World Cup 2026 pool

How the pool works.

Free pool, real prizes, one leaderboard. Your picks score automatically as the real tournament plays out. This page is the whole game in plain words, so you never have to ask in Discord again (you still can, we like you).

The short version

Your picks, decoded

Both modes score the same big stuff:

Champion50the team that lifts the trophy
Semi-finalists12 eachthe four teams that reach the semis. Order doesn't matter; all four right is 48 points

Easy adds:

Final score30the exact scoreline of the final. Right winner, wrong score still pays 10
Golden Boot18the tournament's top scorer
Dark horse14your underdog call. Pays if they reach the semis

Pro adds:

Round of 161 eacha point for every team you correctly put through
Quarter-finalists4 eachall eight right is 32 points
Runner-up14the losing finalist
Group stagebountyyour group rankings and best thirds feed the perfect-bracket prizes below, not the season board

Picks score on rounds reached, not exact matchups. If you sent Brazil to the semis, you get paid when Brazil reaches the semis, whoever they beat on the way.

What locked at kickoff, and what didn't

Your bracket and all entry picks (champion, final score, Golden Boot, dark horse, the lot) locked when the opening match kicked off on June 11. No edits, no swaps, injuries included. That part is done.

From here the tournament does the work. Your points land automatically after each round is graded, so the board keeps reshuffling for the whole month as champions stumble and dark horses run. Locked picks, moving table.

The prizes

The raffle

The share tasks on your results page (post your bracket, follow @CorgiCalls and @corgil, like and retweet) earn raffle entries for the $100 + free month draw. Entries, not leaderboard points. Friends who enter through your share count too. Social stuff stays out of the scoring on purpose, so nobody tweets their way up the board.

Your results page

It's the page you landed on after locking in your picks: corgicalls.com/worldcup/me/your-handle. Your picks, your projected score, how your calls compare with the rest of the field, the raffle tasks, and the share button. Bookmark it.

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