FIFA World Cup 2026 Predictor
Simulate the complete World Cup 2026 tournament with official groups and playoff scenarios
View Groups
See the official group stage draw with all 12 groups
Simulate Playoffs
Determine the 6 remaining spots through UEFA and IC playoffs
Predict Tournament
Run complete World Cup simulation to predict the champion
FIFA World Cup 2026 – One Page Full Simulation
Build the 48-team field, simulate group standings with official tiebreakers, generate the knockout bracket and predict your champion — all on a single page.
Step 1 · Teams & Playoff Winners
Complete the 48-team field by determining playoff winners. Default winners are provided, or simulate your own outcomes.
Playoff Winners
Step 2 · Group Stage Predictor
Simulate all 12 groups with official tiebreaker rules. Default standings are provided, or run your own simulation.
Click "Simulate All Groups" to generate detailed standings for all 12 groups with official FIFA tiebreaker rules.
Step 3 · Knockout Bracket & Champion
Generate the complete knockout bracket from group results and simulate your way to the World Cup champion.
Complete Steps 1 & 2 to unlock the full knockout bracket simulation.
Why Use This World Cup 2026 Predictor?
Our FIFA World Cup 2026 predictor is built for football fans who want more than random guesses. It combines historical performance, team strength ratings and goal‑scoring profiles to project realistic match results.
You can simulate the full World Cup 2026 format with 48 teams spread across 12 groups of four. Track which teams qualify from the group stage, how playoff results affect the final lineup, and who is most likely to reach the quarter‑finals, semi‑finals and final.
The tool is designed for casual fans and data‑driven analysts alike. Use it to explore possible brackets, debate predictions with friends, or create content about World Cup 2026 scenarios.
Key Features
- Official World Cup 2026 format with 48 teams in 12 groups
- UEFA and inter‑confederation playoff simulation
- Data‑driven match predictions using team ratings
- Complete knockout stage bracket generation
- Instant results with no signup required
How to Use This World Cup 2026 Predictor
Start on the home page and open the tournament predictor to see the default World Cup 2026 bracket with official groups and playoff structure. The integrated predictor lets you simulate the entire tournament in three simple steps without leaving this page.
Adjust group results manually or let the model simulate results automatically based on team strength ratings and built‑in randomness. You can explore how different group winners, runners‑up and playoff qualifiers change the knockout bracket, potential quarter‑finals and the most likely finalists.
Each simulation runs thousands of scenarios to give you realistic probabilities rather than single predictions. This helps you understand not just who might win, but how likely different outcomes really are based on current team form and historical performance data.
How Our World Cup 2026 Predictions Work
Under the hood, the predictor combines team ratings, attacking and defensive strength indicators and variance assumptions to estimate how likely each team is to score in a given match. These estimates are then converted into probabilities for win, draw and loss outcomes.
Instead of treating every match as a coin flip, the model respects relative strength differences while still allowing upsets. Strong favorites will win more often in simulations, but underdogs retain a realistic chance, especially in single‑match knockout rounds.
Once match probabilities are defined, the simulator runs through the group stage and knockout bracket many times. From these repeated simulations, it can estimate how often a team reaches the round of 16, quarter‑finals, semi‑finals or final, and how often it wins the trophy overall.
World Cup 2026 Format Explained
World Cup 2026 introduces a new 48‑team format that expands both the group stage and knockout rounds. Instead of 32 teams in 8 groups, the tournament features 12 groups of four teams each, creating more matches and more qualification scenarios to track.
In each group, every team plays three matches. The top teams then advance to an expanded knockout bracket that requires carefully balancing seeding and fairness. This complexity is exactly why a dedicated predictor is valuable: it helps fans see how early group results can have huge consequences later in the tournament.
For fans, the new format means more football to enjoy and more potential upsets. With more teams involved and more knockout spots available, underdogs have additional pathways to the latter stages. The predictor on this site is built to mirror that structure as simply as possible for everyday use.