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World Cup 2026

Who's going to win?

  • Canada/Morroco

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mexico

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Paraguay

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Argentina/Cape Verde

    Votes: 5 13.5%

  • Brazil

    Votes: 10 27.0%

  • Australia/Egypt

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Colombia/Ghana

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • England/Congo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Belgium/Senegal

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • USA/Bosnia

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Spain/Austria

    Votes: 4 10.8%

  • Portugal/Croatia

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Switzerland/Algeria

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • France

    Votes: 9 24.3%

  • Norway

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .
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Who's going to win the World Cup 2026? Would like to hear opinions. Unfortunately Chile didn't classified to the World Cup, anyways, it's a joy to see the matches. So, who do you think is going to Win the World Cup this year? I created a poll so you can vote for the current countries in competition. I created the thread at July 1st, right after Mexico - Ecuador match (this mean, that eliminated countries are not in the poll) and some of the options has two countries, in order to have every country registered on the poll (randomly paired them), I'll try to edit it later to only keep the round of 8 teams.world_cup_2026_status_after_mexico_ecuador.webp
 
France look the strongest. Argentina could be a huge threat again. Would have said Germany before the big upset from Paraguay. Spain always a contender but not seen them against a top team yet. England look inconsistent. Brazil look a little weak. Portugal/Norway have a minor shot. Belgium /USA etc no chance.
 
ReggyMcBoggle said:
Would have said Germany before the big upset from Paraguay.
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No Joachim, no trophy. Players are really good but there's nobody that can make an impact with such talents.
Brazil players cannot play together good vs stronger teams and play insane vs weaker ones. Every player wants to be a star and i doubt they respect the coach
Argentina/France in final, France wins this time
Spain/England 3rd place, England 3rd

wtf i voted for Argentina somehow xD
 
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Round of 16 is set! Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, Bosnia, Senegal, Japan, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Congo, Cape Verde, Australia, Algeria and Ghana lost their games. We currently have a total of 25 votes at the poll.

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Any predictions on the upcoming matches? We have Paraguay vs France, Canada vs Morrocco, Portugal vs Spain, USA vs. Belgium, Brasil vs Norway, Mexico vs England, Argentina vs Egypt, and Switzerland vs Colombia. Or any player that's been calling your attention at the competition? For me Bouaddi he's an amazing talent.

Zyzz immortal said:
Brazil players cannot play together good vs stronger teams and play insane vs weaker ones. Every player wants to be a star and i doubt they respect the coach
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Ancelotti is really good, and calm. I think Brazil weakness is at midfield, Paquetá is not doing well and Casemiro can fall against a strong physical demand. Besides that, they still have Neymar at bench, I think he's a hidden card in cases where Brazil have a draw and goes to extra time.

ReggyMcBoggle said:
Spain always a contender but not seen them against a top team yet.
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It seems that now is the time to show they're contenders winning against Portugal. But I think that Portugal might win this game. Recent game history shows that their matches usually end in 1-0 / 0-1, and their last game ended in penalties where Portugal won. According to this data, it seems that Portugal vs Spain will have extra time and is going to be a very balanced match.
 
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Imagine if Egypt won, how many billions would FIFA lose because of betting.
Clear and dirty business.
 
3rd goal cancel decision for Egypt is actually good decision, there was foul
However, why does referee makes an instant VAR for argentina request, meanwhile Egypt had to complain for minutes about two situations and not get a single one is stupid. I do not care about the "foul/not foul" and the outcome, i rant about not being able to verify situation because of referee ego's.
Years pass by and FIFA stuck with this nonsense, other popular sports like volleyball, tennis have proper checking systems
 
This match showed that Argentina is on another level when behind.
Also coach of England needs to be fired. I am not sure what is he doing behind scenes with defense tactc when you make two changes and instantly WHOLE DEFENSE is not working properly for 30 minutes.
 
Zyzz immortal said:
This match showed that Argentina is on another level when behind.
Also coach of England needs to be fired. I am not sure what is he doing behind scenes with defense tactc when you make two changes and instantly WHOLE DEFENSE is not working properly for 30 minutes.
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I agree about the England coach.
I strongly disagree regarding Argentinian squad, Its not that Argentina won it, England lost the match.
 
Well after all, i'm happy for Messi. He's 39 years old, and still dribbling, besides the history they have with Chile, I can't cheer a team that sings Oasis to their crowd, doesn't feel south american at all. Argentina did well, and defended really well at the end of the match leading to a well deserved victory.

About France vs. Spain, the midfield seems to be the key at this cup. Brazil had the same issue against Norway, if you don't have a strong physical midfield with quick passing, you won't be able to take advantage of your attacking players. Way better if they shoot outside the box.

England coach did the same they did with Mexico, expecting to have results. But Argentina already faced defensive blocks on qualifiers, against Paraguay, even Bolivia. Is different to play against a CONCACAF team than facing CONMEBOL. Argentina had a well deserved win, I have no issues with Argentina winning the world cup, what concerns me more is that Chile needs a coach asap and start being competitive so we can keep the rivarly alive, our football is taken by things outside the field and needs to improve.
 
Congratz to Spain who won the world cup. The amazing data is that Spain allowed only a single goal during world cup.
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Many records have been broken this year:
  • Most matches in history (104)
  • Highest number of participating teams (48)
  • All-time tournament attendance (over 6.8 million fans)
  • Highest average stadium occupancy rate (99.7%)
  • First stadium to host three World Cups (Estadio Azteca)
  • Highest total goals scored in a single tournament
  • All-time World Cup top scorer (Lionel Messi, 17 goals)
  • Most World Cup matches played (Lionel Messi, 33 matches)
  • First players to feature in 6 World Cup editions (Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Guillermo Ochoa)
  • Oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick (Lionel Messi, 38 years old)
  • First player to score in 6 different World Cups (Cristiano Ronaldo)
  • Most assists in a single World Cup tournament (Michael Olise, 7 assists)
  • Most saves in a World Cup final match (Emiliano Martínez, 11 saves)
  • Smallest nation by population to reach the knockout stages (Cape Verde)
  • Oldest manager in World Cup history (Dick Advocaat, 78 years old)
  • Fewest goals conceded by a World Cup champion (Spain, 1 goal)
  • Longest consecutive clean sheet minutes by a goalkeeper (Unai Simón, 649 minutes)
  • Most all-time career World Cup goals (Kylian Mbappé, 22 goals)
  • Most goals scored by a single player in a 21st-century World Cup (Kylian Mbappé, 10 goals)
  • Most assists from one specific player to another in a single tournament (Michael Olise to Kylian Mbappé, 5 assists)
  • Most goals scored by an England player at a single World Cup (Jude Bellingham, 7 goals)
  • Highest-scoring third-place match in World Cup history (England 6–4 France)
  • First 6–4 scoreline in tournament history
  • Most goals in a single match since 1982 (10 goals)
  • First team to record 0 shots in a World Cup Final (Argentina)
  • Most appearances for France in World Cup history (Kylian Mbappé, 21 appearances)
I found a really good channel that analyze the matches, I'll post the France vs. England one.

Still waiting for the Spain vs. Argentina, but at simple sight Spain hold the possession, duplicated the amount of effective passes and didn't allow Argentina to have the ball. Argentina did a really bad performance, and the foul to Curbasí was nasty. Also Argentina became the first finalist in World Cup history to complete the regular 90 minutes without registering a single shot.

Also a big congratz to those who voted Spain in the poll, I messed up by not showing up the names at the beginning of it.
Regards!
 
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