WC26 Analytics

Tournament Forecast

5000 Monte-Carlo simulations of the whole tournament (Dixon-Coles). It conditions on games already played, so the odds update after every result — eliminated teams fall to 0, qualified teams firm up.

Who wins each group?

Title race

#TeamWin groupAdvance R16QFSF FinalChampion
1 Argentina 70% 98% 70% 57% 44% 30% 19%
2 Spain 76% 99% 73% 53% 41% 28% 18%
3 Brazil 62% 99% 69% 50% 32% 18% 10%
4 England 66% 98% 71% 49% 30% 17% 9%
5 France 54% 94% 69% 46% 29% 15% 8%
6 Portugal 50% 93% 68% 42% 24% 13% 6%
7 Colombia 42% 91% 63% 37% 20% 10% 5%
8 Belgium 62% 95% 65% 39% 16% 8% 4%
9 Germany 55% 98% 69% 36% 20% 8% 3%
10 Morocco 29% 94% 54% 33% 17% 8% 3%
11 Netherlands 48% 90% 48% 32% 16% 7% 3%
12 Ecuador 31% 93% 58% 27% 12% 5% 2%
13 Switzerland 64% 96% 63% 27% 10% 4% 1%
14 Uruguay 22% 90% 36% 20% 9% 4% 1%
15 Croatia 30% 91% 46% 22% 9% 4% 1%
16 Japan 33% 83% 40% 22% 10% 4% 1%
17 Norway 26% 83% 45% 22% 9% 3% 1%
18 Mexico 38% 83% 45% 16% 6% 2% 0%
19 Senegal 17% 74% 37% 15% 5% 2% 0%
20 Turkey 32% 76% 39% 14% 4% 1% 0%
21 Australia 26% 71% 34% 12% 4% 1% 0%
22 Austria 16% 79% 29% 13% 4% 1% 0%
23 Algeria 13% 76% 26% 11% 3% 1% 0%
24 Canada 26% 85% 43% 13% 4% 1% 0%
25 Iran 22% 80% 40% 13% 3% 1% 0%
26 Paraguay 22% 68% 31% 10% 3% 1% 0%
27 Scotland 8% 71% 23% 9% 3% 1% 0%
28 Côte d'Ivoire 14% 81% 32% 9% 2% 0% 0%
29 Korea Republic 26% 73% 31% 8% 2% 0% 0%
30 USA 20% 60% 23% 5% 1% 0% 0%
31 Sweden 12% 55% 17% 6% 2% 0% 0%
32 Czechia 28% 75% 30% 8% 2% 0% 0%
33 Egypt 14% 70% 28% 8% 2% 0% 0%
34 DR Congo 4% 39% 10% 3% 1% 0% 0%
35 Tunisia 7% 41% 11% 3% 1% 0% 0%
36 Iraq 2% 20% 4% 1% 0% 0% 0%
37 Uzbekistan 4% 37% 10% 3% 1% 0% 0%
38 South Africa 8% 42% 10% 1% 0% 0% 0%
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8% 56% 14% 2% 0% 0% 0%
40 Qatar 3% 26% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
41 Haiti 0% 9% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
42 Curaçao 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
43 New Zealand 2% 20% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
44 Cape Verde 1% 27% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0%
45 Saudi Arabia 2% 32% 4% 1% 0% 0% 0%
46 Jordan 1% 17% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0%
47 Ghana 2% 38% 5% 1% 0% 0% 0%
48 Panama 2% 30% 4% 1% 0% 0% 0%

Probabilities from sampled scorelines; group ties broken by points → goal difference → goals → Elo (a fast approximation of the full 2026 tiebreakers). Refreshed as new results come in.