- Qatar to be punished horribly, new record negative goal-difference
- NL win, Senegal runners up
- Wales to fall to US + Iran but sneak a draw against England
- England win group, US runners up
- Saudi to struggle. Lewandowski to continue WC goal drought.
- Argentina win group, Mexico runners up
- France win group, Denmark runners up
- Germany win group, either Costa Rica or Japan shock Spain.
- Canada have a good opening game then get clowned on by Croatia and Morocco
- Belgium win, Croatia runners up
- Brazil win group then either:
- Switzerland runners up after Cameroon have a scandal involving pay/bonuses, or
- Cameroon runners up
- Portugal win group, Ghana second