World Championship 2025–2026

🏆 Tournament overview

The Muzzle Run Football World Championship is the biggest play-to-earn football showdown yet — 32 Qualifier Tournaments that culminate in a Championship Final in June 2026. Teams get one shot at greatness: every victory is a ticket forward and every match is do-or-die.

Key features

• 32 Qualifier Tournaments — multiple opportunities to qualify.
• Play-to-earn — every qualifier wins a prize in the World Championship.
• Knockout format — high-stakes elimination matches.
• Professional structure — pool rounds followed by playoffs.

📅 Schedule

• Qualifier rounds: September 2025 – June 2026 (Q1 on September 15, 2025 through Q32 on June 6, 2026).
• The World Championship: June 2026 — single-elimination knockout among the 32 qualified teams (one winner from each qualifier).

🎯 Tournament structure

Qualifier format

Each qualifier runs in two stages:

• Stage 1 — Pool round: round-robin where every team plays each other once; the top 8 progress. Tracked stats: Played, Wins, Losses, Draws, GF, GA, GD, Points.
• Stage 2 — Playoffs: single-elimination bracket for the top 8 — Quarter Finals (8→4), Semi Finals (4→2) and the Final (2→1). The winner qualifies for the World Championship Finals.

Championship finals format

• Stage 1 — Group stage: 32 teams split into groups of 4; the top 2 advance.
• Stage 2 — Knockout stage: 16 teams in a single-elimination bracket — Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final and a Third-Place match.

🏅 How to qualify

1. 1Win a Spin & Go tournament.
2. 2Win a Qualifier event.
3. 3Compete in the World Championship. Follow the brackets on the World Championship page.