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World Cup 2026 • 2025/2026

🍾 Champagne Meter

You don't win the World Cup with the best players, but with players who still smell of champagne. How many titles have the players of each national team won this season?

World Cup 2026 final standings
🇪🇸 Spain are world champions
1-0 a.e.t. in the final against Argentina
What did the Champagne Meter say beforehand?
🇪🇸
Spain World champions
#3 on the meter · 1 🍾
🇦🇷
Argentina Runners-up
#11 on the meter · 0 🍾
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England Semi-final
#12 on the meter · 0 🍾
🇫🇷
France Semi-final
#9 on the meter · 0 🍾
1 of the 4 semi-finalists were in the Champagne Meter top 5.
Every tournament since 1988 →
⚽ 6 / 48 WC nations 🏆 League + Cup + Europe 🕐 Updated: 25 September 2026 at 03:02
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9 June 2028 · England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland
Teams known after qualifying — group draw 6 December 2026
🏆 League title = 1 bottle 1 🍾
🥇 Cup title = 1 bottle 1 🍾
⭐ Champions League = 2 bottles 2 🍾
⭐ EL / Conference League = 1 bottle 1 🍾
🍾 Theory in Numbers — WC 2026 Standing before the tournament
Current leader 🇭🇷 Croatia · 2 🍾
Champagne players 8 players with at least 1 club title
Nations with 🍾 6 of 48 WC nations
Most bottles (player) 1 🍾 8 players · Lens
Top 5 – Champagne Ranking
1 🇭🇷 Croatia 2 🍾
2 🇸🇳 Senegal 2 🍾
3 🇪🇸 Spain 1 🍾
4 🇯🇵 Japan 1 🍾
5 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 1 🍾
Latest · v2.1
Simulator uses team strength (60% FIFA + 40% recent form) instead of raw FIFA rankingForm pips (W/D/L) per country with hover tooltip showing match name and scorePredictions page: aggregated champion probabilities from all simulations
🥇
🇭🇷
Croatia ↑5 ▾
2 players · Real Sociedad, Lens
LWWLWLLWWW
2
🍾🍾
🥇
Luka Sucic
Real Sociedad • Copa del Rey
Cup
🥇
Franjo Ivanović
Lens • Coupe de France
Cup
🥈
🇸🇳
Senegal ↑5 ▾
2 players · Real Sociedad, Lens
LWLLDLWWWW
2
🍾🍾
🥇
Mamadou Sarr
Real Sociedad • Copa del Rey
Cup
🥇
Abdallah Sima
Lens • Coupe de France
Cup
🥉
🇪🇸
Spain ▾
1 players · Real Sociedad
WWWWWWWDWD
1
🍾
🥇
Mikel Oyarzabal 
Real Sociedad • Copa del Rey
Cup
4
🇯🇵
Japan ↑11 ▾
1 players · Real Sociedad
WLDWDWWWWW
1
🍾
🥇
Takefusa Kubo
Real Sociedad • Copa del Rey
Cup
5
🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia ↑23 ▾
1 players · Lens
DLDDWLLLLW
1
🍾
🥇
Saud Abdulhamid
Lens • Coupe de France
Cup
6
🇨🇩
Congo - Kinshasa ↑26 ▾
1 players · Lens
WLWLDDWWLW
1
🍾
🥇
Junior Kadile 
Lens • Coupe de France
Cup
7
🇳🇱
Netherlands ↑1
No champagne players yet
DLWWDWLDWW
—
8
🇩🇪
Germany ↓3
No champagne players yet
DLLWWWWWWW
—
9
🇫🇷
France ↓8
No champagne players yet
LLWWWWWWWL
—
10
🇧🇷
Brazil ↓1
No champagne players yet
LWWWDWWWLD
—
11
🇦🇷
Argentina ↑6
No champagne players yet
LWWWWWWWWW
—
12
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England ↓8
No champagne players yet
WLWWWWDWWW
—
13
🇵🇹
Portugal ↓11
No champagne players yet
WLWDWDWWWD
—
14
🇧🇪
Belgium ↓2
No champagne players yet
LWWWDDWWDW
—
15
🇲🇽
Mexico ↑10
No champagne players yet
LWWWWWWWDD
—
16
🇺🇸
United States ↑2
No champagne players yet
LWLWWLWLLW
—
17
🇲🇦
Morocco ↓7
No champagne players yet
LWWWWDDWWW
—
18
🇨🇦
Canada ↑4
No champagne players yet
LWLWDDWDDW
—
19
🇳🇴
Norway
No champagne players yet
WLWWLWWDWD
—
20
🇦🇹
Austria
No champagne players yet
WLDLWWWWDW
—
21
🇨🇴
Colombia ↓8
No champagne players yet
LWDWWWWLLW
—
22
🇪🇨
Ecuador ↓8
No champagne players yet
LLWDLWWDDW
—
23
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland ↑3
No champagne players yet
LLWWWLLWLW
—
24
🇰🇷
South Korea ↓13
No champagne players yet
WLLWWWLLWW
—
25
🇦🇺
Australia ↑12
No champagne players yet
LDLWDLWWLL
—
26
🇪🇬
Egypt ↑1
No champagne players yet
LWDWDLWDWL
—
27
🇩🇿
Algeria ↑2
No champagne players yet
LDWLWWDWLW
—
28
🇵🇾
Paraguay ↑10
No champagne players yet
LWDWLWLWWL
—
29
🇺🇾
Uruguay ↑1
No champagne players yet
LLDDDDLDWW
—
30
🇶🇦
Qatar ↑9
No champagne players yet
LLDDLLWDLD
—
31
🇯🇴
Jordan ↑9
No champagne players yet
LLLLLDDDLL
—
32
🇳🇿
New Zealand ↑9
No champagne players yet
DLLDLLWLLL
—
33
🇵🇦
Panama ↑9
No champagne players yet
LLLDWLWDLD
—
34
🇮🇷
Iran ↑9
No champagne players yet
LDDDWWWLLW
—
35
🇮🇶
Iraq ↑9
No champagne players yet
LLLLDWWWDD
—
36
🇨🇭
Switzerland ↓13
No champagne players yet
LWWWWDDWDL
—
37
🇧🇦
Bosnia & Herzegovina ↓6
No champagne players yet
LWLDDDWWDW
—
38
🇨🇮
Côte d’Ivoire ↓22
No champagne players yet
WLWLWWWWLW
—
39
🇨🇻
Cape Verde ↑6
No champagne players yet
LDDDWWDLLL
—
40
🇨🇼
Curaçao ↓7
No champagne players yet
LDLWLLLDWD
—
41
🇨🇿
Czechia ↓7
No champagne players yet
LDLWWWWWWL
—
42
🇬🇭
Ghana ↓7
No champagne players yet
LLLDWDLLLL
—
43
🇭🇹
Haiti ↑3
No champagne players yet
WLLLLWDLWW
—
44
🇸🇪
Sweden ↓20
No champagne players yet
LDLWDLWWDL
—
45
🇹🇳
Tunisia ↑2
No champagne players yet
DLLLLLDWLD
—
46
🇹🇷
Türkiye ↓25
No champagne players yet
WLLWWLLDLL
—
47
🇺🇿
Uzbekistan ↓11
No champagne players yet
WLLLLLDWWW
—
48
🇿🇦
South Africa
No champagne players yet
LWDLDDLDLW
—

