World Cup 2023 Prediction: our tips for predicting the World Cup

This is the event the most anticipated and the most followed on the planet , and it is coming at high speed: the World Cup of football . This year, it will take place in Qatar, and even if it will take place in several months, you can already predict on this one. So we have concocted the complete guide for you to know everything about the subject, let's go!

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⚽ Event	World Cup 2023
⌛ Date of the competition	From November 21, 2023 until the world cup final on December 18, 2023
🌍 Place	Qatar
🥐 Holder of the title	France
🦚 More titles	Brazil 5

Presentation of the 2023 World Cup

Before going into detail into the workings of the World Cup 2023 in Qatar, here is a small presentation of each edition of the CDM :

Date	Host Country	Winner
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay (1st title)
1934	Italy	Italy (1st)
1938	France	Italy (2nd)
1950	Brazil	Uruguay (2nd)
1954	Switzerland	Germany (1st)
1958	Sweden	Brazil (1st)
1962	Chile	Brazil (2nd)
1966	England	England (1st)
1970	Mexico	Brazil (3rd)
1974	Germany	Germany (2nd)
1978	Argentina	Argentina (1st)
1982	Spain	Italy (3rd)
1986	Mexico	Argentina (2nd)
1990	Italy	Germany (3rd)
1994	USA	Brazil (4th)
1998	France	France (1st)
2002	South Korea / Japan	Brazil (5th)
2006	Germany	Italy (4th)
2010	South Africa	Spain (1st)
2014	Brazil	Germany (4th)
1958	Russia	France (2nd)

The teams that have already qualified for the Qatar World Cup

The qualifications are still in progress, and at the moment, only 14 nations have already validated their ticket to Qatar :

• Qatar (1st participation) : host country who will therefore play at home
• Iran (6th participation) : guaranteed to be in the top two of Group B of the Asian qualifiers
• Germany (20th participation) : finished 1st in Group J of the Europe Zone
• Belgium (14th participation) : finished 1st in Group E of the Europe Zone
• Croatia (6th participation) : finished 1st in Group H of the Europe Zone
• Denmark (6th participation) : finished 1st in Group F of the Europe Zone
• France (16th participation) : finished 1st in Group D of the Europe Zone
• Serbia (3rd participation) : finished 1st in Group A of the Europe Zone
• Spain (16th participation) : finished 1st in Group B of the Europe Zone
• England (16th participation) : finished 1st in Group I of the Europe Zone
• Switzerland (12th participation) : finished 1st in Group C of the Europe Zone
• The Netherlands (11th participation) : finished 1st in Group G of the Europe Zone
• Brazil (22nd participation) : guaranteed to be in the top four of the South American qualifying group
• Argentina (19th participation) : guaranteed to be in the top four of the South American qualifying group

How is the CDM 2023 taking place?

The different rounds and the repeated matches can sometimes make understanding hazardous. This is why the team of ParierauCanada explains in detail the course of the various matches counting for the World Cup.

Designation of the organizing country

Several years in advance, a committee is selected to choose the allocation of the next FIFA World Cup. Several criteria are taken into account, and officially the best candidate is chosen, although, unofficially, financial issues most often prevail.

Qatar has therefore been chosen to host the 2023 World Cup, even if some aspects raise questions , such as the death of several workers in construction sites, the air conditioning in stadiums, among others.

For the 2026 World Cup, it is not one, but several countries that will host the World Cup, a trio composed of the Mexico, Canada, and the United States . This will be the second time that several nations will be hosts after that of 2002 co-organized by Japan and South Korea, but it will be the first time that 3 countries will be at the organization of the world Cup.

Qualification

For the 2023 edition, 32 teams are expected , and to find out which ones will be there, qualifications take place on each of the continents.

Each zone has its own functioning and has a number of teams to be sent directly to the Cup and a number of teams to be sent to the play-off. The matches take place throughout the years preceding the World Cup, and all the qualified teams will be known in April 2023.

