sorry for the slow start-up on day 1. good morning it was 9am here in austria when i checked in.
please note, the datasets are (auto-)generated from the upstream text source
here https://github.com/openfootball/worldcup/blob/master/2026--usa/cup.txt
yes, you can. you are more than welcome to help with updates upstream.
anyone interested, please let me know / ping me here or here (as an opt-in / to give me permission)
and i send you an invite via github for the openfootball (github) org here
than you can edit in-place (without pull requests AND the worldcup.json gets generated via github action on commit - see the actions log @ /worldcup).
Note
@upbound-web has put together an alternate "fast-updating" worldcup.json mirror. see upbound-web/worldcup-live.json
Q: Will it update live match data? How live is the (worldcup.json) data?
A: Sorry, no. worldcup.json works like a wiki. everytime the upstream (source) text, that is, worldcup/2026--usa/cup.txt gets updated (by hand),
the 2026/worldcup.json
datatset here gets automatically generated & updated (via github action - see the actions log @ /worldcup).
Again note the upstream (source) text updates are not live or automated. I (Gerald Bauer) try to update once a day and note - I am in Austria, that is, Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Anyways, to guarantee updates the best way is for you to contribute and update the score yourself. yes, you can. Send a pull request and I will merge and happy to send you an invite to join the github org (if you agree and opt-in by saying yes) so you can edit "in place" from than on.
PS: For full match details incl. line-ups, (yellow/red card) bookings, player substitutions, penalty shootouts, and more
I will put together an (alternate) upstream (source) text -
see worldcup/more for the history from 1930 to 2022 - but again sorry, that, page will NOT be live updated.
Tip
You can use the fbtxt2json command-line tool
to convert any file in the Football.TXT format to JSON (or use fbtxt2csv to convert to CSV).
Free open public domain football data for the world cups (national teams and clubs) in the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format incl. Canada/USA/Mexico 2026, USA 2025, Qatar 2022, Russia 2018 and more - No API key required ;-).
Example - World Cup in Canada/USA/Mexico 2026 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2026/worldcup.json:
{
"name": "World Cup 2026",
"matches": [
{"round": "Matchday 1",
"date": "2026-06-11",
"time": "13:00 UTC-6",
"team1": "Mexico",
"team2": "South Africa",
"score": {"ft": [2, 0], "ht": [1, 0]},
"goals1": [{"name": "Julián Quiñones", "minute": "9"},
{"name": "Raúl Jiménez", "minute": "67"}],
"goals2": [],
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Mexico City"
},
{"round": "Matchday 1",
"date": "2026-06-11",
"time": "20:00 UTC-6",
"team1": "South Korea",
"team2": "Czech Republic",
"score": {"ft": [2, 1], "ht": [0, 0]},
"goals1": [{"name": "Hwang In-Beom", "minute": "67"},
{"name": "Oh Hyeon-Gyu", "minute": "80"}],
"goals2": [{"name": "Ladislav Krejcí", "minute": "59"}],
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Guadalajara (Zapopan)"
},
{"round": "Matchday 8",
"date": "2026-06-18",
"time": "12:00 UTC-4",
"team1": "Czech Republic",
"team2": "South Africa",
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Atlanta"
},
{"round": "Matchday 8",
"date": "2026-06-18",
"time": "19:00 UTC-6",
"team1": "Mexico",
"team2": "South Korea",
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Guadalajara (Zapopan)"
},
...
