64-Team World Cup Simulator
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Pot 1 & ranking points
Belgium 1856
France 1790
England 1752
Spain 1740
Brazil 1722
Argentina 1702
Italy 1701
Colombia 1697
Switzerland 1686
Germany 1678
Uruguay 1667
Portugal 1660
Netherlands 1652
Denmark 1646
USA 1640
Wales 1605
Pot 2 & ranking points
Sweden 1597
Iran 1588
Senegal 1560
Poland 1560
Morocco 1542
Japan 1541
Tunisia 1540
Serbia 1536
Chile 1526
Paraguay 1526
Czech Republic 1521
Korea Rep. 1521
Algeria 1519
Turkey 1517
Austria 1516
Peru 1508
Pot 3 & ranking points
Canada 1497
Russia 1492
Egypt 1486
Australia 1485
Romania 1483
Qatar 1474
Rep. of Ireland 1464
Costa Rica 1459
Ecuador 1457
Slovenia 1449
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1448
Côte d'Ivoire 1442
Greece 1440
Cameroon 1438
Mali 1425
Panama 1414
Pot 4 & ranking points
Burkina Faso 1407
El Salvador 1389
Congo DR 1386
Honduras 1374
UAE 1370
China PR 1362
Guinea 1343
Oman 1339
Iraq 1334
Jordan 1306
Gabon 1282
Kyrgyz Republic 1272
Trinidad & Tobago 1270
Lebanon 1257
Antigua & Barbuda 1195
New Zealand 1179
Group 1
1Brazil 6
3Qatar 4
2Czech Republic 4
4Trinidad & Tobago 2
Avg. Ranking 1497
Group 2
1Switzerland 9
3Russia 6
2Peru 3
4Honduras 0
Avg. Ranking 1515
Group 3
1Colombia 7
3Australia 6
2Sweden 4
4Antigua & Barbuda 0
Avg. Ranking 1493
Group 4
1Spain 9
2Morocco 3
3Romania 3
4Jordan 3
Avg. Ranking 1518
Group 5
1England 9
3Egypt 4
4New Zealand 3
2Korea Rep. 1
Avg. Ranking 1484
Group 6
1Italy 7
3Canada 4
2Serbia 3
4Congo DR 2
Avg. Ranking 1530
Group 7
3Rep. of Ireland 4
4Burkina Faso 4
1Wales 4
2Paraguay 4
Avg. Ranking 1500
Group 8
1Belgium 9
2Iran 6
3Costa Rica 3
4Guinea 0
Avg. Ranking 1562
Group 9
1Denmark 9
2Chile 4
3Cameroon 4
4Iraq 0
Avg. Ranking 1486
Group 10
3Côte d'Ivoire 9
2Poland 6
1Portugal 3
4El Salvador 0
Avg. Ranking 1513
Group 11
3Slovenia 6
4China PR 4
2Tunisia 4
1Argentina 2
Avg. Ranking 1513
Group 12
1France 9
3Mali 4
2Austria 4
4Lebanon 0
Avg. Ranking 1497
Group 13
1Netherlands 9
4UAE 4
2Senegal 4
3Ecuador 0
Avg. Ranking 1510
Group 14
1Uruguay 6
4Kyrgyz Republic 6
3Bosnia & Herzegovina 3
2Algeria 3
Avg. Ranking 1477
Group 15
1USA 9
3Greece 6
2Japan 3
4Gabon 0
Avg. Ranking 1476
Group 16
1Germany 9
3Panama 6
2Turkey 3
4Oman 0
Avg. Ranking 1487
Pot 1 & ranking points
Belgium 1870
France 1804
England 1768
Spain 1758
Brazil 1717
Italy 1711
Switzerland 1708
Colombia 1706
Pot 2 & ranking points
Germany 1698
Netherlands 1676
Denmark 1669
Uruguay 1664
USA 1663
Iran 1598
Poland 1567
Morocco 1527
Pot 3 & ranking points
Chile 1522
Russia 1506
Canada 1500
Australia 1498
Egypt 1486
