World Cup 2026 · Knockouts

PREDICTION KING

Predict every knockout scoreline from the Round of 16 to the Final. Nail the results, climb the leaderboard, and be crowned Prediction King.

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The Prize

A football shirt of your choice

The #1 Prediction King wins a football shirt of their choice — any team, your call. Play the whole tournament to take the crown.

How It Works

Simple to play. Hard to master.

Predict the score

Enter your exact 90-minute scoreline for each knockout game — no extra time, no penalties.

Earn points

The closer you are, the more you score. Nail the exact result for maximum points.

Climb & win

Top the leaderboard across the whole knockouts and win the jersey. Later rounds score more.

The Points

The closer your prediction, the more you score.

Exact score

You nailed the precise scoreline

Result + a team's goals

Right winner & one team's exact goals

Correct result

Right winner or draw — nothing more

Wrong

Wrong winner

Example — the game finishes Brazil 2–1 Norway

You said 2–15 ptsexact score

You said 3–13 ptsright winner + Norway's 1 goal

You said 4–21 ptright winner only

You said 1–10 ptswrong — you said draw

Round multipliers — R16 ×1 · QF ×1.5 · SF ×2 · Final ×3 — so the crown stays up for grabs to the last kick.

Make Your Picks

Pick a round, enter your scores, lock them in before kickoff.

Leaderboard

The race for the crown.

Rank

Player

Exact

Points

Leaderboard opens once the first knockout games are played. Get your picks in now.

Ready to be crowned?

Rules: Predictions settle on the 90-minute score only (no extra time or penalties). Picks lock at each game's kickoff and can't be changed after. Points: exact score 5 · correct result + one team's goals 3 · correct result 1 · wrong 0, multiplied by the round (R16 ×1, QF ×1.5, SF ×2, Final ×3). The highest points total across the knockout stage wins the jersey. One entry per registered account. 18+. Please play responsibly. Prize is a football jersey of the winner's choice, provided by Pundit Kings. Winner contacted via their registered details.