Match Day: World Cup 2026

Spain won it. 1-0 against Argentina, after extra time, Ferran Torres in the 106th minute.

Now see if you can stop them.

Match Day: World Cup 2026 is a complete tournament pack for the Match Day football engine, and it now comes with two full sets of ratings for all 48 teams.

THE PROJECTION SET - rated before a ball was kicked, from form, qualification and squad strength going into June. This is the version people played through the tournament. Play it forward and let the upsets happen.

THE RATED SET - rated afterwards, from what the 48 teams actually did. Goals scored, goals conceded, and how far each side went. Play it again with the real result as your benchmark.

Two separate zips, two separate apps that save independently, so you can have a tournament running in each at the same time. Neither is a correction of the other. They answer different questions.

WHAT MOVED

Colombia went in rated as an attacking side and came out having scored five and conceded one in five matches, unbeaten. Spain conceded ONE goal in eight games. Morocco, Canada and Egypt all rate higher than anyone expected. Uruguay and Turkey were the two biggest falls in the field. The full method, and every judgment call, is written up in Book 5 so you can argue with it or adjust it yourself.

48 TEAM CARDS WITH THE REAL GOALSCORERS

Every card carries that squad's actual tournament scorers, and the slots are shared out so a player comes up about as often as he really scored. Roll a d10 and read the card. Mbappe holds a big chunk of France. Oyarzabal took 38 per cent of Spain's goals and holds 40 per cent of Spain's card.

Every one of the 178 players who scored at this World Cup is on a card somewhere.

IN EACH ZIP

• Six books: team ratings, groups and fixtures, the knockout bracket, a match tracker, the full methodology, and the real final ranking with the Golden Boot race
• 48 printable team cards with ratings, flags and goalscorers
• A single-sheet wallchart for the whole tournament, flags or plain
• A double-sided player reference, including the goalscorer roll
• An offline tournament app that runs in your browser with no internet

HOW IT PLAYS

Play the 72 group matches, work out your qualifiers, then run the knockouts from the Round of 32 to the final. Solo or head to head. A group stage is an evening. Home advantage applies for Mexico, the USA and Canada in their own group games.

When you have a champion, open Book 6 and put your table next to the real one.

Works with the Match Day core rules. New to Match Day? There is a bundle that gets you the game and this pack together.

Print it at home, grab some dice, and kick off.