Comp Stats
What the whole pool predicted for the Champion and the Final.
The title race
Who the pool backed to lift the trophy — champion is worth 50 points, the single biggest swing.
36% of the pool's champion picks are still alive (11 different teams backed).
Spain
42 · 35.9%
Franceout
21 · 17.9%
Portugalout
16 · 13.7%
Argentinaout
14 · 12%
Brazilout
13 · 11.1%
Belgiumout
3 · 2.6%
Englandout
2 · 1.7%
Netherlandsout
2 · 1.7%
Germanyout
2 · 1.7%
Croatiaout
1 · 0.9%
Japanout
1 · 0.9%
Most popular Champion picks
Who the pool collectively thinks will lift the trophy.
Top 10 predicted Finals
The matchups people picked for the Final, ranked by popularity.
Beat the bots
Four AI assistants filled in brackets too — here's where they rank against the human field.
ClaudeAI
#4
overall · 552 pts
Beats 97% of humans
(114 entries)
ChatGPTAI
#7
overall · 543 pts
Beats 95% of humans
(111 entries)
GeminiAI
#13
overall · 529 pts
Beats 91% of humans
(106 entries)
CopilotAI
#119
overall · 328 pts
Beats 2% of humans
(2 entries)