South Korea has 70% chance of reaching World Cup knockout stage

Will South Korea become the first Korean team to reach the knockout stage at consecutive World Cups played outside the country?

According to projections from Opta's supercomputer, the odds are in its favor.

Opta, a sports analytics company, said Monday it ran 10,000 simulations of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and projected the expected performance of all 48 teams in the tournament.

The simulations gave South Korea a 70.35 percent chance of advancing from the group stage and a 33.52 percent chance of ...