🇳🇿 New Zealand

New Zealand are Oceania's flag-bearer at the World Cup. An OFC side, they enter the 2026 World Cup rated 1600 — 45th of the 48 teams — in Group G.

Famously unbeaten at the 2010 World Cup, drawing all three of their group games. Physically strong and organised, dangerous in the air and on set pieces.

Drawn alongside Belgium, Iran and Egypt, their toughest group test on paper is the meeting with Belgium. Our model projects them to finish 4th in the group and to fall short of the knockout rounds.