World Cup 2026 Predictions: The ultimate guide to winning your league (and humiliating your friends)

You have 8 weeks to prove you know more about football than anyone else. The 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico is the best opportunity of the year to set up a prediction league with your friends. Here are all the tools you need to win.

The 2026 World Cup kicks off on 11 June. 48 teams, 104 matches, eight weeks of pure footballing adrenaline. And there are two ways to experience it: from the sofa, passively, or as an active participant with something at stake every single day. We recommend the second option.

Why the 2026 World Cup is different from all previous ones

For the first time in history, the World Cup has 48 teams instead of 32. That means three things for prediction fans: more matches to predict, more potential upsets, and a group stage packed with high-voltage games where any team can beat any other.

• 48 participating teams — the biggest format in history
• 104 matches in total, nearly double the classic 32-team format
• 3 co-host nations: USA, Canada and Mexico
• Final: 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium, New York

The real favourites for the 2026 World Cup

Goldman Sachs, the investment bank behind the world's most sophisticated prediction models, has calculated the probability for every team. The result is surprising: Spain are the clear favourites, with an 18.5% chance of winning the title. France sit second in the rankings, followed by Brazil and England. Argentina — the reigning champions — don't appear until fifth.

The 5 predictions you can make for your league

In a World Cup prediction league, the key questions you can predict are: Who will win each group? Who will reach the semi-finals? Who will qualify for the final? And the golden question: who will win the title? Every correct pick earns points. Whoever accumulates the most points by the end of the tournament wins the prediction league.

How to create your World Cup league on QuiniPrats

QuiniPrats is the sports prediction platform built for Catalan- and Spanish-speaking football fans. In under 5 minutes you can create a private league, invite your friends and launch the first round of predictions. The system tracks results automatically and generates a real-time leaderboard.

• Create a private league for free — no credit card required
• Invite your friends with a code or a link
• Predict the results of each World Cup matchday
• Follow the real-time leaderboard in the league dashboard
• The system calculates points automatically

The secret of good forecasters

The best prediction players don't bet blindly, nor do they follow statistics blindly. They combine both: they analyse recent team form, injury absences, head-to-head records and the psychological context (a team playing a knockout tie performs very differently from one playing a group stage match). And above all: they don't let emotions push them into always backing their favourite team.