Artificial intelligence overthrows Brazil and predicts the 2026 World Cup champion sports

Although only 3 days have passed since the start of the twenty-third edition of the World Cup finals, the Opta supercomputer has predicted the identity of the team that will be crowned champion.

The 2026 World Cup kicked off last Thursday in Mexico, the United States and Canada, and is scheduled to continue until next July 19, the date of the final match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, USA.

During the past few days, 8 matches were held, most notably the draw that imposed itself against Brazil and Morocco in the third group, in addition to the victory of two teams from the host countries, Mexico and the United States, over South Africa 2-0 and Paraguay 4-1, respectively, in addition to Canada and Qatar achieving the first World Cup point in their history by drawing with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Switzerland 1-1, respectively.

Artificial intelligence predictions for the 2026 World Cup champion

According to the Opta supercomputer, Brazil’s draw with Morocco increased the chances of Portugal winning the title for the first time in its history.

The Brazilian team fell to sixth place on the list of candidates to win the title, which is led by its Spanish counterpart, who will cut the tape of its matches in the World Cup, tomorrow, Monday, against Cape Verde for the eighth group, at 19:00 Mecca and Doha time.

The defending champion, Argentina, is in fourth place, with a 10% chance of winning the title, preceded by France and England.

The United States’ huge victory over Paraguay has greatly influenced the calculations so far; It rose to 13th place on the list of most likely to win, while the Paraguayan team – which was ranked 22nd before the start of the World Cup – fell to 33rd place.

As for the Moroccan national team, which was fourth in the last edition, the Opta supercomputer predicted that it would win the title by 1.76%, placing it in twelfth place on the nominations list.

Percentage of winning the title for all teams participating in the 2026 World Cup, according to the Opta computer:

• Spain: 15.94%.
• France: 13.62%.
• England: 9.99%.
• Argentina: 9.88%.
• Portugal: 8.08%.
• Brazil: 6.60%.
• Germany: 6.07%.
• Netherlands: 3.88%.
• Norway: 3.32%.
• Belgium: 2.47%.
• Colombia: 1.82%.
• Morocco: 1.76%.
• United States: 1.64%.
• Uruguay: 1.64%.
• Switzerland: 1.5%.
• Ecuador: 1.49%.
• Croatia: 1.37%.
• Japan: 1.12%.
• Mexico: 0.99%.
• Senegal: 0.90%.
• Türkiye: 0.65%.
• Austria: 0.60%.
• Australia: 0.46%.
• Canada: 0.45%.
• Sweden: 0.43%.
• South Korea: 0.42%.
• Egypt: 0.37%.
• Scotland: 0.30%.
• Algeria: 0.27%.
• Iran: 0.26%.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.24%.
• Czech Republic: 0.23%.
• Parfy: 0.22%.
• Ivory Coast: 0.20%.
• Ghana: 0.18%.
• Tunisia: 0.12%.
• Panama: 0.09%.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.09%.
• Diameter: 0.08%.
• New Zealand: 0.06%.
• South Africa: 0.05%.
• Iraq: 0.05%.
• Uzbekistan: 0.04%.
• Saudi Arabia: 0.02%.
• Jordan: 0.02%.
• Cape Verde: 0.02%.
• Curacao: 0%.
• Haiti: 0%.