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
  • 2ndSouth Korea
  • 3rdSouth Africa
  • 4thCzech Republic

Group B

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  • 1stSwitzerland
  • 2ndCanada
  • 3rdQatar
  • 4thBosnia and Herzegovina

Group C

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

Group D

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  • 1stUSA
  • 2ndParaguay
  • 3rdAustralia
  • 4thTurkey

Group E

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  • 1stGermany
  • 2ndEcuador
  • 3rdIvory Coast
  • 4thCuraçao

Group F

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  • 1stNetherlands
  • 2ndJapan
  • 3rdSweden
  • 4thTunisia

Group G

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  • 1stBelgium
  • 2ndIran
  • 3rdEgypt
  • 4thNew Zealand

Group H

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  • 1stSpain
  • 2ndUruguay
  • 3rdSaudi Arabia
  • 4thCape Verde

Group I

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  • 1stFrance
  • 2ndSenegal
  • 3rdNorway
  • 4thIraq

Group J

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  • 1stArgentina
  • 2ndAustria
  • 3rdAlgeria
  • 4thJordan

Group K

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  • 1stPortugal
  • 2ndColombia
  • 3rdUzbekistan
  • 4thDR Congo

Group L

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  • 1stEngland
  • 2ndCroatia
  • 3rdGhana
  • 4thPanama

Qualified 3rd-place teams (8)

  • South Africa(A)
  • Australia(D)
  • Egypt(G)
  • Ghana(L)
  • Qatar(B)
  • Sweden(F)
  • Norway(I)
  • Algeria(J)

Eliminated 3rd-place teams (4)

  • Ivory Coast(E)
  • Saudi Arabia(H)
  • Scotland(C)
  • Uzbekistan(K)

2. Pick the winners

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

Round of 32

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Round of 16

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TBDW77
M90
TBDW73
TBDW75
M93
TBDW83
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M94
TBDW81
TBDW82

Quarter-finals

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TBDW89
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M98
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Semi-finals

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Final

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TBDW101
TBDW102

Play-off for third place

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Semi-finals

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TBDW99
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Quarter-finals

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M100
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Round of 16

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M92
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Round of 32

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