Kraig Pakulski / Monday, June 1, 2026 / Categories: Regions, California; Santa Barbara County Make your 2026 World Cup predictions with CNN’s bracket By Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — The 2026 FIFA World Cup is upon us and fans around the world are set for more than a month of soccer action. Hosted in the United States, Mexico and Canada, this will be the first edition with 48 teams, broken down into 12 groups of four teams and a whopping 104 matches in total. The top two in each group progress to the knockout round – which is the first ever round-of-32 in tournament history – along with the eight best third-place teams. In this interactive graphic, you can play out your predictions for the entire tournament and build your own World Cup: predict the top two teams in each group, choose the eight best third-place finishers and you can make your picks in the resulting bracket to choose your eventual champion. Share the results with your friends and see who is the best at predicting “The Beautiful Game!” The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. The post Make your 2026 World Cup predictions with CNN’s bracket appeared first on News Channel 3-12. Previous Article What we know about the UFC fight at the White House Next Article Laos cave rescuers investigating ‘knocking response’ as focus shifts to newly discovered cave shaft Print 6 Rate this article: No rating Tags: CNN - Sports Please login or register to post comments.