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World Cup 2026 Sweepstake

Callum

It's 9 days until the 2026 World Cup! The first match is on Thursday 11th June 2026, so it's not long now!! ⚽️

Here at The Mix, we've been wondering whether anyone would be interested in doing our very own light-hearted competition throughout the World Cup? You don't have to be interested in football or even follow it closely, it would just be a small competition to see who wins!

This would be done as a sweepstake, and essentially if you are interested, let us know by replying to this thread or DMing us, and we will randomly assign everyone a team(s) taking part in the World Cup. The rest is easy, just sit back and see which teams go through and win the World Cup, cheering on your assigned team of course! The Community member with the winning team following the final on Sunday 19th July will be given a prize…

If you'd be interested and would like to be assigned a team(s), please reply to this thread or DM us by 10pm next Tuesday, 9th June, and we'll add you to the list and get the ball rolling!

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Goose

Ohh I would love to be a part of this

so_very_tired

Sure, why not? What's the price tho?

toffuna101

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/3608787/world-cup-2026-sweepstake

the final is the day before my birthday lmao, ok ill join.

River

I have no idea what that means but sure 😂

yes please!!!

Count me in!

I don’t mind joining

Sure why not

Thanks everyone for sharing your interest in this so far! There's still plenty of time to take part for those who haven't decided yet!

@River basically you will get given a team in the World Cup (or maybe more than one depending on numbers) and you just have to hope they win, you get a prize if the team wins!

angels_sys

I remember doing this in secondary at some point! I think it'd be fun! Can I join?

so_very_tired

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/comment/3826937#Comment_3826937

Pretty sure I did the same. I was Spain and they lost.

Callum

@angels_sys Yes of course, I'll add you on to the list now!

Amy22

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/3608787/world-cup-2026-sweepstake

Ooo iI'd love to take part in this if theres still spaces to do so of course. This would be my first doing one lol.

Callum

@Amy22 no worries at all! I've added you on to the list, you will all get your teams on Wednesday ahead of the World Cup starting.

Redemption

Im interested

Callum

Afternoon everyone!! Thanks all for registering your interest in taking part in our World Cup sweepstake, we hope it will be a fun little competition! With a prize at the end, to be revealed…

Since there are 12 of you who wish to take part, we've given you all 4 teams each - as the teams in the World Cup are split into 12 groups of 4, we have given you all one group each to make sure everyone has a fair chance going into the knockout rounds. A random generator was used to give you all a group each so that there's no bias involved.

So how this will work is: Your group and the teams within that group are announced below. For the first 2 and a half weeks, it's the group stages - this means your 4 teams will each play one another in order to build mini leagues for each group, which will determine which teams go through to the next round. This part is all about collecting points to see which teams are the strongest!

On 29th June, the 32 best teams will begin to take part in the Round of 32. This is when the groups start to play each other, so the competition between everyone begins. There is then the Round of 16, Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals, and Third Place games, and the ultimate Final on 19th July.

For now though here are your World Cup groups and teams:

@Ech0 Group A - Czechia 🇨🇿, Mexico 🇲🇽, South Africa 🇿🇦, South Korea 🇰🇷
@Azziman Group B - Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦, Canada 🇨🇦, Qatar 🇶🇦, Switzerland 🇨🇭
@SunsetDucky Group C - Brazil 🇧🇷, Haiti 🇭🇹, Morocco 🇲🇦, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@angels_sys Group D - Australia 🇦🇺, Paraguay 🇵🇾, Turkey 🇹🇷, USA 🇺🇸
@Goose Group E - Curacao 🇨🇼, Ecuador 🇪🇨, Germany 🇩🇪, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
@so_very_tired Group F - Japan 🇯🇵, Netherlands 🇳🇱, Sweden 🇸🇪, Tunisia 🇹🇳
@Nathan Group G - Belgium 🇧🇪, Egypt 🇪🇬, Iran 🇮🇷, New Zealand 🇳🇿
@toffuna101 Group H - Cape Verde 🇨🇻, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Spain 🇪🇸, Uruguay 🇺🇾
@Amy22 Group I - France 🇨🇵, Iraq 🇮🇶, Norway 🇧🇻, Senegal 🇸🇳
@Aime Group J - Algeria 🇩🇿, Argentina 🇦🇷, Austria 🇦🇹, Jordan 🇯🇴
@Redemption Group K - Colombia 🇨🇴, DR Congo 🇨🇩, Portugal 🇵🇹, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
@River Group L - Croatia 🇭🇷, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ghana 🇬🇭, Panama 🇵🇦

