France or Argentina, who wins the World cup 2026?

[MAAManda]

France is considered the strongest team in the world cup. And they have also proven their capabilities. In the semi-finals, they  are going to face another giant team of Europe, Spain. France will be considered favorites, but if they make  any mistakes in the match, they are also  likely to be defeated.

France is the favorite, but that doesn't mean they will reach the final easily. I watch all of Spain's matches, they play clean and structured football. Usually, they capitalize on their opponents' mistakes, rest assured that if France commits a single fatal error, Spain will turn it to their advantage.

Lamine Yamal is one of the players I'm highlighting here. He's won the EURO, but he's never won the WC trophy. I'm sure he's eager to win it for the first time & he'll do his best to do so.

[AakZaki]

I am almost 99% sure that France will win the 2026 World Cup. Given their consistent performance, from 6 matches they won all and scored 16 goals and only conceded 2 goals so far.

While Argentina has only won 5 matches, although in this match against Switzerland they are the favorites to win, so far Argentina has scored 14 goals and conceded 5 goals.

However France and Argentina are quite significant in comparison from some of those matches, France are on a more difficult path they face quite tough opponents.
Meanwhile, Argentina's opponents since the group stage faced a much weaker team, and worse still, Argentina almost went home early against Egypt.

Argentina without the help of their referee is only equal to Cape Verde.

[Muba20]

France is considered the strongest team in the world cup. And they have also proven their capabilities. In the semi-finals, they  are going to face another giant team of Europe, Spain. France will be considered favorites, but if they make  any mistakes in the match, they are also  likely to be defeated.

France is the favorite, but that doesn't mean they will reach the final easily. I watch all of Spain's matches, they play clean and structured football. Usually, they capitalize on their opponents' mistakes, rest assured that if France commits a single fatal error, Spain will turn it to their advantage.

Lamine Yamal is one of the players I'm highlighting here. He's won the EURO, but he's never won the WC trophy. I'm sure he's eager to win it for the first time & he'll do his best to do so.

Yes, Lamine Yamal certainly plays well and is eager to win, but Spain cannot win if the entire match depends on him. Although I know very well that Spain never depends on one player. They always play with rhythm. In the current World Cup, there was a question in the minds of the fans, which team will beat France? Today, Spain is explaining it to the fans very easily. If we look at Spain's performance, it can be seen that they have not lost a single match so far. And Spain has reached the semi-finals by conceding only one goal. France's record is also somewhat similar. They have also proven themselves quite strongly until the semi-finals. However, France has come this far with a very similar game. We all know that France has a strong enough attacking unit that is enough to harass the opponent.

[GiftedMAN]

Norway's chances of winning the quarter-finals are also very low, England have a strong team, their defense and attack are balanced, so it is very difficult for Norway or Haaland to break through England's defense and score. On the other hand, England's attack line will continue to attack Norway's defense again and again.

Nobody expected Norway to defeat Brazil but they defeated them to qualify for the quarter finals, now they will face England as you know England has a good squad, so many star players but they have always not gotten it right when it comes to making good use of the players, you may think that England should win because you know they have got a good defense and good attackers but you can't write off Norway after their performance against Brazil.  It's going to be a 50:50 game and the team that takes its chances well will win.

[Dogedegen]

I am almost 99% sure that France will win the 2026 World Cup. Given their consistent performance, from 6 matches they won all and scored 16 goals and only conceded 2 goals so far.

While Argentina has only won 5 matches, although in this match against Switzerland they are the favorites to win, so far Argentina has scored 14 goals and conceded 5 goals.

However France and Argentina are quite significant in comparison from some of those matches, France are on a more difficult path they face quite tough opponents.
Meanwhile, Argentina's opponents since the group stage faced a much weaker team, and worse still, Argentina almost went home early against Egypt.

Argentina without the help of their referee is only equal to Cape Verde.

