WORLD CUP PROGNOSTICATION: Will #1, 2, & 3 Argentina, Spain & France all win their opening WC games?
91% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 34 predictions cast.
The combined prediction that Argentina, Spain, and France would all win their 2026 FIFA World Cup opening matches resolved false after Spain was held to a 0-0 draw by Cape Verde in Group H play on June 15 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Cape Verde, ranked 64th in the world by FIFA, was making its first-ever World Cup appearance. Spain, ranked No. 2 globally and the reigning European champions, generated 27 shots to Cape Verde's six, but 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha turned in a historic performance to keep the match scoreless. The result was one of the opening round's most striking upsets and recalled the 2022 cycle when Argentina lost its opener to Saudi Arabia. Argentina and France had not yet played their openers at the time Spain's result made the three-part question unresolvable as true. The outcome underscored the competitive parity across the expanded 48-team tournament field. A 91 percent majority of predictors anticipated all three top-ranked nations would win; Spain's draw alone was sufficient to prove them wrong.