Top Players

Players with the most championship titles this season

🥇
Abdallah Sima
🇸🇳 Senegal 🥇 Lens
1
🥈
Franjo Ivanović
🇭🇷 Croatia 🥇 Lens
1
🥉
Junior Kadile 
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa 🥇 Lens
1
4
Luka Sucic
🇭🇷 Croatia 🥇 Real Sociedad
1
5
Mamadou Sarr
🇸🇳 Senegal 🥇 Real Sociedad
1
6
Mikel Oyarzabal 
🇪🇸 Spain 🥇 Real Sociedad
1
7
Saud Abdulhamid
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🥇 Lens
1
8
Takefusa Kubo
🇯🇵 Japan 🥇 Real Sociedad
1

WC Groups

Champagne score per group

Group A 0 🍾
1
🇲🇽
Mexico
—
2
🇿🇦
South Africa
—
3
🇰🇷
South Korea
—
4
🇨🇿
Czechia
—
Group B 0 🍾
1
🇨🇦
Canada
—
2
🇧🇦
Bosnia & Herzegovina
—
3
🇶🇦
Qatar
—
4
🇨🇭
Switzerland
—
Group C 0 🍾
1
🇧🇷
Brazil
—
2
🇲🇦
Morocco
—
3
🇭🇹
Haiti
—
4
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland
—
Group D 0 🍾
1
🇺🇸
United States
—
2
🇵🇾
Paraguay
—
3
🇦🇺
Australia
—
4
🇹🇷
Türkiye
—
Group E 0 🍾
1
🇩🇪
Germany
—
2
🇨🇼
Curaçao
—
3
🇨🇮
Côte d’Ivoire
—
4
🇪🇨
Ecuador
—
Group F 1 🍾
1
🇯🇵
Japan
1
2
🇳🇱
Netherlands
—
3
🇸🇪
Sweden
—
4
🇹🇳
Tunisia
—
Group G 0 🍾
1
🇧🇪
Belgium
—
2
🇪🇬
Egypt
—
3
🇮🇷
Iran
—
4
🇳🇿
New Zealand
—
Group H 2 🍾
1
🇪🇸
Spain
1
2
🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia
1
3
🇨🇻
Cape Verde
—
4
🇺🇾
Uruguay
—
Group I 2 🍾
1
🇸🇳
Senegal
2
2
🇫🇷
France
—
3
🇮🇶
Iraq
—
4
🇳🇴
Norway
—
Group J 0 🍾
1
🇦🇷
Argentina
—
2
🇩🇿
Algeria
—
3
🇦🇹
Austria
—
4
🇯🇴
Jordan
—
Group K 1 🍾
1
🇨🇩
Congo - Kinshasa
1
2
🇵🇹
Portugal
—
3
🇺🇿
Uzbekistan
—
4
🇨🇴
Colombia
—
Group L 2 🍾
1
🇭🇷
Croatia
2
2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
—
3
🇬🇭
Ghana
—
4
🇵🇦
Panama
—

