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2026 Kings World Cup Nations

The 2026 Kings World Cup Nations was an international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos. It was the second edition of the Kings World Cup Nations, and took place from 3 to 17 January 2026 in Brazil, with São Paulo's Allianz Parque designated as the venue for the final.

Format

The tournament has been expanded to 20 teams with five groups of four, with the top team from each group advancing directly to the quarterfinals, while the second-placed and best third-placed teams play a last-chance round.

Teams

As usual in the Kings League, each national team was chaired by a streamer or a football related personality, but this time the chairpersons were given the title of 'captains', akin to tennis' Davis Cup. The 20 teams were announced during the Kings League Kickoff Day livestream on 11 October 2025. This edition saw the debuts of Algeria, Chile, France, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland, and Qatar; while Turkey, Ukraine, Korea Republic, and Uzbekistan did not return. Belgium was initially announced as a competing team, but on 29 November 2025, it was replaced by Algeria.

Schedule

The tournament schedule was revealed on 4 December 2025. Kick-off times for matchday 3 were revealed on 8 January 2026

Squads

The 13-man squad was announced on 29 December 2025.

Manager: Chadli Amri

Manager: Juan Manuel Miranda

The 13-man squad was announced on 5 December 2025.

Manager: Dudu Oliveira

The 13-man squad was announced on 23 December 2025.

Manager: Felipe Barrientos

The 13-man squad was announced on 12 December 2025.

Manager: Sergio Verdirame

Manager: Grégory Campi

The 13-man squad was announced on 7 December 2025.

Manager: Francisco Copado

Manager: Sanush Raj

Indonesia's squad was chosen from the Pendekar League.

Manager: Fandy Butarbutar

Manager: Mauro Micheli

Manager: Shunsuke Nakamura

A preliminary 26-man squad was announced on 2 December 2025, with the final 13-man squad being announced on 10 December.

Manager: Pol Font

Manager: Gaby Ouanane

Manager: Mohamed Attaibi

Manager: Cheche Hernández

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Manager: Àlex Solduga

Manager: Felipe Góes

A preliminary 26-man squad was announced on 4 December 2025, with the final 13-man squad being announced on 15 December.

Manager: Narcís Barrera

The first three players for the United States' squad were selected through a social media competition, and announced by co-captain Jynxzi on a livestream on 4 December 2025.

Manager: Jos Gartland

Draw

The groups were drawn during the Kings League Kickoff Day livestream on 11 October 2025. Teams were seeded to 2 pots, with two teams from each pot being drawn into each group.

Seeding

Groups

Notes

Group stage

Tiebreaker

Teams were ranked by the number of wins. If two or three teams are equal on wins, it will be decided by penalty shootout after their match(es) (triple shootout if it's 3 teams)

Group A

Tiebreaking shootout

The Netherlands wins and finishes in 2nd place

Group B

Tiebreaking shootout

Germany finishes 1st, United States finishes 2nd, and Argentina finishes 3rd

Group C

Group D

Group E

Tiebreaking shootout

Mexico finishes 1st, Saudi Arabia finishes 2nd

Ranking of third placed teams

Knockout stage

The last chance round draw was held on 11 January.

Bracket

Last-chance round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Goalscorers

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Media coverage

On 24 December 2025, it was confirmed that Canal 13 would broadcast the tournament in Chile. A few days later, it was also confirmed that DAZN had secured international broadcasting rights for the tournament, as well as for the Spanish, Italian and German versions of the Kings League.

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