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From Dark Horses to Dominance: The Sportsblock World Cup Story So Far

64 contestants entered the Sportsblock World Cup contest and to date it's been a rollercoaster of a leaderboard.

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The early success of a few of the dark horses meant that those players who had bucked the trend with their selections were sitting pretty while groups A, B and C played out but gradually the favorites began to find their form.

Only 200 points seperate the top 30 contestants so it's still very much all to play for as we head into later stages of the tournament.

Below is an analysis of who has got what left as we enter the round of 36

Which elimanted teams were the most popular picks?

48 teams entered World Cup 2026 but only 32 remain as we head into the knockout rounds.

Of the 16 that are on a flight home, these are the sides that appeared in most team selections.

Nation No of Users Selected by
Turkey 56
Uruguay 42
Czechia 41
New Zealand 13
Scotland 19
South Korea 9
Tunisia 8
Saudi Arabia 6
Iran 3
Panama 3
Uzbekistan 3
Jordan 3
Qatar 2
Haiti 1
Curacao 1
Iraq 1

The elimation of most of these sides is perhaps not very surprising, 7 of 16 were in pot 4 i.e. the lowest seed in their group while a further 6 were in pot 3.

However there are a few notable exceptions. Uruguay are the highest ranked team (pot 2) to go out with the likes of South Korea and Iran also pot 2 sides.

No pot 1 side, i.e. the top seed, was eliminated during the group stage.

Who is in the strongest position going into the knockout rounds?

All of the 64 contestants have lost between 2 and 5 of their original picks.

The table below also includes the aggregate total of the multipliers for the teams remaining for each player i.e. the sum of the integers between 1 and 16 less those multipliers already eliminated.

Everyone started with 16 teams and an aggregrate multiplier of 136. As you can see the 2 best performing sides both in terms of their current position on the leaderboard and how they enter the knockout rounds have lost just 2 teams and multiplier power of 6 (both lost their x2 and x4 teams).

Elsewhere it's a real mixed bag. Some players currently sitting within the top 10 on the leader board have lost both a higher than average number of teams and some significant multipliers.

@blockhchainfpl for example are 6th overall but ranked 50th in regards this specific metric.

By contrast @maxi01 are 62nd overall, over 500 points off the lead but they have taken 14 of their teams through and maintained the bulk of their high multipliers suggesting they'll be able to move up the table this coming week.

