The countries are divided into eight groups with each group containing four teams.
The first round of the tournament is a round robin. The top two teams from each group progress to the knockout stage, where a single loss will end a team’s World Cup dreams.
Soccer analysts are combing over rosters, formations, and other factors to determine who the world champions will be.
Farms.com will try to predict the winner using ag-related information.
Using available data, Farms.com will determine the group and knockout stage winners using agriculture as a percentage of a country’s gross domestic product.
The two countries in each group where agriculture accounts for larger portions of their GDPs will advance to the knockout stage.
Today’s predictions focus on Groups A to D.
All figures are from 2021 and in $USD unless otherwise noted.
| Group A | Countries | Ag Percentage of GDP | Total GDP in 2021 |
| | Qatar | 0.3 | $179.6 billion |
| Advances to knockout stage | Ecuador | 9.41 | $106.2 billion |
| Winners of Group A | Senegal | 15.32 | $27.63 billion |
| | Netherlands | 1.57 | $1.018 trillion |
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| Group B | | | |
| | England | 0.51 | $3.187 trillion |
| Winners of Group B | Iran | 8 percent in 2020 | $231.5 billion in 2020 |
| | USA | 0.6 | $23 trillion |
| Advances to knockout stage | Wales | Less than 2 percent | $90.3 billion in 2020 |
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| Group C | | | |
| Winners of Group C | Argentina | 6.87 | $491.5 billion |
| | Saudi Arabia | 3.6 | $833.5 billion |
| Advances to knockout stage | Mexico | 3.84 | $1.293 trillion |
| | Poland | 2.37 | $674 billion |
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| Group D | | | |
| | France | 1.63 | $2.937 trillion |
| Advances to knockout stage | Australia | 2.27 | $1.543 trillion |
| | Denmark | 0.97 | $397.1 billion |
| Winners of Group D | Tunisia | 12 | $46.84 billion |
Be sure to check back for the remaining group breakdowns and knockout stage results.