{"round": "Final",
"date": "2026-07-19",
"time": "15:00 UTC-4",
"team1": "W101",
"team2": "W102",
"ground": "New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)"
}
]}Example - World Cup in Qatar 2022 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2022/worldcup.json:
{
"name": "World Cup 2022",
"matches":
[{"round": "Matchday 1",
"date": "2022-11-20",
"time": "19:00",
"team1": "Qatar",
"team2": "Ecuador",
"score": {"ft": [0, 2], "ht": [0, 2]},
"goals1": [],
"goals2":
[{"name": "Enner Valencia", "minute": "16", "penalty": true},
{"name": "Enner Valencia", "minute": "31"}],
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor"
},
{"round": "Matchday 2",
"date": "2022-11-21",
"time": "19:00",
"team1": "Senegal",
"team2": "Netherlands",
"score": {"ft": [0, 2], "ht": [0, 0]},
"goals1": [],
"goals2":
[{"name": "Cody Gakpo", "minute": "84"},
{"name": "Davy Klaassen", "minute": "90+9"}],
"group": "Group A",
"ground": "Al Thumama Stadium, Doha"
},
...
{"round": "Final",
"date": "2022-12-18",
"time": "18:00",
"team1": "Argentina",
"team2": "France",
"score": {"p": [4, 2], "et": [3, 3], "ft": [2, 2], "ht": [2, 0]},
"goals1":
[{"name": "Lionel Messi", "minute": "23", "penalty": true},
{"name": "Lionel Messi", "minute": "108"},
{"name": "Ángel Di María", "minute": "36"}],
"goals2":
[{"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": "80", "penalty": true},
{"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": "81"},
{"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": "118", "penalty": true}],
"ground": "Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail"
}
]}Example - Club World Cup in USA 2025 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2025/clubworldcup.json:
{
"name": "Club World Cup 2025",
"matches":
[{"round": "Group A",
"date": "2025-06-14",
"time": "20:00",
"team1": "Al Ahly SC (EGY)",
"team2": "Inter Miami CF (USA)",
"score": {"ft": [0, 0]}
},
{"round": "Group A",
"date": "2025-06-15",
"time": "18:00",
"team1": "Palmeiras (BRA)",
"team2": "FC Porto (POR)",
"score": {"ft": [0, 0]}
},
...
{"round": "Final",
"date": "2025-07-13",
"time": "15:00",
"team1": "Chelsea FC (ENG)",
"team2": "Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)",
"score": {"ft": [3, 0], "ht": [3, 0]}
}
]}Use the "raw" links served by GitHub (otherwise you get the complete "formatted" GitHub web page). Example:
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfootball/worldcup.json/master/2026/worldcup.json
Note: The JSON files get (auto-)generated using the football.db datasets, thus, please do NOT
edit the JSON files here but the upstream (source) text files in the /worldcup (and friends) repos e.g.:
National Teams:
- World Cups in
/worldcup
Note: For the World Cup 2026 please update the source text file
/worldcup/2026--usa/cup.txt for the group stage and
/worldcup/2026--usa/cup_finals.txt for the knockout (quarter-finals, semi-finals, etc.) stage.
Clubs:
- Club World Cups in
/club-worldcup
Note: For the Club World Cup 2025 please update the source text file
/club-worldcup/2025/clubworldcup.txt
Any leagues or tournaments missing? Contributions welcome! For starting your own repo from scratch see the League Quick Starter Kit.
The worldcup.json schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.
Yes, you're more than welcome to send a pull request (PR) with your project!
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https://github.com/jeff-knurek/fifa26 -- iCal generation of Fifa 2026 World Cup matches
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https://github.com/Roast-Labs/World-Cup-2026-Fixtures-and-Results-Slack-Bot -- World Cup 2026 Slack bot - a self-installing Google apps script that posts a daily message to a Slack channel every morning with last night's results and today's fixtures for the 2026 World Cup
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https://github.com/salah23222/worldcup2026 -- an open-source, bilingual (Arabic/English) companion site for the 2026 World Cup
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https://github.com/ismayc/world-cup-viewer -- World Cup 2026 Schedule Viewer; web app showing all 104 matches of the word cup in your timezone, with where to watch, host city/stadium, a bracket, group standings, and live results
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https://github.com/sportdb/footty -- command line tool in ruby; shows todays' matches or yesterdays' or tomorrows' or all past or all upcoming
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https://ganska.lat/vm2026 -- Swedish World Cup 2026 site with data based on Openfootball -- Repo coming soon.
Feel free to add your project here!
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