User Current Rank Current Points Teams Left Aggregate Multiplier Eliminated Teams
@rajpootg 1 1797 14 130 Turkey,Czechia
@valentin86 2 1771 14 130 Turkey,Czechia
@daverick 4 1726 14 126 New Zealand,Turkey
@workingdad 23 1601 14 125 Turkey,Czechia
@maxi01 62 1293 14 125 Turkey,Czechia
@gwajnberg 7 1700 14 122 Turkey,Uruguay
@agcoeficiente10 16 1640 13 131 Uruguay,Panama,Turkey
@shebe 17 1633 13 125 Uruguay,Turkey,Czechia
@davideownzall 21 1624 13 125 Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@besheda 20 1626 13 124 Uruguay,Turkey,Czechia
@gen-quimba 26 1586 13 124 Uruguay,Turkey,Czechia
@jaki01 15 1641 13 123 Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@alexgg 34 1570 13 123 Qatar,Turkey,Czechia
@sportsgeek 24 1597 13 123 Uruguay,Turkey,Czechia
@notsportscenter 8 1681 13 122 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey
@tortangkahoy 36 1564 13 121 Scotland,New Zealand,Turkey
@shitsignals 47 1508 13 119 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey
@thirdson 22 1609 13 116 Jordan,Turkey,Czechia
@uwelang 18 1628 12 124 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@talesfrmthecrypt 9 1667 12 123 Turkey,Uruguay,Czechia,Uzbekistan
@r1c4rd0 32 1578 12 123 Uruguay,Czechia,Uzbekistan,Turkey
@acidyo 27 1584 12 122 Uruguay,Iran,Scotland,Turkey
@deniskj 10 1665 12 121 Tunisia,Turkey,Uruguay,Czechia
@nupulse 55 1479 12 121 Iran,Tunisia,Turkey,New Zealand
@mephiko 31 1579 12 120 Turkey,Uruguay,Scotland,Czechia
@wildlifelover 45 1515 12 120 Uruguay,Scotland,Jordan,Turkey
@leemah1 50 1490 12 120 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@paleshelter 64 1172 12 120 Czechia,Turkey,Uruguay,Tunisia
@zusi78 29 1581 12 119 Uruguay,Saudi Arabia,Turkey,Czechia
@tengolotodo 25 1594 12 119 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@reiseamateur 44 1517 12 119 Czechia,Uruguay,Panama,Turkey
@emeka4 63 1232 12 119 Scotland,Uruguay,Turkey,Tunisia
@niallon11 40 1550 12 118 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@fullcoverbetting 13 1644 12 118 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@onemanonewrite 48 1498 12 118 Turkey,Czechia,New Zealand,Tunisia
@livinguktaiwan 46 1513 12 118 South Korea,Turkey,Czechia,Tunisia
@vempromundo 56 1430 12 118 South Korea,Uruguay,Panama,Turkey
@ace108 53 1480 12 117 Saudi Arabia,Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey
@twicejoy-sports 34 1570 12 117 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@lazzvi 33 1575 12 117 Uruguay,Saudi Arabia,Turkey,Czechia
@longganisan 53 1480 12 116 South Korea,Panama,Turkey,Czechia
@doombot75 38 1557 12 116 Uruguay,Scotland,New Zealand,Turkey
@mondoshawan 27 1584 12 115 Czechia,South Korea,Turkey,Tunisia
@teofilex11 5 1715 12 114 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@oskarl21 18 1628 12 114 Scotland,Uruguay,Saudi Arabia,New Zealand
@jmehta 60 1387 12 114 South Korea,Uruguay,Scotland,Saudi Arabia
@danideuder 11 1663 12 113 Uruguay,South Korea,Turkey,Czechia
@chris-uk 3 1761 12 112 Scotland,Turkey,Czechia,Saudi Arabia
@racibo 29 1581 12 112 Czechia,Turkey,Uruguay,Scotland
@blockchainfpl 6 1713 12 111 Uruguay,Scotland,Turkey,Czechia
@friendlymoose 42 1522 11 117 Uruguay,South Korea,Tunisia,Turkey,Czechia
@kobold-djawa 43 1518 11 115 South Korea,Czechia,Scotland,Turkey,Tunisia
@caspermoeller89 52 1488 11 115 Scotland,Czechia,Iraq,Tunisia,Turkey
@tobywalter 51 1489 11 115 Tunisia,New Zealand,Turkey,Scotland,Czechia
@kennybot 61 1370 11 115 Uruguay,Panama,Scotland,New Zealand,Curacao
@kingsleyy 14 1643 11 114 Scotland,New Zealand,Jordan,Turkey,Czechia
@risingstargame 12 1646 11 114 Uruguay,Scotland,New Zealand,Turkey,Czechia
@blanchy 59 1392 11 114 Uruguay,Tunisia,Turkey,Scotland,Czechia
@x-rain 41 1534 11 113 Uruguay,Tunisia,Uzbekistan,Turkey,Czechia
@hatdogsensei 57 1413 11 113 Scotland,Czechia,Turkey,New Zealand,Tunisia
@sperosamuel15 39 1551 11 113 Uruguay,Tunisia,Turkey,Czechia,Scotland
@palomap3 49 1497 11 113 Uruguay,Scotland,New Zealand,Turkey,Saudi Arabia
@treefrognada 58 1404 11 112 Uruguay,Tunisia,Turkey,Czechia,Scotland
@louis.random 37 1563 11 111 Scotland,Haiti,Czechia,Turkey,Tunisia

Of course, we are still quite early doors in the tournament! Only a third of the teams have been elimanted and most of those weren't popular/impactful as far as multipliers go.

The above table is a good guide for who heads into the knockout stages in good shape but ultimately, if your top picks can go deep into the tournament then you're still in with a shout of collecting some big points.

The fixtures that matter

The great part about the knockout format we now enter is that every single fixture has something riding on it for most users.

In fact, many users will find their selected teams going head to head. On the glass half full side of things, that guarantees one of your picks to progress. If you're more a glass half empty type of person you'll know that it also means you're guranteed to lose a team.

Of the round of 32 matches these 3 fixtures feature nations that are both very popular

Brazil vs Japan
Germany vs Paraguay
France vs Sweden

By contrast, these 3 fixtures have some true differentials with the Netherlands, USA and Cape Verde not popular picks

Netherlands vs Morocco
USA vs Bosnia
Argentina vs Cape Verde

Below is a full analysis of the first 4 fixtures of the round of 32, I'll release the others later in the week.

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The opening game of the round of 32 sees a couple of contestants who have gone big on Canada and to date, have benefited from their less conventional pick.

You'd back the joint hosts to beat South Africa who are a more popular pick but generally with a lower multiplier attached to them.

