World Cup 2026 forecast

Pre-tournament Elo ratings feed a Poisson goal model. Monte Carlo simulation plays all 12 groups, FIFA’s best-third-place allocation, and the full knockout bracket.

Last updated 54 of 72 group matches completeESPN public scoreboard · model 2026.1-calibrated
#TeamGroup
1ArgentinaJ
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
91%
75%
54%
37%
24%
2SpainH
100%
85%
11%
4.8%
78%
53%
42%
29%
18%
3FranceI
100%
79%
21%
<0.1%
83%
52%
36%
20%
11%
4BrazilC
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
63%
43%
28%
14%
7.4%
5EnglandL
100%
74%
26%
0.2%
73%
46%
26%
12%
5.9%
6ColombiaK
100%
64%
36%
<0.1%
77%
47%
22%
12%
5.8%
7PortugalK
100%
36%
64%
0.2%
74%
40%
22%
12%
5.4%
8GermanyE
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
77%
39%
24%
11%
4.8%
9NetherlandsF
100%
63%
36%
0.2%
52%
37%
19%
9.0%
3.8%
10JapanF
100%
32%
51%
17%
45%
28%
14%
6.1%
2.6%
11BelgiumG
88%
24%
52%
12%
58%
24%
10%
4.5%
1.7%
12MoroccoC
100%
<0.1%
100%
<0.1%
45%
31%
13%
5.2%
1.7%
13USAD
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
84%
47%
14%
5.1%
1.5%
14MexicoA
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
67%
31%
12%
4.2%
1.5%
15NorwayI
100%
21%
79%
<0.1%
69%
25%
11%
3.6%
1.0%
16SwitzerlandB
100%
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
61%
25%
7.3%
2.7%
1.0%
17CroatiaL
98%
20%
49%
29%
42%
18%
7.0%
2.4%
0.8%
18CanadaB
100%
<0.1%
100%
<0.1%
76%
26%
7.1%
2.3%
0.6%
19AustriaJ
96%
<0.1%
66%
30%
29%
10%
4.0%
1.2%
0.4%
20Korea RepublicA
94%
<0.1%
<0.1%
94%
43%
20%
4.5%
1.2%
0.3%
21IR IranG
74%
30%
21%
23%
37%
14%
4.3%
1.2%
0.3%
22UruguayH
38%
14%
6.7%
17%
16%
6.6%
2.6%
0.8%
0.2%
23AlgeriaJ
80%
<0.1%
34%
46%
25%
8.7%
2.7%
0.7%
0.2%
24AustraliaD
97%
<0.1%
70%
26%
40%
7.5%
2.4%
0.7%
0.2%
25EcuadorE
25%
<0.1%
3.3%
22%
11%
4.4%
1.5%
0.4%
0.1%
26SwedenF
92%
4.2%
13%
75%
16%
4.4%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
27EgyptG
100%
45%
22%
33%
36%
10%
1.8%
0.3%
0.1%
28SenegalI
50%
<0.1%
<0.1%
50%
16%
6.3%
1.7%
0.4%
0.1%
29Côte d'IvoireE
95%
<0.1%
86%
8.8%
27%
5.5%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
30ParaguayD
75%
<0.1%
30%
46%
20%
3.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
31UzbekistanK
4.0%
<0.1%
<0.1%
4.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
32South AfricaA
100%
<0.1%
100%
<0.1%
24%
2.9%
0.4%
0.0%
<0.1%
33Bosnia and HerzegovinaB
100%
<0.1%
<0.1%
100%
16%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
<0.1%
34ScotlandC
37%
<0.1%
<0.1%
37%
9.3%
2.3%
0.4%
0.0%
<0.1%
35CuraçaoE
14%
<0.1%
11%
3.3%
1.0%
0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
36New ZealandG
12%
<0.1%
6.2%
5.8%
2.1%
0.3%
0.0%
<0.1%
<0.1%
37Cabo VerdeH
58%
1.7%
47%
9.2%
2.6%
0.3%
0.0%
<0.1%
<0.1%
38Saudi ArabiaH
42%
<0.1%
36%
6.4%
2.6%
0.5%
0.0%
<0.1%
<0.1%
39IraqI
2.9%
<0.1%
<0.1%
2.9%
0.4%
0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
40Congo DRK
28%
<0.1%
0.2%
28%
3.7%
0.9%
0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
41GhanaL
100%
5.5%
25%
69%
8.4%
1.1%
0.1%
<0.1%
<0.1%
42CzechiaEliminatedA
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
43HaitiEliminatedC
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
44JordanEliminatedJ
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
45PanamaEliminatedL
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
46QatarEliminatedB
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
47TunisiaEliminatedF
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
48TürkiyeEliminatedD
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Probabilities are estimated from repeated simulated tournaments. Group ties use FIFA 2026’s head-to-head-first criteria; best-third comparisons use overall records.Sorted by Champion probability.

Standings by group

Group A

#TeamPGDPts
1Mexico3+69
2South Africa3-14
3Korea Republic3-13
4Czechia3-41

Group B

#TeamPGDPts
1Switzerland3+47
2Canada3+54
3Bosnia and Herzegovina3-14
4Qatar3-81

Group C

#TeamPGDPts
1Brazil3+67
2Morocco3+37
3Scotland3-33
4Haiti3-60

Group D

#TeamPGDPts
1USA2+56
2Australia203
3Paraguay2-23
4Türkiye2-30

Group E

#TeamPGDPts
1Germany2+76
2Côte d'Ivoire203
3Ecuador2-11
4Curaçao2-61

Group F

#TeamPGDPts
1Netherlands2+44
2Japan2+44
3Sweden203
4Tunisia2-80

Group G

#TeamPGDPts
1Egypt2+24
2IR Iran202
3Belgium202
4New Zealand2-21

Group H

#TeamPGDPts
1Spain2+44
2Uruguay202
3Cabo Verde202
4Saudi Arabia2-41

Group I

#TeamPGDPts
1France2+56
2Norway2+46
3Senegal2-30
4Iraq2-60

Group J

#TeamPGDPts
1Argentina2+56
2Austria203
3Algeria2-23
4Jordan2-30

Group K

#TeamPGDPts
1Colombia2+36
2Portugal2+54
3Congo DR2-11
4Uzbekistan2-70

Group L

#TeamPGDPts
1England2+24
2Ghana2+14
3Croatia2-13
4Panama2-20

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