Live table: Which third-placed teams will make it to the knockouts?
The Socceroos could find themselves among the third-placed teams watching the table. (Getty Images: FIFA/Steph Chambers)
The World Cup group stage is winding down, with third-placed teams anxiously watching other results to learn their fate.
The best eight third-place finishers across the 12 groups will qualify for the Round of 32.
The teams are ranked in order of points won, goal difference and then goals scored, with discipline (yellow and red cards) and then FIFA rankings used as tiebreakers if needed.
The below table shows all teams currently ranked third in their groups, with the teams in ninth to 12th to miss out on the knockout stages.
See the live table to see who is on track to progress.
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