Selected South Africa Multipler Selected Canada Multiplier Selected both Multipliers
@paleshelter 11 @tortangkahoy 15 @hatdogsensei 6, 14
@ace108 9 @longganisan 14
@sperosamuel15 8
@palomap3 8
@treefrognada 8
@chris-uk 7
@onemanonewrite 6
@nupulse 6
@valentin86 5
@agcoeficiente10 3
@alexgg 3
@risingstargame 3
@louis.random 3
@reiseamateur 3
@niallon11 2
@thirdson 2
@mondoshawan 1
@caspermoeller89 1
@friendlymoose 1

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This one has the makings of a classic. The individual brilliance of the Brazilians versus the collective ability of the Japanese.

Japan certainly have the talent to put the 5 times champions out of the tournament but do they have the belief?

There's plenty riding on this game from the SB World Cup contest point of view with a good number of players picking Brazil as one of their high multipliers while Japan too have some strong backing.

Another 9 Hivians have picked both these teams!

Selected Brazil Multipler Selected Japan Multiplier Selected both Multipliers
@besheda 16 @treefrognada 15 @paleshelter 2,8
@mondoshawan 16 @tortangkahoy 13 @uwelang 14,9
@x-rain 16 @danideuder 12 @kobold-djawa 14,9
@lazzvi 16 @fullcoverbetting 12 @valentin86 14,11
@jmehta 16 @doombot75 12 @thirdson 14,11
@tobywalter 16 @livinguktaiwan 12 @gwajnberg 13,8
@mephiko 15 @gen-quimba 11 @blockchainfpl 13,12
@niallon11 15 @sportsgeek 11 @alexgg 13,10
@ace108 15 @rajpootg 10 @maxi01 1,7
@workingdad 15 @jaki01 10
@nupulse 15 @agcoeficiente10 10
@vempromundo 15 @wildlifelover 10
@oskarl21 14 @daverick 9
@louis.random 14 @longganisan 9
@reiseamateur 14 @kingsleyy 9
@notsportscenter 13 @hatdogsensei 8
@twicejoy-sports 11 @davideownzall 7
@tengolotodo 7
@onemanonewrite 7
@shitsignals 7

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Another game where the underdogs have greater backing than the favourites. However, if Paraguay were to prevail then this would be a really significant scalp with a good number of Hivians banking on the Germans going deep into this contest.

Plenty of contestants have picked both these sides but again, the weighting of the multipliers which without exception is in Germany's favours shows that for most, it's the European side that they want to see go through.

Selected Germany Multipler Selected Paraguay Multiplier Selected both Multipliers
@louis.random 15 @maxi01 14 @risingstargame 16,6
@blockchainfpl 14 @paleshelter 12 @x-rain 15,6
@chris-uk 14 @kennybot 10 @danideuder 15,5
@r1c4rd0 14 @vempromundo 8 @racibo 15,5
@doombot75 14 @gen-quimba 7 @kobold-djawa 15,5
@onemanonewrite 14 @wildlifelover 7 @reiseamateur 15,2
@nupulse 13 @blanchy 7 @palomap3 14,6
@tortangkahoy 6 @sportsgeek 14,5
@uwelang 6 @mondoshawan 14,3
@daverick 6 @livinguktaiwan 14,3
@longganisan 6 @oskarl21 13,7
@kingsleyy 6 @mephiko 13,6
@lazzvi 6 @shebe 13,6
@acidyo 5 @ace108 13,6
@shitsignals 5 @rajpootg 13,5
@besheda 4 @talesfrmthecrypt 13,3
@gwajnberg 3 @thirdson 10,9
@treefrognada 3
@jaki01 2
@workingdad 1

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This one is a fascinating match. Morocco have been well back by the commuunity in this World Cup and with good reason as the African champions came through a group containing Brazil unbeaten.

The Dutch too took 7 points from their opening 3 games and might have had more support had they not have found themselves in pot 1.

Should they fall here, they'd be the first pot 1 side out of the contest. If they succeed then they'll take out a good number of picks, including many at the higher end of the spectrum.

@teofilex11 know they will lose either their x13 or x11 pick at the end of this game...

Selected Netherland Multipler Selected Morocco Multiplier Selected both Multipliers
@treefrognada 14 @thirdson 13 @lazzvi 13 , 4
@friendlymoose 13 @blanchy 13 @teofilex11 13 , 11
@emeka4 4 @rajpootg 12
@r1c4rd0 12
@alexgg 12
@twicejoy-sports 12
@danideuder 11
@shebe 11
@notsportscenter 11
@besheda 11
@gwajnberg 10
@uwelang 10
@daverick 10
@nupulse 10
@sperosamuel15 10
@valentin86 9
@jaki01 9
@racibo 9
@tengolotodo 9
@blockchainfpl 8
@chris-uk 8
@talesfrmthecrypt 8
@livinguktaiwan 8
@deniskj 7
@mondoshawan 6
@workingdad 5
@tobywalter 5
@caspermoeller89 4
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