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World Cup

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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.

Twelve groups feed a new Round of 32, so xTears will track more shocks, more third-place survival math, and a longer knockout route than any World Cup before it.

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

6
  1. 1Canada 6-0 Qatar was the wildest group-stage xTears match: 18.19 xT and a host-sized pressure leak.
  2. 2Colombia 0-0 Portugal was the sleepiest group-stage match: 5.27 xT. Pure anesthesia.
  3. 3Mexico 2-0 South Africa opened the tournament with a discipline meltdown: 7.67 discipline xT, six cards, three reds and one VAR check.
  4. 4Uzbekistan were the group-stage pain sponge: 0 points, 11 goals conceded, 28.05 xT conceded and 9.35 average xT against.
  5. 5Panama finished the group stage with 0 goals. No attack, just paperwork.
  6. 6Six teams finished the group stage with 0 points: Haiti, Tunisia, Iraq, Jordan, Panama and Uzbekistan.

Overall Curiosities

6
  1. 1All 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.
  2. 2Three teams completed a perfect group stage: Mexico, France and Argentina all took 9 points.
  3. 3Germany 7-1 Curaçao was the biggest group-stage scoreline by total goals: eight.
  4. 4Canada 6-0 Qatar was the biggest group-stage win by margin.
  5. 5By the Round of 16, four knockout ties had already gone to penalties: Germany 1-1 Paraguay, Netherlands 1-1 Morocco, Australia 1-1 Egypt and Switzerland 0-0 Colombia.
  6. 6The 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.

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