For me personally I hope that Norway wins it, or anyone besides the two that you wrote. Cape Verde deserves it the most, their accomplishment this time was impossible but since they are out the next ones would be Norway. Still even with my hopes, it is not possible to be 100% sure about a World Cup winner. As we have seen in football all the time, a small issue can change anything. Sometimes it is one bad game, an injury, a red card and thing go sounds. Even if I hope for Norway to win, I agree with you that France has looked quite impressive and much better compared to some countries like Germany. Argentina does not deserve to win at all and most people are against Argentina right now, they have had so much help from events and decisions that it is crazy. It does not have to be any kind of institutional favouritism, but it is  quite bad what has happened.

There have been way too many biased decisions in favor of Argentina in a very short span of time, nobody fair likes that.

[leonair]

Norway's chances of winning the quarter-finals are also very low, England have a strong team, their defense and attack are balanced, so it is very difficult for Norway or Haaland to break through England's defense and score. On the other hand, England's attack line will continue to attack Norway's defense again and again.

Nobody expected Norway to defeat Brazil but they defeated them to qualify for the quarter finals, now they will face England as you know England has a good squad, so many star players but they have always not gotten it right when it comes to making good use of the players, you may think that England should win because you know they have got a good defense and good attackers but you can't write off Norway after their performance against Brazil.  It's going to be a 50:50 game and the team that takes its chances well will win.

England has played in the quarter-finals in the last 3 World Cups and has played in the semi-finals in 2028, but Norway has not been able to play in the last 6 World Cups and is showing a very good performance this time when they got the opportunity. So even though Norway played well, there is no confidence in them that they will be able to compete with England, but they have gained a lot of reputation by defeating Brazil. It is understood that they are still playing well against England in today's match. However, I am also confused about whether they will be able to win against England.

[snipie]

There have been way too many biased decisions in favor of Argentina in a very short span of time, nobody fair likes that.

If Argentina win this version of the World Cup then I would ask gently FIFA to invite every referee of their matches to the celebration and offer them medals along with the Argentinian players. They deserve it for the nice efforts to help them winning their matches.
Argentina is not bad but they don't deserve to win this time. They should have eliminated earlier. It is the same case for France honestly.
I prefer to see any of the remaining teams winning it. Spain or Norway eventually.

[icebar]

Norway's chances of winning the quarter-finals are also very low, England have a strong team, their defense and attack are balanced, so it is very difficult for Norway or Haaland to break through England's defense and score. On the other hand, England's attack line will continue to attack Norway's defense again and again.

Nobody expected Norway to defeat Brazil but they defeated them to qualify for the quarter finals, now they will face England as you know England has a good squad, so many star players but they have always not gotten it right when it comes to making good use of the players, you may think that England should win because you know they have got a good defense and good attackers but you can't write off Norway after their performance against Brazil.  It's going to be a 50:50 game and the team that takes its chances well will win.

In today's match, both teams have quite strong players. Every match in the quarterfinals is full of excitement. Because each team has several star players. Today's match is going to be Norway vs England. Both teams have several star players. They are quite experienced and talented in their positions. England is already a strong team, and they are full of star players. But if the England coach does not use them properly in every match, sometimes we did not get the results we expected. But on the other hand, the Norwegian coach knows the strengths and weaknesses of each of their players very well. So, by using the players properly, they defeated a team like Brazil. So, I think the Norwegian coach will make the right decisions in today's match and show their maximum performance.

[Stable090]

I think the same way. I believe Norway should win this World Cup. If they don't manage to beat England in today's game, then England should win the World Cup.

Norway and England are currently playing, and the first half of the match ended as draw, I don’t really know who is going to win the match, but I just think England is having higher chances of winning the match, let’s see what’s going to happen in the second half of the match.

Let’s wait and see if Norway will be able to get a win in todays match, honestly it’s going to be so nice if Norway can get a win today, and even if they end up winning England today, I don’t think they will be able to win the World Cup, I feel France might be the country to win this World Cup, but we know football is full of surprises, so anything can happen but I really want France to win the World Cup.

