England, Argentina, France: Who are favourites to win 2022 World Cup?

The 2022 World Cup is creeping closer and closer.

While the hype train has been chugging away ever since France lifted the trophy on a rainy night in Moscow four years ago, excitement for the tournament in Qatar has never been higher than it is now.

Not only are the qualifying matches starting to wrap up this week, but the upcoming group stage draw on Friday will mark the moment that fans truly begin to establish what the competition will look like.

Besides, from the moment you know where the nation you’re supporting will be placed within the groups, you’ll be able to go down the hypothetical rabbit hole of how the rest of the tournament might play out.

There are no knockout round draws like the Champions League or third-place shenanigans like in the Euros, just the 32 strongest nations in the men’s game slugging it out to get their hands on that famous trophy.

So, seeing as the anticipation is ramping up to levels that we could’t have dreamt of just weeks ago, we couldn’t resist turning up the dial even more by taking a closer look at the leading contenders.

Sure, there might be five more qualifications slots to establish at the time of writing, but you’ll forgive us for thinking that most of the historic top performers have already booked their place in Qatar.

As much as we love the idea of New Zealand going all the way in November and December, it’s not outrageous to say that the usual suspects of Brazil, Germany, Argentina and so on stand a somewhat better chance.

So, why delay when you can get a jump on both the draw and the remaining qualifying games by checking out how the 27 teams that have made the cut so far are ranked by their likelihood of winning?

Go on, we know you’re interested, so we decided to have a