Data & AI World Cup

The game is won in the data. Now AI is moving the goalposts.

Whether it's soccer or football, the FIFA World Cup is the planet’s biggest sporting event. And this summer will showcase the game’s most advanced AI-powered analytics. Learn from the researchers driving it, and build the skills yourself. One registration. Everything free.

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Expert-led sessions

Learn directly from data, AI, and analytics leaders

WEBINAR

June 9

How to Deal with Messi Data

Working with messy data is one of the most important skills for any data scientist—and what better dataset to explore than the performance of one of the greatest players of all time?

Pegah Rahimian

Soccer Analytics Researcher

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June 10

How Data and AI Are Changing Soccer Analytics

Modern analytics is reshaping decision-making for clubs, broadcasters, and fans. Hear from the leaders driving that shift

Patrick Lucey

Chief Scientist

Lee Mooney

Managing Director

Leo Sá Freire

Head of Football Analytics

Code along

June 11

Build a Soccer Agent

Soccer analytics is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Go a step further with an AI agent that can query and interpret match data, explore a real-world FIFA World Cup dataset, and see how AI can deepen analysis.

Ignacio (Nacho) Martínez Rincón

Data Scientist Advocate

Boost your portfolio | win PRIZES

Predict the FIFA World Cup. Win an official jersey and a Claude subscription!

Predict scores, corners, cards, and knockout results for all 104 matches using historical data and soccer knowledge. Later rounds carry score multipliers—up to ×16 for the final.

What to submit
Predictions for every match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup before the tournament begins on June 11.

How to enter
Create a free DataCamp account. Submit via the competition page. Deadline: June 22.

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Deepen your skills

Resources to go from theory to application

Webinar

Create Claude Skills for Data Tasks

Build Claude Skills for exploratory data analysis then apply them to a real soccer dataset to generate insights and build analysis-ready features.

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Microsoft Copilot in Excel

Microsoft Copilot now lets you analyze data, write formulas, clean spreadsheets, and build reports—all in plain English. No advanced Excel knowledge required.

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Python with AI: For Data Scientists

Use AI prompts to generate Python, then apply it to data science workflows in pandas, NumPy, and everyday Python.

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Sports Analytics: How I Predicted the EURO 2024 Final

A blueprint for data and business leaders deciding how to organize, govern, and scale AI without losing accountability or speed.

Guide

Closing Your AI Adoption Gap

Why AI adoption stalls, and what are top companies doing differently? From conversations with 12K+ leaders, turn your AI strategy into consistent, confident action.

career guide

How to Learn Programming With AI

Go from junior developer to AI-era senior. Explore a clear model for building technical judgment in an AI-augmented world.

Learn. Apply. Master.

Build job-ready skills behind the game

course

AI NAtive

Introduction to AI for Work

Basic

2 hours

Build your AI foundation with hands-on, AI-native learning that adapts to your pace. Explore how AI works, and learn how to use it effectively and responsibly.

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Career Track

AI NAtive

AI Engineer with Langchain

21 hours

Technical AI skills is a huge advantage, now the only barrier is your ambition. Get job-ready faster with AI-native learning that adapts to you. Have every line of code explained in plain English whenever you need it.

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project

Hypothesis Testing with Men's and Women's Soccer Matches

Intermediate

1 hour

Put theory to practice. Working at a major online sports media company specializing in soccer analysis and reporting, test the hypothesis to determine if women's international soccer matches result in more goals scored than men's.

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Producing Soccer Insights for a Sports  Media Agency

Basic

3 hours

Use SQL to analyze UEFA Champions League data in Snowflake and produce insights for a sports media agency. A real-world scenario, real data, and a brief that mirrors how analysts actually work.

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skill track

AI NAtive

AI Agent Fundamentals

Basic

6 hours

No experience needed. Understand what agents actually are and where they sit in the AI ecosystem. Build your first agent from scratch and learn when (and when not) to deploy one.

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Career Track

Data Analyst in Python

36 hours

Launch your data analytics career with Python, the most popular programming language for data analysis. Learn how to import, clean, manipulate, and visualize data using Python's powerful libraries. No prior coding experience required.

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