🌍 FIFA Ranking

Official FIFA ranking of all 48 World Cup 2026 participants (April 2026). Used in the tournament simulator.

1
🇪🇸
Spain
1996
1 🍾
2
🇦🇷
Argentina
1970
—
3
🇫🇷
France
1949
—
4
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
1923
—
5
🇧🇷
Brazil
1805
—
6
🇲🇦
Morocco
1804
—
7
🇵🇹
Portugal
1792
—
8
🇧🇪
Belgium
1778
—
9
🇳🇱
Netherlands
1775
—
10
🇲🇽
Mexico
1754
—
11
🇨🇴
Colombia
1740
—
12
🇩🇪
Germany
1727
—
13
🇭🇷
Croatia
1723
2 🍾
14
🇨🇭
Switzerland
1711
—
15
🇺🇸
United States
1690
—
16
🇯🇵
Japan
1678
1 🍾
17
🇳🇴
Norway
1658
—
18
🇸🇳
Senegal
1653
2 🍾
19
🇺🇾
Uruguay
1630
—
20
🇮🇷
Iran
1603
—
21
🇦🇹
Austria
1603
—
22
🇪🇬
Egypt
1597
—
23
🇪🇨
Ecuador
1587
—
24
🇹🇷
Türkiye
1583
—
25
🇦🇺
Australia
1582
—
26
🇩🇿
Algeria
1577
—
27
🇨🇮
Côte d’Ivoire
1574
—
28
🇨🇦
Canada
1571
—
29
🇰🇷
South Korea
1564
—
30
🇵🇾
Paraguay
1542
—
31
🇸🇪
Sweden
1526
—
32
🇨🇩
Congo - Kinshasa
1501
1 🍾
33
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland
1491
—
34
🇵🇦
Panama
1478
—
35
🇨🇿
Czechia
1467
—
36
🇿🇦
South Africa
1451
—
37
🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia
1426
1 🍾
38
🇹🇳
Tunisia
1423
—
39
🇺🇿
Uzbekistan
1417
—
40
🇶🇦
Qatar
1411
—
41
🇧🇦
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1409
—
42
🇮🇶
Iraq
1404
—
43
🇨🇻
Cape Verde
1403
—
44
🇬🇭
Ghana
1379
—
45
🇯🇴
Jordan
1350
—
46
🇨🇼
Curaçao
1281
—
47
🇭🇹
Haiti
1271
—
48
🇳🇿
New Zealand
1270
—

Source: FIFA.com — Men's World Ranking

🔬 How do we calculate this? ▾

We track the squads of winning teams across top competitions daily via the Sportmonks API. A title only counts once the championship is mathematically decided.

Tracked competitions: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Liga Portugal. FA Cup, Copa del Rey, DFB Pokal, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, KNVB Beker. Champions League, Europa League and Conference League will be added once the finals are played (end of May).

We only count players who are actually in a national team squad — not just anyone with the right passport. A player counts if he's both in a champion club squad and in the national team squad of a World Cup country.

⚠️ Once the official World Cup squads are announced (approximately 2 weeks before the tournament) we'll switch to the real WC rosters.

💡 Inspired by a listener question on the Bureau Sport Podcast.

League title
1 bottle 🍾
Cup title
1 bottle 🍾
Champions League
2 bottles 🍾
Europa League / Conference League
1 bottle 🍾

🕐 Data via Sportmonks API · Updated nightly at 03:00 UTC

✅ Currently counted
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League 🇪🇸 La Liga 🇩🇪 Bundesliga 🇮🇹 Serie A 🇫🇷 Ligue 1 🇳🇱 Eredivisie 🇵🇹 Liga Portugal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FA Cup 🇪🇸 Copa del Rey 🇩🇪 DFB Pokal 🇫🇷 Coupe de France 🇮🇹 Coppa Italia 🇳🇱 KNVB Beker 🇧🇪 Pro League🏆 Champions League🏆 Europa League🏆 Conference League
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🇳🇱 Euro 1988 · Season 1987/88

The most champagne-soaked Euro squad ever?

