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2026 FIFA World Cup Pools

March 25, 2026 by hpadmin Leave a Comment

The biggest sporting event in the world comes to North America in 2026, with Canada, the United States and Mexico sharing the 104 game tournament. The largest ever field will vie for world soccer supremacy from June 11th to July 19th. Most of the field is already set, with the final few spots to be decided over the next week, as the Europe and Intercontinental playoffs are contested. A decision is also forthcoming on Iran’s participation.

We are back with our Pick’em World Cup Pools this year. We will just be running the one format, as the bracket pools weren’t popular enough to continue. The schedule is available on the site, and you can set up your pools now. We will add the winners of the playoff games as they’re are completed.

Set up your pool and challenge your friends this summer!

Pick’em World Cup Pool

Pick the winner (or a draw in the Group Stage) for each game of the tournament; Earn points for each correct selection.  Choose your pool scoring. Each game can be worth 1 point, or you can have escalating points, making correct picks worth more deeper in the tournament.  The entry with the most points after the championship game is the winner.

More Information on Pick’em World Cup Pools

Pricing

Use our pricing tool to see how much a running a World Cup pool with us will be.  Keep in mind all of our prices are in CAD, which is currently a significant discount on USD.

2026 World Cup Pools are now available! Set yours up today.

Filed Under: Manage a Pool Tagged With: 2026, FIFA, Futbol, Pickem, soccer, World Cup

Euro 2024 Soccer Pools: Pick’em and Bracket Options

June 9, 2024 by hpadmin

HostedPools is back with this summer’s European Championship: Euro2024.  Both of our pool options from previous UEFA and FIFA events have returned for this tournament.

Pick’em Euro 2024 Pool

Each round of the tournament schedule, you pick the winners (or a draw in the Group Stage) for each game.  You can choose to have each game be worth 1 point, or have escalating points through the knock out rounds, so correct picks are worth more, as you go deeper in the tournament.  The entry with the most points after the championship game is the winner. You can also set up your Pick’em pool for only the knock out rounds.

More Information on Pick’em Soccer Pools

Bracket Euro 2024 Pool

Pick the entire knockout round bracket prior to the first game of the Round of 16.  For each correct pick, you earn points, with correct picks in later rounds being more valuable.  The entry with the most points at the end of the tournament is the winner.  If multiple teams are tied, you may split the pot. You may also use a tiebreaker to determine the ultimate winner.

More Information on Bracket Soccer Pools

Pricing

You can use our pricing tool to see how much a running a Euro 2024 pool with us will be.  Keep in mind all of our prices are in CAD.

Some of our pool managers have reached out about having the Copa America available as well, now that more CONCACAF teams are being included. Unfortunately, we are unable to make it happen for 2024, but we will work on having multiple seasons of a sport open at one time so that we can run it next cycle.

Filed Under: Manage a Pool Tagged With: Bracket, Euro, Futbol, Pickem, soccer, UEFA

2022 FIFA World Cup Pools

June 16, 2022 by hpadmin

HostedPools debuted a pair of soccer pool options for last summer’s European Championship and things went reasonably well, and it was far more popular than we had imagined. We look forward to bigger and better things as teams from every continent (not you, Antarctica) compete for world soccer glory this November and December in Qatar.

We have the same World Cup office pool formats as we did for Euro’s. Set up your pool and invite your friends!

Pick’em World Cup Pool

Each round of the tournament schedule, you pick the winners (or a draw in the Group Stage) for each game.  You can choose to have each game be worth 1 point, or have escalating points through the knock out rounds, so correct picks are worth more, as you go deeper in the tournament.  The entry with the most points after the championship game is the winner. You can also set up your Pick’em pool for only the knock out rounds.

More Information on Pick’em Soccer Pools

Bracket World Cup Pool

Pick the entire knockout round bracket prior to the first game of the Round of 16.  For each correct pick, you earn points, with correct picks in later rounds being more valuable.  The entry with the most points at the end of the tournament is the winner.  If multiple teams are tied, you may split the pot. You may also use a tiebreaker to determine the ultimate winner.

