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World Cup World Cup 2026 Prediction League - That's a Wrap

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by SimonW, Jul 20, 2026 at 11:57 AM.

  1. SimonW

    Staff Member Admin Moderator World Cup 26 WC 2026 3rd Place ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant F1 2026 Entrant

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    World Cup 2026 Prediction League - That's a Wrap

    COMPETITION CLOSED

    Spain 1-0 Argentina (AET) in the final. Sixteen years after their first, La Roja are world champions again, and so is this thread.​


    Scores double-checked

    Before closing things off properly, every result in the competition has been gone back through and double-checked against the official record. FIFA amended who was officially credited with a couple of goals in the final after the match, which meant a small number of scorer points needed correcting. If your total has shifted slightly from what you remember seeing during the tournament, that's why - it's not a bug, it's Zurich's paperwork catching up with the pitch.

    The competition is now closed

    That's it for World Cup 2026. Predictions are locked, the final table is set, and no further changes will be made.

    Leaderboard

    The full final table is still there to browse any time you like. Head to the Leaderboard, pick World Cup (2026) from the competition dropdown, and you'll see it marked as an Archived Competition - read-only now, but permanent.

    Congratulations to the top three


    Bantam Boy - 256.5 pts
    Chippy - 247.0 pts
    SimonW - 244.0 pts

    Brilliant efforts from all three across a long tournament, and none of them even had the final right - proof this competition rewards consistency over one lucky punt. Forum badges for the podium finish have been awarded and should already be showing under your usernames. Wear them well.

    One quick favour

    If you've got a couple of minutes, the end-of-season questionnaire is open and genuinely useful - it's how the format, scoring and features for the next competition get decided, so the more responses the better.

    Get your achievement graphic

    Everyone picked up achievements along the way, and there's now a proper shareable card for them. Head to Settings on the portal, scroll down to Share Achievements, select World Cup (2026) from the dropdown and hit Generate Card. You'll get a direct link plus a download button, ready to drop on social media, Discord, wherever you like bragging rights. Post yours in this thread, would love to see them.

    Last word

    Thanks to everyone who predicted, argued in the match threads, and generally made this more fun than it had any right to be. The Bradford City competition carries on next season for anyone after a more regular fix,
     
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  2. SimonW

    Staff Member Admin Moderator World Cup 26 WC 2026 3rd Place ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant F1 2026 Entrant

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  3. Idlebantam

    World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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  4. Interested Bystander

    P.L. 23/24 Winner Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant
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  5. SimonW

    Staff Member Admin Moderator World Cup 26 WC 2026 3rd Place ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant F1 2026 Entrant

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    It's amazing how poor we all were in the last 5 or so games.We could have probably stopped the competition after the QF's :)
     
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  6. Captain Grumpy

    Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Thanks for organising the competition Simon and congratulations to the top three. After being as high as 5th after the group games my predictions collapsed in the knockout stage and I finished 17th, but it’s been great fun and made the World Cup more interesting.
     
  7. Rudie

    P.L. 23/24 4th Place Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Thank you Simon, had a lot of fun as usual even if my predictions were poor this time around!
     
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  8. Jayteebee

    P.L. 23/24 4th Place Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Many thanks for organising this, no idea how you manage it.
    Certainly more fun than the BCFC one has been over the years with non existant league tables.
    The layout now seems so much better.
     
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  9. RCarol

    P.L. 23/24 Winner Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Congratulations top 3 and thank you Simon for organising something so simple to use.
     
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  10. Bantam Boy

    WC 2026 Winner Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Thanks for organising this so easy to use, surprised I came top with my lack of football knowledge.
     
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  11. Pablo

    Supporter World Cup 26 ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant

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    Good fun even if I forgot to play a few times … I can look back fondly on GW74-76 where I have 3 match exact score streak :)
    Nice one to the winners :thumbup:
     

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