How many titles did the 1988 Euro finalists win in the preceding club season (1987/88)? PSV claimed the treble: Eredivisie, KNVB Cup and European Cup I. Erwin Koeman won the Belgian title and the Cup Winners' Cup with KV Mechelen. Gullit and Van Basten became champions with AC Milan in Serie A; Rijkaard played that season at Real Zaragoza. 7 of the 11 starters were already smelling of champagne before the Euro began.

PSV — Eredivisie + KNVB Cup + European Cup I 1987/88
KV Mechelen — Belgian First Div. + Cup Winners' Cup 1987/88
AC Milan — Serie A 1987/88
Attack
Ruud Gullit
AC Milan
🍾 Serie A 1987/88
Marco van Basten
AC Milan
🍾 Serie A 1987/88
Midfield
E. Koeman
KV Mechelen
🍾 Belgian First Div. 1987/88
🍾🍾 Cup Winners' Cup 1987/88
Arnold Mühren
Ajax
— no title
Jan Wouters
Ajax
— no title
Gerald Vanenburg
PSV Eindhoven
🍾 Eredivisie 1987/88
🍾 KNVB Cup 1987/88
🍾🍾 European Cup I 1987/88
Defence
Van Tiggelen
Anderlecht
— no title
R. Koeman
PSV Eindhoven
🍾 Eredivisie 1987/88
🍾 KNVB Cup 1987/88
🍾🍾 European Cup I 1987/88
Rijkaard
Real Zaragoza
— no title
Van Aerle
PSV Eindhoven
🍾 Eredivisie 1987/88
🍾 KNVB Cup 1987/88
🍾🍾 European Cup I 1987/88
Goalkeeper
Hans van Breukelen
PSV Eindhoven
🍾 Eredivisie 1987/88
🍾 KNVB Cup 1987/88
🍾🍾 European Cup I 1987/88
21
🍾 champagne score season 1987/88
7/11
players with at least one club title
2
clubs with a European trophy in the XI (PSV · Mechelen)
Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard also won the European Cup I the following season (1988/89) with AC Milan — but that was fuel for the 1990 World Cup, not Euro '88.

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📋 Version history

v2.1 Current June 2026
  • Simulator uses team strength (60% FIFA + 40% recent form) instead of raw FIFA ranking
  • Form pips (W/D/L) per country with hover tooltip showing match name and score
  • Predictions page: aggregated champion probabilities from all simulations
  • Friendly internationals (league 1082) now included in nightly form update
v2.0 Previous June 2026
  • Official World Cup squads via Sportmonks (June 2 deadline)
  • All 48 nations with final player lists
  • Champions League + Europa League + Conference League added after finals
  • Czech Republic added, Italy/Poland/Cameroon/Serbia/Costa Rica removed
v1.2 Previous May 2026
  • Euro 1988 section: the most champagne-soaked squad ever
  • PSV 1987/88 treble correctly documented: Eredivisie + KNVB Cup + European Cup I = 4 🍾 per player
  • Anchor links on section headings for direct sharing
  • Plausible analytics added (privacy-first)
v1.1 Previous May 2026
  • Tabs: Rankings / Top Players / Groups
  • Top players: who smells the most of champagne?
  • WC groups overview with champagne score per group
  • Per-nation share button for your national team
  • Featured twice on the Bureau Sport Podcast 🎙️
v1.0 Previous May 2026
  • Live countdown to World Cup 2026 kickoff (June 11)
  • Trend arrows show position changes per update
  • Upcoming finals section (CL, EL, UECL, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal)
  • NL + EN version with hreflang SEO
  • Credit to Bureau Sport Podcast
v0.1 Launch April 2026
  • 48 World Cup nations tracked across 6 top leagues
  • Mathematical title clinch detection per competition
  • Nightly updates via Sportmonks API
  • OG image + sitemap for social sharing
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Champagne Meter?

The Champagne Meter shows how many players per World Cup 2026 national team won a club title in the 2025/26 season. The theory: you don't win the World Cup with the best players, but with players who still smell of champagne.

How does the scoring work?

A league title or domestic cup title earns 1 bottle. A Champions League or Europa League title earns 2 bottles. Only players actually selected for the national World Cup squad are counted.

Which competitions are tracked?

We track the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie and Liga Portugal, plus the FA Cup, Copa del Rey, DFB Pokal, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia and KNVB Beker. The Champions League and Europa League are added after the finals in late May 2026.

How often is the data updated?

Data is updated nightly at 03:00 UTC via the Sportmonks API. Once official World Cup squads are announced (approximately 2 weeks before the tournament), we switch to the real WC rosters.

Does the theory hold up historically?

Our historical data (1988–2026) shows the theory is confirmed in 11 of 20 tournaments — and wrong in 9. The nation with the most bottles has won the tournament only twice. Explore the full history on the historical page.