Match report
New Zealand 1-5 Belgium: Group G Table, Belgium Win the Group and Egypt Also Qualify
Belgium gave themselves exactly the margin they needed on Group G's final day. The 5-1 win over New Zealand moved Belgium onto five points and, after Egypt drew IR Iran in the parallel match, sent Belgium to first place on goals scored.
New Zealand vs Belgium final score
Final score: New Zealand 1, Belgium 5. Official FIFA match-centre data confirms Belgium's four-goal margin and the result that swung first place back in their favor.
Because Belgium had drawn their first two matches, the size of the win mattered almost as much as the three points. Once Egypt were held to a draw elsewhere, Belgium's sixth goal of the group became the decisive tiebreak edge.
Available official sources confirmed the result clearly. They did not provide a fully verified scorer list, injury update or disciplinary flashpoint strong enough to change the main post-match conclusion.
How the Group G table finished
Group G ends with Belgium first on five points, Egypt second on five, IR Iran third on three, and New Zealand fourth on one. Belgium and Egypt finished level on points and goal difference, but Belgium's 6 total goals beat Egypt's 5.
That makes the margin against New Zealand decisive. A narrower Belgian win could have left first place with Egypt, but the five-goal output removed the need for any deeper tiebreak discussion.
New Zealand finish bottom with one point. The 2-2 draw against IR Iran in the opener gave them hope, but the later loss to Egypt and this heavy defeat closed the group without a recovery path.
Qualification picture
Belgium qualify automatically for the round of 32 as Group G winners. Five points is not a dominant total, but it was enough because Belgium paired it with the stronger attacking tiebreak.
Egypt also qualify automatically in second place after their 1-1 draw with IR Iran. Belgium's result changed only the order of the top two, not the fact that both teams advanced.
IR Iran move into the best-third-place comparison on three points with an even goal difference. Belgium's win indirectly mattered there as well, because it kept Iran from jumping into the top two.
Key talking points
Belgium's biggest success was converting scoreboard pressure into tiebreak control. After two draws, they needed a clear final statement and got one.
The other major Group G theme is timing. Egypt handled their own qualification job, but Belgium's larger margin in the parallel match gave them the top seed from the group.
For New Zealand, the tournament ends with a harsh statistical profile. One point from three matches and 10 goals conceded leaves little room to argue they were close to the knockout line.