worldcup.json

Free open public domain football data for the world cups (national teams and clubs) in the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format incl. Canada/USA/Mexico 2026, USA 2025, Qatar 2022, Russia 2018 and more - No API key required ;-).

National Teams

Example - World Cup in Canada/USA/Mexico 2026 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2026/worldcup.json:

{
 "name": "World Cup 2026",
 "matches": [ 
   {"round": "Matchday 1",
    "date": "2026-06-11",
    "time": "13:00 UTC-6",
    "team1": "Mexico",    
    "team2": "South Africa",
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Mexico City"
   },
   {"round": "Matchday 1",
    "date": "2026-06-11",
    "time": "20:00 UTC-6",
    "team1": "South Korea",
    "team2": "UEFA Path D winner",
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Guadalajara (Zapopan)"
   },
   {"round": "Matchday 8",
    "date": "2026-06-18",
    "time": "12:00 UTC-4",
    "team1": "UEFA Path D winner",
    "team2": "South Africa",
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Atlanta"
   },
   {"round": "Matchday 8",
    "date": "2026-06-18",
    "time": "19:00 UTC-6",
    "team1": "Mexico",
    "team2": "South Korea",
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Guadalajara (Zapopan)"
   },
   ...
   {"round": "Final",
    "date": "2026-07-19",
    "time": "15:00 UTC-4",
    "team1": "W101",
    "team2": "W102",
    "ground": "New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)"
   }
]}

Example - World Cup in Qatar 2022 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2022/worldcup.json:

{
 "name": "World Cup 2022",
 "matches": 
  [{"round": "Matchday 1",
    "date": "2022-11-20",
    "time": "19:00",
    "team1": "Qatar",
    "team2": "Ecuador",
    "score": {"ft": [0, 2], "ht": [0, 2]},
    "goals1": [],
    "goals2": 
     [{"name": "Enner Valencia", "minute": 16, "penalty": true},
      {"name": "Enner Valencia", "minute": 31}],
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor"
   },
   {"round": "Matchday 2",
    "date": "2022-11-21",
    "time": "19:00",
    "team1": "Senegal",
    "team2": "Netherlands",
    "score": {"ft": [0, 2], "ht": [0, 0]},
    "goals1": [],
    "goals2": 
     [{"name": "Cody Gakpo", "minute": 84},
      {"name": "Davy Klaassen", "minute": 90, "offset": 9}],
    "group": "Group A",
    "ground": "Al Thumama Stadium, Doha"
  },
  ...
  {"round": "Final",
    "date": "2022-12-18",
    "time": "18:00",
    "team1": "Argentina",
    "team2": "France",
    "score": {"p": [4, 2], "et": [3, 3], "ft": [2, 2], "ht": [2, 0]},
    "goals1": 
     [{"name": "Lionel Messi", "minute": 23, "penalty": true},
      {"name": "Lionel Messi", "minute": 108},
      {"name": "Ángel Di María", "minute": 36}],
    "goals2": 
     [{"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": 80, "penalty": true},
      {"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": 81},
      {"name": "Kylian Mbappé", "minute": 118, "penalty": true}],
    "ground": "Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail"
  }
]}

Clubs

Example - Club World Cup in USA 2025 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2025/clubworldcup.json:

{
 "name": "Club World Cup 2025",
 "matches": 
  [{"round": "Group A",
    "date": "2025-06-14",
    "time": "20:00",
    "team1": "Al Ahly SC (EGY)",
    "team2": "Inter Miami CF (USA)",
    "score": {"ft": [0, 0]}
   },
   {"round": "Group A",
    "date": "2025-06-15",
    "time": "18:00",
    "team1": "Palmeiras (BRA)",
    "team2": "FC Porto (POR)",
    "score": {"ft": [0, 0]}
  },
  ...
  {"round": "Final",
   "date": "2025-07-13",
   "time": "15:00",
   "team1": "Chelsea FC (ENG)",
   "team2": "Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)",
   "score": {"ft": [3, 0], "ht": [3, 0]}
  }
]}

How to Use the Public JSON HTTP API (Micro) Web Service - No API Key Required ;-)

Use the "raw" links served by GitHub (otherwise you get the complete "formatted" GitHub web page). Example:

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfootball/worldcup.json/master/2026/worldcup.json

Updates / Contributions Welcome - Please Update the Source Text Files

Note: The JSON files get (auto-)generated using the football.db datasets, thus, please do NOT edit the JSON files but the source text files in the world cup (and friends) repos e.g.:

National Teams:

• World Cups in /worldcup

Note: For the World Cup 2026 please update the source text file /worldcup/2026--usa/cup.txt for the group stage and /worldcup/2026--usa/cup_finals.txt for the knockout (quarter-finals, semi-finals, etc.) stage.

Clubs:

• Club World Cups in /club-worldcup

Note: For the Club World Cup 2025 please update the source text file /club-worldcup/2025/clubworldcup.txt

Contributions Welcome - Add Your Leagues and Tournaments!

Any leagues or tournaments missing? Contributions welcome! For starting your own repo from scratch see the League Quick Starter Kit.

License

The worldcup.json schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Projects in the Real-World Using worldcup.json

Yes, you're more than welcome to send a pull request (PR) with your project!

World Cup 2026

• https://github.com/jeff-knurek/fifa26 -- iCal generation of Fifa 2026 World Cup matches

• https://github.com/sportdb/footty -- command line tool in ruby; shows todays' matches or yesterdays' or tomorrows' or all past or all upcoming

Feel free to add your project here!

Questions? Comments?

Yes, you can. More than welcome. See Help & Support »