[Crypto Library]

It might seem unlikely to some but I'd prefer for Norway to win this world cup, if for nothing else then to just see the Haaland meme keep growing, plus Norway's performance has really been admirable so far and the same countries winning the world cup repeatedly doesn't really bring much excitement to it for me.
But if I'm talking about the popular world cup winners then I'd prefer for France to win over Argentina but this is all wishes and hopes, i don't really know what to expect at the end of each match.

Actually, it is not unusual for the Norwegian team to have a huge support or to have an extra meme about Holland because they have been performing really well recently. Their most dangerous thing for the opposing team is their surprising attack. They can counter it at any time from anywhere and what the opposing team has to go through a lot of trouble to prevent, in most cases it is seen that it cannot be prevented. The same thing happened with Brazil. However, I doubt whether the Norwegian team can do it with England.

Already I am seeing the performance of them England team performance is much better it's just like the day of Norway vs Brazil where Norway team did good performance from the beginning having the match position.

[nelson4lov]

As long as Argentina don't try to scam their way to the final, France will likely win it. Right now on polymarket, France has the highest chance to win the world cup and imo, if they win Spain next week, those chances will go up really well because I think the remaining teams are not super stacked at least not as good as France.

A more fitting final will be France vs England but I'm open to another France vs Argentina showdown considering this France team has improved so much compared to the team that faced Argentina in the last world cup.

[|MINER|]

France is the favorite, but that doesn't mean they will reach the final easily. I watch all of Spain's matches, they play clean and structured football. Usually, they capitalize on their opponents' mistakes, rest assured that if France commits a single fatal error, Spain will turn it to their advantage.

Lamine Yamal is one of the players I'm highlighting here. He's won the EURO, but he's never won the WC trophy. I'm sure he's eager to win it for the first time & he'll do his best to do so.

I agree with you that France are the most favorite team and they are struggling hard even though we saw them struggle to win in the previous match against Morocco. Even at times it seemed that Morocco would score more. However, in the end France took control of the match and won the match.

And about the star player, yes, just like the Spanish team has Lamine Yamal, France has Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and William Saliba, and many others are on this list. So even Spain team has a strong formation right now but the weight of France team is more higher now.

[EFS]

Why did you only put France and Argentina in the title? The way you wrote it makes it sound like they're already in the final. I think the final will be Spain vs. Argentina. I'd love to see Argentina win one last time for Messi. But if they don't, then I hope Spain win. They've been the best team in the tournament.

Honestly I don't want to see France in the final. They're a great team, but they've become pretty annoying lately. It would've been interesting to see England in the final too, but even if they get past Norway, I don't think they can beat Argentina.

[kawetsriyanto]

Why did you only put France and Argentina in the title? The way you wrote it makes it sound like they're already in the final. I think the final will be Spain vs. Argentina. I'd love to see Argentina win one last time for Messi. But if they don't, then I hope Spain win. They've been the best team in the tournament.

Well, it is interesting that he assumed France or Argentina to be the winner in the title. But in the content of his thread, he said he doesn't want France or Argentina to win the competition. 

They are surely not in the final yet. OP probably told us that France and Argentina have the bigger chance to reach the final because of the quality of their squad. Also, these teams also performed quite consistent so far.

Honestly I don't want to see France in the final. They're a great team, but they've become pretty annoying lately. It would've been interesting to see England in the final too, but even if they get past Norway, I don't think they can beat Argentina.

Why France is annoying team? 
I don't see anything wrong with France. Although they still can't show their best form, they played quite well until the current round.
I prefer to see France in the final than Argentina. Argentina is the defending champion, it won't be interesting to see them again in the final. Also, there are many bad issues on this team, many people said they could win all the matches because of the help of referees.

[Bigjoe33]

Honestly I don't want to see France in the final. They're a great team, but they've become pretty annoying lately. It would've been interesting to see England in the final too, but even if they get past Norway, I don't think they can beat Argentina.

