When you create a bracket you choose a prediction mode. Both cover the whole tournament and have the same maximum score (2,640 points) — they differ only in how you predict the group stage.
Rank each group's four teams 1st–4th. The fastest way to fill out a bracket.
Predict every group match (win, draw, or loss) — 72 in all. Your group standings are worked out from your results, and you score 10 points per correct outcome (720 max — the same group-stage cap as Quick Standings).
The two modes are scored separately: a bracket can only join groups and leaderboards of the same mode, so everyone competes on equal footing. Pick the mode your friends are using.
Match Tips is a relaxed, group-only way to play with no bracket to fill out. You make one pick per match as the tournament unfolds (win, draw, or loss), and your group leaderboard ranks everyone by correct calls first, then accuracy (your hit rate on the matches you called), then value (which rewards correctly calling the less likely, riskier results). There is also a global Top Predictors board across all match-tips players.
A group is created in one of three modes: Quick Standings, Match Predictor, or Match Tips. A bracket can only join a group of the same mode, and each mode has its own leaderboard, so pick the mode your friends are using.
Second Chance is a fresh, knockout-only bracket for the back half of the tournament. There is no group stage to fill out: you predict every match from the Round of 32 through the final, playing against a projected Round of 32 that firms up as the groups finish. Even if your main bracket is busted, you get a clean run at a separate leaderboard.
It opens after the group stage and has a single lock at the first Round of 32 kickoff on June 28, 2026. Your picks are scored team by team across the knockout rounds (up to 1,840 points) on their own Second Chance leaderboard, separate from the full-bracket modes.
How the group stage scores depends on your bracket’s mode, and both modes cap at 720 points. A group’s points are awarded once all of its matches finish, so a bracket can show 0 early in the group stage without anything being wrong.
Maximum per group: 60 points (20+10+10+20 bonus) | Maximum total: 720 points
72 group matches × 10 pts | Maximum total: 720 points. A team's finishing position earns no points on its own, and there is no perfect order bonus.
Select the 8 third-place teams you predict will advance to the knockout stage.
Maximum: 80 points (8 × 10 pts)
Fill out the knockout bracket by picking each match winner. Scoring follows how far a team advances: you earn a round's points whenever a team you picked reaches (wins in) that round, regardless of the exact matchup, opponent, or how it got there. So a team you sent to the quarter-finals still scores if it gets there, even if its group finish or path differed from your bracket. Points increase as the tournament progresses.
Maximum knockout points: 480+400+320+240+400 = 1,840 points
Group Stage (720) + Best Third (80) + Knockout & Champion (1,840)
Start by creating a prediction bracket from your dashboard. Give it a name to identify it.
For each of the 12 groups, predict how teams will finish. Tap teams in order — 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th — to set your predicted standings.
Choose which 8 of the 12 third-place teams will advance to the knockout stage. These are automatically assigned to Round of 32 slots based on their group.
Based on your group predictions, select winners for each knockout match from Round of 32 to the Final. Tap a team to advance them.
Compete with friends by joining groups. Share the invite code to add others.
All predictions must be submitted before the first match of the tournament begins (June 11, 2026). After the tournament starts, your bracket is locked and cannot be changed.
Yes! You can edit your predictions as many times as you like before the tournament starts. Just go to your bracket and make changes. They save automatically.
WC Predictor is free to use. You can create as many brackets and groups as you need; no paid upgrade is needed.
Groups let you compete with friends, family, or coworkers. Create a group and share the invite code, or join an existing group. Each group has its own leaderboard showing member rankings.
Scores are updated after each match is completed. Group stage standings scores are calculated once all group matches are finished. Leaderboards refresh automatically.
Knockout points follow the team and round, not the exact opponent or bracket slot. If you pick a team to win in a round and that team wins anywhere in that same round, you get that round’s points. Group-stage placement points are scored separately, so missing a team’s group position does not automatically wipe out their later knockout points.
If users have the same total score, they share the same rank. In the future, we may add tiebreakers based on correct champion picks or correct final predictions.
Match Tips is a casual, group-only mode with no bracket. You make one pick per match as the tournament unfolds (win, draw, or loss), and a group leaderboard ranks everyone by correct calls first, then accuracy, then value (which rewards correctly calling the less likely results). There is also a global Top Predictors board. Groups choose one of three modes (Quick Standings, Match Predictor, or Match Tips), and a bracket can only join a group of the same mode.
Second Chance is a knockout-only bracket. You skip the group stage and predict every match from the Round of 32 through the final against a projected Round of 32. It opens after the group stage and locks at the first Round of 32 kickoff on June 28, 2026. Your picks are scored team by team across the knockout rounds (up to 1,840 points) on their own Second Chance leaderboard, separate from the full-bracket modes.
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