USA · Canada · Mexico

The 2026
World Cup Bracket Challenge

Predict all 72 group matches, rank the 32 knockout teams by how far they'll go, and crown your champion. Bold underdog calls are worth the most.

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Player name Entry name (label this bracket — e.g. "Alex 1". You can submit more than one.) Email address

How scoring works ▾

Group match — favorite wins	8
Group match — underdog wins (spread 1 / 2 / 3)	14 / 20 / 26
Group match — correct draw (spread 1 / 2 / 3)	10 / 14 / 18
Group match — picked draw, underdog wins	4
Knockout team reaches the round of 32 (each)	5
Knockout team wins a round × its rank value (50 down to 1)	per round
Correct Champion / Runner-Up	40 / 20
Golden Boot / Golden Ball	10 / 10

Knockout Round Rankings

Please complete ALL your group-stage picks first. We strongly recommend finishing every group match above before ranking the knockout teams here. As you make group picks, this list automatically reorders to put your projected group winners near the top and your projected last-place teams at the bottom — so you start from a sensible order with less scrolling. Once you start dragging or moving teams yourself, the auto-ordering stops so it never disturbs your arrangement. You can re-apply the projected order any time with the button below.

Drag the 48 teams into the order you expect them to finish. The top 32 are your knockout picks — higher slots are worth more points per round that team wins. Teams ranked 33 and below are greyed out as not advancing.

How it scores: each top-32 team earns its slot value for every knockout round it wins — Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarters, Semis, Final — plus a flat 5-pt bonus for reaching the knockouts.

Two rules, checked live: at most 3 teams from any one group inside the top 32, and no team you knocked out with your own group picks (your projected 4th-place finishers). Drag those below the line.

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Bonus Picks

Champion +40

Runner-Up +20

Golden Boot — top scorer +10

Enter the player's full name (first and last), to keep scoring consistent.

Golden Ball — tournament MVP +10

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The 2026 World Cup Bracket Challenge

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Knockout Round Rankings

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