Warren's World Cup Pool
Tournament Reference Layer

World Cup 2026 Meta

Teams, groups, fixtures, venues, kickoff times, bracket slots, and the little structural facts that every pool, simulation, ranking, and scoreboard view should share.

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48 Teams
12 Groups
104 Matches
16 Host Cities
This page intentionally treats match data as reusable infrastructure. The pool UX, simulator, scoreboard, and future editorial tools should import the same data file instead of carrying their own fixture copies.

Data Files

Raw lists for auditing, spreadsheets, scoring logic, and future database imports.

Groups

All 48 nations grouped by the final draw.

Group Fixtures

Venue-local kickoff is preserved. Viewer time converts automatically using the browser timezone.

Match Fixture Viewer Time Venue Total W-Index Diff Rating

Knockout Schedule

Official bracket slots from the Round of 32 through the final, including the third-place match.

Match Slot Viewer Time Venue

Nation Meta

Baseline team metadata for future W-Index, odds, and pool-entry views.

Nation Group Confederation Code Role

Venues

Host stadiums, cities, countries, timezones, and assigned match count.

Critical Rules

Structural details that matter for pool scoring and bracket generation.

Advancement

Top two from each group plus the eight best third-place teams reach the Round of 32.

Pool Implication

Correct third-place ordering is high leverage because it controls which bracket slots are filled.

Final Weekend

The semifinal losers play the third-place match one day before the final.

Sources

Fixture data should be periodically re-checked as FIFA and venue naming can change.