecha	72'
CM	10	Jamal Musiala	64'
CM	5	Aleksandar Pavlović
LM	18	Nathaniel Brown	72'
RF	19	Leroy Sané
CF	7	Kai Havertz
LF	17	Florian Wirtz
Substitutions:
FW	26	Deniz Undav	64'
DF	22	David Raum	72'
DF	2	Antonio Rüdiger	72'
MF	8	Leon Goretzka	72'
DF	3	Waldemar Anton	83'
Manager:
Julian Nagelsmann


GK	1	Eloy Room
RB	5	Sherel Floranus
CB	23	Riechedly Bazoer
CB	18	Armando Obispo
LB	24	Deveron Fonville
DM	10	Leandro Bacuna (c)
CM	8	Livano Comenencia
CM	21	Tahith Chong	82'
RF	12	Sontje Hansen	46'
CF	9	Jürgen Locadia	65'
LF	7	Juninho Bacuna
Substitutions:
FW	11	Jeremy Antonisse	46'
FW	16	Jearl Margaritha	65'
FW	19	Gervane Kastaneer	82'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match:
Kai Havertz (Germany)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[6]
Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)
Mostafa Akarkad (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Reserve assistant referee:
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Video assistant referee:
Hamza El-Fariq (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Support video assistant referee:
Shaun Evans (Australia)

Ivory Coast vs Ecuador

The two teams had never met before.

June 14, 2026

7:00 p.m. UTC−4

Ivory Coast	1–0	Ecuador
Diallo 90'	^{[Report 2]}

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 68,274

Referee: François Letexier (France)^[A]

Ivory Coast^[9]

Ecuador^[9]


GK	1	Yahia Fofana
RB	17	Guéla Doué	40'	89'
CB	5	Wilfried Singo
CB	20	Emmanuel Agbadou
LB	3	Ghislain Konan
RM	11	Yan Diomande
CM	8	Franck Kessié (c)	38'
CM	6	Seko Fofana	28'	77'
LM	24	Bazoumana Touré		56'
CF	19	Nicolas Pépé		77'
CF	12	Elye Wahi		56'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Ange-Yoan Bonny		56'
FW	15	Amad Diallo		56'
MF	18	Ibrahim Sangaré		77'
MF	26	Christ Inao Oulaï		77'
DF	7	Odilon Kossounou		89'
Manager:
Emerse Faé


GK	1	Hernán Galíndez
RCB	4	Joel Ordóñez
CB	6	Willian Pacho
LCB	3	Piero Hincapié
RM	14	Alan Minda		56'
CM	21	Alan Franco		62'
CM	23	Moisés Caicedo
LM	15	Pedro Vite
RF	19	Gonzalo Plata
CF	13	Enner Valencia (c)		77'
LF	9	John Yeboah		62'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Nilson Angulo		56'
DF	17	Ángelo Preciado		62'
DF	25	Jackson Porozo	73'	62'
FW	11	Kevin Rodríguez		77'
Manager:
Sebastián Beccacece

Man of the Match:
Yan Diomande (Ivory Coast)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[9]
Cyril Mugnier (France)
Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
Fourth official:
Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mohammed Al-Bakry (Saudi Arabia)
Video assistant referee:
Jarred Gillett (England)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Willy Delajod (France)
Support video assistant referee:
Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

Germany vs Ivory Coast

The teams have previously faced each other once, in a 2009 friendly match that ended in a 2–2 draw.^[10]

June 20, 2026

4:00 p.m. UTC−4

Germany	2–1	Ivory Coast
Undav 68', 90+4'	^{[Report 3]}	Kessié 30'

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 43,036

Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

Germany^[11]

Ivory Coast^[11]


GK	1	Manuel Neuer
RB	6	Joshua Kimmich (c)
CB	4	Jonathan Tah
CB	15	Nico Schlotterbeck	46'
LB	18	Nathaniel Brown
CM	23	Felix Nmecha
CM	5	Aleksandar Pavlović	60'
RW	19	Leroy Sané	60'
AM	10	Jamal Musiala	60'
LW	17	Florian Wirtz
CF	7	Kai Havertz	85'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Antonio Rüdiger	46'
MF	9	Jamie Leweling	60'
MF	20	Nadiem Amiri	60'
FW	26	Deniz Undav	60'
MF	8	Leon Goretzka	85'
Manager:
Julian Nagelsmann


GK	1	Yahia Fofana
RB	5	Wilfried Singo	82'
CB	7	Odilon Kossounou
CB	20	Emmanuel Agbadou
LB	3	Ghislain Konan
DM	18	Ibrahim Sangaré	75'
CM	8	Franck Kessié (c)
CM	26	Christ Inao Oulaï
RF	15	Amad Diallo	75'
CF	9	Ange-Yoan Bonny	75'
LF	11	Yan Diomande	85'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Seko Fofana	75'
FW	10	Simon Adingra	75'
FW	22	Evann Guessand	75'
DF	17	Guéla Doué	82'
FW	19	Nicolas Pépé	85'
Manager:
Emerse Faé

Man of the Match:
Deniz Undav (Germany)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[11]
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mohammed Al-Bakry (Saudi Arabia)
Video assistant referee:
Antonio García (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
Support video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Ecuador vs Curaçao

The two teams had never met before.

