Scoring Rules

Earn points by predicting match scores and tournament outcomes. Here's exactly how every point is awarded.

Match predictions

Every match is scored on a sliding scale — the closer your prediction, the more points you earn.

You nailed the final score exactly — e.g. you predicted 2–1 and it finished 2–1.

Right winner and right margin, but not the exact score — e.g. you said 2–1 and it finished 3–2.

Right winner, or correctly called a draw, but the margin was off.

Wrong outcome — no points awarded.

Long-range calls you make before the action starts.

3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss — every match your team plays.

Awarded if you pick the team that lifts the trophy.

Earned for every group whose top team you predict correctly.

From the Round of 32 onward, ties are settled differently for match scoring and for the champion bonus.

Match predictions are graded on the score after regulation and extra time.
A penalty shoot-out never changes the scored result — a match that finishes level and is decided on penalties is scored as a draw.
For the tournament champion bonus, the team that wins the shoot-out is treated as the one that advances and, in the final, lifts the trophy.

A quick way to earn an extra point every day.

Answer all 10 football questions correctly in the daily quiz to earn 1 point. One game per day.

Match predictions lock at kickoff.
Group-winner picks lock at that group's first kickoff.
Your favorite team and tournament champion lock when the knockout stage begins.
Once a pick is locked you can no longer change it.
If you left a locked pick blank, the one-time "God's Hand" lifeline on the Bonus page can randomly fill every blank pick for you — it can only be used once.
Once a final result is entered, every prediction is re-scored automatically.

If two players finish level on points, the one with more exact-score hits ranks higher.