Good luck everyone! Don't forget to keep an eye on the scores of all your teams to see which ones go through at the end of the month and which go on to the Final on the 19th July! But don't worry, we'll make sure to keep updating this thread with the results, upcoming games and how each of you is doing. We'll do a post tomorrow for the first match of the tournament!

so_very_tired

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/comment/3827047#Comment_3827047

What's the prize though?!

River

do I have to watch the matches? Not sure I got the brain cells for it 🤣

Callum

@so_very_tired the prize will be announced further into the competition, but there will be a prize for the winner of the final! For now though, the focus is on which teams are going to do well in the group stages and go through to the Round of 32.

@River don't feel any pressure to watch the matches! You just need to keep an eye on the scores, but we'll update this thread with the scores and tag those who's teams are involved - that way everyone will get a notification when there's a post that concerns their team.

River

oooo okie

Azziman

If I'm relying on Canada and Switzerland from my group, I might have all four of my teams knocked out the earliest out of anyone 😂 here's hoping for a huge underdog story!

Callum

The World Cup has arrived! The first match starts tonight! ⚽️

Tonight we have the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup followed by the first two matches of the competition. Since the World Cup is being held across the continent of North America and therefore because of the time difference, the matches are taking place during the evenings and into the early hours of the mornings, UK time. As promised though, we will share daily updates on the recent scores, and what matches are due to be played that evening along with the kick-off time (in UK time) and where the match is coming from.

Tonight:

Following the opening ceremony at 6:30pm (BST) from Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, we have two matches to kick-start the competition:

@Ech0

Group A

🇲🇽 Mexico V South Africa 🇿🇦

8pm (BST), from Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

@Ech0

Group A

🇨🇿 Czechia V South Korea 🇰🇷

3am (BST), from Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico

Good luck tonight! We will post the results of these matches tomorrow, along with the next set of matches due to take part tomorrow evening into the early hours of Saturday morning ⚽️

Amy22

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/comment/3827048#Comment_3827048

Oo I was also thinking this as well. I wonder if it would a world cup themed badge 🤔 or something world cup themed?

so_very_tired

https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/comment/3827087#Comment_3827087

I wouldn't mind a badge.

Azziman

@Leyla how about an update after each round of fixtures? That might make it easier to update everyone at the same time?

Callum

@Azziman That's a good idea! I'll post an update tomorrow as after tonight/tomorrow mornings games, each team will have played once and so we can report all the scores so far in one go!

Callum

Morning everyone!!

The World Cup is well and truly underway now, and the Group Stages are a third of the way through already!

As each team have now now played once, here are all the results so far:

@Ech0

Group A:

🇲🇽 Mexico 2 - 0 South Africa 🇿🇦

🇨🇿 Czechia 1 - 2 South Korea 🇰🇷

Group A Results Table:

🇲🇽 Mexico: 3 Points
🇰🇷 South Korea: 3 Points
🇨🇿 Czechia: 0 Points
🇿🇦 South Africa: 0 Points

@Azziman

Group B:

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 - 1 Canada 🇨🇦

🇶🇦 Qatar 1 - 1 Switzerland 🇨🇭

Group B Results Table:

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina: 1 Point
🇨🇦 Canada: 1 Point
🇶🇦 Qatar: 1 Point
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1 Point

@SunsetDucky

Group C:

