Bracket Simulator

Pick your 2026 Champion

Step 1 — arrange the finishing order of each group. Step 2 — click the winner of every knockout match through to the Final. Your picks are saved on this device.

Live bracket

1. Arrange group finishers

Top 2 advance · best 8 of 12 third-place teams advance

Group A

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  • 1stMexico
  • 2ndKorea Republic
  • 3rdCzechia
  • 4thSouth Africa

Group B

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  • 1stCanada
  • 2ndSwitzerland
  • 3rdBosnia and Herzegovina
  • 4thQatar

Group C

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  • 1stBrazil
  • 2ndMorocco
  • 3rdScotland
  • 4thHaiti

Group D

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  • 1stUSA
  • 2ndAustralia
  • 3rdParaguay
  • 4thTürkiye

Group E

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  • 1stGermany
  • 2ndCôte d'Ivoire
  • 3rdEcuador
  • 4thCuraçao

Group F

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  • 1stNetherlands
  • 2ndSweden
  • 3rdJapan
  • 4thTunisia

Group G

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  • 1stIR Iran
  • 2ndNew Zealand
  • 3rdBelgium
  • 4thEgypt

Group H

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  • 1stSaudi Arabia
  • 2ndUruguay
  • 3rdCabo Verde
  • 4thSpain

Group I

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  • 1stNorway
  • 2ndFrance
  • 3rdSenegal
  • 4thIraq

Group J

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  • 1stArgentina
  • 2ndAustria
  • 3rdJordan
  • 4thAlgeria

Group K

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  • 1stColombia
  • 2ndCongo DR
  • 3rdPortugal
  • 4thUzbekistan

Group L

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  • 1stEngland
  • 2ndGhana
  • 3rdPanama
  • 4thCroatia

Qualified 3rd-place teams (8)

  • Scotland(C)
  • Paraguay(D)
  • Japan(F)
  • Belgium(G)
  • Portugal(K)
  • Cabo Verde(H)
  • Czechia(A)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina(B)

Eliminated 3rd-place teams (4)

  • Ecuador(E)
  • Panama(L)
  • Jordan(J)
  • Senegal(I)

2. Pick the winners

Click a team to advance them · changing a pick clears later rounds

Round of 32

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M77
M73
M75
M83
M84
M81
M82

Round of 16

M89
TBDW74
TBDW77
M90
TBDW73
TBDW75
M93
TBDW83
TBDW84
M94
TBDW81
TBDW82

Quarter-finals

M97
TBDW89
TBDW90
M98
TBDW93
TBDW94

Semi-finals

M101
TBDW97
TBDW98

Final

M104
TBDW101
TBDW102

Play-off for third place

M103
TBDL101
TBDL102

Semi-finals

M102
TBDW99
TBDW100

Quarter-finals

M99
TBDW91
TBDW92
M100
TBDW95
TBDW96

Round of 16

M91
TBDW76
TBDW78
M92
TBDW79
TBDW80
M95
TBDW86
TBDW88
M96
TBDW85
TBDW87

Round of 32

M76
M78
M79
M80
M86
M88
M85
M87
TBD3rd (D/E/I/J/L)

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