World Cup 2026 Group I: France, Norway, Senegal and Iraq — What the Data Actually Shows
France enter World Cup 2026 with a Footlab Elo of 1742 — third in our global model — yet Group I is no walkover. Norway, built around a generational striker, sit at 1613 Elo. Senegal, reigning African champions, register 1642 with a slightly negative recent trend (Δ -1.64). Iraq return to the World Cup for the first time since 1986, a direct product of the expanded 48-team format. The France-Norway third matchday clash, scheduled for 26 June, carries the bulk of the group's qualification stakes — and the Footlab engine flags a potential pricing discrepancy in the current bookmaker markets. Here is what the numbers show.