Rules - Fantasy Soccer World Cup 2026

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The game

With the game of TournamentSoccer.us you'll become a predictor of all the matches of the tournament. You'll have to do your best to submit predictions (all before start) in order to take the win away from your friends, family or colleagues. When you have the predictions right, you'll score the most points.

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Join now

By creating an account you're participating with the game. When participating you're obligated to enter all required details and you agree upon the rules of the game as well as the terms provided.

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Deadline

Save all your predictions before the start of the tournament: . You predict 2 times. Phase 1: before the tournament you predict all group matches, the countries that advance to the knockout stage and the bonus questions. Phase 2: before you predict the full remaining schedule through to the final. See the table below for the specific deadlines. Your own predictions are always visible; other participants' predictions are hidden behind the icon until the deadline for that round has passed.

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My prediction

After logging in, you will be redirected to the 'My prediction' page. It is up to you to predict all scores of all matches before the start of the tournament. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes including stoppage time. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account.

Knockout rounds

For the knockout rounds you need to select the country of whom you think will go through. It is not allowed to select a country double per whole round. If you do this, you will be rewarded with zero points. See below for some examples.

100%

When logged in, you'll see a score in the main navigation bar. This score represents the percentage you filled out on the 'My prediction' page. When you see a 100 % score, you are acknowledged that you entered all predictions. But be aware, it doesn't indicate when countries are selected double in a whole knockout round.

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Individual

As an individual you're automatically competing against all members of the pool. You'll play for the prizes described on the Prizes page. The person with the most points wins.

Best League

Everybody who signed up for a League is not only competing in the individual ranking, but also in the League ranking. This means that you can win individually, win with your League and become the winner of your League. And, to compete in the League ranking, the League needs to consist of at least 3 members, or otherwise 0 points will be given.

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Add League

Do you want to organise a pool? Click here to do so. On both pages you'll find further instructions of how to add a pool. In this way you're able to organise a pool with friends, colleagues, sport buddies, neighbours, or more.

Participate in pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to sign up for a pool. Just below the title on the left side you'll see a button that you can click. You should be logged in to sign up for a pool.

Invite friends for my pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to invite friends. Just below the title you'll see Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp logos that you can can click. In this way you can invite friends to participate.

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Automatic Selection Round of 32

While predicting the matches, the round of 16 are automatically filled out based on the virtual ranking of the group that will be ranked by higher number of points, superior goal difference, higher of goals score and higher number of wins. This means that the six group winners, the six runners-up and the four best third-placed teams will be selected automatically for the round of 16.

The table below is used for the automatic selection of Round of 32 matchups based on a predefined scheme. For example, if the eight best third-placed teams come from groups E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L, the first row of the table is applied, resulting in the following matches: 1A vs 3E, 1B vs 3J, 1D vs 3I, 1E vs 3F, 1G vs 3H, 1I vs 3G, 1K vs 3L, and 1L vs 3K.

There's one important note to the automatic selection, if you predict all games equal (draw), and the goal difference and points are equal, the system doesn't know what to do. In case you should overrule and select the country as you wish.

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View all combinations

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Live rankings

During the game you'll see live rankings of the next round. In these live rankings we only calculate the points for the scores of the matches and not the points for the countries. Only when all matches of the next round are finished, we are certain which countries qualify and we will add the points for the countries to the points in that round.

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Points

Maximum obtainable: 15484 points

Points to be earned based on the scores

Based on some rules you are able to collect points for the score. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes including stoppage time. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account. The maximum numbers of points based on the score for all matches is equal to 90 points. Here are some examples:

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Prediction colors

In the rankings and predictions the color shows how many points a prediction earns:

• 90 Exact score: the maximum number of points
• 48 Partly correct: points for the result and/or goals
• 0 No points

Points to be earned based on the predicted countries in the knockout rounds

Next to the points for the score, you are able to collect points by predicting the countries that go through to the next round(s). So, you can earn points based on the correct position (CP), or the incorrect position (IP). For example, correct position is equal by predicting that France will be the winner of Group A. But, if another country comes first and France qualifies, but as runner-up, it will be selected as the incorrect position.

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Warning; no points earned when countries are selected double

Per knockout round it is not allowed to select a country or more countries double. A warning will be presented. But, when you did you'll be rewarded with zero points.

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Overview of the maximum number of points that can be earned per round

Per match and knockout round there are points to be collected. In this overview you'll see the maximum number of points that can be collected per round.

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FIFA will be used as reference: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026