Tag: Belgium

  • 2026 World Cup: June 21

    2026 World Cup: June 21

    What is happening with Spain?! After a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, the real-life World Cup winners suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Saudi Arabia. Spain must get a positive result against unbeaten Uruguay in their final match, or they won’t advance out of the group stage. Uruguay went top of the group with a…

  • 2026 World Cup: June 15

    2026 World Cup: June 15

    Lightning struck twice! The real-life “upset” of the tournament played out just the same way on the tabletop, as little Cape Verde held Spain to a scoreless draw. Cape Verde actually had the best scoring chance of the game. June 15 in real life produced four ties, but there were only two here. Belgium thrashed…

  • 1930 World Cup Group 4

    1930 World Cup Group 4

    As they did in real life, the United States advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup. But, it didn’t come quite as easy as what happened in 1930. Instead of a pair of 3-0 wins, the Americans eked out a pair of one-goal victories over Paraguay and Belgium. This was by far the lowest-scoring…

  • 2022 World Cup Round of 16

    2022 World Cup Round of 16

    Before we get to the results from the first stage of the knockout round, here’s a look at how close the replay results were to the actual 2022 World Cup. Four of the eight group winners were the same. Eight of the 16 teams that advanced out of the group stage were the same. Among…

  • 2022 World Cup Group F

    2022 World Cup Group F

    There will be no Cinderella run by Morocco here, as the 2022 semifinalists failed to make it out of the group stage. Fellow semifinalist Croatia and Belgium both didn’t surrender a single goal here. Belgium and Morocco played to a scoreless draw, but Belgium picked up a decisive point with a tie against Croatia. Hapless…