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5:00 PM EDT
June 22, 2026
Group I

Philadelphia

🐾 Underdog match

About This Match

This is the collision of TWO WORLDS! In the blue corner, the two-time kings of the planet — France, a swaggering juggernaut of explosive pace and individual brilliance, where the drama is ALWAYS guaranteed and the finals just keep coming! And in the away corner, the Lions of Mesopotamia, a nation that survived the kind of upheaval that DESTROYS lesser programs, arriving with iron discipline, a fortress of a defensive block, and a story so extraordinary it shouldn't even be possible! When firepower meets the fortress, somebody's legend gets written — and ANYTHING can happen!

France flag France
🏅 FIFA #2
Attacking
🥇 2 titles
8 yr drought
🏳️‍🌈 Full equality
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Iraq flag Iraq
🏅 FIFA #39
Defensive
🥇 0 titles
Never won
🏳️‍🌈 Criminalized
🐾 Underdog
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Human Rights & Country Data

France

Freedom House

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

90/100

Reporters Without Borders

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

21/180

UN Human Development Index

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

0.910/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

71/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Full equality

Iraq

Freedom House

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

29/100

Reporters Without Borders

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

167/180

UN Human Development Index

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

0.686/1.0

Transparency International

Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner

23/100

ILGA World

Legal status of same-sex relationships

Criminalized