2026 World Cup Replay

For the first time in nearly two years, soccer is back on the table. It’s been too long. The 2026 World Cup was enormously fun to watch and we’ll see how it turns out on the tabletop.

I began the project with the pre-World Cup set for Soccer Blast Express (each team playing one match). But after putting the project on the shelf for a while, I’m going back to it with the Dice United version, as these cards reflect what actually happened in the World Cup.

This project, like the real World Cup, began in June 2026.

Group Stage matches 1 (Soccer Blast Express):

DateGroupReplay ResultRecapActual
6/11AMexico 2, South Africa 1RecapM 2-0
6/11ASouth Korea 2, Czechia 1RecapSK 2-1
6/12BCanada 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1Recap1-1
6/12DUSA 2, Paraguay 1RecapUSA 4-1
6/13BSwitzerland 2, Qatar 0Recap1-1
6/13CMorocco 2, Brazil 0Recap1-1
6/13CHaiti 1, Scotland 1RecapS 1-0
6/13DTurkey 2, Australia 1RecapA 2-0
6/14EGermany 5, Curacao 2RecapG 7-1
6/14FNetherlands 1, Japan 1Recap2-2
6/14EEcuador 2, Ivory Coast 1RecapIC 1-0
6/14FSweden 2, Tunisia 2RecapS 5-1
6/15HSpain 0, Cape Verde 0Recap0-0
6/15GBelgium 4, Egypt 0Recap1-1
6/15HUruguay 1, Saudi Arabia 0Recap1-1
6/15GIran 1, New Zealand 1Recap2-2
6/16IFrance 2, Senegal 2RecapF 3-1
6/16INorway 4, Iraq 0RecapN 4-1
6/16JArgentina 5, Algeria 1RecapAR 3-0
6/16JAustria 2, Jordan 1RecapA 3-1
6/17KPortugal 3, Congo 1Recap1-1
6/17LEngland 0, Croatia 0RecapE 4-2
6/17LPanama 1, Ghana 0RecapG 1-0
6/17KColombia 3, Uzbekistan 2RecapC 3-1

Group Stage matches 2 & 3 (Dice United 2)

DateGroupReplay ResultRecapActual
6/18ASouth Africa 4, Czechia 2Recap1-1
6/18BSwitzerland 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2RecapS 4-1
6/18BCanada 5, Qatar 0RecapC 6-0
6/18AMexico 2, South Korea 1RecapM 1-0
6/19DUSA 1, Australia 1RecapUSA 2-0
6/19CScotland 0, Morocco 0RecapM 1-0
6/19CBrazil 3, Haiti 1RecapB 3-0
6/19DTurkey 2, Paraguay 1RecapP 1-0
6/20FNetherlands 3, Sweden 1RecapN 5-1
6/20EGermany 3, Ivory Coast 2RecapG 2-1
6/20EEcuador 1, Curacao 0Recap0-0
6/20FTunisia 1, Japan 1RecapJ 4-0
6/21HSaudi Arabia 1, Spain 0RecapSP 4-0
6/21GBelgium 1, Iran 0Recap0-0
6/21HUruguay 3, Cape Verde 0Recap2-2
6/21GEgypt 2, New Zealand 0RecapE 3-1
6/22JArgentina 3, Austria 1RecapAR 2-0
6/22IFrance 4, Iraq 0RecapF 3-0
6/22ISenegal 2, Norway 0RecapN 3-2
6/22JAlgeria 1, Jordan 0RecapA 2-1
6/23KPortugal 3, Uzbekistan 1RecapP 5-0
6/23LEngland 1, Ghana 0Recap0-0
6/23LPanama 0, Croatia 0RecapC 1-0
6/23KColombia 1, Congo 1RecapCOL 1-0
6/24BBosnia-Herzegovina 4, Qatar 2RecapBZ 3-1
6/24BSwitzerland 3, Canada 1RecapS 2-1
6/24CMorocco 6, Haiti 1RecapM 4-2
6/24CBrazil 3, Scotland 0RecapB 3-0
6/24AMexico 2, Czechia 1RecapM 3-0
6/24ASouth Korea 1, South Africa 0RecapSA 1-0
6/25EIvory Coast 1, Curacao 0RecapIC 2-0
6/25EGermany 1, Ecuador 0RecapE 2-1
6/25FJapan 2, Sweden 1Recap1-1
6/25FNetherlands 4, Tunisia 2RecapN 3-1
6/25DParaguay 0, Australia 0Recap0-0
6/25DUSA 1, Turkey 1RecapT 3-2
6/26INorway vs. FranceRecapF 4-1
6/26ISenegal vs. IraqRecapS 5-0
6/26HCape Verde vs. Saudi ArabiaRecap0-0
6/26HUruguay vs. SpainRecapS 1-0
6/26GEgypt vs. IranRecap1-1
6/26GNew Zealand vs. BelgiumRecapB 5-1
6/27LCroatia vs. GhanaRecapC 2-1
6/27LPanama vs. EnglandRecapE 2-0
6/27KColombia vs. PortugalRecap0-0
6/27KCongo vs. UzbekistanRecapC 3-1
6/27JAlgeria vs. AustriaRecap3-3
6/27JJordan vs. ArgentinaRecapA 3-1

Round of 32:

Date#MatchupResultRecap
6/2873(A2) South Korea vs. (B2) Bosnia-HerzegovinaRecap
6/2974(E1) Germany vs. 3rd placeRecap
6/2975(F1) Netherlands vs. (C2) BrazilRecap
6/2976(C1) Morocco vs. (F2) JapanRecap
6/3077I1 vs. 3rd placeRecap
6/3978(E2) Ecuador vs. I2Recap
6/3079(A1) Mexico vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/180L1 vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/181(D1) Turkey vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/182G1 vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/283K2 vs. L2Recap
7/284H1 vs. J2Recap
7/285(B1) Switzerland vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/386J1 vs. H2Recap
7/387K1 vs. 3rd placeRecap
7/388(D2) United States vs. G2Recap