Fantasy Football Scout will be the home of World Cup 2026 Fantasy this summer!
In the build-up to this festival of football, you’ll find – amongst other things – team previews of all 48 competing countries.
We’ll pick out each nation’s key creators, goal-scorers and defensive rocks, alongside their qualifying records and recent results.
There’ll be line-up predictions, too, as well as team reveals and strategy tips from big-name Fantasy managers.
This article will be refreshed daily heading into the big tournament kick-off on June 11, from which point we’ll start covering every match from a Fantasy perspective.
So, bookmark this page and keep checking back for more!
SIGN UP AS A CHIEF SCOUT – AND GET OUR ALL-NEW FANTASY FIFA WORLD CUP TOOLKIT!
If you’re not already a Chief Scout of Fantasy Football Scout, now is the time to take out a subscription!
You can choose just to be a member for the World Cup with our monthly package or, to get the best value for money, sign up for a whole year.
As a Chief Scout, you will have access to our World Cup Fantasy Toolkit. The Toolkit contains all the data, tools and widgets you need to help you win your Mini-Leagues.
HOW TO PLAY FANTASY FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
WORLD CUP TOOL KIT
- World Cup Stats Centre
- FREE AI Team Rater
- Interactive Fixture Ticker
- Scouting Bonus tracker: See which Fantasy picks are close to 5%
FANTASY FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 ESSENTIALS
- Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026: What the bookies’ odds say
- When are the 2026 World Cup squads announced?
- World Cup 2026: All 48 confirmed squads
- World Cup 2026 pre-tournament friendlies: Full schedule
- 150 of the best, worst and funniest team names
- Join our FIFA World Cup Fantasy 2026 mini-league + win prizes!
TEAM NEWS, PREDICTED LINE-UPS + SET-PIECE TAKERS
- Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026 predicted line-ups: All 48 teams
- Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026: All 48 nations’ penalty + corner takers
- Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026: All 48 nations’ direct free-kick takers
BEST PLAYERS BY POSITION + PRICE
- Best sub-$7.0m forwards
- Best $7.0m+ forwards
- Best $5.0m-and-under midfielders (coming soon)
- Best $5.1m-to-$6.0m midfielders
- Best $6.1m-to-$7.4m midfielders
- Best $7.5m-and-over midfielders
- Best $4.0m-and-under defenders
- Best $4.1m-to-$4.9m defenders
- Best $5.0m+ defenders
- Best cheap goalkeepers
- Best premium goalkeepers
ROUND 1 SCOUT PICKS, DIFFERENTIALS + MORE
- Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026: Round 1 early Scout Picks
- No 3am games… the sleep-friendly Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026 XV!
- Differentials (coming soon)
ALL 48 NATIONS PREVIEWED
- GROUP A: Mexico | South Africa | Korea Republic | Czechia
- GROUP B: Canada | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Qatar | Switzerland
- GROUP C: Brazil | Morocco | Haiti | Scotland
- GROUP D: USA | Paraguay | Australia | Turkiye
- GROUP E: Germany | Curacao | Cote d’Ivoire | Ecuador
- GROUP F: Netherlands | Japan | Sweden | Tunisia
- GROUP G: Belgium | Egypt | Iran | New Zealand
- GROUP H: Spain | Cabo Verde | Saudi Arabia | Uruguay
- GROUP I: France | Senegal | Iraq | Norway
- GROUP J: Argentina | Algeria | Austria | Jordan
- GROUP K: Portugal | DR Congo | Uzbekistan | Colombia
- GROUP L: England | Croatia | Ghana | Panama
FIXTURE ANALYSIS
- Fixture ticker
- Round 1 clean sheet odds
- Frisking the Fixtures (coming soon)
TEAM REVEALS + CHIP/BOOSTER STRATEGY TIPS
- FPL Milanista’s 5 top tips + team reveal
- FPLReactions’ first draft: 12th Man in Round 1
- MeijersDavid’s first draft: Max Captain active!
- AFCON winner’s first draft: Yamal included
- Tom Hadley: 6 Scouting Bonus picks
- Greyhead’s team reveal: 12 Scouting Bonus picks!
- Tom Freeman’s team reveal
- FPL Meerkat’s team reveal: No Germany attackers!
- Is the Mystery Booster unmasked?
PRE-TOURNAMENT FRIENDLY NOTES
- World Cup friendly notes: $3.5m Gordon starts + Son brace (up to 31 May)
- World Cup friendly notes: $4.8m Karl superb + Raum a rotation risk? (31 May)
- World Cup friendly notes: Baumgartner injury + two Ryerson assists (1 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: ‘OOP’ Morocco + Belgium mids up front (2 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: Dumfries ban, Malen up top + Depay mins (3 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: Mexico GK uncertainty + Saliba fit? (4 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: Enciso injury, $4.7m mid on pens + $4.0m GK to start (5 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: De Cuyper sub + $3.6m Gunn starts (6 June pt 1)
- World Cup friendly notes: Raum a sub again + two Havertz returns (6 June pt 2)
- World Cup friendly notes: Wesley, Alvarez + Paz injury latest (6 June pt 3)
- World Cup friendly notes: Budget ‘keepers Galindez + Vargas start (7 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: Olise treble, Saliba fit + Gakpo pens (8 June)
- World Cup friendly notes: Messi scores off bench, Alvarez unused (9 June)
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