πŸ† Podium forecast β€” who finishes 1st, 2nd, 3rd

30,000 simulations of the actual knockout bracket. Each tie is decided by the model (Round-of-32 ties calibrated to live bookmaker odds; deeper rounds by team rating + a coin-flip for extra time). Updates as results come in.

πŸ₯‡ Most likely winnerFrance16.7%
πŸ₯ˆ Best final chanceFrance31.9%
Field22 contenders
#TeamChampionTitle oddsReach finalReach semis3rd place
1France16.7%
31.9%54.3%12.9%
2Argentina15.1%
25.3%43.4%11.1%
3Spain12.2%
22.3%38.0%9.5%
4Brazil11.3%
19.9%35.6%9.3%
5Mexico8.2%
14.9%26.5%6.8%
6Colombia7.4%
13.7%26.4%7.1%
7Morocco6.3%
14.2%29.5%7.3%
8England5.7%
12.3%26.2%6.9%
9Portugal4.0%
8.7%18.3%4.7%
10USA3.7%
8.9%21.1%5.4%
11Belgium1.9%
5.8%16.6%3.9%
12Switzerland1.8%
4.2%10.8%2.7%
13Canada1.7%
4.9%11.7%2.8%
14Norway1.3%
4.0%11.8%2.7%
15Australia0.9%
2.5%6.9%1.8%
16Egypt0.6%
1.9%6.7%1.6%
17Paraguay0.4%
1.5%4.5%1.0%
18Croatia0.4%
1.2%3.9%0.9%
19Austria0.1%
0.6%2.1%0.5%
20Ghana0.1%
0.5%2.3%0.5%
21Cape Verde0.1%
0.3%1.3%0.2%
22Algeria0.1%
0.4%2.2%0.4%

β€œ3rd place” = winning the third-place play-off (one of the two semi-final losers).