21 July 2026
Spain crowned 2026 World Cup champions — full results
Spain are 2026 FIFA World Cup champions, beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final on 19 July 2026. It caps off a six-week tournament across the USA, Canada, and Mexico — the first with 48 teams.
Spain's run to the title
- Round of 32: Spain 3-0 Austria
- Round of 16: Portugal 0-1 Spain
- Quarter-final: Spain 2-1 Belgium
- Semi-final: Spain 2-0 France
- Final: Spain 1-0 Argentina (after extra time)
Argentina reached the final by beating England 2-1 in the other semi-final. Spain's only knockout-round concession came in the quarter-final against Belgium — every other game was a clean sheet.
What happens to the fixture difficulty table now?
The World Cup 2026 fixture difficulty table and its knockout bracket stay online as a permanent archive — every matchday from the group stage through to the Final, with all results confirmed rather than projected. Nothing to bookmark for updates anymore, but it's there if you want to look back at how each team's difficulty run compared.
Fixture planning attention now shifts back to domestic football — the FPL fixture difficulty table for the Premier League is where we'll keep publishing updates as the new season's schedule takes shape.