Group C of the 2026 FIFA World Cup took place from June 13 to 24, 2026. The group consisted of Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, and Scotland. Brazil, Morocco and Scotland were also drawn together in Group A in the 1998 edition of the competition, which was also Scotland's latest appearance prior to this tournament. This also marked Haiti's first appearance in the World Cup finals since 1974, following a 52-year absence.
Five-time champions Brazil and the previous tournament's fourth-place team Morocco topped the group, with Brazil clinching first place over Morocco based on goal difference. Thus, these two teams advanced to the round of 32.
Scotland finished third in the group with only one win at the group stage, and were eliminated as they were outperformed by third-place teams in other groups. Haiti were the first team eliminated from the tournament after two consecutive group-stage losses, and they finished fourth after losing their third group game against Morocco.
Teams Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance FIFA Rankings November 2025 June 2026 C1 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL round robin fifth place 23rd 2022 Winner (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 5 6 C2 2 CAF CAF Group E winner 7th 2022 Fourth place (2022) 11 7 C3 4 CONCACAF CONCACAF Group C winner 2nd 1974 Group stage (1974) 84 83 C4 3 UEFA UEFA Group C winner 9th 1998 Group stage (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998) 36 42 Notes
Standings
In the round of 32: The winner of Group C, Brazil, advanced to play the runner-up of Group F, Japan. The runner-up of Group C, Morocco, advanced to play the winner of Group F, the Netherlands.
Matches All times listed are local, UTC−4 (EDT).
Brazil vs Morocco
The teams had met three times previously, including once in the World Cup, a 3–0 group stage victory for Brazil in 1998, and most recently in 2023, a 2–1 win for Morocco (their first) in a friendly.
Morocco made a fast start in the match, with Neil El Aynaoui having an effort blocked away by Bruno Guimarães after Noussair Mazraoui had dribbled past Roger Ibañez. Morocco's early pressure was rewarded as they took the lead in the 21st minute after Brahim Díaz managed to play a through ball to Ismael Saibari, who then lobbed the ball over Alisson and into the back of the net. The Moroccans did not cease their pressure immediately following the goal, with Achraf Hakimi having two efforts slice off target with Brazil struggling to get a foothold on the game.
Despite Morocco registering 12 shots by the 30th minute, Brazil managed to strike back in the 32nd after Vinícius Júnior received the ball inside the Morocco penalty area before cutting inside and striking a right-footed effort into the corner of the net to make it 1–1. Both sides had promising chances to win the game in the second half, including from Danilo Santos for Brazil and Ayoube Amaimouni for Morocco, however the match ultimately ended in a draw.
GK 1 AlissonRB 24Roger Ibañez CB 4 Marquinhos (c)CB 3 Gabriel MagalhãesLB 16Douglas SantosRM 20Lucas Paquetá CM 5 Casemiro CM 8 Bruno Guimarães LM 7 Vinícius JúniorCF 25Igor Thiago CF 11RaphinhaSubstitutions:DF 13Danilo Luiz MF 17 Fabinho FW 21Luiz Henrique FW 9 Matheus Cunha MF 18Danilo Santos Manager: Carlo Ancelotti GK 1 Yassine BounouRB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)CB 14Issa DiopCB 18Chadi RiadLB 3 Noussair Mazraoui CM 24Neil El AynaouiCM 6 Ayyoub BouaddiRW 10Brahim Díaz AM 8 Azzedine Ounahi LW 23Bilal El Khannouss CF 11Ismael Saibari Substitutions:MF 15Samir El Mourabet MF 7 Chemsdine Talbi FW 21Ayoube Amaimouni DF 26Anass Salah-Eddine FW 9 Soufiane Rahimi Manager:Mohamed Ouahbi
Man of the Match: Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)
Assistant referees: Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) Reserve assistant referee: Stéphane De Almeida (Switzerland) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Willy Delajod (France) Support video assistant referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Haiti vs Scotland
The two teams had never met before.
After both sides had previously managed to create promising opportunities in their opponents halves, Scott McTominay struck the post in the 16th minute for Scotland after being set up by Ben Gannon-Doak. In the 28th minute, the Scots went ahead after Ché Adams had a close range effort saved by Johny Placide before John McGinn managed to score the rebound with a scuffed effort that deflected into the net. McGinn had the chance to double the lead in the second half, but dragged his effort wide. Haiti pushed for an equaliser, with Ruben Providence playing an intriguing ball into the Scotland penalty area which Wilson Isidor could not quite latch on to. Despite renewed late pressure from the Haitians, including Frantzdy Pierrot having a header go wide to the left, Scotland went on to win 1–0.
The match marked the first time Scotland won a World Cup match since 1990, when the team defeated Sweden 2–1.
GK 1 Johny Placide (c)RB 2 Carlens ArcusCB 4 Ricardo AdéCB 5 Hannes DelcroixLB 8 Martin ExpérienceRM 11Louicius Deedson CM 17Danley Jean JacquesCM 10Jean-Ricner Bellegarde LM 15Ruben Providence CF 20Frantzdy PierrotCF 18Wilson Isidor Substitutions:FW 21Josué Casimir FW 16Lenny Joseph FW 19Yassin Fortuné Manager: Sébastien Migné GK 1 Angus GunnRB 2 Aaron Hickey CB 5 Grant HanleyCB 13Jack HendryLB 3 Andy Robertson (c)RM 17Ben Gannon-Doak CM 4 Scott McTominayCM 19Lewis FergusonLM 7 John McGinn CF 20Lawrence Shankland CF 10Ché Adams Substitutions:DF 22Nathan Patterson MF 11Ryan Christie FW 9 Lyndon Dykes MF 23Kenny McLean FW 25Findlay Curtis Manager:Steve Clarke
Man of the Match: John McGinn (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria) Fourth official: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (Spain) Video assistant referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia) Assistant video assistant referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim (United Arab Emirates) Support video assistant referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Scotland vs Morocco The teams' only meeting took place in their final group stage match at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as Morocco won 3–0.
