2026 Kings World Cup Nations
The 2026 Kings World Cup Nations is an international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format created by Gerard Piqué and Ibai Llanos. It was the second edition of the Kings World Cup Nations, and took place from 3 to 17 January 2026 in Brazil, with São Paulo's Allianz Parque designated as the venue for the final.
Format
The tournament has been expanded from 16 teams to 20, and will now start with a group stage: the teams are divided into five groups of four, with the top team from each group advancing directly to the quarterfinals and the second-placed teams and the best third-place team playing a last-chance round.Teams
As usual in the Kings League, each national team was chaired by a streamer or a football related personality, but this time the chairpersons were given the title of 'captains', akin to tennis' Davis Cup. The 20 teams were announced during the Kings League Kickoff Day livestream on 11 October 2025. This edition saw the debuts of Algeria, Chile, France, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland, and Qatar; while Turkey, Ukraine, Korea Republic, and Uzbekistan did not return. Belgium was initially announced as a competing team, but on 29 November 2025, it was replaced by Algeria.| Nation | Captain | Participation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Algeriasort|Sabi, Hachemi|Hachemi SabiScheduleThe tournament schedule was revealed on 4 December 2025. Kick-off times for matchday 3 were revealed on 8 January 2026
Squads;The 13-man squad was announced on 29 December 2025. Manager: Chadli Amri ; Manager: Juan Manuel Miranda ; The 13-man squad was announced on 5 December 2025. Manager: Dudu Oliveira ; The 13-man squad was announced on 23 December 2025. Manager: Felipe Barrientos ; The 13-man squad was announced on 12 December 2025. Manager: Sergio Verdirame ; Manager: Grégory Campi ; The 13-man squad was announced on 7 December 2025. Manager: Francisco Copado ; Manager: Sanush Raj ; Indonesia's squad was chosen from the Pendekar League. Manager: Fandy Butarbutar ; Manager: Mauro Micheli ; Manager: Shunsuke Nakamura ; A preliminary 26-man squad was announced on 2 December 2025, with the final 13-man squad being announced on 10 December. Manager: Pol Font ; Manager: Gaby Ouanane ; Manager: Mohamed Attaibi ; Manager: Cheche Hernández ; Manager: Klaudiusz Hirsch ; Manager: Àlex Solduga ; Manager: Felipe Góes ; A preliminary 26-man squad was announced on 4 December 2025, with the final 13-man squad being announced on 15 December. Manager: Narcís Barrera ; The first three players for the United States' squad were selected through a social media competition, and announced by co-captain Jynxzi on a livestream on 4 December 2025. Manager: Jos Gartland DrawThe groups were drawn during the Kings League Kickoff Day livestream on 11 October 2025.Teams were seeded to 2 pots, with two teams from each pot being drawn into each group. Groups;NotesGroup stageTiebreakerTeams were ranked by the number of wins. If two or three teams are equal on wins, it will be decided by penalty shootout after their matchTiebreaking shootoutThe Netherlands wins and finishes in 2nd placeTiebreaking shootoutGermany finishes 1st, United States finishes 2nd, and Argentina finishes 3rdTiebreaking shootoutMexico finishes 1st, Saudi Arabia finishes 2ndKnockout stageThe last chance round draw was held on 11 January, 22:00 local time. The quarter finals draw to be held on 12 January, 21:00 local timeFinal;Pre MatchOn 9 January 2026, before the Brazil v Qatar match, singers MC PH, MC Marks and DJ Japa NK were revealed for the headline act of the opening ceremony GoalscorersMedia coverageOn 24 December 2025, it was confirmed that Canal 13 would broadcast the tournament in Chile. A few days later, it was also confirmed that DAZN had secured international broadcasting rights for the tournament, as well as for the Spanish, Italian and German versions of the Kings League. |