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OPTA, a network specialized in numbers and statistics, has published the list of candidate teams to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

France, the defending champion, and the record holder, Brazil, compete strongly for the first place in the Opta list, but the "roosters" team advanced by a small difference and managed to snatch the first place from France by up to 17.93%.

The company specialized in numbers and statistics relied on a sophisticated computer and put the difficulty of the path to the playoffs and the path to the final as one of the most important criteria.

ICYMI: We're now down to 32 teams, and we've got our first 2022 World Cup predictions.

France to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to retain the World Cup?

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— The Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) June 15, 2022

The French team won the World Cup twice in its history, the first in 1998, while it won the second title in the 2018 edition, and hopes to add the third title during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The list of the top ten teams includes:

  • France: 17.93%

  • Brazil: 15.73%

  • Spain: 11.53%

  • England: 8.05%

  • Belgium: 7.90%

  • Netherlands: 7.70%

  • Germany: 7.21%

  • Argentina: 6.45%

  • Portugal: 5.11%

  • Croatia: 2.31%.