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9:00 PM EDT
June 21, 2026
Group G

Vancouver

🐾 Underdog match

About This Match

This is a clash of cultures and continents! In one corner, the ALL WHITES — a rugby nation that dusted off its football boots, crashed the World Cup party, and arrived with one mission: to bully, block, and battle their way into someone's nightmares with that direct, physical, set-piece menace! In the other, the seven-time kings of Africa, the PHARAOHS of Egypt, defensively disciplined and carrying the dreams of a football-mad nation on their backs — led by the one and only MO SALAH, a man capable of punishing a single heartbeat of hesitation! Can New Zealand's organized wall withstand the genius of Salah, or will Egypt be frustrated by the underdogs who are simply delighted to be here? Strap in — this one's got fireworks written all over it!

New Zealand flag New Zealand
🏅 FIFA #90
Balanced
🥇 0 titles
Never won
🏳️‍🌈 Full equality
🐾 Underdog
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Egypt flag Egypt
🏅 FIFA #35
Defensive
🥇 0 titles
Never won
🏳️‍🌈 Criminalized
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Human Rights & Country Data

New Zealand

Freedom House

Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)

99/100

Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)

8/180

UN Human Development Index

Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)

0.939/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

85/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Full equality

Egypt

Freedom House

Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)

23/100

Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)

170/180

UN Human Development Index

Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)

0.728/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

35/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Criminalized