Group A
🇲🇽 Mexico
Corona Extra · Modelo Especial · Pacifico Clara · Negra Modelo · Bohemia
Heritage giant. The world drinks Mexican lager and doesn't always know which one.
🇿🇦 South Africa
Castle Lager · Castle Milk Stout · Carling Black Label · Devil's Peak King's Blockhouse IPA
Heritage spine, craft tooth. Castle Lager captains.
🇰🇷 South Korea
Cass Fresh · Hite Extra Cold · Terra · Magpie Porter
Macro core. Craft scene quietly arriving from Seoul and Jeju.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
Pilsner Urquell · Budvar (Budweiser Budvar) · Staropramen · Kozel · Bernard · Matuška Dvanáctka
Invented the pilsner. Still owns the format.
Group B
🇨🇦 Canada
Molson Canadian · Labatt 50 · Moosehead Lager · Unibroue La Fin du Monde · Steam Whistle Pilsner · Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Macro spine. Unibroue stealing every man-of-the-match award.
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sarajevsko · Nektar Pivo · Preminger
Sarajevsko captains. Nektar warms up. Both well thought of.
🇶🇦 Qatar
Amstel 0.0 · Heineken 0.0 · Moussy
Alcohol restricted. Squad runs on non-alcoholic imports.
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Feldschlösschen · Cardinal · Calanda · BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien
Macro lagers anchored. BFM does the heavy craft lifting.
Group C
🇧🇷 Brazil
Brahma Chopp · Bohemia 1853 · Eisenbahn Pilsen · Wäls Petroleum · UNIKA Catharina Sour Caju & Pitanga
Committee adjourned to a botequim and lost quorum.
🇲🇦 Morocco
Casablanca Premium · Flag Spéciale · Stork Première · Casablanca Citron
Six honest beers. No apologies.
🇭🇹 Haiti
Prestige · Prestige Cosecha Privada
One beer with conviction is still one beer.
🏴 Scotland
Tennent's Lager · BrewDog Punk IPA · Harviestoun Schiehallion · Tempest Brave New World
Heineken and Pelforth Ambrée struck — foreign contract pours.
Group D
🇺🇸 USA
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale · Pliny the Elder · Heady Topper · King JJJuliusss · Hardywood Great Return · Hill Farmstead Edward · Lone Star Original
Hop legacy is the starting XI. Lone Star comes off the bench in the second half wearing a stetson.
🇵🇾 Paraguay
Pilsen · Pilsen Premium · Brahma Paraguay · Bayern
Pilsen with paperwork is not, technically, a squad.
🇦🇺 Australia
Coopers Pale Ale · Stone & Wood Pacific · Mountain Culture Cult IPA · Hawkers West Coast IPA
Modern craft strong, hop legacy stronger.
🇹🇷 Turkey
Efes Pilsen · Bomonti Filtresiz · Gara Guzu Black Bear · Efes Dark
Tuborg Türk and Heineken Türkiye contract-struck.
Group E
🇩🇪 Germany
Weihenstephaner Hefeweißbier · Augustiner Helles · Schneider Aventinus · Schlenkerla Märzen
Reinheitsgebot keeps being cited as eligibility law. It isn't.
🇨🇼 Curaçao
Amstel Bright
Brewed Willemstad since 1960. Older than most countries' independence.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Ivoire (Solibra) · Tuborg CI
Pub VAR's longest file. Ivoire native; everything else "pending pending".
🇪🇨 Ecuador
Pilsener (1913) · Club Premium · Bandido Andean Pale · Bandido Capuchino Stout
Heritage side wouldn't release captaincy.
Group F
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Heineken Original · La Trappe Tripel · La Trappe Quadrupel · Brouwerij 't IJ Zatte · De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis
Westmalle ruled Belgian despite language overlap.
🇯🇵 Japan
Asahi Super Dry · Sapporo Premium · Kirin Ichiban · Yebisu · Hitachino Nest White Ale
Macro dry-lager hegemony with Hitachino's craft pedigree on the bench.
🇸🇪 Sweden
Norrlands Guld · Omnipollo Magic Number · Stigbergets West Coast IPA · Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter
Mikkeller ruled Danish. Longest argument of selection night.
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Celtia · 33 Export
Celtia carries the country. Honest 2.
