Trader consensus at 97.5% "Yes" for a winless team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup reflects the tournament's expansion to 48 nations across 12 groups of four, amplifying quality disparities evident since the final qualifiers wrapped in March 2026 with debutants like Curaçao (FIFA's lowest-ranked entrant) and Cape Verde securing spots via playoffs. The December 2025 group draw placed minnows alongside powerhouses—e.g., Curaçao in a favorable but still daunting Group E—mirroring historical patterns where every World Cup has produced multiple 0-win group exits amid seeding advantages for top teams like Argentina, France, and Brazil. Recent squad announcements and power rankings underscore underdogs' poor recent form, with no injuries or withdrawals altering this dynamic. Only an unprecedented wave of upsets or pervasive draws enabling every team at least one victory could shift the outcome, a scenario defying FIFA rankings and head-to-head precedents.