More Information on Bracket Soccer Pools

Pricing

You can use our pricing tool to see how much a running a Euro or World Cup pool with us will be.  Keep in mind all of our prices are in CAD.

2022 World Cup Pools are now available! You can set yours up today. We’re also still hoping to be able to add pick’ems for the Premiership and/or Champions League at some point in the future.

Filed Under: Manage a Pool Tagged With: Bracket, Euro, Futbol, Pickem, soccer, UEFA

Euro 2020 Soccer Pools

March 7, 2021 by hpadmin

HostedPools is adding a pair of soccer pool options to use for the major tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and the European Championship beginning with this summer’s Euro 2020 (which was postponed from last year).  A number of people have reached out to us over the time we’ve been running the site asking for pools for these types of events, and we’re finally making it happen. I guess there are some positives to being cooped up with not much to do.

Pick’em Euro 2020 Pool

Each round of the tournament schedule, you pick the winners (or a draw in the Group Stage) for each game.  You can choose to have each game be worth 1 point, or have escalating points through the knock out rounds, so correct picks are worth more, as you go deeper in the tournament.  The entry with the most points after the championship game is the winner. You can also set up your Pick’em pool for only the knock out rounds.

More Information on Pick’em Soccer Pools

Bracket Euro 2020 Pool

Pick the entire knockout round bracket prior to the first game of the Round of 16.  For each correct pick, you earn points, with correct picks in later rounds being more valuable.  The entry with the most points at the end of the tournament is the winner.  If multiple teams are tied, you may split the pot. You may also use a tiebreaker to determine the ultimate winner.

More Information on Bracket Soccer Pools

Pricing

You can use our pricing tool to see how much a running a Euro or World Cup pool with us will be.  Keep in mind all of our prices are in CAD.

Euro 2020 pools will be available by early April of 2021 and we will also be available for the 2022 FIFA World up next fall. We’re also hoping to be able to add league pick’ems for the Premiership and possibly Bundesliga in the near future as well.

Filed Under: Manage a Pool Tagged With: Bracket, Euro, Futbol, Pickem, soccer, UEFA

Ultimate Loser Pool Fundraiser

October 27, 2018 by hpadmin

Over the last couple seasons we’ve been hosting a number of pools set up by people that have used the now defunct Ultimate Loser Pool (or Ultimate Sports Fundraiser) website, so we wanted to highlight some differences to hopefully make things a little clearer and/or easier for people that want to set up Loser Pool fundraisers with us.  Our site wasn’t set up specifically for fundraisers, but we’ve made some changes the past couple seasons in order to accommodate those looking for a new home. Here are a few similarities and differences we’ve noticed when talking to past ULP users:

Similarities

  • Same Saturday Loser Hockey Pool format
  • Entrants make their selections online
  • Entrants can choose whether or not to receive pick reminders (we also have SMS/Text reminders!)
  • Selections can be made weeks in advance
  • We do have rules sheets and sellers sheets available on a Google Drive that you can copy and update with your own pool information
  • We don’t handle entry fee payments or paying out winners

Differences

  • Entrants create their own accounts on the website – instead of the pool manager entering everything initially themselves
  • Entrants make their week own 1st week selections online
  • Sellers can be tracked on the website – so seller sheets aren’t required
  • Deadlines – picks can be made up until 7pm Eastern on Saturday instead of Friday at midnight
  • Managers can choose not to count a shootout loss as an elimination
  • Managers can choose to allow more than 1 incorrect pick before elimination
  • Managers can choose to allow you to select a team more than one time
  • When all remaining entrants are eliminated in a week – the pool will continue – you won’t have to track on your own
  • On top of the Loser Pool, we have a number of other pool formats in Hockey and Football
  • Our fee is on a per entry basis, so there’s less risk in not having as large a pool as expected  (Minimum is $25 vs. $199)
  • If you run multiple pools in a season – we offer discounts for any pools after the first (message us for details)

If you’re coming to us from the Ultimate Loser Pool website, use the ULP10 coupon code for a 10 percent discount on your first pool with us!

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