How Well Do You Remember the 2026 World Cup?

Canada, Mexico and the United States. It was the first World Cup shared by three nations, with matches in 16 cities: 11 in the US, three in Mexico and two in Canada.

48 teams, up from the 32 used at every tournament from 1998 to 2022. The expansion raised the number of matches from 64 to 104.

Hosts Mexico beat South Africa 2–0 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on 11 June 2026. Julián Quiñones scored in the 9th minute and Raúl Jiménez headed the second in the 67th.

The teams were drawn into 12 groups of four. The top two in each group and the eight best third-placed teams went through to a new round of 32, so a side reaching the final played eight matches instead of seven.

Mexico, which had also hosted in 1970 and 1986. The Estadio Azteca staged the 2026 opening match and became the only stadium to host games at three World Cups.

Maple the moose for Canada, Zayu the jaguar for Mexico and Clutch the bald eagle for the United States. FIFA unveiled them in September 2025.

Tunisia against Japan in Group F, at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey on 20 June 2026. Japan won 4–0, with Ayase Ueda scoring twice, and Tunisia were eliminated.

Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan.

Argentina's 2–0 win over Austria on 22 June 2026, in which Messi scored both goals. He had drawn level with Klose six days earlier with a hat-trick in a 3–0 win over Algeria.

Spain. The sides drew 0–0 in Atlanta on 15 June 2026, with Cape Verde's 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha making seven saves.

By drawing all three group games: 0–0 with Spain, 2–2 with Uruguay and 0–0 with Saudi Arabia. Three points were enough for second place in Group H and a round-of-32 tie against Argentina.

Canada, who beat Qatar 6–0 in Vancouver on 18 June 2026. Jonathan David scored a hat-trick, the first by a Canadian man at a World Cup.

Ecuador, who came from behind to win 2–1 at MetLife Stadium on 25 June 2026. Nilson Angulo and Gonzalo Plata scored, and Ecuador went through as one of the best third-placed teams.

Kevin Pina, with a long-range free-kick that went through Uruguay's wall in the 21st minute of a 2–2 draw in Miami on 21 June 2026.

Panama, who lost 1–0 to Ghana, 1–0 to Croatia and 2–0 to England in Group L. It was the first time since 2010 that a team had left a World Cup without scoring.

Germany, beaten 4–3 on penalties by Paraguay after a 1–1 draw in Foxborough on 29 June 2026. It was the first time Germany had lost a World Cup penalty shoot-out.

Norway won 2–1 in the round of 16 at MetLife Stadium on 5 July 2026, with Erling Haaland scoring both goals. It took Norway to their first World Cup quarter-final.

All three went out in the round of 16. Canada lost 3–0 to Morocco, Mexico lost 3–2 to England and the United States lost 4–1 to Belgium.

Spain won 2–0 in Arlington, Texas, on 14 July 2026. Mikel Oyarzabal scored a 22nd-minute penalty after Lucas Digne fouled Lamine Yamal, and Pedro Porro added the second in the 58th minute.

Anthony Gordon put England ahead in the 55th minute in Atlanta. Enzo Fernández equalised from outside the box in the 85th and Lautaro Martínez headed the winner in stoppage time, with Lionel Messi setting up both Argentina goals.

England, who won 3–2 in the round of 16 on 5 July 2026. Jude Bellingham scored twice in the first half and Harry Kane added a penalty.

England beat France 6–4 in Miami Gardens on 18 July 2026, after leading 4–0 at half-time. Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick, and the ten goals made it the highest-scoring third-place match in World Cup history.

Switzerland, who beat Colombia 4–3 on penalties after a goalless draw in Vancouver on 7 July 2026. Rubén Vargas scored the winning kick.

His record run of scoring in nine consecutive World Cup matches, which began against Australia in the 2022 round of 16. Argentina still went through to the semi-finals.

Spain beat Argentina 1–0 after extra time on 19 July 2026. It was Spain's second World Cup, after their win in South Africa in 2010.

Substitute Ferran Torres, in the 106th minute. Nico Williams headed the ball down to him and Torres finished first time from close range.

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, near New York, known as New York New Jersey Stadium during the tournament. The attendance was 80,663.

Enzo Fernández, shown a second yellow card in stoppage time at the end of normal time. Argentina played all of extra time with ten men.

He made 11 saves, the most by a goalkeeper in a World Cup final, and kept Spain out until the 106th minute.

Slavko Vinčić, who became the first referee from Slovenia to take charge of a World Cup final.

They did not attempt a single shot in the 90 minutes of normal time, the first team to do so in a World Cup final. Their first effort came in the second half of extra time, after Spain had scored.

Lionel Messi, who played in the 2014, 2022 and 2026 finals. Cafu of Brazil had done it first, in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

A Super Bowl-style half-time show. It lasted about 11 minutes, with Madonna, Shakira, BTS and Justin Bieber among the performers.

Luis de la Fuente. At 65 years and 28 days he became the oldest coach to win the World Cup, passing Vicente del Bosque, who led Spain to the 2010 title.

Spain captain Rodri. Lionel Messi won the Silver Ball and Kylian Mbappé the Bronze Ball.

Kylian Mbappé, with 10 goals for France. Having also won it in 2022, he became the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice.

Spain's Unai Simón, who kept seven clean sheets in eight matches, the most by any goalkeeper at a single World Cup.

Spain's Pau Cubarsí. The award was open to players born on or after 1 January 2005.

Lionel Messi, with eight goals, which earned him the Silver Boot behind Mbappé's 10.

The Netherlands, who were shown only three yellow cards.

Sidny Lopes Cabral's curling shot for Cape Verde against Argentina in the round of 32, which made it 2–2 in extra time. Argentina still won 3–2.

Kylian Mbappé, with 22 goals: four in 2018, eight in 2022 and 10 in 2026. His two goals in the third-place play-off took him past Lionel Messi, who finished on 21.

One, in eight matches: Charles De Ketelaere's header for Belgium in the quarter-final, which Spain won 2–1. No World Cup winner had conceded fewer.

308 in 104 matches, an average of 2.96 per game, the highest average at a World Cup since 1970.

During Ecuador against Germany on 25 June 2026, while the group stage was still being played. That took the total past the 3,587,538 who attended USA 1994, and the final figure was 6,810,966.

He became the first player to score at six World Cups, from 2006 to 2026. He reached it with two goals in Portugal's 5–0 win over Uzbekistan in Houston on 23 June.

They became the first nation to hold the men's and women's World Cup titles at the same time, having won the Women's World Cup in 2023.