Match report
Congo DR 3-1 Uzbekistan: Group K Table and Why DR Congo Still Advance
Congo DR gave themselves the kind of last-day push that can rescue an expanded-format tournament. The 3-1 win over Uzbekistan lifted them onto four points, turned third place into a strong qualifying profile and kept their World Cup alive beyond the group stage.
Congo DR vs Uzbekistan final score
Final score: Congo DR 3, Uzbekistan 1. Reviewed coverage described Uzbekistan striking first before Congo DR responded with the three-goal swing they needed.
That comeback matters because it changed the entire third-place conversation. A draw or narrow loss would have ended the campaign, but a two-goal winning margin built a much safer best-third-place case.
Available reporting consistently supported the scoreline and the table consequences. It did not produce a cleaner verified injury storyline than the qualification math, so the post-match focus belongs on advancement.
How the Group K table finished
Group K ends with Colombia first on seven points, Portugal second on five, Congo DR third on four, and Uzbekistan fourth on zero. The parallel 0-0 draw between Colombia and Portugal froze the top two and left DR Congo's job centered on the third-place race.
Congo DR's earlier 1-1 draw with Portugal had already shown they could compete in this section. This final win is what turned that promise into a usable table position.
Uzbekistan finish bottom with three defeats. The late group-stage push never arrived, and the defensive numbers left them too much to repair on the last day.
Qualification picture
Congo DR advance as one of the tournament's best third-placed teams. Four points and a positive goal difference is comfortably strong enough once all twelve groups are complete.
Colombia and Portugal both qualify automatically from the top two, so Group K sends three teams into the round of 32. That is a major shift from where Congo DR stood after only one point from the first two matches.
Uzbekistan are eliminated on zero points. They never found the result that would have reopened either the top-two race or the third-place conversation.
Key talking points
Congo DR's biggest success was responding after going behind. Tournament football often turns on one recovery, and this was theirs.
The wider Group K lesson is that the expanded format rewards persistence. A team that entered the last day with one point still found a real path by winning with margin.
For Uzbekistan, the group closes as a gap in both results and control. Three losses and 11 goals conceded leave no statistical argument for staying alive.