Morocco took the lead in just the second minute of the game, after Brahim Díaz played a ball over the top of Scotland's defence and into the path of Ismael Saibari, who struck the ball into the left-hand corner of the net from the right to score for the second straight game. Morocco came forward with a similar looking attack in the 18th minute, with Díaz playing another ball over the top which Achraf Hakimi tried to collect, but Angus Gunn was able to block Hakimi from touching the ball into the net. Morocco continued to push for another goal with Neil El Aynaoui and Bilal El Khannouss both having efforts fly over the bar in the 30th and 36th minutes respectively.
Early in the second half, Scotland players protested for a penalty following an alleged foul by El Aynaoui on John McGinn inside the penalty area, however no penalty was forthcoming. Morocco pushed forward again through El Khannouss, who squared the ball across to Saibari whose deflected effort struck the crossbar. Scotland continued to push for an equaliser, and in the 82nd minute, they protested for a penalty again after Scott McTominay went down inside the penalty area following a tackle from El Aynaoui. Again, no penalty was ultimately awarded. Morocco came close to scoring a second goal in the last minutes of the match, with Chemsdine Talbi having an effort tipped over by Gunn and Ayoube Amaimouni having his shot go just wide.
GK 1 Angus GunnRB 22Nathan Patterson CB 5 Grant HanleyCB 13Jack HendryLB 3 Andy Robertson (c) RM 7 John McGinn CM 19Lewis FergusonCM 11Ryan Christie LM 6 Kieran Tierney CF 4 Scott McTominayCF 10Ché Adams Substitutions:FW 17Ben Gannon-Doak FW 9 Lyndon Dykes MF 23Kenny McLean FW 14Ross Stewart DF 24Anthony Ralston Manager:Steve Clarke GK 1 Yassine BounouRB 2 Achraf Hakimi (c)CB 14Issa Diop CB 18Chadi RiadLB 3 Noussair MazraouiCM 24Neil El AynaouiCM 6 Ayyoub BouaddiRW 10Brahim Díaz AM 8 Azzedine Ounahi LW 23Bilal El Khannouss CF 11Ismael Saibari Substitutions:FW 9 Soufiane Rahimi FW 21Ayoube Amaimouni MF 7 Chemsdine Talbi MF 15Samir El Mourabet Manager:Mohamed Ouahbi
Man of the Match: Ismael Saibari (Morocco)
Assistant referees: Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan) Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) Reserve assistant referee: Mohammad Al-Kalaf (Jordan) Video assistant referee: Armando Villarreal (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico) Support video assistant referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina)
Brazil vs Haiti The teams had met thrice previously, most recently in 2016, a 7–1 win for Brazil in the group stage of the Copa América Centenario in 2016.
Brazil took control of the wide areas of the game early on through Raphinha and Vinícius Júnior, and they thought they had took the lead in the 11th minute after Raphinha struck the ball into the net after being played into a one-on-one situation by Bruno Guimarães, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Brazil did get the breakthrough 12 minutes later after Vinícius had an effort saved by Johny Placide before Matheus Cunha followed up with the rebound from close range. This lead was then doubled in the 36th minute, with Vinícius playing a through ball to Cunha, who managed to strike his left-footed effort into the top corner of the net. Vinícius scored Brazil's third in the final stages of the first half, after running on a ball played over the top from Lucas Paquetá before slotting the ball through Placide and into the net.
With this result, Haiti became the first team eliminated from the tournament after losing two consecutive matches.
GK 1 AlissonRB 13Danilo LuizCB 4 Marquinhos (c)CB 3 Gabriel MagalhãesLB 16Douglas Santos CM 8 Bruno Guimarães CM 5 CasemiroCM 20Lucas Paquetá RF 7 Vinícius Júnior CF 9 Matheus Cunha LF 11Raphinha Substitutions:FW 26Rayan FW 22Gabriel Martinelli FW 19Endrick MF 18Danilo Santos MF 2 Éderson Silva Manager: Carlo Ancelotti GK 1 Johny Placide (c)CB 22Jean-Kévin DuverneCB 4 Ricardo AdéCB 5 Hannes DelcroixRWB2 Carlens Arcus LWB8 Martin ExpérienceRM 21Josué Casimir CM 17Danley Jean Jacques CM 10Jean-Ricner Bellegarde LM 15Ruben Providence CF 20Frantzdy Pierrot Substitutions:MF 25Dominique Simon FW 18Wilson Isidor FW 11Louicius Deedson FW 16Lenny Joseph FW 7 Derrick Etienne Jr. Manager: Sébastien Migné
Man of the Match: Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)
Assistant referees: José Enrique Naranjo Pérez (Spain) (Spain) Fourth official: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) Reserve assistant referee: Stéphane De Almeida (Switzerland) Video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Willy Delajod (France) Support video assistant referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
Scotland vs Brazil The teams had faced each other in ten previous matches including at the FIFA World Cup on four previous occasions, all of them in the first round. Their first meeting was a 0–0 draw at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and then Brazil won the next three group stage encounters: 4–1 in 1982, 1–0 in 1990, and a 2–1 victory in the 1998 FIFA World Cup opening match. Their latest match took place in 2011, as Brazil won a 2–0 friendly to keep their unbeaten head-to-head record.
Ultimately, Scotland were eliminated from the group stage after missing out on the top eight of third-place teams.