🇧🇷 Brazil 1 - 1 Morocco 🇲🇦

🇭🇹 Haiti 0 - 1 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Group C Results Table:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 3 Points
🇧🇷 Brazil: 1 Point
🇲🇦 Morocco: 1 Point
🇭🇹 Haiti: 0 Points

@angels_sys

Group D:

🇵🇾 Paraguay 1 - 4 USA 🇺🇲

🇦🇺 Australia 2 - 0 Turkey 🇹🇷

Group D Results Table:

🇺🇲 USA: 3 Points
🇦🇺 Australia: 3 Points
🇹🇷 Turkey: 0 Points
🇵🇾 Paraguay: 0 Points

@Goose

Group E:

🇨🇼 Curacao 1 - 7 Germany 🇩🇪

🇪🇨 Ecuador 0 - 1 Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

Group E Results Table:

🇩🇪 Germany: 3 Points
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast: 3 Points
🇪🇨 Ecuador: 0 Points
🇨🇼 Curacao: 0 Points

@so_very_tired

Group F:

🇯🇵 Japan 2 - 2 Netherlands 🇳🇱

🇸🇪 Sweden 5 - 1 Tunisia 🇹🇳

Group F Results Table:

🇸🇪 Sweden: 3 Points
🇯🇵 Japan: 1 Point
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 1 Point
🇹🇳 Tunisia: 0 Points

@Nathan

Group G:

🇧🇪 Belgium 1 - 1 Egypt 🇪🇬

🇮🇷 Iran 2 - 2 New Zealand 🇳🇿

Group G Results Table:

🇮🇷 Iran: 1 Point
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 1 Point
🇧🇪 Belgium: 1 Point
🇪🇬 Egypt: 1 Point

@toffuna101

Group H:

🇨🇻 Cape Verde 0 - 0 Spain 🇪🇦

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 1 -1 Uruguay 🇺🇾

Group H Results Table:

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 1 Point
🇺🇾 Uruguay: 1 Point
🇨🇻 Cape Verde: 1 Point
🇪🇦 Spain: 1 Point

@Amy22

Group I:

🇨🇵 France 3 - 1 Senegal 🇸🇳

🇮🇶 Iraq 1 - 4 Norway 🇧🇻

Group I Results Table:

🇧🇻 Norway: 3 Points
🇨🇵 France: 3 Points
🇸🇳 Senegal: 0 Points
🇮🇶 Iraq: 0 Points

@Aime

Group J:

🇩🇿 Algeria 0 - 3 Argentina 🇦🇷

🇦🇹 Austria 3 - 1 Jordan 🇯🇴

Group J Results Table:

🇦🇷 Argentina: 3 Points
🇦🇹 Austria: 3 Points
🇯🇴 Jordan: 0 Points
🇩🇿 Algeria: 0 Points

@Redemption

Group K:

🇨🇩 DR Congo 1 - 1 Portugal 🇵🇹

🇨🇴 Colombia 3 - 1 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

Group K Results Table:

🇨🇴 Colombia: 3 Points
🇨🇩 DR Congo: 1 Point
🇵🇹 Portugal: 1 Point
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 0 Points

@River

Group L:

🇭🇷 Croatia 2 - 4 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇬🇭 Ghana 1 - 0 Panama 🇵🇦

Group L Results Table:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 3 Points
🇬🇭 Ghana: 3 Points
🇵🇦 Panama: 0 Points
🇭🇷 Croatia: 0 Points

It's still all to play for at the moment! ⚽️

Callum

We're moving into the second part of the Group Stages of the World Cup now, and so here are all the games to look out for in each group, in order of when they are due to take part:

@Ech0

Group A

🇨🇿 Czechia V South Africa 🇿🇦

Thursday 18th June, 5pm (BST), from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, USA

@Azziman

Group B

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina V Switzerland 🇨🇭

Thursday 18th June, 8pm (BST), from SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, USA

@Azziman

Group B

🇨🇦 Canada V Qatar 🇶🇦

Thursday 18th June, 11pm (BST), from BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

