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How it works

Everything you need to know about making predictions and earning points.

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Making predictions

Group Stage

1

Predict the score of all 72 group stage matches across 12 groups — every team plays three matches in their group.

2

Scores auto-save as you type. You can change them as many times as you want before the deadline.

3

Group standings are calculated live from your predictions so you can see which teams advance and prepare your knockout bracket.

Knockout Bracket

1

Pick which teams advance through every round: Round of 32 → Round of 16 → Quarter-finals → Semi-finals → Final.

2

Third-placed teams are seeded into the Round of 32 automatically using FIFA's rules based on your group predictions — you don't place them manually.

3

Earlier picks cascade forward. A team can only appear in a later round if you advanced them through the earlier one.

Awards

1

Pick the Golden Boot winner — the tournament's top scorer — and predict their exact goal count.

2

Pick the Golden Ball (best player), Golden Glove (best goalkeeper), and Best Young Player.

Deadline — All predictions lock on Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 21:00 Helsinki time. After that, no more changes and everyone in your leagues can see each other's picks.

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How scoring works

Group Stage — per match

Exact score
6 pts
Correct result (correct winner or draw) + correct goal difference
e.g. you predicted 2–0, actual was 3–1
5 pts
Correct result (correct winner or draw), wrong goal difference
e.g. you predicted 2–0, actual was 2–1
3 pts
Wrong result
0 pts
Score bonus+1 pt

You earn a +1 bonus on any match where you correctly predicted at least one team's exact goal count — even when that count is zero. The cap per match is still 6 points (no bonus on exact scores).

Example: you predicted 1–0 and the match ended 0–0. You got the away team's goal count (0) exactly right, so you earn 0 + 1 = 1 point.

Example: you predicted 2–1 and the match ended 3–1. You got the outcome right (3 pts) and the away count exactly right (1 = 1), so you earn 3 + 1 = 4 points.

Knockout — per team

Knockout points stack. For each team in your bracket, you earn points for every round they correctly advance to — not just the furthest round.

Team advances to R32
Cumulative so far: 6 pts
+6 pts
Team advances to R16
Cumulative so far: 14 pts
+8 pts
Team advances to QF
Cumulative so far: 24 pts
+10 pts
Team advances to SF
Cumulative so far: 39 pts
+15 pts
Team advances to Final
Cumulative so far: 59 pts
+20 pts

Example: you predict Portugal to reach the QF. Portugal reaches the QF and loses there. You earn 6 + 8 + 10 = 24 points for Portugal.

Example: you predict Argentina to win the World Cup. Argentina wins. You earn 6 + 8 + 10 + 15 + 20 = 59 pointsacross Argentina's bracket path, plus a separate top-4 bonus for predicting Argentina as champion (see below).

Example: you predict Brazil to make the Round of 16. Brazil reaches the Semi-finals, but you only placed Brazil in your R16 slot — not in your QF, SF, or Final slots. You earn 6 + 8 = 14 points for Brazil.

Top-4 placement bonus+25 pts each

You also predict the final standings of the top 4 teams: World Cup winner (1st), runner-up (2nd), third place, and fourth place. For each position you predict exactly right, you earn +25 bonus points. Maximum 100 bonus points if you nail all four positions.

The position must be exact. If you predict a team to finish 4th and they finish 3rd, that does not count.

Example: you predicted Argentina 1st, Brazil 2nd, France 3rd, Spain 4th. Actual finish: Argentina 1st, France 2nd, Brazil 3rd, Spain 4th. You earn +25 for Argentina (correct 1st) and +25 for Spain (correct 4th). Nothing for Brazil (predicted 2nd, finished 3rd) or France (predicted 3rd, finished 2nd). Total: +50 bonus points.

Awards

Golden Boot — player name
20 pts
Golden Boot — goal tally
Exact number required, scored separately from the player name
10 pts
Golden Ball
20 pts
Golden Glove
20 pts
Best Young Player
15 pts
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Leagues

1

Go to the Leagues page and create a league — just pick a name.

2

Share the invite code with your friends.

3

They enter the code on the Leagues page to join.

4

After the prediction deadline passes, browse everyone's picks side-by-side in your league.

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The league leaderboard ranks all members by total points, updated in real time as matches are played.

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Tiebreakers

When two players have the same total points, the leaderboard uses this sequence to separate them. The first criterion that differs decides it.

1. Correct champion
wins
2. Correct runner-up
wins
3. Correct third place
wins
4. Correct Golden Boot player
wins
5. Higher group stage points total
wins
6. More correct Round of 32 picks
wins

Tiebreakers are calculated automatically. Players still equal after all six criteria share the same rank.

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