Will the top World Cup expert in the fruit, vegetable, and horticulture sector come from Canada, the U.S. or Belgium?

The World Cup is drawing to a close, with the third-place play-off between France and England on Saturday, followed by the final between Spain and Argentina the next day. It won’t be long before the overall winner of FreshPublishers’ first World Cup pool is announced.

As previously reported, Slim Kooli of Courchesne Larose is the favourite to win the €1,000 prize. He has built up a comfortable lead over Nol Batist of North American Interstate Greenhouse Company, with buyer Bjorn Van Ryckeghem of Deprez Construct currently in third place.

1	Sim Kooli	Spain	1–0	2–1	737	9716
2	Nol Batist	France	2–1	1–1	674	9433
3	Bjorn Van Ryckeghem	France	2–2	3–1	674	9264
4	Christian Anton Smedshaug	England	1–2	1–2	659	9134
5	Perry Springintveld	Spain	1–1	2–1	647	9105
6	Willem Tijssen	Spain	2–0	2–1	710	9098
7	Hans Borsboom	Spain	2–1	2–1	528	9058
8	Bart Triemstra	Spain	2–1	2–1	737	9052
9	Youness Bensaid	Spain	2–1	1–1	722	8954
10	Vijay Dijkstra	Portugal	2–0	2–1	382	8953

There have, however, been a few surprises during the tournament, and the bonus points still need to be added, so we’ll keep the suspense going a little longer. On Monday, we’ll find out who is the top World Cup predictor in the international fruit, vegetable, and horticulture sector…