North America · 11 June – 19 July 2026

Family World Cup Sweepstake

24 players. 48 teams. One strong side, one wildcard each — combined points decide it. Banker: Matt.

Players

Entry

R250

Total pot

R6 000

Teams

Banker controls

Live results

Pull the latest official scores from openfootball and update the board. Overwrites finished matches; leaves games not yet played alone.

Entry payments — off

Off = players just confirm entry. Turn on once your YOCO link is set to show the Pay R250 button. Payments land in your YOCO account — tick each player “paid” in the roster below as they come through.

YOCO payment link

Roster (one name per line)

Draw seed

The teams

Pool stage

All 12 groups with their real fixtures. Type each scoreline as games finish — standings, win/draw points and goal tallies update automatically and feed straight into the scoreboard. Group stage runs 11–27 June.

▮ Green = top two (auto-qualify) · ▮ Gold = 3rd (8 best 3rd-placed teams also advance to the Round of 32).

Knockout schedule

The bracket dates, once the group stage wraps up on 27 June.

Knockout results

Once the bracket is set, record each knockout match here: pick the round and the two teams, enter the score (and who won on penalties if drawn). The winner is advanced automatically, so each team's furthest stage — and its points — stays correct without you tracking the bracket by hand.

Leaderboard

Score = your strong team + your wildcard team, both updating live from the results you record. Ties break on combined goals scored.

How the teams rank

Our seeding (the # column) is based on bookmaker title odds, so it tracks Bookies closely. FIFA and Elo are world-strength rankings (all teams, not just these 48) — handy for spotting a side the odds rate higher or lower than its form suggests. S = strong pool (1–24), W = wildcard (25–48).

Scoring

Both your teams earn points and they add together. Scoring is cumulative — a team banks points each round it survives, so a deep wildcard run can win you the whole thing.

Pool stage (3 games)

Each win	+3
Each draw	+1

Knockout — added each round reached

Round of 32	+3
Round of 16	+5
Quarters	+12
Semis	+20
Final	+30
Champions	+45

Bonuses stack: a team that reaches the semis keeps its pool points + R32 + R16 + quarters, then adds the semi bonus. The big jumps sit on the quarters, semis and final — the rounds worth sweating over. Tie on points? Whoever's two teams scored more goals wins; still level, split it.

Prize split — R6 000 pot

Spread across the top finishers so nobody checks out early, plus a wildcard prize to keep the second-team chase alive.

1st overall

R3 000

2nd overall

R1 500

3rd overall

R900

Best wildcard team

R600

"Best wildcard" = the highest-scoring tier-2 (rank 25–48) team in the pool.

Running it

Confirm all players and collect R250 each before kickoff on 11 June — banker holds the pot.
Agree the draw seed in the group chat, run the draw, then share the result + seed so anyone can verify it.
Lock teams once the draw is shared — no swaps after the first match.
Record scores in Fixtures & Results as games finish; the scoreboard updates itself. Drop a leaderboard screenshot in the chat each round.
Wildcard pool note: South Africa sit in tier 2 and open the tournament vs Mexico — good early drama for whoever draws them.

Family World Cup Sweepstake

Are you in?

Banker controls

Enter the draw seed

The teams

Pool stage

Knockout schedule

Knockout results

Leaderboard

How the teams rank

Scoring

Prize split — R6 000 pot

Running it