How It Works

BasicsGeneral rules

• Sign up with email/password and choose a public nickname.
• Profiles can be edited before the tournament.
• All Group Stage score predictions must be submitted before tournament start; after the tournament starts, they become read-only.

Knockout PicksEntry window

After the Group Stage ends, knockout picks will open on Jun 28, 2026 4:00 AM UTC and remain open until Jun 29, 2026 5:00 PM UTC .

This extended window gives everyone more time to complete their knockout predictions before the main knockout schedule continues.

Please note that the first knockout match, Match 73, is scheduled for Jun 28, 2026 7:00 PM UTC , before the knockout-picks deadline closes. Because of this, users may already know the result of that first knockout match before submitting their knockout picks.

Offside Cup treats this first knockout match as a shared bonus match for all users. This rule applies equally to everyone and is intended to make the knockout-picks window more user-friendly.

The date/times shown in the visual are based on PDT. They will be different if you are in a different time zone.

PointsScoring

Per match:

• 4 points: exact score (e.g., predicted 2–1, actual 2–1)
• 3 points: correct goal difference (e.g., predicted 3–2, actual 2–1 → both are +1)
• 2 points: correct outcome only (win/draw/loss), goal difference is wrong
• 0 points: otherwise

Knockouts (Round of 32 onward): points are only awarded if the team you picked to win is the same as the actual winner. The opponent can change, if your picked winner still wins their actual game, the normal 4/3/2 scoring above applies. If your picked winner is not the real winner (including when the actual matchup is different), you get 0.

Hypothetical examples (knockouts):

• Projected matches are different: you predicted Team A vs Team B, picked Team A 2–1. Actual match is Team A vs Team C, and Team A wins 2–1 → 4 points (winner matches, exact score).
• Projected matches are the same: you predicted Team D vs Team E, picked Team D 1–0. Actual match is Team D vs Team E, and Team D wins 2–1 → 3 points (winner matches, correct goal difference).
• One team overlaps and that team is the winner: you predicted Team F vs Team G, picked Team F 1–0. Actual match is Team F vs Team H, and Team F wins 3–0 → 2 points (winner matches, outcome only).

RanksBoard Ranking Priority Order

• Total points (descending)
• Number of exact-score predictions (descending)
• Number of goal-difference predictions (descending)
• Number of outcome-only predictions (descending)
• Nickname alphabetical (ascending) for deterministic tie-break

Tie-BreaksFIFA vs Offside Cup

This is how Offside Cup resolves tied teams in users’ predicted group standings.

The ranking used here was pulled from https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men on Jun 7, 2026: