Start a private World Cup pool. Your group. Your rules.
Like NFL pick'em, but for the 2026 World Cup. Free up to 25 members. Private picks, real-time scoring, and a leaderboard that runs itself.
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What always breaks
Your spreadsheet can't run a World Cup
Spreadsheets break by Matchday 2
One broken formula and the standings vanish. The commissioner spends Sunday debugging pivot tables instead of watching the match.
400-unread message threads
Picks arrive after kickoff. Someone replied in DM. Half the group doesn't know the deadline locked.
The commissioner disappears
They volunteered to track scores. They go quiet after Brazil vs. Cameroon. Your pool dies with them.
Everyone copies the soccer guy
When picks are public, the casuals wait to copy the one friend who actually watches Premier League.
Watch how it works
A World Cup with your group,
minus the chaos
60 seconds. That's all it takes to get it.
The familiar part
It's NFL pick'em, but for the 2026 World Cup
Run an office pick'em? Filled out a March Madness bracket in the group chat? Then you already know how Toqui works. Everyone picks each match, points stack up, the leaderboard sorts itself. That's it.
The difference is the tournament. 48 teams, 104 matches, one month across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Bigger than anything your group's ever tried — which is exactly where the spreadsheet, the message thread, and the volunteer commissioner all break.
Toqui runs at that scale. The math runs itself for a month.
How it works
Three steps. No install.
Create your pool
Name it. Pick a scoring mode — Casual, Classic 3-1-0, or Cascade Bracket. Set a deadline. Ninety seconds, no card.
Invite your group
Share one link. They tap, they're in. No app to install, no account hoops.
Picks lock, scores update live
Everyone submits picks privately before kickoff. Goals go in, the leaderboard moves in seconds. Every match.
Not a public pool
Just your group. Not 2 million strangers.
ESPN's Bracket Challenge is free, and it's fine; if you want to be one entry of two million on a global leaderboard. Your cousin's dumb pick disappears into the noise. Public pools reward whoever picked the most boring chalk bracket out of two million tries. Your group doesn't care about that.
Toqui is the opposite. Your 20 friends, your office, your family chat; people you'll actually see at the watch party. Private picks until the deadline locks. Custom scoring. No ads, no banners, no stadium full of strangers.
See the full Toqui vs. ESPN comparison →
| Toqui | ESPN Bracket Challenge | |
|---|---|---|
| Group size | Your 5–1,000 people | ~2M global |
| Picks | Private until lock | Public on submit |
| Scoring modes | 4 (Casual → Cascade) | One |
| Notifications | Smart, per-pool | Generic |
| Ads | None | Yes |
Features
Built for the messy parts
Private picks
Nobody sees anyone else's picks until the deadline locks. Kills the "copy the guy who knows soccer" problem.
Real-time auto-scoring
Brazil scores, your leaderboard updates in seconds. No commissioner doing math. No spreadsheet anyone has to touch.
Full elimination bracket
Round of 32, R16, quarters, semis, final. Winners auto-advance as real results come in. The knockout round runs itself.
Smart notifications
"Picks lock in 2 hours." "You jumped to #3." Useful pings only. No spam, no ads.
4 game modes
Casual, Classic (3-1-0), Cascade Bracket, or build your own. Pick a preset or customize.
Pricing
Free up to 25. Pro when you grow.
Free up to 25 members. Unlimited pools. Forever. Past 25, Pro starts at $49 — one-time, per pool — and scales to 1,000 members. Organizer pays, members never do. Grow past your tier mid-tournament and you pay only the difference.
“Used to be two hours every matchday updating the spreadsheet. With Toqui I set the pool up over lunch and it's been running itself since kickoff.”
— Alex P., office commissioner, Miami
For workplaces
Run a World Cup pool at work
Office pools are half of why Toqui exists, and the 2026 tournament is the biggest excuse the American workplace has had in a decade to run one. The commissioner gets a shareable join link, private picks, and real-time scoring — no IT-maintained spreadsheet. Legal in all 50 states as a recreational group pool.
Pro adds custom branding — your logo, your colors. Enterprise adds full whitelabel with your own domain, plus SSO, an account manager, and enterprise billing.
Run a World Cup pool at work →
How to run a World Cup pool — the full guide →
Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions
What is a World Cup pool?
A World Cup pool is a group pick'em where friends, coworkers, or family pick every match of the 2026 tournament and compete on a private leaderboard. Same format as an NFL pick'em or office March Madness bracket — just stretched across 104 matches and a knockout round.
Is Toqui free?
Yes. Pools up to 25 members are free forever — no card, no trial, no ads. Only the organizer pays, and only if the group grows past 25. Joining is always free for members.
Can I host a World Cup pool at work?
Yes — office pools are one of the things we built Toqui for. The commissioner gets a shareable join link, private picks, and real-time scoring. No spreadsheet, no Slack-thread scorekeeping. With no money on the platform, it's legal in all 50 states — same as the March Madness bracket your office probably already runs.
How is this different from an NFL pick'em?
Mechanically, it isn't — you pick each match, you get points, the leaderboard updates. The difference is the tournament: 48 teams, 104 matches, one month, then a single-elimination bracket. One pool covers both the group stage and the knockout rounds. Winners auto-advance.
Is Toqui a World Cup prediction game?
It's a prediction game with a group. Solo predictors and simulators are one person filling out a bracket against a computer. Toqui is built for groups: 104 matches, private picks, private leaderboard. If you want to predict with friends, it's a pool. If you want to predict alone against a bot, it isn't.
Your group. Your rules. Free to start.
Kickoff is June 11, 2026, at Estadio Azteca. Get your pool set up before someone else volunteers and picks a scoring mode you hate.