The World Cup week is here! The tournament kicks off today with host nation Russia taking on Saudi Arabia. In anticipation of the 2018 World Cup kicking off on Thursday, we took a look at all 32 teams in each of the 8 groups. Check out our group-by-group previews here:
Group A (Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay)
Group B (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran)
Group C (France, Australia, Peru, Denmark)
Group D (Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria)
Group E (Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia)
Group F (Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea)
Group G (Belgium, England, Tunisia, Panama)
Group H (Poland, Colombia, Senegal, Japan)
In each of those post, the Steel City Blitz crew of myself (Ian), Cnic, Steel Dad and a special guest appearance by Steel Son gave our predictions for which teams would advance. Here is a look at our predictions for how the final results of the tournament will shake out. For full disclosure, we made these picks before Spain sacked their manager. Spain still has plenty of talent to make a deep run, but it will be interesting to see if the turmoil at the top impacts their performance.
Team Predictions
Ian | Cnic | SteelDad | SteelSon | |
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Champion | ||||
2nd Place | ||||
3rd Place | ||||
4th Place |
Individual Predictions
Ian | Cnic | SteelDad | SteelSon | |
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Golden Ball (Best Player) |
Thomas Muller (Germany) |
Neymar (Brazil) |
Neymar (Brazil) |
Eden Hazard (Belgium) |
Golden Boot (Most Goals) |
Radamel Falcao (Colombia) |
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) |
Neymar (Brazil) |
Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
Golden Glove (Best Keeper) |
Manuel Neuer (Germany) |
David De Gea (Spain) |
Manuel Neuer (Germany) |
David De Gea (Spain) |
Best Young Player | Gabriel Jesus (Brazil) |
Timo Werner (Germany) |
Timo Werner (Germany) |
Kylian Mbappe (France) |
What are your predictions for the World Cup? Leave them in the comments and we’ll check back at the end of the tournament to see if anyone is really Nostradamus.