Because of the sweltering summer heat in Qatar, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be played in November, which means international teams have had to plan for the quadrennial event in the middle of club soccer season. It will be a tall order for all 32 teams in the 2022 World Cup bracket and depth will be tested with one squad hoping to progress through a seven-game grind in three weeks to become immortalized as World Cup 2022 champions. 

Before making any 2022 FIFA World Cup bracket picks, you need to see what the advanced computer model at SportsLine has to say about the biggest soccer competition in the world.

SportsLine's premium soccer model simulates every game 10,000 times to identify a winner, how many goals will be scored and where the betting value lies for each match. Its powerful prediction model already reveals graded picks for every match of the UEFA Champions League and it's taken into account several factors including form, statistical performance, recent history and injuries.

Now the SportsLine Computer Model, which analyzed every group stage game and potential matchup moving forward, has locked in its soccer picks for the 2022 World Cup. Its optimal bracket has provided simulations of every contest and decided which teams are most likely to progress through every round of the knockout phase of World Cup 2022.

One surprise: the model is predicting that the USMNT wins two of its group-stage matches and advances into the knockout rounds for a -120 payout. The USMNT missed the 2018 World Cup but advanced past the group stage in 2014 and 2010 and is the No. 16 team in the FIFA World Rankings.

The SportsLine Computer Model's optimal bracket has also identified its World Cup champion and has revealed a shocking semifinalist pick that pays out nearly 3-1! Nailing these picks could be key to winning your 2022 World Cup bracket pool.

So what is the optimal bracket for the 2022 World Cup challenge? And who is crowned champion? ... Join SportsLine here to see which teams you should be all over in your World Cup brackets, all from a powerful projection model that has taken into account every aspect of World Cup 2022!