June 20, 2026

7:00 p.m. UTC−5

Ecuador	0–0	Curaçao
	^{[Report 4]}

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City

Attendance: 68,598

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Ecuador^[12]

Curaçao^[12]


GK	1	Hernán Galíndez
CB	21	Alan Franco		83'
CB	6	Willian Pacho
CB	3	Piero Hincapié
RM	9	John Yeboah		89'
CM	23	Moisés Caicedo
CM	5	Jordy Alcívar	38'	46'
CM	15	Pedro Vite
LM	7	Pervis Estupiñán		71'
CF	19	Gonzalo Plata
CF	13	Enner Valencia (c)
Substitutions:
FW	11	Kevin Rodríguez		46'
FW	20	Nilson Angulo		71'
DF	17	Ángelo Preciado		83'
FW	16	Jordy Caicedo		89'
Manager:
Sebastián Beccacece


GK	1	Eloy Room
CB	3	Juriën Gaari	75'
CB	18	Armando Obispo
CB	5	Sherel Floranus
RWB	20	Joshua Brenet
LWB	24	Deveron Fonville		75'
CM	8	Livano Comenencia	56'	83'
CM	10	Leandro Bacuna (c)	39'
CM	21	Tahith Chong		75'
CF	9	Jürgen Locadia		83'
CF	7	Juninho Bacuna	53'	75'
Substitutions:
DF	4	Roshon van Eijma		75'
FW	16	Jearl Margaritha		75'
FW	14	Kenji Gorré		75'
MF	6	Godfried Roemeratoe		83'
FW	19	Gervane Kastaneer	90+1'	83'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

Man of the Match:
Eloy Room (Curaçao)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[12]
Zhou Fei (China)
Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Marco Di Bello (Italy)
Support video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski [pl] (Poland)

Curaçao vs Ivory Coast

The two teams had never met before.

June 25, 2026

4:00 p.m. UTC−4

Curaçao	0–2	Ivory Coast
	^{[Report 5]}	Pépé 7', 64'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 68,324

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Curaçao^[13]

Ivory Coast^[13]


GK	1	Eloy Room
CB	3	Juriën Gaari		77'
CB	18	Armando Obispo
CB	24	Deveron Fonville		77'
RWB	20	Joshua Brenet		90'
LWB	5	Sherel Floranus
RM	21	Tahith Chong
CM	8	Livano Comenencia		61'
CM	10	Leandro Bacuna (c)
LM	7	Juninho Bacuna	75'
CF	9	Jürgen Locadia		90'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Jeremy Antonisse		61'
FW	19	Gervane Kastaneer	83'	77'
MF	13	Tyrese Noslin		77'
DF	2	Shurandy Sambo		90'
FW	17	Brandley Kuwas		90'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat


GK	1	Yahia Fofana
RB	17	Guéla Doué
CB	7	Odilon Kossounou
CB	2	Ousmane Diomande
LB	13	Christopher Opéri
DM	18	Ibrahim Sangaré
CM	19	Nicolas Pépé	34'	67'
CM	8	Franck Kessié (c)		77'
RF	15	Amad Diallo		46'
CF	9	Ange-Yoan Bonny		67'
LF	11	Yan Diomande		67'
Substitutions:
MF	26	Christ Inao Oulaï		46'
FW	12	Elye Wahi		67'
FW	24	Bazoumana Touré		67'
FW	14	Oumar Diakité		67'
MF	4	Jean Michaël Seri		77'
Manager:
Emerse Faé

Man of the Match:
Nicolas Pépé (Ivory Coast)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[13]
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Stéphane De Almeida (Switzerland)
Video assistant referee:
Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Support video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Ecuador vs Germany

Germany had won the teams' two previous meetings: a 3–0 group stage victory at the 2006 FIFA World Cup (which they hosted) and a 4–2 friendly in 2013.^[14]

During the match, total attendance for the tournament reached 3,605,357 spectators. This surpassed the previous record of 3,587,538,^[15] which had been held for 32 years by the 1994 FIFA World Cup, also hosted in the United States. The record was broken with 44 matches remaining in the tournament.^[16]

This is Germany's first major tournament upset loss since their 1–2 defeat to Japan in 2022.