My dear EFS, I get your point, and that's pretty cool of a wish. But hope you don't forget that for Argentina to play maybe England or Norway in the semi's, they need to get past Switzerland first and that's soonest, or have you given Argentina an Express win already before 90min? Switzerland I think won't be an easy one for Messi's team. They have a fight there, and until that fight is won be them, am not seen them there yet, lol

[EFS]

Why France is annoying team? 
I don't see anything wrong with France. Although they still can't show their best form, they played quite well until the current round.
I prefer to see France in the final than Argentina. Argentina is the defending champion, it won't be interesting to see them again in the final. Also, there are many bad issues on this team, many people said they could win all the matches because of the help of referees.

The referees aren't helping Argentina at all. The people claiming that either haven't been watching the matches or they're fanatics who blindly push a certain narrative. Against Egypt, pretty much everyone thought Argentina was out until the last 15 minutes. Then Messi stepped up and saved his team once again.

France were in the last World Cup final too, so seeing them there again would be pretty boring. They haven't exactly been winning their matches comfortably either. Mbappe is on his way to becoming the next Ronaldo and that doesn't mean in a good way.

But hope you don't forget that for Argentina to play maybe England or Norway in the semi's, they need to get past Switzerland first and that's soonest, or have you given Argentina an Express win already before 90min? Switzerland I think won't be an easy one for Messi's team. They have a fight there, and until that fight is won be them, am not seen them there yet, lol

You're already putting France in the final when there were still 3 matches left for them to be played. Are you seriously asking me this? You might as well just hand out France the trophy now.

[Cointxz]

France were in the last World Cup final too, so seeing them there again would be pretty boring. They haven't exactly been winning their matches comfortably either. Mbappe is on his way to becoming the next Ronaldo and that doesn't mean in a good way.

I think it’s a good rematch but I agree that World cup will be boring if same team fighting in the finals over and over since other country is doing a lot of effort just to support their team.

I have high hopes on Norway since it will be a good duel between their ace yet they fall short against England today.

I lose my bet too backing France last world cup but luckily my golden boots bet on Mbappe won to redeem my bet. I think this might happened again this world cup.

[Pi-network314159]

My major concern is for this FIFA world cup to come to africa, ever since the beginning of this world cup Africa has never won and it is no longer fun when something is revolving around a particular set of people. I am just curious to see that Africa win, but with the look of things there may not be any guarantee for Africa to emerge as winner but I wished it happens that Africa becomes the winner this time. I know my wish will not change anything, the winner must take the cup regardless of who I want, so let's chill and see the outcome.

[junder]

Argentina needed to show their competency and avoid anything that could cause a silly mistake in this so that they don't lose out, France with definitely wanted to get some advantage against them if they put eventually meet at the finals, is going to be more contented because the two teams are very strong with some key players and we don't know what could eventually come out of the match until the end.

I don't know who will win the World Cup now, but I think France will at least be in the final. With their next opponent is spain actually this will not be easy for them to win because spain is not easy to defeat.
What I hope is that there will be more surprises like Norway who can go to the final or even win the World Cup today with their struggle to date has made new history, because for me their best achievement so far is reaching the last 16, so if they can win the World Cup now it will be a new history.but unfortunately they have fallen and gone home.

[fullfitlarry]

I don't know who will win the World Cup now, but I think France will at least be in the final. With their next opponent is spain actually this will not be easy for them to win because spain is not easy to defeat.
What I hope is that there will be more surprises like Norway who can go to the final or even win the World Cup today with their struggle to date has made new history, because for me their best achievement so far is reaching the last 16, so if they can win the World Cup now it will be a new history.but unfortunately they have fallen and gone home.

They are just one win away to go and face each other in the finals.

And from what I read, France is the overwhelming favorite to win the World Cup this year as they are dominating their opponents. France is going up against Spain, while Argentina will be facing England.

So barring all circumstances, as they are the favorite in their semis, most likely this two are going to be in the Finals. But it's very hard to predict who is going to win. But if we will look at the odds, it might be France.