this is theFIFA World Cup2026

Before the first whistle

The FIFA World Cup begins.

Mexico opens the 2026 tournament at home. One of 104 matches starts moving the bracket.

The largest field yet

Now make it 48.

Forty-eight teams arrive carrying forty-eight versions of the future. Tap any marker to give the crowd a name.

Three countries / sixteen cities

Spread the noise out.

Two cities in Canada. Three in Mexico. Eleven in the United States. The tournament becomes a continent-sized relay.

A great deal of football

Do this 104 times.

Every match is a small machine for making alternate histories. Most of them stop after ninety minutes.

The bracket begins

The final sixteen.

These are the teams that reached the Round of 16. Every faded flag has already played its last match.

The knockout rounds

The final eight
take shape.

France, Spain, England, Argentina, Morocco, Belgium, Norway, and Switzerland remain. The field is still loud, but the edges are closing in.

Semifinals / July 14 and 15

Four teams
become two.

Spain beat France. Argentina beat England. The final is set: one more match, one more night, one last version of the future.

Final / July 19

Spain takes
the last one.

Spain beat Argentina 1 to 0 after extra time at New York New Jersey Stadium. Ferran Torres scored the winner. 48 teams, 104 matches, one champion.