World Cup fans who want a simple office or pub game now have a ready-made World Cup sweepstake kit to use for the 2026 tournament, with a free printable PDF download listing all 48 countries in the expanded field. The format is familiar: settle on a stake, draw a team from a hat, and the person who lands the winning country takes the prize fund.
The timing matters because the tournament runs from June 11 to July 19, and this edition is the biggest in World Cup history, with 48 teams, 104 games and 1,104 players involved. has put the kit together with all of the countries in the competition, while free alternatives are also available through apps such as Sweeper, Easy Raffle and Sweepmate on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as an online version at SweepstakeGenerator.com.
Spain have been installed as the favourites to win the tournament, helped by a run in which they had not lost a game, penalty shootout defeat aside, since 2023. France are next in line after winning the World Cup in 2018 and finishing as runner-up in 2022, with England listed as the third favourites. Brazil and Argentina complete the top five with the bookmakers, while Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands are also among the teams viewed as leading challengers.
That mix of old-school paper slips and digital shortcuts says something about how the World Cup still lands with fans. The printable kit keeps the ritual intact, but the apps and online generator show how many people now want the same game without the scissors, the printer or the last-minute scramble to find enough team names for a draw.
For anyone planning one now, the practical part is straightforward: the draw can be set up before June 11, the prize fund can be agreed in advance, and the winner will be decided by whichever country goes deepest through the 48-team field. If Spain live up to the market view, many sweepstakes will be over early; if one of the familiar contenders from France, England, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Germany or the Netherlands goes on a run, the gamble lasts much longer.
