World Cup Bracket Predictor 2026
Pick your group stage qualifiers, choose the 8 best third-place wild cards, then click through the full knockout bracket to your predicted champion.
Step 1 โ Pick Group Stage Qualifiers
For each group, assign 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers. Top 2 qualify automatically; 3rd place enters the wild card round.
Tip: click the 1, 2, 3 buttons next to each team to rank them.
How to use the Bracket Predictor
Predict the entire FIFA World Cup 2026 in three steps โ from group stage all the way to the Final.
Pick group stage qualifiers
For each of the 12 groups (AโL), click the teams you think will finish 1st and 2nd. The top 2 from every group advance automatically. The best 8 third-placed teams also qualify โ these are filled in automatically based on your picks.
Confirm your Round of 32
Once all 12 groups are set, the Round of 32 matchups auto-populate based on standard FIFA seeding rules. Click the winner of each match to advance them. All 16 winners move into the Round of 16.
Predict through to the Final
Click winners through the Round of 16, Quarter-Finals, and Semi-Finals. Your predicted champion is shown at the top as you go. Use Reset to start over or Share to copy your bracket predictions.
๐ How the 2026 World Cup works
- 48 teams โ the largest World Cup ever
- 12 groups of 4 teams each
- Top 2 per group (24 teams) advance automatically
- Best 8 third-place teams also advance
- Round of 32 โ R16 โ QF โ SF โ Final
- Hosts: USA ๐บ๐ธ Canada ๐จ๐ฆ Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
๐ Key dates
- Jun 12 โ Group stage begins
- Jun 27 โ Group stage ends
- Jul 1โ4 โ Round of 32
- Jul 7โ10 โ Round of 16
- Jul 13โ14 โ Quarter-Finals
- Jul 17โ18 โ Semi-Finals
- Jul 22 โ ๐ Final
