FIFA World Cup 2026
Who will win the 2026 World Cup? Kawowo Sports Team pick their champions, Africa’s best performers and top scorers

The Fifa World Cup 2026 starts this Thursday June 11, 2026 at the Azteca stadium in Mexico with hosts Mexico locking horns with South Africa.
With the expanded format of the global showpiece, the final match will be played at the MetLife stadium in the United States on July 19 and that will be match no. 104.
The World Cup starts in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium on Thursday and finishes in the MetLife Stadium near New York City on 19 July.
Forty-eight teams from across all continents but only one will lift the coveted trophy.
Will it be Argentina defending their crown? Will record champions Brazil end a 24-year wait? Or a new winner awaits.
Kawowo Sports football pundits, writers, photographers, videographers, editors and all staff have predicted what will happen over the next five weeks and here we are.
The predictions mainly focus on champions, Africa’s best performing nation and how far they will go plus the tournament top scorers.
Here is the summary of the predictions
| Name | Winners | Best African Nation [Stage] | Top Scorer |
| Ismael Kiyonga | Spain | Morocco & Senegal – Quarter Final | Kane & Mbappe |
| Joshua Lubanga | Spain | Senegal – SEMIS | Mbappe |
| Samuel Okiria | Argentina | Senegal – Quarter Final | Kane & Messi |
| Raymond Kagoda | Argentina | Morocco – FINAL | Mbappe & Ronaldo |
| Don Mugabi | Spain | Senegal – SEMIS | Yamal |
| Joel Muyita | France | Ivory Coast – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Solomon Mwesigwa | Germany | Algeria – Quarter Final | Oyarzabal |
| David Isabirye | Brazil | Morocco – Quarter Final | Vinicius Jr |
| Edwin Kyle Kule | Portugal | Morocco – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Mike Muhima | France | Senegal – Round of 16 | Mbappe |
| Denis Musali | Germany | Ghana – Round of 16 | Kane |
| Franklin Kaweru | Portugal | Senegal – Quarter Final | Kane & Mbappe |
| Grace Joyce Kemigisa | Brazil/France | Senegal & Morocco – Quarter Final | Yamal & Mbappe |
| Gerald Norman VIII | France | Senegal – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Benjamin Musasizi | Spain | Morocco – Quarter Final | Kane & Mbappe |
| Joseph Owino | Portugal | Senegal – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Marion Katusiime | France | Senegal – Quarter Final | Dembele |
| Ruth Owino | Spain | Senegal – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Javira Ssebwami | Portugal | Morocco – SEMIS | Mbappe & Alvarez |
| Aminah Babirye | France | Morocco – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
| Viola Namulwa | France | Morocco – Quarter Final | Kane & Mbappe |
| John Batanudde | Portugal | Senegal – Quarter Final | Kane |
| Sharipha Ramah Namagooba | Portugal | Morocco – Quarter Final | Mbappe |
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FIFA World Cup 2026
Australia outwit Turkiye in exciting Group D duel | 2026 FIFA World Cup

2026 FIFA World Cup
Group D:
- Australia 2-0 Turkiye
- USA 4-1 Paraguay
Australia overcame Turkiye 2-0 in Group D of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at BC Place Vancouver on Sunday morning.
A goal in each half from Nestroy Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe inspired Australia to a memorable victory.
Irankunda, who features for Watford, became the youngest-ever scorer for Australia at the FIFA World Cup.
Born in Kigoma, Tanzania, to Burundian parents, Irankunda lit up the game with a sublime 27th-minute finish.
Metcalfe wound up the scoring business in the 75th minute.

Australia now has 3 points and two goals, the same number of points as co-hosts United States of America (USA) who smiled 4-1 past South Africans Paraguay on Friday.
Folarin Balogun struck a brace with Damian Bobadilla’s own goal and a late Giovanno Reyna’s strike completing the goal galore.
Brazilian-born Mauricio Magalhaes Prado got Paraguay’s consolation goal in the 71st minute of the game.
Next Group D encounters
USA will face Australia on 19th June 2026 at the Seattle Stadium in Seattle, with the outright winner on the day booking a berth in the knockout round.
Meanwhile, Turkiye will take on Paraguay on 20th June 2026 at the San Francisco Bay Area stadium in Santa Clara.
This is the first FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by three countries in the history of the competition since 1930.
Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America (USA) won the joint bid to co-host the world’s biggest sporting fiesta that is held every four years.
FIFA World Cup 2026 continues on Sunday, 14th June 2026, as Germany tussles against Curacao in the Group E early kick-off at the Houston stadium.
Then, in Group F, the Netherlands will face Japan at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington.
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FIFA World Cup 2026
Germany run riot past 2026 FIFA World Cup debutants Curacao in Group E

2026 FIFA World Cup
Group E:
- Germany 7-1 Curacao
Germany produced a seven-star performance during the 7-1 drubbing of debutants Curacao in Group E of the on-going 2026 FIFA World Cup at the Houston stadium on Sunday, 14th June.
Germany had different scorers in Felix Kalu Nmecha, Nico Cedric Schlotterbeck, Kai Havertz (a brace), Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Christopher Brown and Deniz Undav.
Livano Shyrpn Liomar Comenencia’s earlier equalizer turned into a mere consolation to give the scoreline a worthy respectable second look.
Borussia Dortmund’s Nmencha opened the scoring business for Germany as early as the 6th minute.
Nmecha of FC Zurich leveled for Curacao in the 21st minute.
The Germans restored their lead when another Broussia Dortmund player Schlotterback scored in the 38th minute.
Havertz got the first of his two goals on the day with a stoppage minute penalty as the first half ended 3-1.
Bayern Munich’s talisman Musiala got his name onto the score sheet moments after the second half kicked off.
VfB Stuttgart’s Brown made it 5-1 with a 68th minute explicit finish before Undav’s 78th minute goal.
Havertz capped the icing on the already baked cake with a wonder chip over the advancing goalkeeper in the 88th minute.
This is so far the biggest scoreline of the tournament.
African ambassadors Ivory Coast play Latin Americans Ecuador in the other group E contest at the Philadelphia stadium in Philadelphia city.
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FIFA World Cup 2026
Khoukhi scores for Qatar at the death to earn a point off Switzerland in Group B | 2026 FIFA World Cup

2026 FIFA World Cup
Group B:
- Qatar 1-1 Switzerland
- Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar and Switzerland played to a 1-all draw in Group B during the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Saturday.
Breel Donald Embolo scored a first half penalty for Switzerland before Boualem Khoukhi’s late-late headed equalizer.


Embolo was well composed to score a penalty in the 17th minute after a VAR review.
The Rennes forward who was born in Cameroon sent the Qatar goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada the wrong way for the great goal.
Abunada had fouled Remo Freuler in the forbidden area.
With the game destined for a 1-0 victory in favour of Switzerland, Khouhkhi and Qatar had other thoughts altogether.




In the fifth of the six additional minutes before the climax of the game, Khouhkhi headed home the equalizer past goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, for the well celebrated goal.
The draw earned Qatar their first ever point at the FIFA World Cup.
The result means that all the four teams in Group B have four points.

Tournament co-hosts Canada as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina both have a point a piece after that 1-all draw at the Toronto stadium on Friday.
Next group B matches:
Switzerland takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday, 18th June 2026 at the Los Angeles stadium, Inglewood.
Canada will then tussle against a wounded Qatar on the subsequent day, Friday, 19th June 2026 at the BC Place Vancouver stadium in Vancouver city.
Argentina is the reigning champion.

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