June 11 – July 19, 2026

World Cup ’26

The Sweepstake
Upper band — FIFA rank 1–24
Lower band — FIFA rank 25–48
Every player drew one from each band
Prizes: the winning team & the best lower-band team

The Squads

24 players · 2 teams each
No players match that search.

Full Draw

48 teams by FIFA ranking
No teams match that search.

The Groups

12 groups · A–L
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The Rules

free to enter · fiercely contested

Dear friends, family & footballers — welcome to the Sweepstake. It's free to enter, gloriously low-effort, and the bragging rights last four whole years. Here's the deal.

Welcome, colleagues & footballers — to the first-ever company Sweepstake. It's free to enter, gloriously low-effort, and the bragging rights are company-wide. Here's the deal.

01

Two teams each

All 48 World Cup teams are ranked by their FIFA World Ranking and split into two bands — upper (the top 24) and lower (the bottom 24). Every player is randomly drawn one team from each band: a genuine contender and a plucky underdog.

02

The draw is blind & reproducible

The shuffle is seeded by the tournament's kick-off date in DDMMYYYY format — 11062026. No thumbs on the scale: the same seed produces the same draw, every single time.

03

Two ways to win

Glory goes to whoever holds the winning team, and to whoever holds the best-performing lower-band team — so you're never truly out of it, even clutching a minnow.

🏆 The Prizes

Two prizes, awarded to the players holding (a) the winning World Cup team, and (b) the best-performing team from the lower band (FIFA rank 25–48).

Prizes will be highly personalised to the winner(s); their precise nature is revealed late in the tournament. 😏

📐 "Best lower-band team", defined

Primary metric — furthest stage reached:

GroupR32R16QFSFFinalWinner

Finishing 3rd can still reach the Round of 32 — the 8 best 3rd-placed teams advance, decided by FIFA's official 3rd-place ranking.

If two teams exit at the same stage, the tie is broken in order:

  1. Goal difference (all matches)
  2. Goals scored (all matches)
  3. Head-to-head — only if they actually met
  4. Disciplinary / fair-play points
  5. Drawing of lots by the committee

Knockout games settled on penalties count as a draw for goal difference & goals; the team that advances is still credited with reaching the next round.

Roll of honour
  • 2022 World Cup Qatar — Jackie 🇦🇷 Argentina
  • 2024 Euro Germany — Arjun 🇪🇸 Spain
  • 2026 World Cup North America — in progress…