This bracket is an unofficial projection of the 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, generated entirely from FIFA ranking positions. Higher-ranked teams are assumed to finish higher in their groups, win playoff paths, and advance through the knockout rounds.
For groups, I placed teams according to their relative FIFA rankings within each group (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th). For teams that have not yet qualified and must go through playoff paths, I ranked the potential contenders and assigned qualification to the highest-ranked team in each path.
The knockout bracket follows the official 2026 matchups (e.g., 1E vs 3D, 1I vs 3G, etc.). For third-place teams, I compared all group third-place finishers by FIFA ranking and selected the eight highest-ranked to advance, assigning them to bracket positions using the standard FIFA mapping.
by Purple_Topic_1459
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So Spain vs Argentina in the final!
I’m not sure if I would be sad or happy if Brazil is eliminated by Japan.
I’m brazilian btw.
There’s no point in doing this cause the groups basically never go as expected