Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the FIFA World Cup 2026 final in New Jersey on Sunday. Rodri, Mbappe, Unai Simon and Pau Cubarsi picked …
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1/10Torres The Hero | Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final. The match was played at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday. Substitute Ferran Torres scored the winning goal in the 106th minute of extra time. This gave Spain their second World Cup title. Argentina finished as runners-up, having lost only this final in eight matches.
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2/10Golden Rodri | Spain midfielder Rodri won the Golden Ball for the tournament’s best player. He did not score or set up a single goal in eight matches. But he made more passes, covered more distance and had more overall involvement than anyone else. He also restricted Lionel Messi’s touches in the final. Messi won the Silver Ball, and France’s Kylian Mbappe took the Bronze Ball.
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3/10Mbappe Strikes Again | France’s Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot for the second World Cup running. He scored 10 goals and gave four assists in eight matches. Two of those goals came in France’s 6-4 loss to England in the third-place match. Mbappe finished two goals ahead of Messi, who scored eight and won the Silver Boot. England’s Jude Bellingham took the Bronze Boot.
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4/10Goals Galore | Mbappe topped the scoring charts with 10 goals. Messi was next with eight. England’s Jude Bellingham and Norway’s Erling Haaland scored seven each. France’s Ousmane Dembele and England’s Harry Kane scored six each. Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal scored five. Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr, Mexico’s Julian Quinones and Brazil’s Vinicius Junior scored four goals each.
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5/10Simon’s Safe Hands | Spain’s Unai Simon won the Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper. He kept seven clean sheets, two more than the previous World Cup record. He conceded only once in eight matches, against Belgium. Simon now has nine clean sheets across his World Cup career, one short of the record of 10 held by France’s Fabien Barthez and England’s Peter Shilton.
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6/10Teen Sensation | Spain’s Pau Cubarsi was named Best Young Player. The 19-year-old defender played a key role as Spain conceded only once in eight matches, including the final. He joins past winners such as Kylian Mbappe, Thomas Muller and Enzo Fernandez. The award goes to the best player born on or after 1 January 2005.
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7/10Dutch Fair Play | The Netherlands won the FIFA Fair Play award. The Dutch had topped Group F but were knocked out in the round of 32. Morocco held them to a 1-1 draw after extra time, then won 3-2 on penalties. Despite finishing top of their group, the Dutch could not go further. It extended their wait for a first World Cup title.
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8/10Assist King Olise | France’s Michael Olise finished as the tournament’s top assist provider, with seven in eight matches, as France finished fourth overall. Four players scored hat-tricks at the 2026 World Cup: Messi against Algeria, Canada’s Jonathan David against Qatar, France’s Ousmane Dembele against Norway, and England’s Bukayo Saka against France.
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9/10England Down France | England beat France in the third-place match on 18 July. Mbappe scored twice for France in the loss. France and England were the tournament’s joint-highest scorers, with 20 goals each. Mbappe scored in six matches: twice each against Senegal, Iraq, Sweden and England, and once each against Paraguay and Morocco.
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10/10The Full Rundown | Rodri won the Golden Ball, Messi took the Silver and Mbappe the Bronze. Mbappe won the Golden Boot, Messi the Silver Boot and Bellingham the Bronze Boot. Unai Simon won the Golden Glove, and Pau Cubarsi was named Best Young Player. The Netherlands received the Fair Play award, completing the list of individual honours at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
