Ahead of the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup 2025, The Action Network has decided to use ChatGPT to find out how AI would predict the outcome of the tournament.
At first, ChatGPT was “fed” key information regarding this year’s Club World Cup participating teams, which gave AI enough information to make reasonable predictions for the outcome of all the group stage and the knockout stage all the way to the final match. In total, ChatGPT was fed 1,000+ data points across different variables to make its predictions.
Predicted Winner According to AI
According to AI, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are predicted to make it to the semifinals.
Subsequently, Paris Saint-Germain is expected to beat Bayern Munich in the final and become the champion of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. ChatGPT justified its choice by highlighting Paris Saint-Germain’s dominant form, tactical cohesion and their recent wide-margin victory in the Champions League 2024-25, giving them momentum and psychological edge over the other teams.
You can see the entire AI-predicted bracket of the Club World Cup below alongside the predictions for the group stages. Feel free to keep reading to learn about the entire process of our analysis in detail.
Group Stages: Likelihood of Progression to the Round of 16
GROUP A
1. FC Porto
2. Palmeiras
3. Inter Miami CF
4. Al Ahly
GROUP B
1. Paris Saint-Germain
2. Atlético Madrid
3. Botafogo
4. Seattle Sounders FC
GROUP C
1. Bayern Munich
2. Benfica
3. Boca Juniors
4. Auckland City
GROUP D
1. Chelsea FC
2. Flamengo
3. Espérance de Tunis
4. Los Angeles FC
GROUP E
1. Inter Milan
2. Monterrey
3. River Plate
4. Urawa Red Diamonds
GROUP F
1. Borussia Dortmund
2. Fluminense
3. Mamelodi Sundowns
4. Ulsan HD
GROUP G
1. Manchester City
2. Juventus
3. Al Ain FC
4. Wydad AC
GROUP H
1. Real Madrid
2. Al-Hilal
3. Red Bull Salzburg
4. Pachuca
The Process
Specifically, for each team, ChatGPT was given:
- Recent Performance Stats: Latest match results (W–D–L), goals scored/conceded, league standing, points and goal difference.
- Continental Performance: Best finish in the last three continental tournaments (e.g., Copa Libertadores, UCL…).
Club World Cup Experience: Total appearances, years, best result, latest result, and full match record.
Squad Quality & Depth: Market value, number of international players, and average age.
Key Players Of The Season: Top scorers and assist providers in the current season.
Coach Profile: Years in charge and major career achievements.
Region the club represents (e.g., Europe, South America…).
Fixture Congestion & Travel: Match load and travel near the tournament.
Group Stage Draw: Group assignment in the FCWC. (e.g., Group A, Group B…)
Team Rating: Team’s rating from SofaScore — data-driven performance rating averaged over recent matches.
After being fed all the data, ChatGPT predicted the outcome of the group stages, ranking teams most likely to progress to the knockout stage. Subsequently, the bracket for the 2025 Club World Cup was filled out based on ChatGPT’s predictions.
At first, ChatGPT predicted the winners of the Round of 16, then Quarterfinals, Semifinals and at last, the overall winner of the tournament.
Based on the answers given by AI, the entire bracket was filled in, which can be seen above.
Having said that, ChatGPT provided us with detailed justifications for its choices, which were kept. In total, ChatGPT gave us 72 pages and 12,000 words worth of matchup-by-matchup explanations, presented one by one, which you can find in its entirety here.
'Dark Horses' of the Tournament
Additionally, ChatGPT was asked to utilize the stats that it was provided and name the top five teams that it considers to be the “dark horses” of the tournament which could surprise and pull off a win. It named Inter Milan as the most likely “dark horse” to win, reasoning its “dark horse” status to recently beating Bayern Munich in the Champions League and making it all the way to the final alongside its strong tactical skills. Inter Milan was followed by Chelsea FC, Palmeiras, Benfica and Atlético Madrid, respectively.
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