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Predicted Winners of the 2026 FIFA World Cup - World Ranking

Predicting the winner of the FIFA World Cup has long fascinated analysts, fans and researchers alike, and one of the many prediction methods is to examine the official FIFA world rankings, which attempt to measure the relative strength of national teams based on recent match results, the quality of opponents faced, and the importance of each match played. This is a good method as the rankings are continually updated in the lead up to the World Cup, and provide a snapshot of which teams are performing consistently well at the right time.

Final Order Prediction (Rank)

Here is the predicted finishing order of every team which took part in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, based on FIFA World Ranking. The winner? Spain beat Argentina in the final. All semi-finalists were ranked in the top four, and the top two ranked played off in the final.

Place Nation Rank
1 Argentina 1
2 Spain 2
3 France 3
4 England 4
5 Portugal 5
6 Brazil 6
7 Morocco 7
8 Netherlands 8
9 Belgium 9
10 Germany 10
11 Croatia 11
12 Colombia 13
13 Mexico 14
14 Senegal 15
15 Uruguay 16
16 USA 17
17 Japan 18
18 Switzerland 19
19 Iran 20
20 Turkiye 22
21 Ecuador 23
22 Austria 24
23 South Korea 25
24 Australia  27
25 Algeria 28
26 Egypt 29
27 Canada 30
28 Norway 31
29 Ivory Coast 33
30 Panama 34
31 Sweden 38
32 Czechia 40
33 Paraguay 41
34 Scotland 42
35 Tunisia 45
36 Congo DR 46
37 Uzbekistan 50
38 Qatar 56
39 Iraq 57
40 South Africa 60
41 Saudi Arabia 61
42 Jordan 63
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64
44 Cape Verde 67
45 Ghana 73
46 Curaçao 82
47 Haiti 83
48 New Zealand 85

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