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World Cup 2026 winner forecast: An algorithm predicts the champion (opens in new tab)

Covers We ran 100,000 computer simulations of the World Cup. And the winner will be …

The machine learning algorithm and subsequent simulations are fueled by data, expert knowledge and statistical models

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