World Cup 2026 Bracket
Pick your way through the knockout rounds. Live win probabilities update with each matchup.
Shown in the print header for the office pool.
Group stage
Pick each group's top two finishers (advance automatically) and a third-place team (candidate for the wildcard slots).
Group A
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia
Group B
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
Group C
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti
- ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland
Group D
- ๐บ๐ธ United States
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
- ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye
Group E
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany
- ๐จ๐ผ Curaรงao
- ๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador
Group F
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia
Group G
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt
- ๐ฎ๐ท Iran
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
Group H
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain
- ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay
Group I
- ๐ซ๐ท France
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway
Group J
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan
Group K
- ๐ต๐น Portugal
- ๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia
Group L
- ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama
Best third-place wildcards
Eight third-place teams advance. Assign which group's third-place pick fills each Round-of-32 wildcard slot.
Pick third-place teams in Groups A, B, C, D, F first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups C, D, F, G, H first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups C, E, F, H, I first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups E, H, I, J, K first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups B, E, F, I, J first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups A, E, H, I, J first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups E, F, G, I, J first.
Pick third-place teams in Groups D, E, I, J, L first.
Knockout picks
Pick the winner of each knockout match. Each row unlocks once the upstream picks decide its two teams. The bracket diagram below updates live.
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place playoff
Final
Round of 32
R32-1
Runner-up of Group AvRunner-up of Group B
No pick yet
R32-2
Winner of Group EvThird place 3-A/B/C/D/F
No pick yet
R32-3
Winner of Group FvRunner-up of Group C
No pick yet
R32-4
Winner of Group CvRunner-up of Group F
No pick yet
R32-5
Winner of Group IvThird place 3-C/D/F/G/H
No pick yet
R32-6
Runner-up of Group EvRunner-up of Group I
No pick yet
R32-7
Winner of Group AvThird place 3-C/E/F/H/I
No pick yet
R32-8
Winner of Group LvThird place 3-E/H/I/J/K
No pick yet
R32-9
Winner of Group DvThird place 3-B/E/F/I/J
No pick yet
R32-10
Winner of Group GvThird place 3-A/E/H/I/J
No pick yet
R32-11
Runner-up of Group KvRunner-up of Group L
No pick yet
R32-12
Winner of Group HvRunner-up of Group J
No pick yet
R32-13
Winner of Group BvThird place 3-E/F/G/I/J
No pick yet
R32-14
Winner of Group JvRunner-up of Group H
No pick yet
R32-15
Winner of Group KvThird place 3-D/E/I/J/L
No pick yet
R32-16
Runner-up of Group DvRunner-up of Group G
No pick yet
Round of 16
R16-1
Winner of R32-2vWinner of R32-5
No pick yet
R16-2
Winner of R32-1vWinner of R32-3
No pick yet
R16-3
Winner of R32-4vWinner of R32-6
No pick yet
R16-4
Winner of R32-7vWinner of R32-8
No pick yet
R16-5
Winner of R32-11vWinner of R32-12
No pick yet
R16-6
Winner of R32-9vWinner of R32-10
No pick yet
R16-7
Winner of R32-14vWinner of R32-16
No pick yet
R16-8
Winner of R32-13vWinner of R32-15
No pick yet
Quarterfinals
QF-1
Winner of R16-1vWinner of R16-2
No pick yet
QF-2
Winner of R16-5vWinner of R16-6
No pick yet
QF-3
Winner of R16-3vWinner of R16-4
No pick yet
QF-4
Winner of R16-7vWinner of R16-8
No pick yet
Semifinals
SF-1
Winner of QF-1vWinner of QF-2
No pick yet
SF-2
Winner of QF-3vWinner of QF-4
No pick yet
Third-place playoff
THIRD
Loser of SF-1vLoser of SF-2
No pick yet
Final
FINAL
Winner of SF-1vWinner of SF-2
No pick yet
Group A
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ MEX
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSA
- ๐ฐ๐ท KOR
- ๐จ๐ฟ CZE
Group B
- ๐จ๐ฆ CAN
- ๐ง๐ฆ BIH
- ๐ถ๐ฆ QAT
- ๐จ๐ญ SUI
Group C
- ๐ง๐ท BRA
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ MAR
- ๐ญ๐น HAI
- ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ SCO
Group D
- ๐บ๐ธ USA
- ๐ต๐พ PAR
- ๐ฆ๐บ AUS
- ๐น๐ท TUR
Group E
- ๐ฉ๐ช GER
- ๐จ๐ผ CUW
- ๐จ๐ฎ CIV
- ๐ช๐จ ECU
Group F
- ๐ณ๐ฑ NED
- ๐ฏ๐ต JPN
- ๐ธ๐ช SWE
- ๐น๐ณ TUN
R32-1
2A
2B
R32-2
1E
3 ABCDF
R32-3
1F
2C
R32-4
1C
2F
R32-5
1I
3 CDFGH
R32-6
2E
2I
R32-7
1A
3 CEFHI
R32-8
1L
3 EHIJK
R16-1
โ R32-2
โ R32-5
R16-2
โ R32-1
โ R32-3
R16-3
โ R32-4
โ R32-6
R16-4
โ R32-7
โ R32-8
QF-1
โ R16-1
โ R16-2
QF-2
โ R16-5
โ R16-6
SF-1
โ QF-1
โ QF-2
World Champions
FINAL
โ SF-1
โ SF-2
Bronze Winner
THIRD
L SF-1
L SF-2
SF-2
โ QF-3
โ QF-4
QF-3
โ R16-3
โ R16-4
QF-4
โ R16-7
โ R16-8
R16-5
โ R32-11
โ R32-12
R16-6
โ R32-9
โ R32-10
R16-7
โ R32-14
โ R32-16
R16-8
โ R32-13
โ R32-15
R32-9
1D
3 BEFIJ
R32-10
1G
3 AEHIJ
R32-11
2K
2L
R32-12
1H
2J
R32-13
1B
3 EFGIJ
R32-14
1J
2H
R32-15
1K
3 DEIJL
R32-16
2D
2G
Group G
- ๐ง๐ช BEL
- ๐ช๐ฌ EGY
- ๐ฎ๐ท IRN
- ๐ณ๐ฟ NZL
Group H
- ๐ช๐ธ ESP
- ๐จ๐ป CPV
- ๐ธ๐ฆ KSA
- ๐บ๐พ URU
Group I
- ๐ซ๐ท FRA
- ๐ธ๐ณ SEN
- ๐ฎ๐ถ IRQ
- ๐ณ๐ด NOR
Group J
- ๐ฆ๐ท ARG
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ ALG
- ๐ฆ๐น AUT
- ๐ฏ๐ด JOR
Group K
- ๐ต๐น POR
- ๐จ๐ฉ COD
- ๐บ๐ฟ UZB
- ๐จ๐ด COL
Group L
- ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ENG
- ๐ญ๐ท CRO
- ๐ฌ๐ญ GHA
- ๐ต๐ฆ PAN