Outright contracts
Tournament winner and finalist markets, traded for months before kickoff.
World Cup 2026 · Archive
World Cup 2026 has concluded.
The tournament ended in July 2026. This page remains as an archive for residual settlement context and related football markets — for live coverage use the Football board.
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Settlement
How World Cup markets resolve.
Read the resolution source before the price — it decides more outcomes than direction does.
The 2026 tournament is over, so this page is an archive rather than a live board. It is kept because the cycle is a useful record of how a single event reshapes prediction-market liquidity, and because residual settlement questions still reference it.
For live football trading use the football board. What follows is the durable lesson set from the tournament, not current pricing.
| Settlement source | What to check |
|---|---|
| Tournament organiser resultsMatch and bracket outcomes | Official results settled the tournament board |
| Competition regulationsExtra time and shoot-out wording | Whether a contract read 90 minutes or the full match decided many settlements |
| Official statisticsGolden Boot and player contracts | Recorded tournament statistics governed |
| Post-tournament recordsResidual and archive contracts | Final official records close out remaining questions |
Contract types
What trades on this board.
The same headline event can be listed as several different contracts. These are the shapes you will meet in world cup.
Group contracts
Advancement and group-winner outcomes, settled in tight windows.
Knockout contracts
Single-match progression where extra-time wording mattered most.
Player contracts
Top scorer and award markets settled from official statistics.
Calendar and liquidity
- Outright liquidity built over the qualification cycle.
- Group stage produced the densest match-by-match volume.
- Knockout rounds concentrated the largest single-market positions.
- Liquidity collapsed immediately after the final, as it does after every major tournament.
Where world cup contracts go wrong
- Tournament liquidity is temporary — outright positions bought late in a cycle can be hard to exit afterwards.
- Ninety-minute versus full-match wording repeatedly split knockout settlements.
- Squad announcements and withdrawals moved player contracts more than form did.
- Archived boards can still show stale prices; treat this page as history, not a quote.
Venue fit
Where world cup contracts actually list.
Coverage differs sharply by category. These are the venues worth comparing first here — always verify eligibility yourself.
AzuroOn-chain football liquidity for the leagues that continue after the tournament.
SX BetCrypto sportsbook coverage of ongoing club and international football.
PolymarketWhere the next major-tournament outrights will build, subject to region checks.Editorial comparison only, not financial advice. Prediction markets can lose money, regional eligibility changes, and settlement rules are set by each venue. Read our rating method and fees and risk guide before funding an account.
FAQ
World Cup settlement questions.
Is this page still live?
No. The 2026 tournament has concluded and this board is an archive. Current football contracts trade on the football category page.
What was the most common settlement dispute?
Knockout contracts where the rules read 90 minutes rather than the full match including extra time and penalties. The two produce different winners often enough to matter.
What should I take from the cycle?
That major-tournament liquidity is borrowed, not permanent. It appears months before kickoff and disappears within days of the final, which is exactly when exits get expensive.
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