EA Sports is on a bit of a roll when it comes to using its FIFA games to correctly predict men’s World Cup winners, with a flawless streak stretching back four tournaments.
The gaming giant has successfully used its football franchise to forecast the winners of each of the past four tournaments: Spain in 2010, Germany in 2014, France in 2018 and Argentina in 2022.
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And it’s worth noting that as part of its Qatar 2022 World Cup simulations, EA Sports also concluded that Lionel Messi would end up winning the Golden Ball for the tournament’s outstanding player. Messi was also predicted to win the Golden Boot, but had to settle for second place after finishing one goal behind France’s Kylian Mbappe in the final standings.
So with the 2023 Women’s World Cup set to kick off in Australia and New Zealand next month, EA Sports has used FIFA 23 to tell us who will clearly walk away with the trophy.
With the game’s tournament updates, including a detailed database and freshly recalibrated player ratings available to users from the end of June, EA Sports ran the full competition — all 64 games, from the group stage to the grand finale in Sydney — in order to…
