Pool Stats

What the whole pool picked — anonymous counts only, revealed as each match kicks off.

Biggest shock · Final

57%

saw Spain 1–0 Argentina coming

Champion attrition · Final

35%

still have a live champion, down from 40%

Champion poll 🏆35% of the pool still have a live champion*

🇪🇸 Spain26 · 35%Alive

🇫🇷 France20 · 27%Out

🇧🇷 Brazil7 · 9%Out

🇵🇹 Portugal6 · 8%Out

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England5 · 7%Out

🇦🇷 Argentina4 · 5%Out

🇩🇪 Germany2 · 3%Out

🇺🇸 United States2 · 3%Out

🇧🇪 Belgium1 · 1%Out

🇲🇦 Morocco1 · 1%Out

🇳🇱 Netherlands1 · 1%Out

*teams not yet placed in the bracket count as alive until the Round of 32 fills in. This is the pre-knockout poll from the group stage — bragging rights only, zero points. Your scoring champion is whoever you advanced to win the Final in your knockout bracket.

Biggest shocksfewest got the result right

0%🇩🇪 Germany 1–1 Paraguay 🇵🇾Round of 32

0 of 71 called it · most picked 2–0

0%🇪🇸 Spain 0–0 Cape Verde 🇨🇻Group H

0 of 75 called it · most picked 3–0

5%🇺🇾 Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde 🇨🇻Group H

4 of 75 called it · most picked 2–0

5%🇪🇨 Ecuador 0–0 Curaçao 🇨🇼Group E

4 of 75 called it · most picked 2–0

5%🇵🇹 Portugal 1–1 DR Congo 🇨🇩Group K

4 of 75 called it · most picked 3–0

5%🇦🇺 Australia 2–0 Türkiye 🇹🇷Group D

4 of 75 called it · most picked 1–2

5%🇶🇦 Qatar 1–1 Switzerland 🇨🇭Group B

4 of 75 called it · most picked 0–2

7%🇪🇨 Ecuador 2–1 Germany 🇩🇪Group E

5 of 75 called it · most picked 1–2

Crowd accuracy

66%

the pool's majority pick was right in 69 of 104 decided matches

Hot picks 🔥where the pool doubled down

Group AMexico–South Africa ×38 · South Africa–Czechia ×11

Group BQatar–Switzerland ×35 · Bosnia & Herzegovina–Switzerland ×11

Group CBrazil–Haiti ×46 · Brazil–Morocco ×10

Group DUnited States–Australia ×23 · Australia–Türkiye ×18

Group EGermany–Curaçao ×45 · Côte d’Ivoire–Ecuador ×9

Group FNetherlands–Japan ×28 · Tunisia–Netherlands ×18

Group GNew Zealand–Belgium ×29 · Belgium–Iran ×21

Group HSpain–Cape Verde ×33 · Uruguay–Spain ×13

Group IFrance–Iraq ×33 · France–Senegal ×19

Group JJordan–Argentina ×24 · Argentina–Algeria ×20

Group KPortugal–DR Congo ×23 · Portugal–Uzbekistan ×19

Group LPanama–England ×23 · England–Croatia ×18