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Canada, Mexico and USA 2026 is the 23rd FIFA World Cup: the first 48-team edition, the first with three host nations, and a 104-match sprint across North America.

Spain lifted their second World Cup after Ferran Torres settled a bruising 1-0 extra-time final against Argentina, a night of pure xTears contrast: La Roja found the decisive goal and took the trophy while the reigning champions absorbed the tension, chaos and emotional pain.

Total xTears

1,195.04

Avg xT per match

11.49

Absolute chaos

6.43

Late drama

3.98

All-out war

2.76

Referee scandal

0.65

Heart-Racing Games

All
Adrenaline Match

19.49

xT
Argentina crest

Argentina

9.06 xT

3-2
Egypt crest

Egypt

10.43 xT

Round of 1607 Jul 2026Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Argentina crestSwitzerland crest

Argentina 3-1 Switzerland

Quarter-finals|12 Jul 2026

19.25

xT
France crestEngland crest

France 4-6 England

3rd-place playoff|18 Jul 2026

18.60

xT
Canada crestQatar crest

Canada 6-0 Qatar

Matchday 2|18 Jun 2026

18.19

xT
Switzerland crestBosnia & Herzegovina crest

Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina

Matchday 2|18 Jun 2026

17.66

xT
Mexico crestEngland crest

Mexico 2-3 England

Round of 16|06 Jul 2026

17.58

xT

xT XI

All
KM
France crest19.68

Kylian Mbappé

LM
Argentina crest16.48

L. Messi

EH
Norway crest11.97

E. Haaland

JB
England crest13.69

J. Bellingham

EF
Argentina crest8.40

E. Fernández

JQ
Mexico crest6.72

J. Quiñones

CR
Argentina crest5.30

C. Romero

ID
Morocco crest4.97

I. Diop

LM
Argentina crest4.40

Lisandro Martínez

DB
Cape Verde crest3.85

Diney Borges

MA
Qatar crest2.33

Mahmud Abunada

Pain Meter

All
1
Argentina crest

Argentina

8 played

8.99

xT for

2
Germany crest

Germany

4 played

7.85

xT for

3
Belgium crest

Belgium

6 played

7.39

xT for

4
Egypt crest

Egypt

5 played

7.08

xT for

5
England crest

England

8 played

7.06

xT for

Player Leaders

All
1

Kylian Mbappé

France crestFrance | Forward

19.68

xT
2

L. Messi

Argentina crestArgentina | Forward

16.48

xT
3

J. Bellingham

England crestEngland | Midfielder

13.69

xT
4

E. Haaland

Norway crestNorway | Forward

11.97

xT
5

H. Kane

England crestEngland | Forward

11.15

xT
6

O. Dembélé

France crestFrance | Forward

10.26

xT
7

Mikel Oyarzabal

Spain crestSpain | Forward

9.71

xT
8

E. Fernández

Argentina crestArgentina | Midfielder

8.40

xT
9

B. Embolo

Switzerland crestSwitzerland | Forward

8.25

xT
10

K. Havertz

Germany crestGermany | Forward

8.02

xT
11

Lautaro Martínez

Argentina crestArgentina | Forward

7.97

xT
12

F. Balogun

USA crestUSA | Forward

7.70

xT
13

J. Quiñones

Mexico crestMexico | Midfielder

6.72

xT
14

R. Lukaku

Belgium crestBelgium | Forward

6.29

xT
15

C. Gakpo

Netherlands crestNetherlands | Forward

6.10

xT
16

D. Undav

Germany crestGermany | Forward

6.04

xT
17

J. David

Canada crestCanada | Forward

6.04

xT
18

I. Sarr

Senegal crestSenegal | Forward

5.95

xT
19

C. De Ketelaere

Belgium crestBelgium | Forward

5.93

xT
20

B. Barcola

France crestFrance | Forward

5.87

xT

Group Pain Map

Tear ranking

Group B

Qatar crest

Qatar

Pain leader

13.47

Group avg xT

1Switzerland76.40
2Canada45.89
3Bosnia & Herzegovina46.71
4Qatar17.93

Group C

Haiti crest

Haiti

Pain leader

10.61

Group avg xT

1Brazil73.99
2Morocco75.65
3Scotland34.58
4Haiti07.00

Group D

USA crest

USA

Pain leader

11.20

Group avg xT

1USA67.34
2Australia44.86
3Paraguay44.91
4Turkiye35.29

Group E

Curacao crest

Curacao

Pain leader

11.04

Group avg xT

1Germany64.67
2Ivory Coast64.44
3Ecuador46.28
4Curacao16.70

Group F

Tunisia crest

Tunisia

Pain leader

11.89

Group avg xT

1Netherlands75.07
2Japan55.27
3Sweden45.88
4Tunisia07.57

Group H

Uruguay crest

Uruguay

Pain leader

9.38

Group avg xT

1Spain74.56
2Cape Verde34.42
3Uruguay25.18
4Saudi Arabia24.61

Group I

Iraq crest

Iraq

Pain leader

