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Rules - Fantasy Football World Cup 2026


The game

With the game of Tournamentfootball.co.uk you'll become a predictor of all the matches of the tournament. You'll have to do your best to submit predictions (you can make changes until the match starts) in order to take the win away from your friends, family or colleagues. When you have the predictions right, you'll score the most points.


Join now

By creating an account you're participating with the game. When participating you're obligated to enter all required details and you agree upon the rules of the game as well as the terms provided.


Deadline

You are required to submit all your predictions for the entire tournament (all tournament stages) before the start of the tournament: . After, you're still able to make changes, to do so you'll need to go to the My prediction page and click on for more information about the deadlines. All predictions will be hidden behind the icon and will become visible when the deadline has passed.

Round Deadline Score Deadline Countries

My prediction

After logging in, you will be redirected to the 'My prediction' page. It is up to you to predict all scores of all matches before the start of the tournament. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account.

Knockout rounds

For the knockout rounds you need to select the country of whom you think will go through. It is not allowed to select a country double per whole round. If you do this, you will be rewarded with zero points. See below for some examples.

100%

When logged in, you'll see a score in the main navigation bar. This score represents the percentage you filled out on the 'My prediction' page. When you see a 100 % score, you are acknowledged that you entered all predictions. But be aware, it doesn't indicate when countries are selected double in a whole knockout round.


Individual

As an individual you're automatically competing against all members of the pool. You'll play for the prizes described on the Prizes page. The person with the most points wins.

Best league

Everybody who signed up for a league is not only competing in the individual ranking, but also in the league ranking. This means that you can win individually, win with your league and become the winner of your league. And, to compete in the league ranking, the league needs to consist of at least 3 members, or otherwise 0 points will be given.


Add League

Do you want to organise a pool? Click here to do so. On both pages you'll find further instructions of how to add a pool. In this way you're able to organise a pool with friends, colleagues, sport buddies, neighbours, or more.

Participate in pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to sign up for a pool. Just below the title on the left side you'll see a button that you can click. You should be logged in to sign up for a pool.

Invite friends for my pool

On the 'Pool'-page you are able to invite friends. Just below the title you'll see Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp logos that you can can click. In this way you can invite friends to participate.


Live rankings

During the game you'll see live rankings of the next round. In these live rankings we only calculate the points for the scores of the matches and not the points for the countries. Only when all matches of the next round are finished, we are certain which countries qualify and we will add the points for the countries to the points in that round.


Points

Points to be earned based on the scores

Based on some rules you are able to collect points for the score. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account. The maximum numbers of points based on the score for all matches is equal to 0 points. Here are some examples:

Match Predicted Results 1X2 Home Goals Away Goals Goal difference Max. points
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 3 - 1 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 3 - 0 0 0 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 2 - 1 0 0 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 2 - 0 0 0 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 1 - 0 0 0 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 3 - 4 0 0 0
QAT - ECU Qatar - Ecuador 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 0 0

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Points to be earned based on the predicted countries in the knockout rounds

Next to the points for the score, you are able to collect points by predicting the countries that go through to the next round(s). So, you can earn points based on the correct position (CP), or the incorrect position (IP). For example, correct position is equal by predicting that France will be the winner of Group A. But, if another country comes first and France qualifies, but as runner-up, it will be selected as the incorrect position.

Match Predicted Score Correct position Incorrect position Max. points
all countries qualified on correct position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - USA Netherlands - USA NED - USA Netherlands - USA 0 (2 x ) 0 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar ENG - QAT England - Qatar 0 (2 x ) 0 0
two countries qualified on correct position and two on the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - USA Netherlands - USA NED - ENG Netherlands - England 0 0 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar USA - QAT USA - Qatar 0 0 0
all countries qualified, but at the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - USA Netherlands - USA QAT - ENG Qatar - England 0 0 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar USA - NED USA - Netherlands 0 0 0
one country qualified at correct position, and one at the incorrect position:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - USA Netherlands - USA NED - IRN Netherlands - Iran 0 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar USA - SEN USA - Senegal 0 0

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Warning; no points earned when countries are selected double

Per knockout round it is not allowed to select a country or more countries double. A warning will be presented. But, when you did you'll be rewarded with zero points.

Match Predicted Countries Max. points
correct example with all countries selected once:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - USA Netherlands - USA NED - USA Netherlands - USA 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar ENG - QAT England - Qatar 0
incorrect example with England selected twice:
1/8F [1A - 2B] Round of 16 [1A - 2B] NED - ENG Netherlands - England NED - USA Netherlands - USA 0
1/8F [1B - 2A] Round of 16 [1B - 2A] ENG - QAT England - Qatar ENG - QAT England - Qatar 0

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Overview of the maximum number of points that can be earned per round

Per match and knockout round there are points to be collected. In this overview you'll see the maximum number of points that can be collected per round.

Round Matches Score Correct position Incorrect position Max. points
Group matches 72 0 0
general-vc-round-of-32 16 0 0
Round of 16 8 0 0
Quarter finals 4 0 0
Semi finals 2 0 0
3rd Place 1 0 0
Final 1 0 0
World Champion
Total 0

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Rounds

After each match points are awarded. In the table below you'll find an overview of all the rounds in this game. For example, in round 33 two matches will be played at the same time and after the final whistle points are awared for the scores and the countries that qualify for the next round.

# Points for score of match number Points for home team of match number Points for away team of match number Points for champion after final

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