This system has a big advantage, that of giving each sports nation a chance to qualify, even the smallest, so Gabon, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Montenegro or the Faroe Islands had a chance to qualify for the 2023 World Cup play-offs .

Dam test

The World Cup already knows a few teams that will participate, but others must first go through the play-off stage. The rules and the schedule depend on each zone , but then some intercontinental dams take place.

For example, for the Africa zone play-offs, the draw has already taken place, and we already know the five play-off matches that will take place. The winner of each of these round-trip football confrontations will go to the football World Cup :

• Ghana - Nigeria
• Mali – Tunisia
• Cameroon – Algeria
• Egypt – Senegal
• Morocco - Democratic Republic of the Congo

In Europe, we also know the teams qualified for the play-offs, and the matches that will take place. There will be three additional qualifiers, one per lane, here are each of them :

• Track A : Ukraine – Scotland and Wales - Austria
• Track B : Poland – Russia and Sweden - Czech Republic
• Track C : North Macedonia – Italy and Portugal - Turkey

Course of the final phase

The 32 teams are then divided into 8 groups of 4 and each of the teams will face each of the other teams in the group once. A win is worth three points, draws are worth one point, and a loss is worth no points.

When each day has taken place and the results are known, a ranking is drawn up. The two teams with the most points advance to the knockout stage (in case of a tie, the team with the best goal average is qualified). From there, every loss is a playoff, and the losing team goes home.

At the start, there are therefore only 16 teams competing in the knockout stages, then eight teams who will fight in the quarter-finals, four teams for the semi-finals, then the two winners of these will qualify for the grand finale . The two losers of the semi-finals will play a small final to find out the identity of the country that will complete the podium.

Who are our 5 winning World Cup teams?

Despite a wide choice of contenders, the betting team in Canada has decided to make predictions and in particular to announce the team that will win the World Cup. So we have chosen a shortlist of five names :

Germany ⚫�🔴�

A real war machine, and after a troubled period, the National Mannschaft is once again advancing with great quality for the next World Cup. The iconic coach Joachim Löw left the reins of Germany to his former assistant, who won everything in a short time with Bayern Munich: Hans Dieter Flick.

However, Löw had recovered the team after the 2006 World Cup, and had been able to create a new generation of talent, revealing great names recognized worldwide today, such as Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos, Jérôme Boateng, Manuel Neuer, Mats Hummels, Mario Gomez, and many others.

But the Germans took a big disappointment in the face four years ago, by being pitifully eliminated in the group stages, however in a pool within their reach (Mexico / Sweden / South Korea), which allowed them to really question themselves, to the point of changing their coach. Since taking office in 2021, Hansi Flick won the 7 matches he played and gave back his letters of nobility to the National Mannschaft.

Germany is the second most successful nation in all of history, with four titles, distributed throughout history, which clearly shows the influence they have had in history (1954 / 1974 / 1990 / 2014). But beyond the titles, the Germans have always responded. , and have always at least qualified for the quarterfinals since 1954 (except during the disillusionment of 2018), and have finished on the podium 12 times, in 18 participations, a more than safe value.

If you see Germany winning the Football World Cup, they are listed at 11 on betway

Brazil �🟡�

What can we say about Brazil! The Seleção is the country to have won the most titles in the history of football, with 5 world titles, those acquired by the great Peeled́ (1958 / 1962 / 1970 ), that of the duo Bebeto-Romario (1994), and that obtained by the great Ronaldo (2002).

The yellows, greens and blues are also the only ones to have qualified for each of the editions, and to have reached the knockout stages on each of them. However, they are sometimes less sharp in the big moments, and have only reached the podium 9 times, and not once since their title in 2002.

The Seleção has a real pool of talents in each of the positions, but with the emergence of new players every week, the Brazilian selection lacks stability, and automatisms are struggling to be done.

