Game rules

A stage no longer closes all at once: each match has its own deadline, so you can keep filling in and editing the rest in the meantime.

• › Each match locks 10 minutes before kickoff. The first match of each stage can be submitted and edited right up to kickoff.
• › As long as a match isn’t locked, you can fill it in or change it as many times as you want throughout the stage.
• › Other players’ predictions for a match are only shown once that match locks. Before that, you only see your own.
• › If you don’t complete a prediction before the match locks, that match is voided for you and scores no points.

You predict the result of the 72 group stage matches. Each group’s qualifiers (1st, 2nd and 3rd) are computed automatically from your predictions.

The exact score replaces the winner pick — they don’t stack. A correct 2-1 earns 20 pts (not 25).

When the group stage ends, we evaluate which teams qualified from each group.

It doesn’t matter if they finished first, second, or as best third. What counts is that the team advanced to the next round.

Applies to: Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final and Third Place.

You predict the final result of the match (90 or 120 minutes). If you predict a draw, you also pick who wins on penalties.