FIFA World Cup 2026: Spain Wins Final, Full Results, Awards, Host Countries, 48 Teams & Schedule

Men’s FIFA World Cup 2026 concluded with a victory for Spain. The tournament was hosted in countries – USA, Canada, and Mexico. There were 48 teams from 6 confederations, 12 groups (Group A to Group L), and 16 venues (in 16 host cities). The first match was played between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, while the final played between Argentina and Spain on 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The detailed information related to 2026 FIFA WC – Host Nations, Teams by Region, The Groups, and Full Match Schedule (includes Group Stage, Knockout Stage) is given below. We have also covered how much price money received by each team, who rewarded with golden boot and golden ball in Men’s FIFA 26.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Tournament Details

Football World cup is the biggest ever sports event that every country people love to watch. This is the game that football fans wait for long as it is played after 4 years. As shared on beINsports, for the first time, 48 nations participated in FIFA WC tournament. Earlier in 2022, there were only 32 teams but in FIFA 2026, 16 more teams added and now the number of these national teams had been increased from 32 to 48. FIFA chief of global football development Arsène Wenger defended the 48-team World Cup format, said it was “the right amount” for the tournament. Here’s the short summery… when and where the 2026 FIFA World cup played and which team won it.

• Host Countries: United States, Mexico, and Canada
• Venues: 16 (in 16 host cities)
• Teams: 48 (from 6 confederations)
• Format: Group stage → Round of 32 → Round of 16 → Quarterfinals → Semifinals → 3rd Place and the Final
• Schedule: June 11 – July 19, 2026
• Total Match: 104
• Opening Match Date: 11 June 2026
• Final Match Date: 19 July 2026
• Prize Pool: $871 million
• Official Website: https://www.fifa.com/en
• Winner: Spain
• Runner up: Argentina
• Third Place: England
• Fourth Place: France

Note: For round of 32, the 24 teams would be those who were on top 2 at each Group, while the remaining 8 teams were the best eight third-placed teams.

FIFA World Cup 2026: 12 Groups and 48 Nations

There were 48 nations from 6 confederations and these were divided in 12 Groups. These 48 nations that qualified for 2026 FIFA WC, sorted by region below:

• AFC (9): Australia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan
• CAF (10): Algeria, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
• CONCACAF (6): Canada (H), Curaçao, Haiti, Mexico (H), Panama, United States (H)
• CONMEBOL (6): Argentina (FIFA 2022 Winner), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
• OFC (1): New Zealand
• UEFA (16): Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Debut Countries: Jordan, Uzbekistan, Cape Verde, Curaçao were making their debut, means they were playing the FIFA World Cup in 2026 for the first time.

Group A

• Mexico
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Czech Republic

Group B

• Canada
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Qatar
• Switzerland

Group C

• Brazil
• Morocco
• Haiti
• Scotland

Group D

• United States
• Paraguay
• Australia
• Turkey

Group E

• Germany
• Curaçao
• Ivory Coast
• Ecuador

Group F

• Netherlands
• Japan
• Sweden
• Tunisia

Group G

• Belgium
• Egypt
• Iran
• New Zealand

Group H

• Spain
• Cape Verde
• Saudi Arabia
• Uruguay

Group I

• France
• Senegal
• Iraq
• Norway

Group J

• Argentina
• Algeria
• Austria
• Jordan

Group K

• Portugal
• DR Congo
• Uzbekistan
• Colombia

Group L

• England
• Croatia
• Ghana
• Panama

2026 FIFA World Cup 2026: Full Schedule

The 2026 football world cup was scheduled to play from June 11 – July 19. As confirmed by the officials on X, in this tournament 104 matches will be played across 16 cities in 3 host countries (Mexico, Canada, and United States) in 16 cities. The schedule for Men’s FIFA 26 as follow:

Group Stage Schedule 

The top two teams from each group and the eight best third-placed teams across all groups advanced to the knockout stage, meaning 32 of the 48 teams qualified for the Round of 32.

Knock Out Stage: Round of 32 Schedule

The round of 32 for FIFA world cup 2026 was scheduled to play from June 28 – July 3. At this stage, 16 matches played as given below in the list:

Knockout Stage: Round of 16 Schedule

Knockout Stage: Quarterfinal of FIFA 2026

Knockout Stage: SemiFinals

France, Spain, England, and Argentina qualified for the Semifinals in 2026 FIFA world cup. The Semifinal 1 played between France and Spain.. which won by Spain and the Semifinal 2 played between Argentina and England and which won by Argentina.

Knockout Stage: Final

Spain and Argentina faced each other in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on 19 July, and Spain ultimately won the match and lifted the world cup trophy and also got the prize money of $50 Million while the runner up team Argentine received the price money of around $33 Million.

2026 FIFA World Cup 2026 Prize Money

The Inside FIFA confirmed that the total financial budget for 2026 FIFA World was around $871 million, (50% higher than previous season). This includes the performance prize pool + preparation fees, travel, and delegation costs for all teams. Out of this $871 million, $655 million used as pure performance prize pool for 48 teams and remaining amount used to cover other expenses like insurance, hospitality, flight tickets, hotel expenses, ground staff payment, training ground rent etc. The full breakdown of Prize money is here…

The total prize pool was $655 million, which was distributed among the 48 participating nations. The winners, the Spain national football team, took home $50 million, while the runners-up received $33 million.

FIFA 2026 Golden Boot, Golden Ball and other Awards

Apart from these… Lionel Messi of Argentina received the Silver Ball & Silver Boot award. Kylian Mbappé of France who awarded with Golden boot also received Bronze ball and Jude Bellingham of England received Bronze boot in the Men’s FIFA World Cup 2026.