FIFA World Cup 2026 — tournament archive

The 2026 World Cup was the first with 48 teams, played across the USA, Mexico and Canada from 11 June to 19 July 2026, with the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The tournament is complete; this page is the archive we kept while it was on.

Format and key dates

48 teams in 12 groups of four, each playing three group matches. The top two in each group and the eight best third-placed sides went through, making 32 teams in the knockout round. 16 venues were used — 11 in the USA, three in Mexico and two in Canada — with the opening matches at the Estadio Azteca, BMO Field and SoFi Stadium.

The group stage draw

The draw was made on 5 December 2025 and all 48 qualifiers were settled by June 2026. The page lists every group, among them Group C (Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti), Group H (Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde), Group J (Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan) and Group L (England, Croatia, Panama, Ghana).

What else is here

From this page you can reach the tournament recap, the match previews we published for all 104 fixtures, and the archive of what we published and how it settled. It all belongs to a product we have since retired; the current site publishes a probability for every match it covers and grades it nightly against the closing line. A probability is not a tip. 18+, and please gamble responsibly.