@Ech0

Group A

🇲🇽 Mexico V South Korea 🇰🇷

Friday 19th June, 2am (BST), from Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico

@angels_sys

Group D

🇦🇺 Australia V USA 🇺🇲

Friday 19th June, 8pm (BST), from Lumen Field, Seattle, USA

@SunsetDucky

Group C

🇲🇦 Morocco V Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Friday 19th June, 11pm (BST), from Gillette Stadium, Boston, USA

@SunsetDucky

Group C

🇧🇷 Brazil V Haiti 🇭🇹

Saturday 20th June, 1:30am (BST), from Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, USA

@angels_sys

Group D

🇵🇾 Paraguay V Turkey 🇹🇷

Saturday 20th June, 4am (BST), from Levi's Stadium, San Francisco, USA

@so_very_tired

Group F

🇳🇱 Netherlands V Sweden 🇸🇪

Saturday 20th June, 6pm (BST), from NRG Stadium, Houston, USA

@Goose

Group E

🇩🇪 Germany V Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

Saturday 20th June, 9pm (BST), from BMO Field, Toronto, Canada

@Goose

Group E

🇨🇼 Curacao V Ecuador 🇪🇨

Sunday 21st June, 1am (BST), from Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, USA

@so_very_tired

Group F

🇯🇵 Japan V Tunisia 🇹🇳

Sunday 21st June, 5am (BST), from Estadio BBVA, Monterrey, Mexico

@toffuna101

Group H

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia V Spain 🇪🇦

Sunday 21st June, 5pm (BST), from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, USA

@Nathan

Group G

🇧🇪 Belgium V Iran 🇮🇷

Sunday 21st June, 8pm (BST), from SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, USA

@toffuna101

Group H

🇨🇻 Cape Verde V Uruguay 🇺🇾

Sunday 21st June, 11pm (BST), from Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, USA

@Nathan

Group G

🇪🇬 Egypt V New Zealand 🇳🇿

Monday 22nd June, 2am (BST), from BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

@Aime

Group J

🇦🇷 Argentina V Austria 🇦🇹

Monday 22nd June, 6pm (BST), from AT&T Stadium, Dallas, USA

@Amy22

Group I

🇨🇵 France V Iraq 🇮🇶

Monday 22nd June, 10pm, from Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, USA

@Amy22

Group I

🇧🇻 Norway V Senegal 🇸🇳

Tuesday 23rd June, 1am (BST), from MetLife Stadium, New York, USA

@Aime

Group J

🇩🇿 Algeria V Jordan 🇯🇴

Tuesday 23rd June, 4am (BST), from Levi's Stadium, San Francisco, USA

@Redemption

Group K

🇵🇹 Portugal V Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

Tuesday 23rd June, 6pm (BST), from NRG Stadium, Houston, USA

@River

Group L

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England V Ghana 🇬🇭

Tuesday 23rd June, 9pm (BST), from Gillette Stadium, Boston, USA

@River

Group L

🇭🇷 Croatia V Panama 🇵🇦

Wednesday 24th June, 12am (BST), from BMO Field, Toronto, Canada

@Redemption

Group K

🇨🇴 Colombia V DR Congo 🇨🇩

Wednesday 24th June, 3am (BST), from Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico

Good luck on the next round of matches everyone! We'll post the results of all these matches and the updates to the group results tables on Wednesday ahead of the final round of the Group Stage!

Callum

Afternoon everyone!!

