Spain are World
Champions.
Spain 1–0 Argentina (AET) · 19 July 2026 · MetLife Stadium, New Jersey
Ferran Torres 106' sealed Spain's second World Cup, completing an unbeaten tournament with seven clean sheets and just one goal conceded across seven matches.
Spain
Argentina1 goal conceded in 7 matches — the most dominant defence of the tournament
Martínez 10 saves (WC final record) · Messi's last World Cup match
England
FranceBest finish since 1966 — Saka hat-trick, Rice, Konsa, Bellingham
Mbappé ×2 → 10 goals (Golden Boot) · Olise 7 assists (Pelé record)
Bafana Bafana made history
South Africa reached the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time since 2010 — a moment every SA football fan will remember. Proud hosts, prouder fans.
Tournament Records
Spain — Unbeaten Champions
7 clean sheets · 1 goal conceded across 7 matches · Their second title (2010 and 2026 — both 1–0 AET). The most dominant defensive performance of the modern World Cup era.
Bet at Hollywoodbets →Mbappé: Golden Boot · 10 Goals
Two in the 6–4 third-place thriller took him to 10 for the tournament — and past Messi on 22 career World Cup goals, making him the all-time top scorer.
Bet at Hollywoodbets →Olise Passes Pelé
7 assists at this World Cup — Michaël Olise broke Pelé's all-time World Cup assists record. A record that stood since Mexico 1970, gone in a 6–4 third-place thriller in Miami.
Bet at Hollywoodbets →The full story
Tournament review · 20 July 2026
Spain's tournament in numbers: 7 matches, 7 clean sheets, 1 goal conceded (a penalty). Dominant from Group H through the final. Emiliano Martínez made 10 saves in the final alone — a men's World Cup final record — but Spain's 20 shots to Argentina's 2 (xG 1.94–0.2) tells the full story.
Messi's farewell: Eight goals, one World Cup (2022), one runner-up (2026). Argentina's failure to defend their title by a single Ferran Torres goal in extra time — with Enzo Fernández sent off in the 93rd minute. At 38, Messi is widely expected never to play for Argentina again.
The 6–4 chaos in Miami: England's best finish since 1966. Saka with a hat-trick, Bellingham's seventh goal — an England single-tournament record. And Michaël Olise's seventh assist broke Pelé's all-time World Cup assists record that had stood since Mexico 1970.
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