About this pool
What it is
A friendly prediction competition for the FIFA World Cup 2026, run inside the company. Everyone fills in their predictions before the tournament kicks off on 11 June 2026, points are tallied against the real results, and the colleague with the highest score wins bragging rights (and whatever prize the organiser puts up).
How predictions are collected
Head to the predictions page and:
- Add your name (and optionally email).
- Rank all four teams in each of the 12 groups.
- Pick your four semi-finalists, the two finalists and the champion.
- Choose a Golden Boot team and a total-goals tiebreaker.
- Export your picks and send the file to the organiser.
Your answers are saved in your browser (localStorage) as you go, so you can come back and finish later on the same device. Nothing is sent anywhere until you export and submit the file yourself.
The tournament format
- 48 teams in 12 groups of four (Groups A–L).
- Top two of each group plus the eight best third-placed teams reach the Round of 32.
- Knockouts: Round of 32 → Round of 16 → Quarter-finals → Semi-finals → Final.
- 104 matches across 16 venues in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
- 11 June – 19 July 2026.
See the full fixtures & venues and the scoring rules.
Data & sources
The tournament format, venues and key dates follow the official FIFA World Cup 2026 plan (publicly published by FIFA). The specific group assignments in this build are a provisional placeholder so the site is fully usable; they should be replaced with the official FIFA draw before the pool opens.
To update: edit assets/js/data.js — set each group's
teams to the drawn order and flip DRAW_CONFIRMED to
true to hide the provisional banner.
Technology
Plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript — no framework, no build step — hosted on
Cloudflare Pages. Tournament data lives in a single
data.js file. A future iteration can add a Cloudflare Pages
Function to receive submissions and a live leaderboard.