June 25, 2026

4:00 p.m. UTC−4

Ecuador	2–1	Germany
Angulo 9' Plata 77'	^{[Report 6]}	Sané 2'

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 80,663

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Ecuador^[17]

Germany^[17]


GK	1	Hernán Galíndez
RB	21	Alan Franco	50'	64'
CB	4	Joel Ordóñez
CB	6	Willian Pacho
LB	3	Piero Hincapié	43'	71'
RM	9	John Yeboah		85'
CM	23	Moisés Caicedo (c)
CM	15	Pedro Vite
LM	20	Nilson Angulo		85'
CF	19	Gonzalo Plata	89'
CF	13	Enner Valencia		64'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Kevin Rodríguez		64'
DF	17	Ángelo Preciado		64'
DF	7	Pervis Estupiñán		71'
FW	16	Jordy Caicedo		85'
DF	2	Félix Torres		85'
Manager:
Sebastián Beccacece


GK	1	Manuel Neuer
RB	6	Joshua Kimmich (c)		60'
CB	4	Jonathan Tah
CB	2	Antonio Rüdiger
LB	22	David Raum
CM	23	Felix Nmecha		64'
CM	5	Aleksandar Pavlović	44'	46'
RW	19	Leroy Sané
AM	10	Jamal Musiala
LW	17	Florian Wirtz		73'
CF	7	Kai Havertz		60'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Angelo Stiller		46'
FW	26	Deniz Undav		60'
DF	24	Malick Thiaw		60'
FW	14	Maximilian Beier		64'
DF	13	Pascal Groß		73'
Manager:
Julian Nagelsmann

Man of the Match:
Nilson Angulo (Ecuador)^[7]

Assistant referees:^[17]
Brooke Mayo (United States)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Fourth official:
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Reserve assistant referee:
Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
Video assistant referee:
Joe Dickerson (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)
Support video assistant referee:
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Discipline

The team conduct ("fair play") score would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied. It would also be used as a tiebreaker for the third-place ranking between groups if the overall records of teams were tied. The score was calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows:^[2]

yellow card: −1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
direct red card: −4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player or team official in a single match.

Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Score
Team				Score
Germany			1	–1
Ivory Coast	3		1	−4
Ecuador	1	1	3	−5
Curaçao		5	2	−7

Notes

^ Michael Oliver (England) was originally appointed to the Ivory Coast vs Ecuador match, but he pulled out due to a minor injury.^[8]

References

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Reports

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^
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External links

Official website

[6] The rankings of November 2025 were used for seeding for the final draw.^[5]

[7] Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

[table_hth_GER0.36505995055896-8] Head-to-head result: Germany 2–1 Ivory Coast.

[13] Michael Oliver (England) was originally appointed to the Ivory Coast vs Ecuador match, but he pulled out due to a minor injury.^[8]

[match_schedule-1] "FIFA World Cup 26 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[regulations-2] "FIFA World Cup 2026 Regulations" (PDF). FIFA. May 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 23, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025.

[3] "FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking (19 November 2025)". FIFA. November 19, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

[4] "FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking (11 June 2026)". FIFA. June 11, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.

[draw_procedure-5] "Draw Procedures for the FIFA World Cup 2026" (PDF). FIFA. November 25, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.

[GER-CUW_line-ups-10] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Germany v. Curaçao" (PDF). FIFA. June 14, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.

[MOTM-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Michelob Ultra Superior Player of the Match – every winner". FIFA. June 12, 2026. Retrieved June 15, 2026.

[12] Fish, Hal (June 12, 2026). "English Referee Michael Oliver Out of 2026 World Cup Match as FIFA Issue Statement". GiveMeSport. Retrieved June 12, 2026.

[CIV-ECU_line-ups-15] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Côte d'Ivoire v. Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. June 14, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.

[16] "Germany national football team: record v Ivory Coast". 11v11.com. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[GER-CIV_line-ups-18] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Germany v. Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. June 20, 2026. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[ECU-CUW_line-ups-20] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Ecuador v. Curaçao" (PDF). FIFA. June 20, 2026. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[CUW-CIV_line-ups-22] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Curaçao v. Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. June 25, 2026. Retrieved June 25, 2026.

[23] "Ecuador national football team: record v Germany". 11v11.com. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[USATodayRecord2026-24] D'Andrea, Christian (June 25, 2026). "World Cup attendance record shattered before group stage even ends". USA Today. Retrieved June 27, 2026.

[25] Florio, Mike (June 26, 2026). "With 44 matches to go, the 2026 World Cup has already set an all-time attendance record". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 27, 2026.

[ECU-GER_line-ups-27] "Tactical Line-up – Group E – Ecuador v. Germany" (PDF). FIFA. June 25, 2026. Retrieved June 25, 2026.

[9] 

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[23] "Germany vs Curaçao | First Stage | FIFA World Cup 2026". FIFA. Retrieved June 14, 2026.

[24] "Match Report – Group E – Germany v. Curaçao". FIFA. June 14, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.

[25] "Post match summary report – Group E – Germany v. Curaçao". FIFA. June 15, 2026. Retrieved June 25, 2026.

[14] 

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