WORLD CUP 2026

KONCAT DASHBOARD

Updated Jun 27, 2026

KONCAT

Built by kenni_bo

Matches Played

65

Group stage

Teams Remaining

32

≥ 0.5% win prob

Final Date

Jul 19

MetLife Stadium, NJ

Simulations

10k

via kalshi fanduel june24 2026

Crazy stat of the day

Ousmane Dembélé scored a first-half hat trick for France against Norway — all three before the break.

Minutes: 7', 20', 32' — the cleanest kind of hat trick.

TODAY'S MATCHES

2026-06-28
South Africa vs Canada
12:00 pm PST

Los Angeles

MODEL WIN PROBABILITY

Top 10 teams · 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations

🇫🇷France20.8%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England16.5%
🇪🇸Spain13.7%
🇦🇷Argentina6.3%
🇧🇷Brazil5.7%
🇩🇪Germany4.9%
🇲🇦Morocco4.6%
🇵🇹Portugal4.1%
🇳🇱Netherlands4.0%
🇳🇴Norway3.5%

WIN PROBABILITY

Path difficulty = avg Elo of potential opponents in team's bracket half

Model vs Market · 10k simulations
#TeamEloModel%DivergenceMarket%PathSquad €Signal
1France177620.8%
-0.9%
21.7%€1.8B
2England175516.5%
+2.2%
14.3%€1.8B
3Spain173313.7%
-1.7%
15.4%€1.5B
4Argentina16576.3%
-7.0%
13.3%€1BMARKET ↓
5Brazil16545.7%
-1.4%
7.1%
🟢 Easy

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1555

Avoids Germany and South Africa until the Final — favorable bracket draw

€1.4B
6Germany16464.9%
-2.2%
7.1%
🟡 Medium

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1568

Could face South Africa and Morocco before the Final

€1.2B
7Morocco16364.6%
+1.8%
2.8%
🟡 Medium

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1569

Could face Germany and USA before the Final

€611M
8Portugal16274.1%
-5.0%
9.1%€1.2BMARKET ↓
9Netherlands16334.0%
-1.6%
5.6%
🟡 Medium

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1569

Could face Germany and USA before the Final

€985M
10Norway16173.5%
+0.3%
3.2%€640M
11Belgium15761.9%
no data
€707M
12Switzerland15601.7%
no data
🟢 Easy

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1561

Avoids Germany and South Africa until the Final — favorable bracket draw

€393M
13Senegal15591.5%
no data
€538M
14Colombia15391.2%
-1.0%
2.2%€386M
15Mexico15421.1%
-1.1%
2.2%
🟢 Easy

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1563

Avoids Germany and South Africa until the Final — favorable bracket draw

€242M
16Japan15421.1%
-1.1%
2.2%
🟢 Easy

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1563

Avoids Germany and South Africa until the Final — favorable bracket draw

€341M
17Ivory Coast15371.1%
no data
🟢 Easy

Avg potential opponent Elo: 1563

Avoids Germany and South Africa until the Final — favorable bracket draw

18Algeria15390.8%
no data
€316M
19Ecuador15090.7%
no data
€399M
20Croatia15300.7%
no data
€429M
21Bosnia & Herzegovina14850.5%
no data
22Egypt14910.5%
no data
€126M

GOLDEN BOOT

Top scorers · Group stage

1

Lionel Messi

Argentina

5

2G

2

Vinícius Júnior

Brazil

4

3G

3

Kylian Mbappé

France

4

2G

4

Erling Haaland

Norway

4

2G

5

Ousmane Dembélé

France

4

2G

HOT & COLD

Which teams are exceeding expectations and which are struggling

Based on results vs pre-tournament expectations — a team climbing means they're outperforming what the model predicted

Heating Up 🔥

Mexico
14871542+55
Argentina
16181657+39
France
17371776+39
USA
14371475+39
Colombia
15051539+34
Switzerland
15301560+30

Cooling Down 🧊

Tunisia
14551394-61
Iraq
14321390-42
Haiti
14441404-40
Czech Republic
14551416-39
Uzbekistan
14281395-34
Turkey
15351503-32

GOAL TIMING

When goals are scored · 184 total

Peak period

76-90'

0–15'
2614.1%
16–30'
2413.0%
31–45'
2513.6%
46–60'
3016.3%
61–75'
2413.0%
76–90'
5529.9%
90+'
00.0%
Early / mid
Late game (76+)
showing goals scored, not conceded

BIGGEST UPSETS SO FAR

Ranked by Elo surprise score

Top 8
1

Ecuador vs Germany

Ecuador win

2-169%
2

Turkey vs Paraguay

Paraguay win

0-163%
3

Australia vs Turkey

Australia win

2-059%
4

South Africa vs South Korea

South Africa win

1-057%
5

USA vs Australia

USA win

2-055%
6

Ghana vs Panama

Ghana win

1-053%
7

USA vs Paraguay

USA win

4-151%
8

Sweden vs Tunisia

Sweden win

5-150%

Surprise score = probability the upset winner was expected to lose

WHO HAS HAD THE TOUGHEST PATH

Average opponent Elo rating faced so far

Top 15
1
Iraqbrutal draw
1651(3G)
2
Senegalbrutal draw
1594(3G)
3
Croatiabrutal draw
1594(2G)
4
Ghana
1594(2G)
5
DR Congo
1583(2G)
6
Uzbekistan
1583(2G)
7
Haiti
1582(3G)
8
Norway
1575(3G)
9
Scotland
1565(3G)
10
Curacao
1564(3G)
11
Tunisia
1549(3G)
12
Saudi Arabia
1536(3G)
13
Argentina
1528(2G)
14
Jordan
1528(2G)
15
Ecuador
1527(3G)

Higher Elo = stronger opponents faced · bars scaled relative to this group

DOES JERSEY COLOR PREDICT THE WINNER?

World Cup wins by primary kit color · all tournaments

22 WCs
Yellow
Brazil x5
White
Germany x4, England x1
Blue
France x2, Uruguay x2
Blue & White
Argentina x3
Red
Spain x1
Orange
never won
Green
never won
Sky Blue
never won
Red/White Checks
never won
Maroon
never won

No team in a green, orange, or maroon kit has ever won the World Cup.

SMALLEST NATIONS STILL WITH A SHOT

Population vs tournament win probability

5 teams
smallest

Croatia

3.9M people — roughly the population of Los Angeles

0.7%

win prob

Norway

5.5M people — fewer people than the greater Bay Area

3.5%

win prob

Switzerland

8.7M people — about the size of New York City metro

1.7%

win prob

Portugal

10.3M people — smaller than the state of Ohio

4.1%

win prob

Belgium

11.6M people — about the size of the greater LA metro

1.9%

win prob

Uruguay won in 1930 and 1950 with just 1.7M people — small nations have done it before.

FUN FACTS

Historical patterns from World Cup data since 1930

Home teams win 45.3% of WC matches

2.83 goals per game across all World Cups

Teams in yellow jerseys have won 5 World Cups

Brazil x5

Every WC since 1978 won by South America or Europe — 0 exceptions

Uruguay won 1930 and 1950 with a population of just 1.7 million