Rules & Small Print

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Entry fee £5 per person
Prize pot £240 (48 × £5)
Draw Random — one team per person
Format 48 teams · 12 groups · Round of 32 · Knockout to final

The Prizes

Prize Amount How it's won
🏆 Winner £60 Your team wins the tournament
🇺🇸 MAGA £20 Your team knocks the USA out. See small print.
💥 Utter Humiliation £20 Your team suffers the biggest defeat in the tournament
😢 Losing Semi-finalists £20 ×2 Your team reaches the semis but doesn't make the final
😬 Unlucky 3rds £10 ×4 Your team finishes 3rd in their group but doesn't qualify for the Round of 32
🟥 Dirtiest B**tards £15 Your team has the highest card points per game
🪵 Wooden Spoon £15 Your team is the worst team after the group stage
✈️ The Deportation £15 Your team is the first eliminated from the tournament
🧱 Build A Wall £15 Your team concedes the most goals from set pieces (excl. penalties)
Total £240 Fully distributed. Every penny. No backhanders.

Small Print

🇺🇸 MAGA

  • The prize goes to the holder of whichever team knocks the USA out.
  • If the USA win the tournament, the prize goes to the team with the best performance against them (highest points earned, then fewest goals conceded).
  • If the USA are eliminated on penalties, the team that beat them on penalties wins the prize.

💥 Utter Humiliation

  • Decided by goal difference in a single match (most negative).
  • Tiebreaker 1: goals conceded in that match.
  • Tiebreaker 2: earliest scorer of the final goal in that match.

😬 Unlucky 3rds

  • 12 groups produce 12 third-placed teams. The best 8 advance to the Round of 32.
  • The bottom 4 third-place finishers each win a prize.
  • Ranked by: group stage points, then goal difference, then goals conceded.

🟥 Dirtiest B**tards

  • Yellow card = 1 point.
  • Red card via two yellows in one game = 3 points total.
  • Straight red card = 6 points.
  • Total card points divided by games played. Highest wins.

🪵 Wooden Spoon — tiebreakers in order

  1. Fewest points
  2. Worst goal difference
  3. Most goals conceded
  4. Highest card points total
  5. Latest average time of first goal conceded per game

✈️ The Deportation

  • Awarded to the team eliminated earliest, by timestamp of their final group stage match.
  • If two teams are eliminated simultaneously, tiebreaker is goal difference, then goals conceded.

🧱 Build A Wall

  • Most goals conceded from corners and direct/indirect free kicks only.
  • Penalties excluded.
  • Tiebreaker: set piece goals conceded per game played.
  • Data source: FBref.com

General

  • In the event of any dispute, the Tournament Organiser's decision is final.
  • Prize money paid out within 7 days of the World Cup final (19 July 2026).
  • Any team withdrawing before or during the tournament: that entry receives no prize and the entry fee is retained in the pot.

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