Today we have the fifth round, of the 29^th World Cup, the U21 World Cup, the U19 World Cup, and the U17 World Cup qualification cycle.
This marks the half way point for all of the teams. Eleven teams (in each age group) already finished with the first four games. The others will play their fourth (or third in the smaller, four team groups) today.

Among the senior teams, only Peru won all four matches. Two others (Bolivia and France) have a chance to equal their feat today.
None of the eleven that already played the first four matches in the Under 21s won all of them. But there are several teams with 9 points and a game today - Croatia, Denmark, England, Hungary, and Slovenia.
The U19s are similar to the U21s. Those that already played all four matches haven't managed to win all of them. But we also have quite a few teams currently with all 9 points - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Poland, and Uruguay.
Brazil, the reigning U17 World Champions, is the only team to win all four matches. Interestingly, we also have fewer teams with all 9 points than in other "U" age groups. Only Bulgaria, France, Slovenia, and Spain still have a chance of finishing the first half of this qualification cycle with a full 12 points.

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World Cup Qualifiers

 Group A

Positions: 1^st - Poland (7 points), 2^nd - Ireland (4 points), 3^rd - Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 points), 4^th - Australia (4 points), 5^th - China (3 points)

 Group B

Positions: 1^st - Uruguay (7 points), 2^nd - Argentina (6 points), 3^rd - Romania (6 points), 4^th - Mexico (3 points), 5^th - Austria (1 point)

 Group C

Positions: 1^st - Chile (6 points), 2^nd - Malta (5 points), 3^rd - Israel (3 points), 4^th - Bulgaria (3 points), 5^th - South Africa (1 point)

 Group D

Positions: 1^st - Turkey (7 points), 2^nd - Iceland (4 points), 3^rd - Serbia (4 points), 4^th - Moldova (4 points), 5^th - Slovakia (2 points)

 Group E

Positions: 1^st - France (9 points), 2^nd - England (6 points), 3^rd - Italy (6 points), 4^th - Denmark (3 points), 5^th - Greece (0 points)

 Group F

Positions: 1^st - Bangladesh (8 points), 2^nd - Croatia (4 points), 3^rd - Russia (4 points), 4^th - Venezuela (3 points), 5^th - New Zealand (2 points)

 Group G

Positions: 1^st - Slovenia (7 points), 2^nd - Hungary (4 points), 3^rd - India (4 points), 4^th - Norway (4 points), 5^th - Spain (2 points)

 Group H

Positions: 1^st - Portugal (6 points), 2^nd - Belgium (6 points), 3^rd - Czech republic (4 points), 4^th - Japan (4 points), 5^th - Rep. of Montenegro (3 points)

 Group I

Positions: 1^st - Peru (12 points), 2^nd - Germany (6 points), 3^rd - Scotland (4 points), 4^th - Estonia (1 point), 5^th - Netherlands (0 points)

 Group J

Positions: 1^st - Thailand (6 points), 2^nd - Switzerland (3 points), 3^rd - Finland (3 points), 4^th - Canada (0 points)

 Group K

Positions: 1^st - Bolivia (9 points), 2^nd - Lithuania (6 points), 3^rd - Brazil (4 points), 4^th - Algeria (2 points), 5^th - Sweden (1 point)

 Group L

Positions: 1^st - Latvia (10 points), 2^nd - United States of America (5 points), 3^rd - Albania (4 points), 4^th - South Korea (3 points), 5^th - Colombia (0 points)

World Cup Qualifiers (U21)

 Group A

Positions: 1^st - Canada (6 points), 2^nd - South Korea (6 points), 3^rd - Argentina (5 points), 4^th - Colombia (4 points), 5^th - Israel (1 point)

 Group B

Positions: 1^st - Croatia (9 points), 2^nd - Bangladesh (6 points), 3^rd - Czech republic (4 points), 4^th - Algeria (3 points), 5^th - Austria (1 point)

 Group C

Positions: 1^st - Hungary (9 points), 2^nd - Romania (7 points), 3^rd - Turkey (4 points), 4^th - Rep. of Montenegro (3 points), 5^th - Albania (0 points)

 Group D

Positions: 1^st - Brazil (6 points), 2^nd - Finland (4 points), 3^rd - Mexico (1 point), 4^th - Bulgaria (0 points)

 Group E

Positions: 1^st - Portugal (9 points), 2^nd - Germany (7 points), 3^rd - Ireland (4 points), 4^th - Peru (2 points), 5^th - Italy (0 points)

 Group F

Positions: 1^st - England (9 points), 2^nd - Chile (5 points), 3^rd - Belgium (4 points), 4^th - Iceland (4 points), 5^th - Scotland (0 points)

 Group G

Positions: 1^st - Norway (7 points), 2^nd - United States of America (6 points), 3^rd - France (6 points), 4^th - New Zealand (2 points), 5^th - South Africa (1 point)

 Group H

Positions: 1^st - Poland (8 points), 2^nd - Serbia (4 points), 3^rd - Latvia (4 points), 4^th - China (4 points), 5^th - Japan (1 point)

 Group I

Positions: 1^st - Sweden (6 points), 2^nd - Netherlands (6 points), 3^rd - Moldova (6 points), 4^th - Spain (4 points), 5^th - Malta (1 point)

 Group J

Positions: 1^st - Slovenia (9 points), 2^nd - India (4 points), 3^rd - Switzerland (4 points), 4^th - Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 points), 5^th - Bolivia (1 point)

