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An independent, calibrated AI forecast. Not affiliated with FIFA or any official World Cup organisation.

For interest and analysis only: not betting advice.

Methodology · how the forecast is built.

Built by Mohammed Ehab Elnomany · probabilistic, not an oracle.

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Odds time machineafter 104 of 104 matches
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Spain
>99.9%
H >99%
L 7%
+89.1%
Algeria
<0.1%
H 1%
L <1%
-0.8%
Argentina
<0.1%
H 50%
L <1%
-9.6%
Australia
<0.1%
H 2%
L <1%
-1.5%
Austria
<0.1%
H 1%
L <1%
-0.9%

Champion pick

pre-tournament vs final result
Initial pickSpain10.9%
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Final resultSpainChampions

Projected Bracket

The model's single most-likely knockout path, R32 to Final.

Round of 32
GER49%PAR24%
FRA59%SWE17%
RSA22%CAN50%
NED36%MAR32%
POR43%CRO30%
ESP60%AUT17%
USA60%BIH17%
BEL41%SEN31%
Round of 16
PAR19%FRA52%
CAN28%MAR41%
POR27%ESP47%
USA34%BEL40%
Quarter-finals
FRA41%MAR28%
ESP51%BEL25%
Semi-finals
FRA31%ESP42%
Final
Projected championSpain
ESP37%ARG35%

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford · 19 Jul 2026

Third place
FRA37%ENG34%
Semi-finals
ENG29%ARG40%
Quarter-finals
NOR24%ENG50%
ARG53%SUI21%
Round of 16
BRA52%NOR23%
MEX41%ENG28%
ARG55%EGY16%
SUI30%COL42%
Round of 32
BRA44%JPN29%
CIV31%NOR40%
MEX42%ECU28%
ENG55%COD16%
ARG69%CPV10%
AUS38%EGY29%
SUI41%ALG33%
COL60%GHA16%
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Most-likely bracket; slots resolve to real teams as results land. How the projected bracket works

Projected Bracket

The model's most-likely knockout path, R32 to the title.

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Champion
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projected slotprojected champion's path

Most-likely bracket; slots resolve to real teams as results land. How the projected bracket works

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Forecast

The model's title odds for every team, from a Monte-Carlo run over the full bracket: champion probability for all 48teams, with each team's path from the group stage through the quarter-final, semi-final and final. The leading contenders lead; the rest of the field is one tap away.

Model elo-dc-v1.0 · 50,000 simulations · conditioned on 104 results · Updated 19 Jul 2026

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Champion probability

top 10 of 48
#TeamGrpQualifyQuarterSemiFinalChamp
1SpainH✓88%✓61%
✓63%
✓56%
✓50%
2ArgentinaJ✓99%✓69%✓66%✓56%✗50%
3FranceI✓98%✓67%✓56%✗44%✗21%
4EnglandL✓>99%✓44%✓63%✗44%✗19%
5BrazilC✓91%✗65%✗37%✗20%✗11%
6MoroccoC✓>99%✓57%✗44%✗19%✗8%
7BelgiumG✓77%✓53%✗37%✗16%✗7%
8MexicoA✓99%✗56%✗30%✗14%✗6%
9PortugalK✓79%✗39%✗21%✗11%✗5%
10ColombiaK✓99%✗55%✗23%✗11%✗5%
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#TeamGrpQualifyQuarterSemiFinalChamp
11SwitzerlandB✓78%✓45%✗34%✗13%✗5%
12NorwayI✓98%✓35%✗37%✗14%✗4%
13GermanyE✓99%✗32%✗18%✗9%✗4%
14NetherlandsF✓>99%✗31%✗17%✗8%✗4%
15JapanF✓82%✗25%✗13%✗7%✗3%
16United StatesD✓97%✗47%✗16%✗7%✗3%
17CanadaB✓83%✗43%✗18%✗7%✗3%
18EcuadorE✓29%✗23%✗10%✗5%✗2%
19SenegalI✓98%✗24%✗10%✗5%✗2%
20ParaguayD✓>99%✗33%✗15%✗5%✗2%
21AustraliaD✓89%✗21%✗10%✗4%✗2%
22EgyptG✓>99%✗31%✗13%✗5%✗2%
23CroatiaL✓87%✗15%✗7%✗3%✗2%
24UruguayH✗51%✗13%✗6%✗3%✗1%
25IranG✗72%✗18%✗8%✗3%✗1%
26AlgeriaJ✓65%✗22%✗9%✗4%✗1%
27Ivory CoastE✓90%✗15%✗6%✗2%✗1%
28AustriaJ✓63%✗11%✗5%✗2%✗1%
29SwedenF✓89%✗14%✗5%✗2%✗1%
30TurkeyD✗39%✗8%✗4%✗1%✗1%
31South KoreaA✗37%✗8%✗3%✗1%✗1%
32DR CongoK✓29%✗8%✗3%✗1%✗<1%
33South AfricaA✓23%✗10%✗3%✗1%✗<1%
34Cape VerdeH✓63%✗8%✗3%✗1%✗<1%
35GhanaL✓>99%✗9%✗3%✗1%✗<1%
36New ZealandG✗22%✗3%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
37PanamaL✗29%✗4%✗2%✗1%✗<1%
38Bosnia and HerzegovinaB✓35%✗7%✗2%✗<1%✗<1%
39Saudi ArabiaH✗37%✗3%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
40JordanJ✗23%✗3%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
41Czech RepublicA✗14%✗2%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
42TunisiaF✗18%✗3%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
43QatarB✗37%✗3%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%
44HaitiC✗11%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%
45CuraçaoE✗22%✗1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%
46IraqI✗1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%
47ScotlandC✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%
48UzbekistanK✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%✗<1%

✓ reached / ✗missed marks a stage the results have settled; the % beside it is the model's odds from the last run while that stage was still uncertain (“was NN%”). Unsettled stages show the live odds.

Bars are scaled to the leader; the % is the model's absolute title odds. Columns read left-to-right the way the tournament flows: Group qualification, Quarter-final, Semi-final, Finalist, Champion, revealing as the screen widens. What these mean

Dark horses

beat the baseline

Unfancied sides (outside the pre-tournament top 12) beating their odds. How this is ranked

  • NorwayQuarter-finals▲ 90
  • SwitzerlandQuarter-finals▲ 70
  • MoroccoQuarter-finals▲ 69
  • EgyptRound of 16▲ 58
  • ParaguayRound of 16▲ 56

▲ = surprise index (0 to 100).

Overvalued

rank > result

Pre-tournament top 12 falling short. How this is ranked

  • NetherlandsFIFA #7 · Round of 32▼ 21%
  • PortugalFIFA #5 · Round of 16▼ 17%
  • GermanyFIFA #10 · Round of 32▼ 17%
  • BrazilFIFA #6 · Round of 16▼ 11%
  • JapanFIFA #18 · Round of 32▼ 11%
  • ▼ = FIFA-rank percentile minus achieved-outcome percentile.