With ten minutes to go in the final two games, Morocco looked like they would take second place, because they were beating Scotland while Brazil were beating Norway.
В последнем рейтинге сборных ФИФА на момент начала чемпионата Бразилия была на 1-м месте, Шотландия — на 41-м, Марокко — на 13-м и Норвегия на 7-м месте.