Every Player of the Match From the Group Stage

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Mexico 2-0 South Africa - Julian Quinones (Mexico)
Korea Republic 2-1 Czechia – Hwang Inbeom (Korea Republic)

Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ismael Kone (Canada)
USA 4-1 Paraguay - Folarin Balogun (USA)

Haiti 0-1 Scotland – John McGinn (Scotland)
Australia 2-0 Türkiye – Nestory Irankunda (Australia)
Brazil 1-1 Morocco – Vinicius Jr (Brazil)
Qatar 1-1 Switzerland – Mahmoud Abunada (Qatar)

Côte d'Ivoire 1-0 Ecuador – Yan Diomande (Côte d'Ivoire)
Germany 7-1 Curaçao – Kai Havertz (Germany)
Netherlands 2-2 Japan – Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)
Sweden 5-1 Tunisia – Alexander Isak (Sweden)

Saudi Arabia 1-1 Uruguay – Federico Valverde (Uruguay)
Spain 0-0 Cabo Verde – Vozinha (Cabo Verde)
IR Iran 2-2 New Zealand – Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran)
Belgium 1-1 Egypt – Emam Ashour (Egypt)

France 3-1 Senegal – Michael Olise (France)
Iraq 1-4 Norway – Erling Haaland (Norway)
Argentina 3-0 Algeria – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Austria 3-1 Jordan – Ali Olwan (Jordan)

Ghana 1-0 Panama – Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)
England 4-2 Croatia – Harry Kane (England)
Portugal 1-1 Congo DR – Joao Neves (Portugal)
Uzbekistan 1-3 Colombia – Luis Diaz (Colombia)

Czechia 1-1 South Africa – Ladislav Krejci (Czechia)
Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Johan Manzambi (Switzerland)
Canada 6-0 Qatar - Jonathan David (Canada)
Mexico 1-0 Korea Republic - Luis Romo (Mexico)

Brazil 3-0 Haiti – Vincius Junior (Brazil)
Scotland 0-1 Morocco – Ismael Saibari (Morocco)
Türkiye 0-1 Paraguay – Matias Galarza (Paraguay)
USA 2-0 Australia - Folarin Balogun (USA)

Germany 2-1 Côte d'Ivoire – Deniz Undav (Germany)
Ecuador 0-0 Curaçao – Eloy Room (Curaçao)
Netherlands 5-1 Sweden – Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)
Tunisia 0-4 Japan – Group F – Ayase Ueda (Japan)

Uruguay 2-2 Cabo Verde – Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde)
Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia – Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain)
Belgium 0-0 IR Iran – Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran)
New Zealand 1-3 Egypt – Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Norway 3-2 Senegal – Erling Haaland (Norway)
France 3-0 Iraq – Kylian Mbappe (France)
Argentina 2-0 Austria – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Jordan 1-2 Algeria – Ibrahim Maza (Algeria)

England 0-0 Ghana – Jude Bellingham (England)
Panama 0-1 Croatia – Cristian Martinez (Panama)
Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Colombia 1-0 Congo DR – Daniel Munoz (Colombia)

Scotland 0-3 Brazil – Vinicius Junior (Brazil)
Morocco 4-2 Haiti – Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
Switzerland 2-1 Canada - Johan Manzambi (Switzerland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Qatar – Kerim Alajbegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Czechia 0-3 Mexico - Mateo Chavez (Mexico)
South Africa 1-0 Korea Republic – Thapelo Maseko (South Africa)

Curaçao 0-2 Côte d'Ivoire – Nicolas Pepe (Côte d'Ivoire)
Ecuador 2-1 Germany – Nilson Angulo (Ecuador)
Japan 1-1 Sweden – Anthony Elanga (Sweden)
Tunisia 1-3 Netherlands – Brian Brobbey (Netherlands)
Türkiye 3-2 USA - Arda Guler (Türkiye)
Paraguay 0-0 Australia – Aiden O’Neill (Australia)

Norway 1-4 France – Ousmane Dembele (France)
Senegal 5-0 Iraq – Pape Gueye (Senegal)
Egypt 1-1 IR Iran – Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran)
New Zealand 1-5 Belgium – Leandro Trossard (Belgium)
Cabo Verde 0-0 Saudi Arabia – Deroy Duarte (Cabo Verde)
Uruguay 0-1 Spain – Alex Baene (Spain)

Panama 0-2 England – Jude Bellingham (England)
Croatia 2-1 Ghana – Petar Sucic (Croatia)
Algeria 3-3 Austria – Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
Jordan 1-3 Argentina – Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina)
Colombia 0-0 Portugal – Diogo Costa (Portugal)
Congo DR 3-1 Uzbekistan – Yoane Wissa (Congo DR)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage POTM Awards Key Numbers Breakdown:

• 72 Player of the Match awards handed out
• 65 different players won at least one POTM
• 40 different nations had a POTM winner
• 7 players won multiple POTM awards

3 POTM Awards

Vinicius Jr (Brazil)

2 POTM Awards

Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Folarin Balogun (USA)
Erling Haaland (Norway)
Johan Manzambi (Switzerland)
Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran)
Jude Bellingham (England)

Nations with 3 POTM Awards

Brazil
France
Mexico
England
Argentina
Netherlands
Portugal
Iran
Cape Verde

Other Stats:

• 17 of the 32 Round of 32 teams had multiple POTM winners.
• Every group produced at least five different POTM-winning nations.
• Ramin Rezaeian (Iran) was the only player to win multiple POTM awards despite his nation being eliminated.
• Johan Manzambi was the only Swiss player to claim both of his country's POTM awards.
• A total of 40 countries were represented among the 72 POTM winners, highlighting the depth and competitiveness of the expanded 48-team World Cup.