# Run your World Cup Office Pool as a live draft

> Assign nations by live draft instead of pulling names out of a mug. Auction the favourites, snake the rest, and give everyone in the office a team to shout about. Works fully remote, and everyone you invite plays free.

Canonical: https://livedraftit.com/office-drafts/world-cup-pool

Assign nations by live draft instead of pulling names out of a mug. Auction the favourites, snake the rest, and give everyone in the office a team to shout about. Snake, auction, or hybrid — all in real time. Free to set up, $9 to take a draft live, and everyone you invite plays free.

Group stage draw, every four years · 8–32 people · Invited players free

## What you draft in a World Cup office pool

Group your nations however makes sense, then sort and filter the board with your own columns.

**Rounds and categories:** Favourites, Dark horses, Group winners, Golden Boot

**What goes in the pool:** Draft nations like these — or paste in any list of your own: Every qualified nation, Club-level pools, Group-stage brackets

## Go live with your World Cup office pool

1. **Build the pool.** Start from the ready-made World Cup Office Pool template in the marketplace, or upload your own CSV of nations.
2. **Invite the group.** Share one join link. Set the order (or randomize it), choose snake, auction, or hybrid, and everyone readies up in the lobby.
3. **Draft it live.** Synced clocks, live chat, and sound alerts keep 8–32 people locked in from the first pick to the last.

## The full draft engine, included

Every feature works for a World Cup office pool out of the box. No add-ons, no per-seat fees. Every format, live chat, spectating, auto-pick, photos on the board and anonymous auction bidding are standard; the full list is on [the homepage](https://livedraftit.com/#features).

$9 to run one draft, or $49 once for every draft you ever host. Start with one and it counts toward Lifetime. Everyone you invite plays free, forever. No seats, no per-player fees, no account upsell. 30-day money-back guarantee — no reason required. Details: [pricing](https://livedraftit.com/pricing).

## World Cup Office Pool questions

### How do I run a world cup office pool?

Pick a template (or upload a CSV of your nations), invite everyone by link, set the order, and hit start. The draft runs itself on a shared clock — most groups are drafting within five minutes of signing up.

### Does everyone need an account?

Anyone drafting needs a free account so their picks are theirs, but joining takes seconds from the invite link. Spectators need nothing at all — flip on public spectating and they just watch.

### Can we do this with a remote or hybrid team?

That is the point. The clock is server-authoritative, so everyone sees the same board and the same countdown whether they are in the conference room or three time zones away. Auto-pick covers anyone stuck in a meeting.

### What if we have nothing to draft from?

Start from a template in the marketplace and edit it, or paste your own list into the CSV template we generate for you. A world cup office pool pool is usually one column of names.

### When should we schedule it?

Group stage draw, every four years is the natural moment, but you can schedule a draft for any date and time and everyone gets the same link. Everyone you invite plays free, however many people join.

More questions about pricing, formats and invites are answered on [the homepage](https://livedraftit.com) and the [pricing page](https://livedraftit.com/pricing).

## Related

- [The World Football Club Draft Board template](https://livedraftit.com/templates/world-cup-draft-board)
- [Other office draft ideas](https://livedraftit.com/office-drafts)