How the pool works

Each ticket distributes 1,000 shares across the 48 teams however you like. As teams win matches, they accumulate points. Your ticket scores in proportion to your ownership of each team:

ticket points = Σ over teams of (your shares ÷ pool's total shares on that team) × team points

The denominator is the total shares all paid tickets have allocated to that team. If you're the only person who picked Brazil and they win the World Cup, you get 100% of Brazil's points. If 10 people split Brazil evenly, each gets 10%.

Entry

Free — bragging rights only

Budget

1,000 shares per ticket

Max tickets

1 per person

Tournament

48 teams · 12 groups · June 11 – July 19, 2026

A sponsor may add prizes for top finishers as kickoff approaches. If so we'll publish the details here.

On reveal day (the day before the first match), all allocations become public to everyone — and locked. No new tickets, no re-allocations. Before reveal, your picks are private.

The third-place playoff is not scored. Maximum possible team points (3 group wins + every knockout): 900,000

Every ticket includes a guess at the Final score, submitted with your allocations. If two tickets finish tied on points:

1. Closer to the actual Final score wins. We add the absolute difference for home and away goals: |predH − actualH| + |predA − actualA|.
2. If still tied, closer total-goals difference breaks it: |(predH+predA) − (actualH+actualA)|.
3. If still tied, the tickets share the position equally.

Top 3 distinct users take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Pure bragging rights for now — if a sponsor brings prizes we'll add them here.

One person, one medal. If your two best tickets would finish 1st and 2nd, only your top-ranked ticket counts — your second drops off the podium and the next person up takes its slot.