12.28

Group avg xT

1France94.28
2Norway66.04
3Senegal35.85
4Iraq08.39

Group J

Jordan crest

Jordan

Pain leader

12.04

Group avg xT

1Argentina94.29
2Austria46.34
3Algeria46.42
4Jordan07.03

Group L

Croatia crest

Croatia

Pain leader

9.26

Group avg xT

1England73.87
2Croatia65.49
3Ghana44.10
4Panama05.05

Road to the final

Tournament Curiosities

xTears Curiosities

8
  1. 1Spain 1-0 Argentina was the tournament's ultimate xT heist and its biggest discipline meltdown: Argentina generated 11.61 xT to Spain's 4.96, the largest losing-side xT advantage of the entire World Cup, while 9.20 discipline xT, eight cards and Enzo Fernandez's red set up Spain's 106th-minute winner. The trophy ignored the pain meter.
  2. 2Argentina 3-2 Egypt was the wildest match: 19.49 xT. Egypt actually generated more xT than Argentina, 10.43 to 9.06, and still went home. It also recorded the tournament's highest cruelty and crushed-hope indexes, both at 4.00.
  3. 3Colombia 0-0 Portugal was the sleepiest match: just 5.27 xT, the lowest total of the entire World Cup. Pure anesthesia.
  4. 4France 4-6 England was the chaos monster: 15.83 chaos xT and 18.60 total xT in a ten-goal Bronze final.
  5. 5Argentina 3-1 Switzerland owned late drama: 12.66 late-drama xT, with Argentina scoring in the 112th and 120+1st minutes.
  6. 6Mexico 2-0 South Africa remained the referee-chaos peak: 6.61 referee-chaos xT, six cards, three reds and a VAR intervention.
  7. 7Argentina topped the tournament with 71.91 xT for and 14.90 average match xT, then collected silver-medal tears.
  8. 8Uzbekistan was the group-stage pain sponge: zero points, 11 goals conceded, 28.05 xT absorbed and a tournament-high 9.35 average xT against.

Overall Curiosities

12
  1. 1Spain 1-0 Argentina gave Spain their second World Cup through another 1-0 extra-time final, repeating the exact score and route used against the Netherlands in 2010. Ferran Torres supplied the 106th-minute winner.
  2. 2Spain conceded just one goal in eight matches, the fewest ever by a World Cup-winning team. Unai Simon's seven clean sheets were also a single-edition record.
  3. 3The expanded 48-team format produced a full Round of 32 for the first time, creating one extra knockout pain layer before the traditional last 16.
  4. 4The first 48-team World Cup delivered 308 goals across 104 matches, averaging 2.96 per game. The tournament crossed 300 goals for the first time.
  5. 5Kylian Mbappe won a second consecutive Golden Boot with ten goals and became the World Cup's all-time leading scorer with 22, passing Lionel Messi by one.
  6. 6Argentina captain Lionel Messi extended his appearance record to 34 matches and, aged 39 years and 25 days, became the oldest outfield player ever to contest a World Cup final.
  7. 7France 4-6 England saw England lead 4-0 at half-time before France fought back to 4-3. Bukayo Saka completed his hat-trick from the spot, Ousmane Dembélé struck again for France at 90+6, and Jude Bellingham sealed the 6-4 win at 90+8. Third place was England's best World Cup finish since 1966.
  8. 8Brazil 1-2 Norway sent Norway into their first World Cup quarter-final and handed Brazil their earliest exit since 1990.
  9. 9Cape Verde reached the knockouts on their World Cup debut after drawing all three group games, then pushed Argentina to extra time in a 3-2 defeat. Sidny Lopes Cabral's strike was voted Goal of the Tournament.
  10. 10All three hosts reached the knockouts, and all three went out in the Round of 16: Canada 0-3 Morocco, Mexico 2-3 England and USA 1-4 Belgium.
  11. 11Three teams completed a perfect group stage: Mexico, France and Argentina all took 9 points.
  12. 12Germany 7-1 Curaçao was the highest-scoring match of the group stage, while Canada 6-0 Qatar matched Germany for the biggest winning margin: six goals. Two routs, two different ways to beg for the final whistle.

All statistics use finished matches in this competition edition with available xT data.