The world’s best sporting event \u2013 the 2026 FIFA World Cup \u2014 is coming this summer, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But which fans of the 48 teams will be the loudest? The most fun and the most passionate? Vote in our 2026 FIFA World Cup Ultimate Fanbase, sponsored by Lay’s!<\/p>\n
This bracket consists of all 48 qualified teams for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those teams are separated into four quadrants consisting of three of the current World Cup groups in each.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here’s the kicker! The teams are then seeded by each of their combined social media followings<\/i> \u2013 including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube. And some of these times have some big-time followings. We’ve given the top four seeds (Brazil, USA, France, and Argentina) byes in the bracket. And after one round of voting, here’s how things stand: \u00a0<\/p>\n
Easy! All voting takes place across the @FOXSoccer social accounts. So if you don’t already follow FOX Soccer, do so now! You’ll be able to vote on:<\/p>\n
– Instagram
– Facebook
– YouTube\u00a0
– X<\/p>\n
Or check out the polls below. \u00a0Vote on your platform of choice and it will count!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Voting will take place over the entire month of April with a winner announced on the last day of the month! The winners will get an official billboard touting your nation as the best FIFA 2026 World Cup fans in front of your team’s training facility!<\/p>\n
In Region 1 <\/strong>(which includes Groups A\/B\/C):<\/p>\n – Switzerland<\/strong> fans def. Canada<\/strong> fans; Those four fanbases move onto the second round. Congrats!<\/p>\n In Region<\/strong> 2<\/strong> (which includes Groups D\/E\/F):<\/p>\n – Japan<\/strong> fans def. Sweden<\/strong> fans; Those four fanbases move onto the second round. Congrats!\u00a0<\/p>\n In Region 3<\/strong> (which includes Groups G\/H\/I):<\/p>\n – Belgium<\/strong> fans def. Cape Verde<\/strong> fans; Those four fanbases move onto the second round. Congrats!\u00a0<\/p>\n In Region 4<\/strong> (which includes Groups J\/K\/L):<\/p>\n – Croatia<\/strong> fans def. Congo DR<\/strong> fans; Those four fanbases move onto the second round. Congrats!\u00a0<\/p>\n The World Cup will run from June 11\u2013July 19, 2026. Spread across three countries, the tournament will culminate with the final on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. All 104 tournament matches will air live across FOX (70) and FS1 (34) with every match streaming live and on-demand within both the FOX One and the FOX Sports apps. A record 40 matches, more than one-third of the tournament, will air in primetime across FOX (21) and FS1 (19).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The world’s best sporting event \u2013 the 2026 FIFA World Cup \u2014 is coming this summer, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.\u00a0 But which fans of the 48 teams will be the loudest? The most fun and the most passionate? Vote in our 2026 FIFA World Cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Bosnia & Herzegovina<\/strong> fans def. Scotland<\/strong> fans;
– Czechia<\/strong> fans def. Qatar<\/strong> fans;
– South Africa<\/strong> fans def. Haiti<\/strong> fans.<\/p>\n
– Paraguay<\/strong> fans def. Tunisia<\/strong> fans;
– Netherlands<\/strong> fans def. Ivory Coast<\/strong> fans;
– Australia<\/strong> fans def. Cura\u00e7ao<\/strong> fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Uruguay<\/strong> fans def. New Zealand<\/strong> fans;
– Saudi Arabia<\/strong> fans def. Iraq <\/strong>fans;
– Norway<\/strong> fans def. Iran<\/strong> fans.<\/p>\n
– Algeria<\/strong> fans def. Uzbekistan<\/strong> fans;\u00a0
– Ghana<\/strong> fans def. Panama<\/strong> fans;
– Jordan<\/strong> fans def. Austria<\/strong> fans.<\/p>\n