WC2026

PAST CHALLENGE STATS

This year's challenge will involve 104 matches. 72 group, 32 knockout (including the 3rd/4th place playoff)
Total Players & Games

Edition	Players	Group Games	Knockout Games	Total Games
World Cup 2002	67	48	16	64
EURO 2004	87	24	7	31
World Cup 2006	156	48	16	64
EURO 2008	103	24	7	31
World Cup 2010	183	48	16	64
EURO 2012	209	24	7	31
World Cup 2014	258	48	16	64
EURO 2016	219	36	15	51
World Cup 2018	222	48	16	64
EURO 2020	217	36	15	51
World Cup 2022	207	48	16	64
EURO 2024	239	36	15	51
All World Cups	1093	288	96	384
All Euros	1074	180	66	246
All Challenges	2167	468	162	630

Bonus Section 2 Totals & Averages

Edition	Goals	Avg Goals	Pens	Avg Pens	Own Goals	Avg OGs	Yellow Cards	Avg Yellows	Red Cards	Avg Reds	Extra Times	Avg ETs	Shoot Outs	Avg SOs	Fastest
WC2002	161	2.516	3	0.047	13	0.203	278	4.344	11	0.172	3	0.188	2	0.125	1
EURO2004	77	2.484	2	0.065	7	0.226	156	5.032	1	0.032	1	0.143	2	0.286	2
WC2006	147	2.297	4	0.063	13	0.203	345	5.391	9	0.141	2	0.125	4	0.250	2
EURO2008	77	2.484	0	0.000	4	0.129	122	3.935	3	0.097	1	0.143	2	0.286	4
WC2010	145	2.266	2	0.031	9	0.141	261	4.078	9	0.141	2	0.125	2	0.125	3
EURO2012	76	2.452	1	0.032	3	0.097	123	3.968	1	0.032	0	0.000	2	0.286	3
WC2014	171	2.672	5	0.078	12	0.188	187	2.922	7	0.109	4	0.250	4	0.250	1
EURO2016	108	2.118	3	0.059	8	0.157	207	4.059	1	0.020	2	0.133	3	0.200	2
WC2018	169	2.641	12	0.188	22	0.344	223	3.484	2	0.031	1	0.063	4	0.250	1
EURO2020	142	2.784	11	0.216	9	0.176	151	2.961	5	0.098	4	0.267	4	0.267	2
WC2022	172	2.688	3	0.047	17	0.266	227	3.547	1	0.016	0	0.000	5	0.313	2
EURO2024	117	2.294	10	0.196	9	0.176	230	4.510	3	0.059	2	0.133	3	0.200	1
All WC	965	2.513	29	0.076	86	0.224	1521	3.961	39	0.102	12	0.125	21	0.219
All Euros	597	2.427	27	0.110	40	0.163	989	4.020	14	0.057	10	0.152	16	0.242
All	1562	2.479	56	0.089	126	0.200	2510	3.984	53	0.084	22	0.136	37	0.228

Group Match Result Predictions

Edition	Total Group Predictions	Correct Scores	% Correct Scores	Correct Margin	% Correct Margin	Correct Results	% Correct Results	Incorrect	% Incorrect
WC2002	3216	767	23.85	347	10.79	282	8.77	1820	56.59
E2004	2088	720	34.48	121	5.80	217	10.39	1030	49.33
WC2006	7488	2530	33.79	1140	15.22	773	10.32	3045	40.67
E2008	2472	673	27.22	187	7.56	297	12.01	1315	53.20
WC2010	8784	2248	25.59	967	11.01	836	9.52	4733	53.88
E2012	5016	1220	24.32	663	13.22	563	11.22	2570	51.24
WC2014	12384	3865	31.21	1357	10.96	956	7.72	6206	50.11
E2016	7884	1925	24.42	1040	13.19	888	11.26	4031	51.13
WC2018	10656	3246	30.46	1155	10.84	967	9.07	5288	49.62
E2020	7812	2332	29.85	977	12.51	799	10.23	3704	47.41
WC2022	9936	2646	26.63	1396	14.05	846	8.51	5048	50.81
E2024	8604	921	10.70	943	10.96	2134	24.80	4606	53.53
All WC	52464	15302	29.17	6362	12.13	4660	8.88	26140	49.82
All Euros	33876	7791	23.00	3931	11.60	4898	14.46	17256	50.94
All	86340	23093	26.75	10293	11.92	9558	11.07	43396	50.26