The next World Cup is played in 2030 in Morocco, Portugal and Spain. The last one ended on July 19, 2026, when Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Ferran Torres scored the winner in the 106th minute, from a headed pass by Nico Williams. England took third place the day before, beating France 6-4 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
When and where the next World Cup is played
Morocco, Portugal and Spain host the 2030 tournament, and one game each is played in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay to mark 100 years since the first World Cup, held in Montevideo in 1930. Those three South American teams qualify automatically, so Argentina, the team Spain beat in the 2026 final, are already in the field.
The venue of the final was still open in September 2026, when FIFA said the choice between Morocco and Spain would be made “in due course.”
How the last World Cup finished
The 2026 tournament had 48 teams. It ran from June 11, when Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 at Estadio Banorte in Mexico City, to the final on July 19, and it took in 104 games at 16 stadiums: 78 games in the United States, 13 in Mexico and 13 in Canada.
| Round | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final | Spain | Argentina | 1-0 after extra time |
| Third place | England | France | 6-4 |
| Semifinal | Spain | France | 2-0 |
| Semifinal | Argentina | England | 2-1 |
The third-place game had 10 goals, the most of any of the 104. Bukayo Saka scored three times for England and Kylian Mbappé twice for France, and England led 4-0 before the break.
What the scores say about betting a World Cup game
The 104 games produced 308 goals, 2.96 a game. Hold that against the total on a group game: an over at 2.5 needs three goals, and the tournament averaged just under three.
Level scores after 90 minutes were common. Twenty games ended as draws, and nine knockout games were level after 90 minutes and went to extra time, four of them to penalties. That is 29 of 104, or 27.9%. In a three-way market (home, draw, away) the draw is a real outcome, and in the knockout rounds a book can settle that bet on the 90 minutes while the tie goes on. Read the book’s house rule on extra time before you bet a knockout game. The point spread guide explains how a spread works.
Props on the scorer, cards and corners are posted game by game. Our prop betting guide explains how they are graded. For current club and international games, the soccer predictions hub carries the board.
World Cup odds and what a price means
No price on the 2030 World Cup is quoted here: Bovada’s international soccer board had no 2030 World Cup market when we checked at 05:45 UTC on November 5, 2026.
When a board goes up, read each price as a chance. A team at +1200 is priced at 7.7% (100 divided by 1,300), and one at -360 at 78.3% (360 divided by 460). The same price reads +200 in American odds, 3.00 in decimal and 2/1 in fractional, and all three imply 33.3%. The how betting odds work guide has the conversions.
A bet on the tournament winner is a futures bet, and it is worth making only when you rate a team’s chance higher than the price does. A futures stake is also tied up until the 2030 final. The futures betting pros and cons page sets out that trade.
Handicappers and your staking
A handicapper sells picks. Before you pay one for World Cup games, read our handicapper site reviews, and learn how handicapping in betting works so you can judge what you are buying. Soccer picks are available with a free trial of a handicapping membership.
Whoever makes the pick, the size of the bet is yours to set. A unit is a fixed share of your bankroll that you set once, for example 1%, so a $1,000 bankroll bets $10 a unit. Our guide to what a unit is in betting shows how to count results in units rather than dollars. New bettors can start with sports betting for beginners, and the sports betting strategies guide covers value, line shopping and bankroll rules. The 2026 tournament ran 104 games over 39 days, and a bankroll has to last all of it.