All the biggest clubs in the world have Brazilian players which highlights the quality of the squad, like PSG ( Neymar or Marquinhos), Manchester City (Gabriel Jesus, Fernandinho and Ederson), Liverpool (Alisson Becker, Firmino and Fabinho), Chelsea (Thiago Silva), Barcelona (Neto and Dani Alves), or Real Madrid (Marcelo Militao, Rodrygo, Vinicius and Casemiro) .

But the recent disappointing results put a big expectation on the shoulders of the Seleção, which has a habit of mishandling the pressure, like their world cup, the one at home in 2014, which ended in a fiasco and a 7 - 1 defeat against Germany in the semi-final .

To summarize, there is an eternal contender for the title, who certainly does not have the best squad in his history, but who can transcend himself at any time to win a sixth world title and go down in history forever.

Brazil is listed at 7 on betway

Spain �🔴�

Still nostalgic for the era Vicente Del Bosque , the Spaniards hope a lot from their protégés for 2023. La Roja has indeed had a very prosperous period, rewarded by Euro 2008, the 2010 world Cup, then Euro 2012, with a very particular style, and a framework that has remained legendary, with Victor Valdès, Jordi Alba, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Andrès Iniesta, David Villa, Fernando Torres, Pedro, and others...

But this sweet dream ended abruptly in 2014, with an elimination from the pools against the Netherlands, Chile, and Australia. Since then the selectors and the ideas have been jostling until the arrival of Luis Henrique . The former Barcelona tactician gave meaning to this team and took Spain to the semi-finals of the Euro, and a penalty defeat against the future Italian winners.

Today Spain has regained defensive ideas, and there is only one question left to solve, who for the tip of the attack? Many different players have been tested, but never with the expected success. The era of Torres and Villa now seems far away, and neither the clumsy Morata, nor the irregular Moreno, nor the veteran Raul de Tomas seem to fulfill the expectations placed in them. If you still see them winning the final title, know that they are 9 sides on betway .

England 🔴⚪

Often irregular and disappointing, England remains a strong favorite for the final title, thanks to a very well-made squad. The English did not win only one trophy in history , a world Cup, at their home in 1966. Moore and Charlton's teammates have obtained this title, despite doubts that hang over several dubious events, including a goal still disputed today in the final, that of Geoff Hurst against the FRG.

But recently, the Three Lions have had the opportunity to shine, with courses well within their reach, whether at the 2018 World Cup, where they reached the semi-finals by beating Panama, Tunisia, Colombia, and Sweden, before falling to Croatia, or at the Euro, where they had the easiest group in addition to beating "only" Denmark in the semi-finals to go to the final and then lose to Italy. Despite past disappointments, and even without the neo-coaches Rooney, Lampard and Gerrard , the English probably have their best generation for more than 50 years.

This return to the first European level is mainly due to the export of English players . In the past, young Englishmen preferred to be loaned out to the English D2 (the Championship) rather than elsewhere in Europe, but attitudes have changed, for the greater good of the selection. Thus, several current managers of the selection, or young nuggets have expatriated such as Emile Smith Rowe (In Leipzig), Fikayo Tomori (currently at AC Milan), Kieran Trippier (passed by Atlético Madrid), Tammy Abraham (currently at AS Roma) or Jude Bellingham and Jason Sancho (both spent together at Borussia Dortmund).

If you finally see the English passing a milestone, know that they are rated at 8.5 on betway

France 🔵⚪🔴

The title holder, the French team is obviously the favorite for the final title, although they will have to beware of the inevitable curse of the World Cup winners . Indeed, since 2002, and with the exception of the 2006 edition, all the teams that won the world Cup have gone out in pool on the following edition (France in 2002, Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014, and Germany in 2018).

Since 2014, France has not been free of any reproaches, especially that without the famous chance to Didier Deschamps , the blues might not have come to their end more than once. During the last Euro, the French were eliminated in the knockout stages, against Switzerland, on penalties. DD to save the furniture by winning the Nations League, a not very prestigious competition, but which at least could have saved the illusions in the eyes of all (especially since the victories against Belgium and Spain were acquired at the very end of the match, and with a more than contentious goal from Mbappé).

