🇪🇬 Egypt at the World Cup 2026

Follow Egypt's path through the 2026 World Cup: group results, fixtures, knockout route and squad.

G Group

Runner-up Finish

5 Points

Elim R16 Status

Road to the final

Egypt beat Australia 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the Round of 32, then reached the Round of 16. Their tournament ended in Match 95: Argentina 3, Egypt 2 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta on July 7 — Egypt led 2–0 through Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko before Argentina hit back with three second-half goals, Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner sealing the comeback.

The knockout branch began with Australia vs Egypt. Match recap: Argentina 3–2 Egypt (Round of 16, Match 95).

Group results and standing

Egypt finished runner-up in Group G with 5 points and a +2 goal difference.

Knockout results

Match 88 - July 3 🇦🇺 Australia vs Egypt 🇪🇬 Australia 1, Egypt 1 (Egypt 4-2 pens) Match 95 - July 7 🇦🇷 Argentina vs Egypt 🇪🇬 Argentina 3, Egypt 2

Squad basics

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