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The Almanac runs thousands of simulated tournaments to project all 48 teams, updated as results come in.

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Chances to reach the Round of 32

Each team's probability of advancing from its group, by the model.

Group A

  • Mexico
  • South Africa
  • CzechiaOut
  • South KoreaOut

Group B

  • Switzerland
  • Canada
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • QatarOut

Group C

  • Brazil
  • Morocco
  • HaitiOut
  • ScotlandOut

Group D

  • United States
  • Paraguay
  • Australia
  • TurkeyOut

Group E

  • Germany
  • Ecuador
  • Ivory Coast
  • CuraçaoOut

Group F

  • Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Sweden
  • TunisiaOut

Group G

  • Belgium
  • Egypt
  • IranOut
  • New ZealandOut

Group H

  • Spain
  • Cape Verde
  • Saudi ArabiaOut
  • UruguayOut

Group I

  • France
  • Norway
  • Senegal
  • IraqOut

Group J

  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • Algeria
  • JordanOut

Group K

  • Colombia
  • Portugal
  • DR Congo
  • UzbekistanOut

Group L

  • England
  • Croatia
  • Ghana
  • PanamaOut

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Team-by-team forecast

How far each team is projected to go, from the group stage through the final.

TeamGroup stageKnockout
Make R321st2nd3rd & in3rd & out4thR16QFSFFinalWin
Group A
Mexico100%100%----65%27%13%4%1%
South Africa100%-100%---33%5%1%<1%<1%
Czechia-----100%-----
South Korea----100%------
Group B
Switzerland100%100%----67%30%8%3%1%
Canada100%-100%---67%19%5%1%<1%
Bosnia-Herzegovina100%--100%--23%4%<1%<1%<1%
Qatar-----100%-----
Group C
Brazil100%100%----63%39%18%7%3%
Morocco100%-100%---48%36%17%6%2%
Haiti-----100%-----
Scotland----100%------
Group D
United States100%100%----77%32%6%2%<1%
Paraguay100%--100%--40%12%5%1%<1%
Australia100%-100%---55%9%3%1%<1%
Turkey-----100%-----
Group E
Germany100%100%----60%23%12%4%1%
Ecuador100%--100%--35%11%5%1%<1%
Ivory Coast100%-100%---30%9%2%<1%<1%
Curaçao-----100%-----
Group F
Netherlands100%100%----52%40%19%7%2%
Japan100%-100%---37%19%6%2%1%
Sweden100%--100%--15%5%2%<1%<1%
Tunisia-----100%-----
Group G
Belgium100%100%----66%46%14%6%2%
Egypt100%-100%---45%6%2%<1%<1%
Iran----100%------
New Zealand-----100%-----
Group H
Spain100%100%----89%71%60%46%29%
Cape Verde100%-100%---4%1%<1%<1%<1%
Saudi Arabia-----100%-----
Uruguay----100%------
Group I
France100%100%----85%60%40%18%9%
Norway100%-100%---70%34%13%4%2%
Senegal100%--100%--34%18%3%1%<1%
Iraq-----100%-----
Group J
Argentina100%100%----96%84%64%45%28%
Austria100%-100%---11%4%2%1%<1%
Algeria100%--100%--33%10%2%<1%<1%
Jordan-----100%-----
Group K
Colombia100%100%----89%57%20%10%4%
Portugal100%-100%---63%18%11%6%2%
DR Congo100%--100%--12%3%1%<1%<1%
Uzbekistan-----100%-----
Group L
England100%100%----88%59%41%21%11%
Croatia100%-100%---37%7%3%1%<1%
Ghana100%--100%--11%2%<1%<1%-
Panama-----100%-----

Third-place race

Eight of the twelve third-place teams advance. Each bar is the chance a third from that group makes it, led by its likeliest qualifier.

Group BBosnia-Herzegovina100%
Group DParaguay100%
Group EEcuador100%
Group FSweden100%
Group ISenegal100%
Group JAlgeria100%
Group KDR Congo100%
Group LGhana100%
Group A-
Group C-
Group G-
Group H-

Groups are ordered by their chance of sending a third-place team through.

Elo ratings movement

How each team's Elo rating has shifted since the group stage locked on June 11.

Risers

  • Australia+54
  • United States+51
  • Sweden+51
  • Ghana+47
  • Ivory Coast+46

Fallers

  • Turkey-54
  • Paraguay-51
  • Tunisia-51
  • Panama-47
  • Ecuador-46
  • #TeamEloChange
  • 1Argentina12206+15
  • 2Spain12189-28
  • 3France2144+21
  • 4England2118+30
  • 5Colombia12080+17
  • 6Brazil12065-7
  • 7Portugal2024-20
  • 8Germany22015+13
  • 9Netherlands2007-2
  • 10Morocco21991+7
  • 11Norway41991+22
  • 12Japan11987+2
  • 13Mexico1987+8
  • 14Ecuador61980-46
  • 15Uruguay11954-20
  • 16Australia81951+54
  • 17Belgium11943-12
  • 18Croatia11937-30
  • 19Switzerland1930-24
  • 20Austria51919+31
  • 21Turkey51913-54
  • 22South Korea51902+23
  • 23Senegal21893-21
  • 24Iran21885-13
  • #TeamEloChange
  • 25United States51877+51
  • 26Canada31875-23
  • 27Algeria11868-15
  • 28Paraguay81865-51
  • 29Scotland1861+19
  • 30Ivory Coast11861+46
  • 31Egypt11825+12
  • 32Sweden41819+51
  • 33Panama51807-47
  • 34Uzbekistan11796-17
  • 35DR Congo21783+20
  • 36Czechia21777-23
  • 37New Zealand11749+13
  • 38Jordan31743-31
  • 39Iraq1714-22
  • 40Saudi Arabia21712+20
  • 41Haiti1689-19
  • 42Tunisia21683-51
  • 43Cape Verde11680+28
  • 44Ghana21673+47
  • 45Bosnia-Herzegovina1672+23
  • 46South Africa31656-8
  • 47Curaçao1604-13
  • 48Qatar1588+24

Elo is The Almanac's own rating, computed from a free public-domain results corpus (CC0). It is one input to the model, not a betting line.

Projections from simulated tournaments using my own Elo ratings and a Dixon-Coles scoreline model, conditioned on the completed results.

Powered by GAFFER (Goal-Adjusted Forecasting From Elo Ratings).

Model projection, not betting odds. · updated Sun, Jul 19