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World Cup 2026 — JSON API

Free, public JSON API for the FIFA World Cup 2026: matches, live scores, goals & cards, official FIFA stats, top scorers and group standings. No key, no signup.

⚡ CORS: * 📦 application/json 🕐 ~60s cache 🆓 No signup

Base URL

Every call is a simple GET. No headers, no token.

https://wcup2026.org/api/data.php?action=<ACTION>

// Every response is an envelope
{ "ok": true, "action": "today", "updated": 1718600000, "matches": [ … ] }

Endpoints

Pass an action. Amber params are required.

Action	Params	Returns
`today`	—	Matches scheduled today
`live`	—	Matches in play right now
`upcoming`	limit	Upcoming fixtures
`results`	limit	Finished matches with scores
`all`	—	All 104 matches
`match`	id	One match, full detail — goals, cards, FIFA stats
`scorers`	—	Top scorers / golden-boot race
`standings`	—	All 12 group tables
`group`	g	One group's table (`Group A`)
`physical`	—	Per-player running data from FIFA reports

Quick start

Use it straight from a browser, mobile app (React Native / Flutter) or any backend.

# curl
curl "https://wcup2026.org/api/data.php?action=results"
curl "https://wcup2026.org/api/data.php?action=match&id=12"
curl "https://wcup2026.org/api/data.php?action=scorers"

// JavaScript
const res  = await fetch(
  'https://wcup2026.org/api/data.php?action=scorers');
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.scorers);
// [{ name, team, goals }, …]

Try it live

This box calls the real API from your browser right now.

GET `?action=scorers` → top 5

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Response shapes

Match object

{
  "id": 12, "round": "Matchday 7", "group": "Group C",
  "team1": "Brazil",   "team2": "Morocco",
  "team1_ar": "البرازيل", "team2_ar": "المغرب",
  "flag1": "https://flagcdn.com/w80/br.png",
  "status": "finished",   // upcoming | live | finished
  "score": [1, 1],       // [team1, team2] or null
  "live_minute": null,
  "date": "2026-06-14", "time": "20:00", "datetime": 1718390000,
  "ground": "Dallas (Arlington)"
}

`?action=match&id=N` adds detail

{
  "ht": [0, 1],                              // half-time
  "goals1": [{ "name":"Vinícius Júnior", "minute":"32", "penalty":true }],
  "goals2": [ … ],
  "cards":  [{ "team":1, "minute":61, "name":"…", "type":"yellow" }],
  "stats":  { "possession":[…], "shots":[…], "xg":[…] }
}

Scorer

{ "name":"Lionel Messi",
  "team":"Argentina",
  "goals":3 }

Standings row

{ "team":"Mexico", "pts":3,
  "played":1, "w":1, "d":0, "l":0,
  "gf":2, "ga":0, "gd":2 }

Plain text (football.txt)

The whole tournament is also exported in the openfootball football.txt.

https://wcup2026.org/football.php            # schedule + results
https://wcup2026.org/football.php?results    # results only
https://wcup2026.org/football.php?reports    # + scorers + bookings

Fair use

Read-only and free. Please cache where you can (data refreshes ~every minute). Attribution appreciated — link back to wcup2026.org. Schedule data is openfootball (Public Domain); match metrics are FIFA official data.