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Predict the Knockout Bracket
A free prediction game for the 2026 international soccer tournament. Set how each group finishes, route the eight third-place qualifiers into their eligible slots, then pick winners from the Round of 32 to the Final. Every pairing follows the real, published bracket rules.
STEP 1 Set the group finishing order
Pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd for each group. (4th is eliminated.) These determine who lands in each Round-of-32 slot.
STEP 2 Route the 8 best third-place teams
Only 8 of the 12 third-place teams advance. Each slot below accepts a third-place team only from its eligible groups (the published bracket rule). Pick a different group for each — the 4 you leave out are the thirds that didn't qualify.
STEP 3 Advance the bracket
Click a team to send it through. Changing anything upstream automatically clears affected later picks.
Pick a champion to complete your bracket.
advancing pick
On the third-place routing: which specific group fills which slot is set by the published pre-tournament allocation table, keyed to which eight groups produce qualifying thirds. There are 495 possible combinations, all pre-defined before kickoff. This tool enforces the published per-slot group eligibility and lets you place any eligible-group third, so every arrangement it allows is a real, rule-legal possibility. The "auto-route" button picks one valid combination, not the official one for a given set of results.