What this page can support
A bracket projection should state when the bracket was frozen, whether third-place qualifiers were known and how extra time and penalties were represented.
Evidence checklist
- Date and freeze every bracket version.
- Separate regulation, extra-time and shootout assumptions.
- Record missing lineup and availability information.
- Compare the frozen forecast with official results only after the event.
Limit of the archive
The legacy page did not retain enough versioned inputs to support its former simulation language. It now documents the decision standard instead.
A forecast and an official result are different records. The forecast must remain dated and frozen; the result should come from the competition organiser.
Verify the tournament outcome
Use FIFA's official fixtures, results and final standings when you need the authoritative match record.