Côte d'Ivoire 1485
Qatar 1476
Rep. of Ireland 1467
Pot 4 & ranking points
Slovenia 1466
Greece 1456
Panama 1433
Mali 1430
Burkina Faso 1416
UAE 1382
China PR 1375
Kyrgyz Republic 1302
Group 1
2Uruguay 9
1Belgium 4
4Greece 3
3Canada 1
Avg. Ranking 1623
Group 2
1Switzerland 6
2Morocco 6
3Rep. of Ireland 6
4Kyrgyz Republic 0
Avg. Ranking 1501
Group 3
1France 7
2Germany 4
4China PR 3
3Egypt 3
Avg. Ranking 1591
Group 4
1Italy 9
2Poland 4
3Qatar 2
4Panama 1
Avg. Ranking 1547
Group 5
2Iran 6
3Côte d'Ivoire 6
4Slovenia 3
1Brazil 3
Avg. Ranking 1566
Group 6
1Spain 6
3Australia 4
2USA 4
4Mali 2
Avg. Ranking 1587
Group 7
1Colombia 7
2Netherlands 6
3Russia 4
4Burkina Faso 0
Avg. Ranking 1576
Group 8
2Denmark 6
3Chile 5
1England 4
4UAE 1
Avg. Ranking 1585
Uruguay def. Morocco
France def. Poland
Australia def. Iran
Colombia def. Chile
Belgium def. Switzerland
Italy def. Germany
Spain def. Côte d'Ivoire
Netherlands def. Denmark
Uruguay def. France
Colombia def. Australia
Italy def. Belgium
Netherlands def. Spain
Colombia def. Uruguay
Italy def. Netherlands
Colombia def. Italy
This simulates a potential 64-team World Cup, which I developed because the 2026 World Cup format is so terrible. It assumes the World Cup could be expanded by having a winter-summer competition with the first competition being a round of 64 where the top two teams in each group advance to the second round. FIFA rankings were used from December 2021 and are updated after each match and can change between the seeding of the first and second rounds. The winner of each match is simulated using ELO (a rating system best known for chess) and the FIFA rankings. Pots are seeded using FIFA rules (no more than one team per continent in each pot, two for Europe) unless this is impossible (most common 17+ UEFA teams qualify for round two), in which case it will ignore continental restrictions (only really a problem for the second round.)

The first round features the following number of teams: 12 CAF (Africa), 12 AFC (Asia), 8 CONCACAF (North America), 7 CONMEBOL (South America), 1 OFC (Oceania), 22 UEFA (Europe), and two play-off winners. Qualifying rounds were designed to evenly distribute teams into group stages which look as similar as possible to the current setup - the biggest place this varies is in North America. A preliminary round is also run for the lowest ranked teams in each continent.

The preliminary round features the highest ranked unqualified team in each continental region, except for South America (8th placed) and Oceania (runner up). These matches are then drawn randomly with two teams receiving a bye.
