| # | Participant | Team |
|---|
Knockout stage begins once the group stage is complete.
Each Golden Boot entrant is assigned 4 players (one per tier). If any of your players wins the top scorer award, you take the pot.
Top scorer standings will appear once the tournament begins.
Of everyone who entered the Wooden Spoon side bet, the winner is the entrant whose drawn team finishes with the worst group-stage record (fewest points, then goal difference, then goals scored). Teams not held by an entrant don't count.
Bottom-table standings will appear once the group stage is underway.
Results will appear here when the tournament is complete.
Outright winner odds for all 48 teams. These are the stakes — getting France at 5/1 is very different to drawing Curaçao at 1000/1. That's the fun of the random draw.
Odds indicative. Decimal prices averaged across UK bookmakers, then snapped to the nearest standard UK fractional odds. Updated . Go check the bookies yourself if you want to compare.
Entry
Pay £10 to enter. You are randomly assigned one of the 48 World Cup teams after the registration deadline on 9 June 2026. One team per entry.
If more than 48 people enter, teams are drawn in full batches — the first 48 confirmed entries each get a unique team, then the next batch of entries gets a fresh random draw from all 48 teams again. Teams can be shared if entries exceed 48.
Side Bets
How the Golden Boot player draw works
The Golden Boot is a separate draw from the main team sweepstake, giving you an independent chance to win.
- Pre-tournament, bookmaker odds are used to build a pool of top-scorer candidates.
- Players are sorted by their odds and split into 4 tiers: Favourite, Contender, Outsider, and Longshot.
- On the morning of 11 June 2026 (before the first match), each Golden Boot participant is randomly assigned one player from each tier — so you get 4 players in total.
- If any of your assigned players finishes as the tournament's top scorer, you win the entire Golden Boot pot.
The tiered system ensures fairness — everyone gets one favourite and one longshot, so no single draw is overwhelmingly better than another.
Prize Pot
The main pot is split by how far your team progresses:
If two or more people share the same team, the prize for that team is split equally between them.
What if a finalist team wasn't drawn?
If fewer than 48 people register, some teams will have no owner. If a finalist or semi-finalist team is unassigned, the prize rolls down to the next owned position:
- Winner unassigned → 60% rolls to the runner-up's owner
- Runner-up also unassigned → 85% rolls to the semi-finalists' owners
- No semi-finalist team owned → the entire pot splits equally among all participants as a consolation
20 people enter. Main pot = £200.
| Team | Result | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Winner | Not drawn |
| England | Runner-Up | Sarah |
| Brazil | Semi-Final | James |
| France | Semi-Final | Not drawn |
| Prize position | Normal share | After rolldown | Paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner (Germany) | £120 (60%) | Rolls to runner-up | — |
| Runner-Up (England) | £50 (25%) | £170 (25% + 60%) | Sarah |
| Semi-Final (Brazil) | £15 (7.5%) | £30 (15% — full pool, France unowned) | James |
| Semi-Final (France) | £15 (7.5%) | Absorbed into Brazil's share | — |
Total paid out: £170 + £30 = £200 ✓
Timeline
| Registration deadline | 9 June 2026, 10:00 BST |
| Team draw | 9 June 2026, 15:00 BST |
| Golden Boot player draw | 11 June 2026, 08:00 BST (before kickoff) |
| Tournament starts | 11 June 2026 (opening match kickoff TBC) |
| Final | 19 July 2026 (kickoff TBC) |
All times in British Summer Time. Tournament fixture times are confirmed by FIFA closer to kickoff and appear on the Fixtures & Results tab once the tournament begins.
Payment
Pay via PayPal or Revolut — details shown on the registration form. Use your name as the payment reference so Tom can match it up. Entries are confirmed once payment is received.
Questions?
Use the form below to get in touch with the organiser.