---
title: "World Cup Badge Arena"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ecosystem/world-cup-badge-arena"
version: "1.1.0"
updated: 2026-08-07
last_verified: 2026-08-07
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# World Cup Badge Arena

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| **Type** | Prediction Game / NFT Collectibles |
| **Status** | 🟠 Dormant – season complete |
| **Season** | FIFA World Cup 2026 (11 June – 19 July 2026) |
| **Website** | [worldcupbadgearena.xyz](https://worldcupbadgearena.xyz) |
| **Category** | Game / NFT |
| **Network** | Radix Mainnet |
| **Assets** | Passport NFT + sealed match-call cards |
| **Minted** | 42 Passports · 1,009 sealed cards |
| **Last on-ledger activity** | 19 July 2026 |

## Overview

[World Cup Badge Arena](https://worldcupbadgearena.xyz) was a free-to-play prediction and collectibles game built on [Radix](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-engine) for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, played across the tournament's run from 11 June to 19 July 2026. Its tagline captures the loop: "Pick the matches. Collect sealed cards. Reveal your World Cup story after the tournament." Players connect the official [Radix Wallet](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-wallet) via [Radix Connect](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-connect), and their Passport NFT anchors their collection on-chain.

Play closed with the tournament. The final sealed card was minted at 16:18 UTC on 19 July 2026, roughly three hours before kick-off in the final, and the game component has recorded no committed transaction since.

## How It Works

- **Mint a Passport** – a Passport NFT anchors the player's collection on Radix.
- **Make match calls** – one Passport can make a single "match call" per fixture before entry closes; each call mints one sealed collectible card.
- **Post-tournament reveal** – final card artwork and ranking were to arrive in a planned v2 once results were complete. That release is still outstanding (see below).
- **Onboarding** – a five-step flow guides new users to install the Radix Wallet, add a little XRD for network fees, connect, mint a Passport, and start calling matches; the app also surfaces a Leaderboard and Standings.

## Outcome and On-Ledger Record

The tournament finalised on [19 July 2026](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_final), [Spain beating Argentina 1–0 after extra time](https://www.npr.org/2026/07/19/nx-s1-5899071/2026-world-cup-fifa-argentina-spain-final-championship). Badge Arena's season closed with it, and the size of that season is a matter of public record: the game runs as a single component, `component_rdx1cquh22jqcfwqd0kwa7q06a9wxlpkqfwlp8d4xsq0s5l0qcw4efvs0h`, instantiated from the `WorldCupBadgeArena` blueprint, and every Passport and every sealed card was minted through it.

Read from mainnet on 7 August 2026 (epoch 332,911), the ledger totals are **42** [Passports](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1ng4x9n5jc2za2hcyxxyd8drqk3jp6lscu7lwkjylertxmmj3tszfhs) and **1,009** [sealed cards](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1n2enj96y6723angppay5jt73que46dglfzsmeygu7fhce3zhelvl2d) – about 24 match calls per player across the 104-fixture tournament. The last Passport, #42, was minted on 18 July 2026; the last card, #1009, the following afternoon. Match administration is gated by a single non-mintable [admin badge](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t5w3ttsdnrp4gk559q0uwfvzkhlff47ulutzdazls0f8dmplx3g264).

The promised reveal has not shipped. As of 7 August 2026 the site still describes final artwork and ranking as arriving "in v2 after results are complete", and no transaction has touched the component in the nineteen days since the final. What holders keep is unaffected either way: both collectible resources were created with their [burner, freezer and recaller rules](/contents/tech/core-concepts/resources) set to `deny_all` and locked, so nobody – the project included – can burn, freeze or claw back a card. A sealed card stays in the account that earned it whether or not a v2 ever arrives.

## External Links

- [World Cup Badge Arena – Official Website](https://worldcupbadgearena.xyz)
- [Radix Wallet – Download](https://www.radixdlt.com/wallet)
- [World Cup Badge Arena component – Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/component/component_rdx1cquh22jqcfwqd0kwa7q06a9wxlpkqfwlp8d4xsq0s5l0qcw4efvs0h)