claire's picks
Predicted champion
🏆 Brazil
Bracket
Round of 32
Germany South Korea
Senegal United States
Czech Republic Qatar
Sweden Morocco
Portugal Croatia
Uruguay Jordan
Paraguay France
Belgium Spain
Brazil Tunisia
Ecuador Norway
Mexico Japan
Ghana DR Congo
Argentina Saudi Arabia
Turkey New Zealand
Switzerland Algeria
Colombia England
Round of 16
South Korea Senegal
Qatar Sweden
Croatia Uruguay
Paraguay Spain
Brazil Ecuador
Mexico Ghana
Argentina New Zealand
Algeria Colombia
Quarter-finals
South Korea Sweden
Uruguay Spain
Brazil Mexico
Argentina Algeria
Semi-finals
Sweden Uruguay
Brazil Argentina
Final
Sweden Brazil
Profile
Style Maverick — backs the upsets 1/22 boldest · agrees with the crowd on 53% of group games
Their champion Brazil knocked out backed by 2 of 22
Boldest deep call Uruguay the last four — 1 of 22 agree
Goals Optimist — goals galore 3.6/game vs field 2.7
Prediction twin Kevin 53% in sync · 12 identical scorelines
Accuracy
Exact scores 5 spot-on group scorelines
Margins right 2 right winner & margin (2 pts each)
Results right 30/ 72 games called correctly
Points so far 84 banked to date
Ceiling 84 most they can still finish on
Still in
0 picks still in play
claire's predicted knockout teams, with how far they backed each. Struck-through are out of the tournament; dimmed picks are settled — the team has already gone as far as backed (or was only backed to qualify), so no more points can come from it.
- Spain Quarter-finalist
- Brazil Champion
- Sweden Finalist
- Argentina Semi-finalist
- Uruguay Semi-finalist
- Algeria Quarter-finalist
- Mexico Quarter-finalist
- South Korea Quarter-finalist
- Colombia Last 16
- Croatia Last 16
- Ecuador Last 16
- Ghana Last 16
- New Zealand Last 16
- Paraguay Last 16
- Qatar Last 16
- Senegal Last 16
- Belgium Qualified
- Czech Republic Qualified
- DR Congo Qualified
- England Qualified
- France Qualified
- Germany Qualified
- Japan Qualified
- Jordan Qualified
- Morocco Qualified
- Norway Qualified
- Portugal Qualified
- Saudi Arabia Qualified
- Switzerland Qualified
- Tunisia Qualified
- Turkey Qualified
- United States Qualified
Knockout points
42 pts from the knockouts
Teams claire correctly sent to each stage (points per team in brackets).
- Round of 16 3 pts each 18
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain
- Quarter-finals 6 pts each 12
Argentina, Spain
- Semi-finals 12 pts each 12
Argentina
- Final 20 pts each 0
none yet
- Champion 35 pts each 0
none yet
Perfect scores
5 spot-on scorelines
Group games claire called to the exact score.
- Canada 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil 3–0 Haiti
- Scotland 0–3 Brazil
- Egypt 1–1 Iran
- DR Congo 3–1 Uzbekistan
Correct margins
2 right margins
Group games claire called the winner and margin right (2 pts) — without the exact score. Shown as their pick → the actual result.
- Panama 2–3 → 0–1 Croatia
- Colombia 3–2 → 1–0 DR Congo
Group predictions
Group A
- Mexico 2–1 South Africa
- South Korea 1–2 Czech Republic
- Czech Republic 2–1 South Africa
- Mexico 2–3 South Korea
- Czech Republic 1–3 Mexico
- South Africa 1–1 South Korea
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Group B
- Canada 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Qatar 1–2 Switzerland
- Switzerland 2–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada 1–2 Qatar
- Switzerland 3–0 Canada
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Qatar
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
Group C
- Haiti 1–0 Scotland
- Brazil 3–1 Morocco
- Brazil 3–0 Haiti
- Scotland 0–2 Morocco
- Scotland 0–3 Brazil
- Morocco 2–1 Haiti
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
Group D
- United States 2–3 Paraguay
- Australia 1–2 Turkey
- Turkey 1–3 Paraguay
- United States 2–1 Australia
- Turkey 3–1 United States
- Paraguay 3–1 Australia
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
Group E
- Ivory Coast 1–3 Ecuador
- Germany 3–1 Curaçao
- Germany 3–0 Ivory Coast
- Ecuador 2–0 Curaçao
- Curaçao 1–1 Ivory Coast
- Ecuador 3–3 Germany
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Curaçao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
Group F
- Netherlands 2–3 Japan
- Sweden 3–2 Tunisia
- Netherlands 1–2 Sweden
- Tunisia 2–1 Japan
- Japan 2–3 Sweden
- Tunisia 1–1 Netherlands
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Group G
- Iran 1–1 New Zealand
- Belgium 3–2 Egypt
- Belgium 2–1 Iran
- New Zealand 2–1 Egypt
- Egypt 1–1 Iran
- New Zealand 1–2 Belgium
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Group H
- Saudi Arabia 3–3 Uruguay
- Spain 2–1 Cape Verde
- Uruguay 3–1 Cape Verde
- Spain 2–2 Saudi Arabia
- Cape Verde 2–3 Saudi Arabia
- Uruguay 3–3 Spain
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
Group I
- France 1–3 Senegal
- Iraq 2–2 Norway
- Norway 1–2 Senegal
- France 3–1 Iraq
- Norway 3–1 France
- Senegal 1–1 Iraq
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
Group J
- Argentina 4–0 Algeria
- Austria 1–3 Jordan
- Argentina 4–1 Austria
- Jordan 2–2 Algeria
- Algeria 2–1 Austria
- Jordan 1–4 Argentina
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
Group K
- Portugal 2–1 DR Congo
- Uzbekistan 0–4 Colombia
- Portugal 2–1 Uzbekistan
- Colombia 3–2 DR Congo
- Colombia 2–2 Portugal
- DR Congo 3–1 Uzbekistan
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
Group L
- Ghana 3–1 Panama
- England 1–1 Croatia
- England 2–1 Ghana
- Panama 2–3 Croatia
- Panama 3–1 England
- Croatia 2–3 Ghana
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |