2026 World Cup

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

https://bracket26.com/b/db5dU3c908
Allez les bleus !

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I don't want to jinx it, but my bracket is looking surprisingly good!

[Danihel Txechescu]

I thought I could easily edit the bracket and make adjustments but that turned out not to be the case AT ALL. This was the base I planned to work on, but then couldn't really make any changes:

https://bracket26.com/b/oyUT87_byA

(Note it's dated before the start of the World Cup.)

I take no credit for that, as it's basically what the Opta Analyst guys said.

[Glüc]

I don't want to jinx it, but my bracket is looking surprisingly good!

Heh, you're not wrong. You managed to get quite a few (what I thought were) surprising results correct. Well done. Still, early days.

[Glüc]

By my (quick and potentially not very accurate) count we are on track for the following group stage point counts:

(min-max)

Lüc 22-41
Glüc 21-39
Braneu 22-43
AD 19-37
þerxh 24-43
Danihel (late entry) 23-42
Breneir 21-40

There are a lot more points to be earned in the knockout stage, which the group stage obviously has implications for, but I'm gonna wait until after the groupstage to do an update on that.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

By my (quick and potentially not very accurate) count we are on track for the following group stage point counts:

(min-max)

Lüc 22-41
Glüc 21-39
Braneu 22-43
AD 19-37
þerxh 24-43
Danihel (late entry) 23-42
Breneir 21-40

There are a lot more points to be earned in the knockout stage, which the group stage obviously has implications for, but I'm gonna wait until after the groupstage to do an update on that.

Based on that range I didn't do as bad as I predicted.

[Glüc]

Update before the final three groupstage games:

(min-max)

Lüc 32-38
Glüc 31-36
Braneu 32-39
AD 30-35
þerxh 35-42
Danihel 34-41
Breneir 39-35

Ive also had a look at the implications for the overall tournament:
(min-max)

Lüc 32-138
Glüc 33-126
Braneu 34-135
AD 32-128
þerxh 35-145
Danihel 34-142
Breneir 32-133

My max score took a bit of a hit because my two predicted finalists ended up on the same side of the bracket. þerxh is currently ahead but needs to hope Portugal beats Colombia tonight or he'll face the same problem.