EA Sports FC Guess the World Champion Correctly for the 5th Consecutive Time

World Cup 2026, one of the biggest sports events in the world, officially ended last Sunday. Defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final of the tournament, Spain managed to reach the cup once again after 2010. Of course, before and throughout the tournament, everyone was trying to predict the winner. EA Sports FC, the most popular football game, was one of them.

As in every World Cup, a prediction for the winner was made by EA Sports FC. Once again, this prediction came true. EA Sports FC announced the winner for the 5th time in a row.

The prediction studies carried out before the tournament were successful again. With this victory of Spain, EA Sports FC succeeded in correctly predicting the champion in the fifth consecutive World Cup tournament. This series, which is rare in the video game world, reveals how powerful the data infrastructure of the series' artificial intelligence and simulation engine has.

EA Sports FC used "The World's Game Tournament Mode" in EA Sports FC 26 to reach this prediction. More than 100 simulations were carried out through this mode, and as a result of the resulting statistical data, Spain was determined as the number one favorite and winner of the tournament. The game had previously managed to correctly predict all of the winners: Spain in 2010, Germany in 2014, France in 2018 and Argentina in 2022. He also made a prediction for Spain in 2026.