Group G
🇧🇪 Belgium
Westvleteren 12 · Orval · Duvel · Westmalle Tripel · Rochefort 10 · Cantillon Fou' Foune · Rodenbach Vintage
Abbey asked the committee not to mention Westvleteren. The committee outvoted the abbey.
🇪🇬 Egypt
Stella (Egyptian) · Sakara Gold · Sakara Premium
Stella Egypt — different Stella, older heritage. Sakara provides the modern foil.
🇮🇷 Iran
Delster · Istak · Hofbräu Persia (Tehran) · Argo Tehran (1928–1979, ghost call-up)
Diaspora counts. Non-alcoholic counts. Heritage counts. Volume III still open.
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Steinlager Classic · Speight's Gold Medal Ale · Tui East India Pale Ale · Garage Project Engeltjes Pis · 8 Wired Hopwired IPA
Heritage trio plus craft fireworks. Garage Project is the wildcard you want.
Group H
🇪🇸 Spain
Estrella Damm · Mahou Cinco Estrellas · Alhambra Reserva 1925 · La Pirata Black Block
World thinks Spanish beer is "Estrella with jamón". World is wrong.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde
Strela
Strela is the national beer. Honest 1.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Moussy · Holsten Vital · Barbican
Alcohol prohibited. Squad is the non-alcoholic aisle of every Riyadh supermarket.
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Pilsen Uruguay · Patricia · Zillertal · Cabesas Bier APA
Macro three-pack, Cabesas adding craft teeth.
Group I
🇫🇷 France
Kronenbourg 1664 · Pelforth Brune · Jenlain Ambrée · Brasserie Thiriez Extra
Three regional brewing traditions in a trench coat.
🇸🇳 Senegal
Gazelle · Flag Spéciale (Castel)
Gazelle captains. Castel contract pours dominate the rest.
🇮🇶 Iraq
Diyala · Farida
Limited domestic scene. Honest 2.
🇳🇴 Norway
Ringnes · Mack Bayer · Aass Bock · Nøgne Ø #100 · Lervig Lucky Jack
Heritage macros plus Nøgne Ø and Lervig — both world-class on craft form.
Group J
🇦🇷 Argentina
Quilmes Cristal · Patagonia Amber · Antares Honey · Strange Brewing Doble Cordobesa
AB InBev owns roughly half of all available eligibility arguments.
🇩🇿 Algeria
Beaufort · Tango
Limited scene. Beaufort and Tango do the work.
🇦🇹 Austria
Stiegl Goldbräu · Gösser · Ottakringer · Schremser · Trumer Pils
Quietly excellent. Stiegl and Trumer would walk into most XIs.
🇯🇴 Jordan
Carakale · Petra
Carakale is the craft pioneer. Petra is the macro foil.
Group K
🇵🇹 Portugal
Super Bock · Sagres · Coral (Madeira) · Letra B
Captaincy unresolved. Dressing room divided. Cristal still complaining.
🇨🇩 DR Congo
Primus · Skol (Brassiongo) · Tembo · Doppel Munich
Primus captains. Broad portfolio carries the squad.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
Sarbast · Pulsar
Limited but present. Sarbast leads.
🇨🇴 Colombia
Aguila · Club Colombia · Costeña · Bogotá Beer Company Cajicá Honey Ale
Macro trio with BBC's craft programme behind.
Group L
🏴 England
Fuller's London Pride · Timothy Taylor's Landlord · Draught Bass · Harvey's Sussex Best · Boddingtons (cask)
Warm. Flat. Hand-pulled. Reads like a fault sheet anywhere else — and the one beer category no other country dares compete in. A novelty abroad, a speciality in Blighty.
🇭🇷 Croatia
Karlovačko · Ožujsko · Pan · Velebitsko
Karlovačko and Ožujsko are the long-running derby. Velebitsko the regional cult pick.
🇬🇭 Ghana
Star Beer (Guinness Ghana) · Club Premium · Guinness FES (Ghana) · Star Radler
Honest 8, not 11. Guinness FES eligibility book volume II.
🇵🇦 Panama
Balboa · Atlas · La Rana Dorada Pale · La Rana Dorada IPA
Committee asked Pub VAR if one brewery's portfolio counts. Pub VAR went quiet.
A / L
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