 Group K

Positions: 1^st - Thailand (7 points), 2^nd - Russia (6 points), 3^rd - Greece (5 points), 4^th - Australia (2 points), 5^th - Uruguay (1 point)

 Group L

Positions: 1^st - Denmark (9 points), 2^nd - Venezuela (7 points), 3^rd - Slovakia (4 points), 4^th - Lithuania (1 point), 5^th - Estonia (1 point)

World Cup Qualifiers (U19)

 Group A

Positions: 1^st - Belgium (8 points), 2^nd - Croatia (6 points), 3^rd - Portugal (5 points), 4^th - Germany (2 points), 5^th - Mexico (0 points)

 Group B

Positions: 1^st - Argentina (9 points), 2^nd - England (5 points), 3^rd - Israel (4 points), 4^th - Turkey (4 points), 5^th - Greece (0 points)

 Group C

Positions: 1^st - Uruguay (9 points), 2^nd - Denmark (4 points), 3^rd - Sweden (4 points), 4^th - South Africa (4 points), 5^th - Canada (1 point)

 Group D

Positions: 1^st - Chile (9 points), 2^nd - Australia (7 points), 3^rd - Venezuela (3 points), 4^th - Iceland (2 points), 5^th - Ireland (1 point)

 Group E

Positions: 1^st - Hungary (9 points), 2^nd - Norway (7 points), 3^rd - Austria (2 points), 4^th - Malta (2 points), 5^th - Lithuania (1 point)

 Group F

Positions: 1^st - Poland (9 points), 2^nd - Czech republic (6 points), 3^rd - Japan (4 points), 4^th - Italy (4 points), 5^th - New Zealand (0 points)

 Group G

Positions: 1^st - Brazil (9 points), 2^nd - Moldova (6 points), 3^rd - Serbia (6 points), 4^th - Russia (3 points), 5^th - Estonia (0 points)

 Group H

Positions: 1^st - United States of America (8 points), 2^nd - Netherlands (7 points), 3^rd - Slovakia (4 points), 4^th - Bangladesh (1 point), 5^th - Bulgaria (1 point)

 Group I

Positions: 1^st - Slovenia (10 points), 2^nd - Romania (7 points), 3^rd - Albania (3 points), 4^th - Spain (3 points), 5^th - Finland (0 points)

 Group J

Positions: 1^st - Rep. of Montenegro (6 points), 2^nd - Bolivia (3 points), 3^rd - Algeria (1 point), 4^th - China (1 point)

 Group K

Positions: 1^st - Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 points), 2^nd - South Korea (7 points), 3^rd - Switzerland (3 points), 4^th - India (2 points), 5^th - Thailand (2 points)

 Group L

Positions: 1^st - Scotland (6 points), 2^nd - Latvia (6 points), 3^rd - France (6 points), 4^th - Peru (3 points), 5^th - Colombia (3 points)

World Cup Qualifiers (U17)

 Group A

Positions: 1^st - Bulgaria (9 points), 2^nd - Peru (6 points), 3^rd - Belgium (4 points), 4^th - Algeria (3 points), 5^th - Russia (1 point)

 Group B

Positions: 1^st - Croatia (6 points), 2^nd - Argentina (3 points), 3^rd - South Korea (3 points), 4^th - Japan (0 points)

 Group C

Positions: 1^st - Germany (7 points), 2^nd - Turkey (7 points), 3^rd - Bangladesh (6 points), 4^th - Latvia (3 points), 5^th - Austria (0 points)

 Group D

Positions: 1^st - Lithuania (6 points), 2^nd - Mexico (6 points), 3^rd - United States of America (6 points), 4^th - Thailand (4 points), 5^th - New Zealand (1 point)

 Group E

Positions: 1^st - Brazil (12 points), 2^nd - Portugal (4 points), 3^rd - Moldova (3 points), 4^th - Norway (3 points), 5^th - Uruguay (1 point)

 Group F

Positions: 1^st - Slovenia (9 points), 2^nd - Chile (6 points), 3^rd - Canada (6 points), 4^th - Hungary (3 points), 5^th - Ireland (0 points)

 Group G

Positions: 1^st - Netherlands (9 points), 2^nd - France (9 points), 3^rd - India (4 points), 4^th - Australia (1 point), 5^th - Finland (0 points)

 Group H

Positions: 1^st - Spain (9 points), 2^nd - Czech republic (6 points), 3^rd - Rep. of Montenegro (3 points), 4^th - China (3 points), 5^th - Venezuela (3 points)

 Group I

Positions: 1^st - Slovakia (8 points), 2^nd - Romania (7 points), 3^rd - Malta (7 points), 4^th - Bosnia and Herzegovina (0 points), 5^th - Albania (0 points)

 Group J

Positions: 1^st - Poland (7 points), 2^nd - England (5 points), 3^rd - Serbia (5 points), 4^th - Italy (4 points), 5^th - Bolivia (0 points)

 Group K

Positions: 1^st - Denmark (7 points), 2^nd - Colombia (6 points), 3^rd - Israel (6 points), 4^th - South Africa (3 points), 5^th - Estonia (1 point)

 Group L

Positions: 1^st - Switzerland (10 points), 2^nd - Sweden (6 points), 3^rd - Iceland (4 points), 4^th - Greece (2 points), 5^th - Scotland (0 points)