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WORLD CUP 2026
Family Bracket & Hub

Print a giant wall bracket the kids fill in by hand — and host an interactive hub the whole family pokes at on the TV. Free, open, no sign-up.

🇨🇦 Canada · 🇲🇽 Mexico · 🇺🇸 USA · June 11 – July 19, 2026
▶ Open the Hub ✨ See a filled demo ★ GitHub

Tip: open the Hub on the living-room TV and share the link to play along on phones.

🚀 Get started in a tap

▶ Open the HubBracket, stickers, schedule, games — jump right in. Add a player for each family member on the Home tab. 💻 Run it on your computerNo Raspberry Pi needed — download it and double-click one file on Mac, Windows or Linux. 👨‍👩‍👧 Set up family tradingA 5-minute guided helper so relatives in other homes can trade stickers — it makes the link for you. 🔗 Got a family link?Just tap the link someone shared with you — you're in. New here? Open the ❓ Help tab anytime.

📺 The interactive Hub

Ten tabs, touch- & remote-friendly, works offline once set up. Try it above.

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Home & countdownLive countdown to the next kick-off in your time zone, today's games, and your favorite team.
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Fillable bracketReal 2026 knockout skeleton — every slot shows its feeders, match #, date & host city.
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Schedule, your timeKick-offs converted to any time zone with 🌞/🌙 day-or-night icons + a kids' time-zone lesson.
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Where & how to watchUS, Canada, Mexico & the rest of the world — including the genuinely free options.
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Map & kid factsHost-city map plus rotating, kid-friendly facts for all 48 countries.
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Quiz & Family Pick'emA flag/country/food quiz, plus a per-player bracket leaderboard for a family competition.
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Panini sticker trackerTrack all 980 stickers with real player names, mark Have/Need/doubles, and a Trade Matcher shows who can swap what.
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Trade with family far awayOptional free Family Sync (a Google Sheet) lets relatives in other homes propose and accept trades.

🖨️ Print it

Open, then hit Print / Save PDF. Each has a ⬛ Black & white ink-saver mode for any printer.

🏟️ Giant poster36 × 24" wall bracket — groups, knockout, map, facts & QR. 🏠 Print-at-home11 letter pages that tape together into a big bracket. ✂ Flag cut-outsAll 48 flags + knockout slot cards to build the wall bracket.

👀 A peek

Hub home with countdown Schedule in your time zone The printed poster

💻 Run it on your computer

No server skills needed. Works on Mac, Windows & Linux — uses Python or Node if you already have them.

  1. Download the project: the green Code → Download ZIP button on GitHub, then unzip it.
  2. Double-click the launcher for your computer: start.command (Mac), start.bat (Windows), or start.sh (Linux).
  3. Your browser opens the Hub at http://localhost:8080/worldcup/. That's it!

Prefer Docker? docker build -t worldcup . && docker run -p 8080:8080 worldcup, then open localhost:8080/worldcup/. Full notes are in the README.