In addition to these internal problems and the curse, France has surely the best workforce on the planet, in competition may be with England. In goals Lloris never disappoints, as do his quality defenders, such as Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Benjamin Pavard, Kurt Zouma or Raphael Varane. In the middle Paul Pogba is still present in the selection, even if his performances are in a sawtooth with Manchester United, and the inevitable Ngolo Kanté is still there. The return of Karim Benzema has done a lot of good, accompanied by wingers of great qualities, such as Kingsley Coman, and especially the nugget Kylian Mbappé.

If you see them achieve the double (it has only happened twice in history, Italy in 1934 – 1938, and Brazil in 1958 and in 1962), they are favorites and rated at 7 out of betway .

Who are the best players in the World Cup?

Each selection will be able to take 23 players in their luggage, which will give a total of 736 footballers , for almost as many stars. We have selected 5 of them, the most famous, and only strikers, to also advise you for the title of best scorer of the competition.

Lionel Messi

Should we still present the best player in the history of football? The leprechaun from Buenos Aires has long been the happiness of FC Barcelona, has won all possible trophies with, 7 Ballons d'Or, and joined Paris Saint Germain last summer. For a long time fanny with Argentina, and after three Copa America finals and a lost World Cup final, the Pulga has finally won a major trophy with the AlbiCeleste : the Copa America 2021 .

It remains to be seen, therefore, if with an aging squad, Messi and Argentina will manage to make an impression.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Eternal rival of Messi, CR7 will be keen to do what his opponent has never done, won a World Cup. Long a step below the big nations, Portugal has this time a high-quality squad, with the arrival of Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Felix, and many others. CR7 and Portugal will first have to pass the phase of the dams and the complicated Route C, composed of Italy, Turkey, and North Macedonia.

The native of Madeira immediately exploded at Sporting Portugal, then became a war machine at Manchester United and Real Madrid, where he won everything. Since then, he has joined Juventus from Turin, then returned to his birthplace of Old Trafford .

Kylian Mbappe

Everything exploded very quickly for the native of Bondy. Trained at AS Monaco, the French nugget was selected from an early age for the French national team, and was the main architect of the French title during the 2018 World Cup, at only 19 years old. He has since joined the PSG for more than 180 million euros, and at the end of his contract, he should join Real Madrid next summer.

Kylian Mbappé has barely blown his 23rd candle that he already has 53 international caps to his credit, for 24 goals scored . Just like the rest of the blues, he will undoubtedly be one of the strong players to follow.

Harry Kane

Top scorer at the last World Cup, at the last Euro, and during the last qualifiers at the World Cup, he should once again shine in the selection. Even if he is now having a harder time with Spurs since his aborted transfer to Manchester City, he should inevitably be present next November. He could even become the top scorer of his country at that moment, because the Londoner has already scored 48 goals in 67 appearances , and the record holder, Wayne Rooney, is only 5 goals ahead, which should not be enough to satisfy Harry Kane's hunger.

Romelu Lukaku

Long considered simply as a precocious player and a hope in need of confirmation, Romelu Lukaku has now arrived in his prime and decided to break everything in his path. Trained in Anderlecht, he started as a professional at only 16 years old, then joined Chelsea two years later, after breaking everything in the Jupiler Pro League.

At the blues, he finds it difficult to impose himself, and multiplies loans, to West Bromwich Albion, then Everton, before committing to it definitively. After a failed transfer to Manchester United, he finally leaves England, joins Serie A, and breaks up with Inter Milan. He is one of the main players in the interiste title, but surprises everyone by returning to Stamford Bridge for an astronomical sum. At the red devils, on the other hand, he has never disappointed, and he is also the top scorer of the selection, with 65 goals scored .

How to predict the World Cup correctly?

