The Squads
Full Draw
48 teams by FIFA rankingResults
The Groups
12 groups · A–LThe Rules
free to enter · fiercely contestedDear friends, family & footballers — welcome to the Sweepstake. It's free to enter, gloriously low-effort, and the bragging rights last four whole years. Here's the deal.
Welcome, colleagues & footballers — to the first-ever company Sweepstake. It's free to enter, gloriously low-effort, and the bragging rights are company-wide. Here's the deal.
Two teams each
All 48 World Cup teams are ranked by their FIFA World Ranking and split into two bands — upper (the top 24) and lower (the bottom 24). Every player is randomly drawn one team from each band: a genuine contender and a plucky underdog.
The draw is blind & reproducible
The draw is randomized with a fixed seed reflecting the tournament's start date — so it's fully reproducible and impossible to rig. No thumbs on the scale.
Two ways to win
Glory goes to whoever holds the winning team, and to whoever holds the best-performing lower-band team — so you're never truly out of it, even clutching a minnow.
Two prizes, awarded to the players holding (a) the winning World Cup team, and (b) the best-performing team from the lower band (FIFA rank 25–48).
The exact prizes are under consultation — to be revealed later in the tournament. 😏
Primary metric — furthest stage reached:
Finishing 3rd can still reach the Round of 32 — the 8 best 3rd-placed teams advance, decided by FIFA's official 3rd-place ranking.
If two teams exit at the same stage, the tie is broken in order:
- Goal difference (all matches)
- Goals scored (all matches)
- Head-to-head — only if they actually met
- Disciplinary / fair-play points
- Drawing of lots by the committee
Knockout games settled on penalties count as a draw for goal difference & goals; the team that advances is still credited with reaching the next round.
- 2022 World Cup Qatar — Jackie 🇦🇷 Argentina
- 2024 Euro Germany — Arjun 🇪🇸 Spain
- 2026 World Cup North America — in progress…
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