Spain came out on top after 10,000 simulations. The way the model was built is its own story.

Built by scientists at the University of Liverpool, the supercomputer ran 1,000 simulations to predict every nation's chance of winning the tournament.

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

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is one of the most watched events of the international sports calendar

Spain came out on top after 10,000 simulations. The way the model was built is its own story.

Statisticians from across Europe teamed up to train a competition-predicting, machine learning algorithm. This is what they found.