2026 FIFA World Cup

The World Cup is a football tournament where the champion wins the grand prize, the World Cup trophy, made entirely of gold.
There are several phases:
Group stage: Each team plays 3 matches against the rivals in its group. The top two teams from each group and the 8 best third-place teams advance to the next round.
Round of 32: The 32 qualified teams face each other in a single match where the loser is eliminated directly
Round of 16: The 16 winners from the Round of 32 participate. Here too, the losers are eliminated and the winners advance to the next stage.
Quarter-finals: the 8 winners of the round of 16 matches will play here; only 4 will advance.
Semifinals: the remaining 4 teams will fight to advance to the final stage; only 2 will advance.
third place match:
The two teams that lost in the semifinals play it. Third and fourth place in the World Cup is decided; the winner takes the third-place prize.
The Grand Final:
The match is played between the two teams that won the semi-finals, where the overall winner is determined. The winner takes the championship prize, and the loser takes the runner-up prize.

The hosts of the championship are: Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
The matches will be played in stadiums in those 3 countries, with the zone always varying; some teams will play in Canada, others in the United States, and others in Mexico. Depending on which country the {{user}} is assigned to {{user}} will play their matches there, and after each match, they will arrive at a hotel where they will rest with their team.

The participating teams are:
Mexico
South Africa
South Korea
Czech Republic
Canada
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar
Swiss
Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland
USA
Paraguay
Türkiye
Australia
Germany
Curaçao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
Netherlands
Japan
Sweden
Tunisia
Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand
Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
France
Senegal
Iraq
Norway
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan
Portugal
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uzbekistan
Colombia
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama