On June 14th, 2018, the soccer World Cup will get underway in Moscow, Russia.
On Friday, we found out which of 8 groups each of the 32 teams will play in. After each team has played the other 3 teams in its group, the top 2 ranked teams from each group will go through to the knockout stages.
Here are my predictions for each group.
GROUP A
Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Russia
3rd place: Egypt
4th place: Saudi Arabia
GROUP B
Winner: Spain
Runner-up: Portugal
3rd place: Iran
4th place: Morocco
GROUP C
Winner: France
Runner-up: Peru
3rd place: Denmark
4th place: Australia
GROUP D
Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Croatia
3rd place: Nigeria
4th place: Iceland
GROUP E
Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Switzerland
3rd place: Serbia
4th place: Costa Rica
GROUP F
Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Mexico
3rd place: South Korea
4th place: Sweden
GROUP G
Winner: England
Runner-up: Belgium
3rd place: Panama
4th place: Tunisia
GROUP H
Winner: Poland
Runner-up: Colombia
3rd place: Senegal
4th place: Japan
If I’m correct in these predictions, the following knockout rounds will look like this.
Round of 16…
Uruguay vs. Portugal
France vs. Croatia
Brazil vs. Mexico
England vs. Colombia
Spain vs. Russia
Argentina vs. Peru
Germany vs. Switzerland
Poland vs. Belgium
Quarter Finals will look like this…
Portugal vs. Croatia
Brazil vs. England
Spain vs. Argentina
Germany vs. Poland
Semi-Finals will look like this…
Brazil vs. Portugal
Spain vs. Germany
Final will look like this…
Brazil vs. Spain
Winner of the 2018 World Cup will be… Spain
Sadly, the U.S., Italy, and Syria won’t be playing. Also, the above predictions assume that the FSB doesn’t give the other teams food poisoning!
