All 104 matches pre-loaded, live leaderboard, prize pools — ready for your office, club or customer campaign.
A World Cup predictor — also known as a pick'em pool, office pool or football pool — is a contest where every participant predicts the score of each World Cup match before kickoff. Points are awarded for accuracy: an exact score earns the most, a correct winner the least. The person with the most points after the final wins.
Predictor pools have always been the social backbone of major tournaments. In the US they're called pick'em pools, in the UK they're sometimes called sweepstakes, and in Germany they're Tippspiele. Different name, same idea: the office, the friend group, the club — everyone competing alongside the actual football.
Until recently most pools ran on Excel spreadsheets, paper forms or chaotic group chats. Online predictor platforms like TippspielPro automate the entire pipeline: fixtures, score entry, live points, leaderboard, prize pools — no one manually counting results after every match.
World Cup 2026 at a glance
The scoring system rewards accuracy: the closer your prediction to the actual result, the more points you earn. A typical classic system works like this:
This is just the default. On TippspielPro the scoring system is fully configurable — every pool admin sets their own point values. Bonus picks (overall winner, top scorer, finalists) can also be added with custom point rewards.
World Cup 2026 stages
Group stage
12 groups of 4 teams
Round of 32
Top 2 + 8 best third-placed
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
19 July 2026
TippspielPro supports three pool modes — from casual fun to a real money pot.
Predict, compete, brag — no buy-in required. Everyone plays for free and the leaderboard shows who has the sharpest football instincts. Perfect for offices, classrooms or family groups where it's purely about bragging rights.
The winner takes home a real or symbolic trophy. In clubs and offices a trophy often carries more weight than cash — it sits on the shelf, gets defended each tournament and keeps the rivalry alive year after year.
Each participant pays a fixed stake. The platform tracks the pot transparently: who has paid, the total amount, and how it splits between the top finishers. The actual cash transfer stays between participants — no payment processing, no fees.
Companies can choose between two options. The standard plan includes a subdomain on TippspielPro — for example mycompany.tippspielpro.de. For a fully white-label experience the premium package supports a custom domain — for example pool.my-company.com — with zero TippspielPro branding anywhere.
In both cases the platform runs in the company's own look: logo, primary colour, custom copy. This opens two completely different use cases: an internal tool for employee engagement and team spirit — or a public customer campaign where clients, leads or followers are invited to participate.
Invite links, communications and every visible surface carry the company's name — not TippspielPro's.
How it looks
Standard · Subdomain
alfa-brewery.tippspielpro.de
Own logo · Own colour · Own copy
Premium · Custom domain
pool.my-company.com
0 % TippspielPro branding · SSL included
Domain setup in < 1 hour · Support included
No IT, no setup overhead — your pool is ready before the first match kicks off.
Email or Google sign-in. Takes 30 seconds.
Name it, choose your scoring rules and pool mode.
Trophy, money pot or fun mode — fully your call.
Invite link or 6-digit code via WhatsApp or email.
A World Cup predictor — also called a World Cup pool, pick'em pool, or sweepstake — is a contest where participants predict the score of every match before kickoff. Points are awarded for accuracy: exact score earns the most, correct winner earns the least. Whoever finishes the tournament with the most points wins.
The 2026 World Cup is the first with 48 teams instead of 32, resulting in 104 matches across group stage, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The tournament runs from June 11 to July 19, 2026, across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Yes, fully. The pool admin sets the point values for exact score, correct goal difference and correct winner. Bonus picks can also be enabled — overall winner, top scorer, finalist teams — with configurable point values per question.
In fun mode everyone predicts for free — it's purely about leaderboard position. In trophy mode the platform tracks prizes (physical trophy, gift card, etc.) for the top finishers. In money pool mode each participant pays a stake; the platform tracks who has paid, how much is in the pot, and how it splits across places. The actual cash transfer happens off-platform between participants.
Yes. The standard plan includes a subdomain on TippspielPro: yourcompany.tippspielpro.de. The premium package supports a fully custom domain like pool.your-company.com — with zero TippspielPro branding visible anywhere.
Ideally 4–6 weeks before the opening match, to allow time for invitations, prize pool setup, and — for companies — domain configuration or sponsor onboarding. Last-minute setup the day before the tournament also works; fixtures are already loaded.
No. TippspielPro runs in the browser on any device — phone, tablet, laptop. One click on the invite link, a 30-second sign-up, and you're predicting. No app store, no updates.
No. The platform scales from a five-person friend group to a company-wide campaign with thousands of participants.
All 104 matches pre-loaded. Points auto-calculated. Live leaderboard. No credit card.
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