The second part of the Group Stages are now complete, and we're heading into the final part of this stage from tonight! Before these games begin tonight, here are the recent results:

@Ech0

Group A:

🇨🇿 Czechia 1 - 1 South Africa 🇿🇦

🇲🇽 Mexico 1 - 0 South Korea 🇰🇷

Group A Results Table:

🇲🇽 Mexico: 6 Points
🇰🇷 South Korea: 3 Points
🇨🇿 Czechia: 1 Point
🇿🇦 South Africa: 1 Point

@Azziman

Group B:

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 - 4 Switzerland 🇨🇭

🇨🇦 Canada 6 - 0 Qatar 🇶🇦

Group B Results Table:

🇨🇦 Canada: 4 Points
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 4 Points
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina: 1 Point
🇶🇦 Qatar: 1 Point

@SunsetDucky

Group C:

🇲🇦 Morocco 1 - 0 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🇧🇷 Brazil 3 - 0 Haiti 🇭🇹

Group C Results Table:

🇧🇷 Brazil: 4 Points
🇲🇦 Morocco: 4 Points
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 3 Points
🇭🇹 Haiti: 0 Points

@angels_sys

Group D:

🇦🇺 Australia 0 - 2 USA 🇺🇲

🇵🇾 Paraguay 1 - 0 Turkey 🇹🇷

Group D Results Table:

🇺🇲 USA: 6 Points
🇦🇺 Australia: 3 Points
🇵🇾 Paraguay: 3 Points
🇹🇷 Turkey: 0 Points

@Goose

Group E:

🇩🇪 Germany 2 - 1 Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

🇨🇼 Curacao 0 - 0 Ecuador 🇪🇨

Group E Results Table:

🇩🇪 Germany: 6 Points
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast: 3 Points
🇪🇨 Ecuador: 1 Point
🇨🇼 Curacao: 1 Point

@so_very_tired

Group F:

🇳🇱 Netherlands 5 - 1 Sweden 🇸🇪

🇯🇵 Japan 4 - 0 Tunisia 🇹🇳

Group F Results Table:

🇳🇱 Netherlands: 4 Points
🇯🇵 Japan: 4 Points
🇸🇪 Sweden: 3 Points
🇹🇳 Tunisia: 0 Points

@Nathan

Group G:

🇧🇪 Belgium 0 - 0 Iran 🇮🇷

🇪🇬 Egypt 3 - 1 New Zealand 🇳🇿

Group G Results Table:

🇪🇬 Egypt: 4 Points
🇮🇷 Iran: 2 Points
🇧🇪 Belgium: 2 Points
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 1 Point

@toffuna101

Group H:

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 0 - 4 Spain 🇪🇦

🇨🇻 Cape Verde 2 - 2 Uruguay 🇺🇾

Group H Results Table:

🇪🇦 Spain: 4 Points
🇺🇾 Uruguay: 2 Points
🇨🇻 Cape Verde: 2 Points
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 1 Point

@Amy22

Group I:

🇨🇵 France 3 - 0 Iraq 🇮🇶

🇧🇻 Norway 3 - 2 Senegal 🇸🇳

Group I Results Table:

🇨🇵 France: 6 Points
🇧🇻 Norway: 6 Points
🇸🇳 Senegal: 0 Points
🇮🇶 Iraq: 0 Points

@Aime

Group J:

🇦🇷 Argentina 2 - 0 Austria 🇦🇹

🇩🇿 Algeria 2 - 1 Jordan 🇯🇴

Group J Results Table:

🇦🇷 Argentina: 6 Points
🇦🇹 Austria: 3 Points
🇩🇿 Algeria: 3 Points
🇯🇴 Jordan: 0 Points

@Redemption

Group K:

🇵🇹 Portugal 5 - 0 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

🇨🇴 Colombia 1 - 0 DR Congo 🇨🇩

Group K Results Table:

🇨🇴 Colombia: 6 Points
🇵🇹 Portugal: 4 Points
🇨🇩 DR Congo: 1 Point
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 0 Points

@River

Group L:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 0 - 0 Ghana 🇬🇭

🇭🇷 Croatia 1 - 0 Panama 🇵🇦

Group L Results Table:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 4 Points
🇬🇭 Ghana: 4 Points
🇭🇷 Croatia: 3 Points
🇵🇦 Panama: 0 Points

🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇲🇽 Mexico and 🇺🇲 USA are all already through to the Round of 32, the first of the knockout rounds. It's all still to play for though! ⚽️