FIFA World Cup 2026 — Final Results

Tournament at a glance

The expanded 48-team format reshaped the road to the final — three new knockout rounds, three host nations, and an unprecedented scale.

TEAMS

104

MATCHES

HOST CITIES

6.9M

FANS ATTENDED

🥇 CHAMPION

Spain

Beat Argentina 1–0 after extra time in the final. Second World Cup title, first since 2010. Conceded just once all tournament.

🥈 RUNNERS-UP

Argentina

Fell just short of back-to-back titles. Lionel Messi, 39, became the oldest outfield player to appear in a World Cup final.

🥉 THIRD PLACE

England

Beat France 6–4 in a thriller. Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick, Jude Bellingham sealed it in stoppage time.

4TH PLACE

France

Kylian Mbappé scored twice in the bronze match to finish as the tournament's all-time leading World Cup scorer.

Tap any match to see the venue. Switch rounds using the chips below — the field narrowed from 32 to 2 across five rounds.

Spain swept most of the individual honors — fitting for a team that conceded a single goal across eight matches.

GOLDEN BALL

Rodri

Spain · Best player of the tournament, anchoring La Roja's defense from midfield.

GOLDEN BOOT

Kylian Mbappé

France · 10 goals, 4 assists. His second Golden Boot in a row — no other men's player has won it twice.

GOLDEN GLOVE

Unai Simón

Spain · 7 clean sheets, a new tournament record for a single World Cup.

SILVER BALL & SILVER BOOT

Lionel Messi

Argentina · 8 goals, 4 assists in his fifth and likely final World Cup, at age 39.

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A few of the moments that shaped the first 48-team World Cup.