How it works

The whole game in five minutes.

You make picks before the matches happen. We score them automatically. Highest total wins. That’s it — here’s the detail.

How do I win?

Earn points by correctly predicting match results and knockout winners. The member with the most points at the end of the tournament wins. If members are tied, tiebreakers are used.

What do I need to do?

Join a pool with the invite link a friend sent you.
Make your group picks before the tournament starts (June 11, 2026).
Pick your tournament top scorer before the tournament starts (same deadline).
Come back after the group stage to fill out your knockout bracket — before the knockout stage begins (June 28, 2026).
Watch the leaderboard.

People miss deadlines. If you save partial picks early, you can come back and edit anytime before the lock — once it locks, that’s it.

Group stage picks

The group stage has 12 groups of 4 teams (A through L), each playing 3 round-robin matches. That’s 72 group matches. For each one you pick two things:

The result — home win, draw, or away win.
The exact 90-minute score (e.g. 2–1).

The two have to agree with each other. If you pick a draw the score has to be level; if you pick the home team to win the home score has to be higher; etc. The app shows a warning if they disagree, before you save.

Group matches that finish 1–1 are a draw — they don’t go to extra time. Only knockout matches can.

Knockout bracket

You fill out the whole bracket up front: 32 matches in total — Round of 32 → Round of 16 → Quarter Finals → Semi Finals → 3rd-place playoff + Final.

For each match you pick:

The final score after extra time (so up to 120 minutes — not just 90).
Who advances — the team that goes through.

When you pick a Round of 32 winner, that team automatically becomes home or away in the matching Round of 16 slot. Changing an earlier pick clears the later picks that depended on it.

Penalties: if the final score is a draw, the match is decided by penalties — either team can be the one that advances, no constraint. If the final score is NOT a draw, the advancing team has to be the side that scored more. Penalties only happen on draws.

Top-scorer pick

Pick one player before the tournament starts. The number of goals your player scores is used as a tiebreaker if members finish level on points.

You do not get regular points for this pick, but it can decide tied rankings — picking a striker who scores 6 goals beats picking one who scores 2, even if neither wins the golden boot.

Scoring

Group stage

Correct result3 points
Exact score (bonus)+2 points
Perfect pick5 points

Knockout

Correct advancing team5 points
Exact final score (bonus)+2 points
Perfect pick7 points

Penalties don’t change the score prediction — only who advances. So if you picked Germany 3–3 France with Germany advancing on penalties and the match goes 3–3 with Germany winning on penalties, you get the full 7 points.

Tiebreakers

If two members finish on the same total, ties break in this order:

Total points (the obvious one).
Top-scorer goals — your picked player's tournament goals. Higher beats lower.
Group-stage points — points earned in the group stage alone.
Tied — equal across all three means a shared rank. Marked with a small T on the leaderboard.

Deadlines & lock times

Group picks + top-scorer pick lock when the first tournament match kicks off on June 11, 2026. After that, no edits.
Knockout picks open after the group stage ends and lock when the first knockout match kicks off on June 28, 2026.
Tournament ends with the Final on July 19, 2026. Standings freeze.

Once picks are locked, everyone else’s picks become visible to everyone in the pool — so nobody can sneak a peek before yours are set in stone.

Leaderboard

The leaderboard shows, for each member:

Total — combined group + knockout points.
Group — group-stage points alone (also the third tiebreaker).
T.S. — goals scored by your picked top scorer (second tiebreaker).
Correct — how many right-result picks (group W/D/L or knockout advancing team).
Exact — how many perfect-score picks.
Δ — how your rank moved since the last update.

Tap any row to see that member’s picks (visible once picks lock).

Fairness

Pool owners cannot change official match results. Results are managed separately so scoring stays fair. If a result is entered incorrectly, it can be corrected and the leaderboard updates automatically.

FAQs

What happens if I forget to make some picks before the lock?

Whatever you saved before the lock counts. Missing picks just score zero — they don’t penalise you, you just miss the chance for those points.

Can I change my picks after the lock?

No. Once a phase locks, nobody can edit picks for that phase. That lock is the only thing that keeps the pool fair.

What if a result is entered wrong?

It can be corrected. The leaderboard updates automatically against the new result.

What if a knockout match goes to penalties?

The final score is whatever it was when extra time ended (could be 0–0, 1–1, 3–3 — anything that’s a draw at the end of extra time). The advancing team is whoever actually went through on penalties. Penalties don’t add to the score prediction.

What if my bracket is broken because an earlier pick was wrong?

That’s fine — your bracket can “break” without punishment. Each knockout match is scored on its own. If you had Argentina advancing past R32 and they get knocked out, your R16 pick for that slot just scores zero; the next round still counts on its own merits.

What if my picked top scorer gets injured?

Bad luck — you can’t change after the lock. Pick someone durable, or pick by upside.

How do I invite friends?

Pool owners get a unique invite link on their pool page. Share it however — text, group chat, email. Whoever follows the link signs in with their email and joins.

What does the small "T" next to a rank mean?

Tied. Two or more members are equal on total points, top-scorer goals, AND group points — they share the rank.

Last updated 2026-06-01. If something’s unclear, message your pool owner.