Predict the Futuur; What Continent would the 2022 World Cup Champion come from?

The excitement of the World Cup cannot be overemphasized; it is arguably the biggest sporting spectacle in the world, with 32 countries participating in the 64-game festival and an average of 4 billion viewers from all over the world. It is safe to say that this is one competition that brings the whole world together. This year, the 2022 World Cup tournament will be held in Qatar, and for the first time in November and December, rather than the usual June/July summertime.

There have only ever been eight winners of the coveted World Cup trophy; with Brazil winning five, Germany and Italy have each won four, Argentina, France, and Uruguay have won two, and Spain and England have one trophy to their names. Six of those winners happened to be the host nations of the competition. This could help us to a very reasonable extent predict who could win the World Cup.

During the World Cup, we have people from all walks of life bantering and bragging about which teams will do well and which will not in pubs, stadiums, restaurants, and wherever else they happen to be. I have come to realize that these conversations always tend to give a real insight into how teams will perform, as some people in our everyday lives seem to be top-notch football analysts with sound predictions as to how a game or even an entire competition could go.

Users of the Futuur cryptocurrency betting platform can place bets on or against the likelihood that an event (in this case, the likelihood that any specific World Cup event) will take place. This is made feasible by Futuur's open betting on practically any significant event taking place anywhere in the world.

On Futuur, you make your forecast by purchasing shares in an outcome using Ooms (Futuur’s in-game currency). Share prices range from zero to one (0–1) and represent the percentage chance of that outcome occurring according to other users of the platform. If you are right, you will earn one Oom for every share you hold.

At the moment, with the World Cup just a few days away there are numerous World Cup markets that users on the platform can easily make predictions on and earn. One that has been in the spotlight on the platform is the continent the eventual winners of the competition would hail from.

From which continent will the champion of the FIFA World Cup 2022 come?

Since the tournament's start in 1930, only eight of the 80 nations that have competed have ever won it; just twice has an unprecedented nation won the World Cup, and six times the trophy has gone to the competition's host nation.

With 12 and 8 trophies respectively, only the continents of Europe and South America have produced competition winners. Hopefully, the 2022 World Cup will change that and produce a winner from a continent that hasn't won before, or history will repeat itself and one of the traditional eight teams will take home the trophy as they have done in the past.

On the Futuur platform at the moment the market “From which continent will the champion of FIFA World Cup 2022 come?” is gaining so much traction with over 150 transactions/predictions from well over 40 forecasters, over $2,300 in the market and a chance for you too to take part in it while the market is still open.

Market Rules

The victor of the FIFA World Cup in 2022 is the subject of this market. It will be decided in favour of the option that correctly identifies the continent where the winning nation's territory is situated. The correspondences in the list below will be considered i.e. the nation that eventually wins the competition would be in one of the categories.

• Africa; Cameroon, Ghana, Morroco, Senegal, Tunisia
• Asia; Iran, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea
• Central America; Costa Rica
• Europe; Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Wales
• North America; Canada, Mexico, United States
• Oceania; Australia
• South America; Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay

Bet End Date

This market will close on December 18, 2022, which is also the date of the competition's finals. This means members have ample time to look into the market and make the best predictions even as the competition is ongoing. However, it should be noted that the pricing of the market fluctuates as the audience makes its forecast, reflecting the most accurate and current estimate of the likelihood that a country from a particular continent would win the World Cup.

Play Money Statistics for the Continents

Europe

Having won 12 of the previous 19 tournaments, the European continent has a 63% chance of winning the World Cup title once more. The European continent is also home to six of the top 10 nations in the 2022 FIFA Men’s Ranking that would be taking part in this World Cup.

With a total of 13 participating countries out of the 32 in the competition, the Europeans would have the advantage of strength in numbers and further increasing their chances of being eventual winners.

Forecasters on the Futuur platform have had varying thoughts on the possibility of Europe winning the trophy, with the chances of the continent ranging between 18 and 79 percent this past week. The European continent seems to be the favourite to win the competition and a somewhat safe bet.

South America

The South American continent is the only other continent besides Europe to have won the World Cup, with nine titles to its name. It is also home to Brazil, which is the most decorated nation in this competition with 5 World Cup trophies.

Brazil and Argentina are 1st and 3rd respectively in the 2022 FIFA Men’s Ranking and are indeed tournament favourites with an Opta analyst prediction on the Bet365 platform naming either of them as the best possible winners with a cumulative 26% chance.

Our forecasters on Futuur have been making their predictions also on the South American continent with the chances of the continent fluctuating between 19 and 82 percent this week. South America have a great shot at being eventual champions and seems like one punt would bring benefits.

Asia:

Since the start of the World Cup, Asia has failed to produce a champion, with South Korea being the best-performing nation. Guus Hiddink took the Asian country to the 2002 World Cup Semifinals, in a tournament where they shared hosting duties with Japan. They will be represented by Iran, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and hosts Qatar.

From our forecasters, the Asian continent has a 0-5 percent chance of winning the competition but shouldn’t be completely told off as they could be the dark horse in the competition.

Africa;

Like Asia, the African continent hasn't ever won the competition even though they have been countless brilliant performances by African nations in the past like Algeria in 1982, Cameroon in 1990, Nigeria in 1994, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010 where they were a decisive spot-kick away from qualifying the African continent for it’s first ever World Cup semi-final.

The forecasters of Futuur have predicted a 0 to 4 percent chance of any African nation winning the title this week but seeing that African nations have continuously put up impressive performances in the world cup, it would be interesting to see an African nation upset the world and win the competition.

Central America;

Central America has just one representation in the world cup in Costa Rica and a very slim chance of winning the world cup. As a matter of fact, the forecasts on the Futuur platform by its member audience give the Central American team a 0 to 1 percent chance of winning the well-coveted trophy.

Oceania;

Australia has mostly been the only representative of the continent of Oceania, with their best performance in the World Cup being a round of 16 berth in which they narrowly lost to eventual champions Italy in the 2006 World Cup. The forecast on the future platform gives the Oceania continent a 0 to 1 percent chance of winning the competition.

North America

The crown jewel in this division is undoubtedly the United States, which has taken part in ten World Cups and even placed third in the first edition in 1930. However, their fortune in the tournament has since changed, and they have struggled in recent times. Their best recent result was a narrow quarterfinal loss to Germany in 2002.

Contrarily, Mexico has qualified for the World Cup 16 times, qualified for the knockout round of the competition 9 times, and twice made it to the quarterfinals. Prior to the 2022 World Cup, Canada had only ever qualified once for the World Cup in 1986, where they lost all three of their group games, but this year they have a very young and fascinating team that could be a dark horse in this competition.

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The chances of the North American continent winning the World Cup based on forecasters on the Futuur platform is less than 1 percent. If any of the North American teams go on to win the competition then it would be a very major upset and those who kept faith in them on the futuur platform would be smiling to the bank.

Conclusion

The 2022 World Cup is only a few days away, and the Futuur platform has a host of interesting markets that one could benefit from forecasting. The competition is known to be exciting and capable of bringing the world together, with an expected audience of about 5 billion this year. The host country, Qatar are in good spirits to host an exciting competition, and so is the Futuur platform. Visit the Futuur platform to take part in many of the exciting World Cup markets.

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