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Qualifying Rounds
1 Bosnia & Herzegovina 19
2 Poland 19
3 Croatia 14
4 North Macedonia 4
5 Moldova 1
1 Germany 22
2 Austria 16
3 Estonia 10
4 Slovakia 9
5 Liechtenstein 0
1 Wales 18
2 Portugal 17
3 Albania 10
4 Montenegro 8
5 Latvia 1
1 Switzerland 24
2 Rep. of Ireland 16
3 Luxembourg 12
4 Ukraine 7
5 San Marino 0
1 Netherlands 17
2 Sweden 16
3 Finland 11
4 Lithuania 8
5 Cyprus 3
1 Belgium 24
2 Russia 13
3 Norway 13
4 Bulgaria 9
5 Malta 0
1 France 21
2 Greece 14
3 Georgia 12
4 Hungary 8
5 Andorra 1
1 Slovenia 21
2 England 19
3 Scotland 10
4 Kazakhstan 6
5 Israel 3
1 Turkey 18
2 Italy 14
3 Northern Ireland 12
4 Belarus 7
5 Azerbaijan 3
1 Romania 17
2 Serbia 14
3 Denmark 14
4 Armenia 10
5 Gibraltar 1
1 Spain 24
2 Czech Republic 16
3 Iceland 10
4 Faroe Islands 5
5 Kosovo 2
1 New Caledonia 10
2 New Zealand 7
3 Vanuatu 6
4 Papua New Guinea 4
5 Tonga 1
1 Fiji 8
2 Tahiti 8
3 Samoa 7
4 Solomon Islands 3
5 American Samoa 1
1 Colombia 41
2 Uruguay 38
3 Paraguay 29
4 Argentina 28
5 Brazil 24
6 Chile 21
7 Peru 20
8 Ecuador 18
9 Bolivia 16
10 Venezuela 12
1 Canada 39
2 Honduras 35
3 St. Kitts and Nevis 21
4 Guatemala 18
5 Grenada 14
6 Montserrat 13
7 Turks & Caicos Isl. 12
8 Guyana 8
1 USA 36
2 Panama 34
3 Nicaragua 21
4 Dominican Republic 21
5 Haiti 19
6 St. Lucia 12
7 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 11
8 Cayman Islands 8
1 El Salvador 34
2 Antigua & Barbuda 30
3 Mexico 29
4 Curaçao 28
5 Bermuda 14
6 Puerto Rico 11
7 Cuba 9
8 Anguilla 7
1 Costa Rica 35
2 Trinidad & Tobago 33
3 Jamaica 29
4 Suriname 23
5 Barbados 15
6 Belize 13
7 Dominica 8
8 Aruba 5
1 Côte d'Ivoire 15
2 Sierra Leone 9
3 Tanzania 7
4 South Africa 4
1 Guinea 16
2 Ghana 10
3 Angola 6
4 South Sudan 1
1 Senegal 15
2 Mozambique 10
3 Guinea-Bissau 6
4 Lesotho 4
1 Cameroon 13
2 Madagascar 7
3 Liberia 6
4 Equatorial Guinea 5
1 Congo DR 13
2 Uganda 8
3 Zimbabwe 7
4 Gambia 5
1 Algeria 15
2 Congo 10
3 Burundi 5
4 Namibia 3
1 Burkina Faso 13
2 Cabo Verde 8
3 Central African Republic 6
4 Rwanda 5
1 Mali 12
2 Togo 9
3 Benin 6
4 Somalia 4
1 Egypt 18
2 Zambia 10
3 Niger 6
4 São Tomé & Príncipe 1
1 Gabon 11
2 Nigeria 10
3 Comoros 10
4 Sudan 3
1 Morocco 16
2 Kenya 8
3 Libya 7
4 Eswatini 2
1 Tunisia 18
2 Mauritania 7
3 Ethiopia 7
4 Malawi 2
1 Australia 24
2 Kyrgyz Republic 22
3 Thailand 17
4 Uzbekistan 13
5 Maldives 12
6 Guam 0
1 Jordan 23
2 China PR 21
3 Saudi Arabia 19
4 Tajikistan 10
5 Hong Kong 7
6 Brunei 6
1 Qatar 26
2 UAE 22
3 Bahrain 14
4 Philippines 13
5 Timor-Leste 7
6 Malaysia 3
1 Iran 28
2 Oman 22
3 India 18
4 Vietnam 10
5 Kuwait 7
6 Mongolia 3
1 Japan 24
2 Iraq 17
3 Turkmenistan 14
4 Singapore 11
5 Palestine 9
6 Nepal 5
1 Korea Rep. 25
2 Lebanon 19
3 Korea DPR 16
4 Syria 13
5 Afghanistan 13
7 Macau 0
OFC Final
New Zealand def. Tahiti
Intercontinental Playoffs
Denmark def. Saudi Arabia
Ecuador def. Tahiti
Denmark def. Nigeria
Ecuador def. Mexico