Now that you know a little more about the ins and outs of the Qatari competition, here are our tips on how to bet effectively on the 2023 World Cup.

Taking an interest in the health of players

Even if this is a collective sport, the individual performances of some players are decisive and essential to the smooth running of your bet. That is why you should definitely worry about the health of the key players you are betting on, or even better, bet only once that the compositions of the two teams have fallen .

The arrival of Covid in official football competitions has not facilitated anything, and a team can quickly be decimated because of a bad spread of the virus. The African Cup of Nations, which is currently taking place in Cameroon, proved this to us well, and the Comoros had to play with their right-back in goal because of an epidemic in this position.

Analyze the complete table

Not all matches have the same stakes, and it is important before betting to look at who will benefit from the points obtained and the matches that will follow. Sometimes some teams can be eliminated even before the third game and will therefore be less motivated than others . Conversely, some teams may be particularly motivated during the last meeting, because their future in the competition is being played out now.

Starting from the direct elimination round (the knockout stages), the calculations are simpler, because each defeat is synonymous with elimination. Once the group stages are known, you can easily predict the following rounds, and sometimes, bet on the future qualification of a nation in the semi-finals or finals can pay you big with lower risks .

Obviously, the classic calculations of the average of goals scored and conceded, their last direct confrontations and the various other statistics are to be watched.

Don't underestimate small teams

In a competition like the World Cup, there are no small teams. Even the lowest nations in the FIFA ranking are of quality, and their qualification is often such an event that they are ready to die on the field and give themselves body and soul. Thus, small teams can create the feat and pass several rounds, simply thanks to a formidable defense .

For example, in 2014, Costa Rica had managed to reach the quarter-finals just thanks to an iron defense, after coming out of the group of death (Uruguay / England / Italy), to everyone's surprise. Only the Netherlands, on penalties, were able to defeat Keylor Nava s and his 10 teammates. Better, in 2006, Switzerland managed to get eliminated without conceding a single goal, neither in the pool stage (0 – 0 against France / 2 - 0 against Togo / 2 - 0 against South Korea), nor during their elimination in the eighth final by Ukraine (0 – 0, then 4 - 3 on penalties).

So never underestimate the small teams in your pronos!

Canada's Place at the 2023 HOM

Canada and football have long been enemies, and it took many years before the Canadian football team qualified for the World Cup finals. To date, the red and white have not participated only once at the queen's competition, it was in 1986 , in Mexico.

The balance sheet is not really to the advantage of the Canucks. Indeed, our Canadians had not managed to get a single point, even worse, they had not scored a single goal (defeat 1 – 0 against France, 2 - 0 against Hungary, then 2 - 0 against the Soviet Union).

But that era is over, and Canada's golden generation is finally here. The standard-bearer of this new situation is obviously the very promising Bavarian Alphonso Davies who since his repositioning as a lateral is considered one of the best in his position on the planet. But the Bayern youngster (22 years old) is not alone, and the promising Lille goalscorer Jonathan David (21 years old) is also in the game.

Other more experienced players are also there to take this team as far as possible, such as the scorer of Besiktas Cyle Larin, the right winger of Brugge Tajon Buchanan, the defensive midfielder of Porto Stephen Eustaquio, where the young strikers of Basel and Troyes Liam Millar and Iké Ugbo. The captain and veteran with 90 caps Atiba Hutchison (who also plays for Besiktas) will also be able to count on several players who play in MLS, a championship that has grown in rank in recent years.

Currently, and four meetings away from the end of the playoffs, Canada is largely the leader with a 4-point lead over his American runner-up. A collection of seven points in the last matches will certainly ensure the direct qualification of the reds to the World Cup, even if a less effective record could suffice.

For a long time in the shadow of the USA, Mexico and other less brilliant American nations, Canada finally seems to have put its foot on the leather, and has a very high chance of finally reaching the final stage of the World Cup, and to undoubtedly make a better performance there than in 1986!