🇫🇷 France

France boast two world titles and one of the deepest talent pools in the game. A UEFA side, they enter the 2026 World Cup rated 2080 — 2nd of the 48 teams — in Group I.

Winners in 1998 and 2018 and finalists in 2022, Les Bleus are a modern superpower. Athletic, direct and ruthless in transition, blending pace and power with elite individuals.

Drawn alongside Senegal, Norway and Iraq, their toughest group test on paper is the meeting with Senegal. Our model projects them to finish 1st in the group and to reach the final.