Several World Cup teams, including the Socceroos, can secure their progress to the inaugural last-32 knockout round of the tournament after playing just two matches.
This is because the eight best third-placed teams progress alongside the winners and runners-up from the 12 groups. Effectively, two wins from the first two group games will be enough.
The teams who can qualify for the last 32 after two of three group games are Mexico and South Korea in Group A, Scotland (Group C), the USA and Australia in Group D, Sweden (Group F), France and Norway in Group I, Argentina and Austria in Group J, Columbia in Group K, as well as England and Ghana in Group L.