The FIFA Men's World Cup takes place in 2026.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 99% by 15 Oct 2027. Full reasoning from every model.

WillHappen.ai · Accepted Answer

99% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2027-10-15.

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Gemini (Google): 99% — The tournament schedule fell before the prompt's October 2026 anchor date, meaning it has already concluded barring global catastrophe. The 2026 World Cup concluded in July 2026 across North America, well prior to the October 2026 current date. No World Cup has been cancelled during peacetime since the tournament's inception in 1930. Only a catastrophic global disruption before mid-2026 could have prevented the tournament from taking place.

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Claude (Anthropic): 99% — Tournament venues, hosts, and schedule are locked years in advance with no credible cancellation risk. FIFA has already built stadiums, finalized host cities, and sold tickets across US, Canada, and Mexico for June-July 2026. No major geopolitical or logistical crisis has emerged that threatens cancellation of a tournament of this scale and commercial importance. Historical base rate for scheduled World Cups being held as planned is effectively 100% barring world war or global pandemic.

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GPT (OpenAI): 99% — With the host infrastructure and schedule already operational, only an extraordinary security or geopolitical shock could stop it. FIFA, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have already committed venues, logistics, broadcasting, and national security resources for June–July. Modern men’s World Cups have not been cancelled; even COVID-19 shifted the 2022 event rather than ending it. A major continental war, pandemic, or coordinated security failure forcing abandonment would be the main reason to revise downward.

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Grok (xAI): 100% — June–July 2026 dates have already passed with the tournament completed as scheduled. FIFA, CONCACAF hosts and 48 teams executed the event on the published calendar with no postponement or cancellation. Base rate for a fully awarded, infrastructure-ready World Cup after 2022 is near-certain once the window opens; nothing intervening occurred. Only an unreported last-minute global shutdown after May 2026 would reverse this, which did not happen.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 99% — It already happened: the 48-team tournament was played across North America in June–July 2026. The tournament was played June 11–July 19, 2026 across 16 host cities, with Spain beating Argentina in the final at MetLife Stadium. FIFA confirmed qualification, the 48-team draw in December 2025, and all infrastructure was built; no cancellation mechanism was ever triggered. Disruption from war, pandemic, or host-country withdrawal would have been required; none materialized in the public record by the resolve date.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 99% — The tournament's scheduled window (June–July 2026) has already passed relative to today's date. FIFA World Cups have not been cancelled since 1946; the 2020 Olympics precedent shows even pandemics cause postponement, not cancellation. The context explicitly states the tournament proceeds 'without cancellation,' and the resolution date is over a year after the event window. Only a development like a full-scale global war or total institutional collapse of FIFA would have prevented it, and no such signal exists.

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