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Beer World Cup XI

Football picks the fixtures. The pub tribunal picks the truth. 48 nations, one cellar, no mercy.

48 NATIONS · 12 GROUPS · 72 GROUP MATCHES · Verdicts stamped as fixtures resolve

Tournament Tracker Knockout Stage

A–C D–F G–I J–L

Group A

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇨🇿Czech Republic3+59Q
2🇲🇽Mexico3+26Q
3🇿🇦South Africa3-333
4🇰🇷South Korea3-40

🇲🇽 MEX v 🇿🇦 RSA 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 MEXICO Modelo, Pacífico and Bohemia anchor; Castle Lager and Devil's Peak make a tournament of it but Mexico's depth tells. Tap to flip back
🇰🇷 KOR v 🇨🇿 CZE 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CZECH REPUBLIC Hite and Cass kept it close-ish on the football; Pilsner Urquell invented the style and quietly walked the cellar. Tap to flip back
🇲🇽 MEX v 🇰🇷 KOR 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 MEXICO Modelo and Pacífico on the bar all night. Cass and Hite politely depart at the final whistle. Tap to flip back
🇿🇦 RSA v 🇨🇿 CZE 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CZECH REPUBLIC Pilsner Urquell invented the style; Castle Lager respectfully accepted the lesson. Tap to flip back
🇲🇽 MEX v 🇨🇿 CZE 1–3 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CZECH REPUBLIC Mexico's lager column quietly enthusiastic; Pilsner Urquell, Budvar and Staropramen quietly devastating. Tap to flip back
🇿🇦 RSA v 🇰🇷 KOR 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SOUTH AFRICA Castle Lager and Devil's Peak hold the bar. Cass and Hite shuffled to the back. Tap to flip back

Group B

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇨🇭Switzerland3+49Q
2🇨🇦Canada3+56Q
3🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina303Q
4🇶🇦Qatar3-90

🇨🇦 CAN v 🇧🇦 BIH 2–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CANADA Molson + Toronto/Vancouver craft outlast Sarajevsko in a slow second half. Volume vs heritage; volume edged it. Tap to flip back
🇶🇦 QAT v 🇨🇭 SUI 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SWITZERLAND Switzerland's Feldschlösschen + craft scene fills the bar uncontested. Qatar's beer column is Heineken in a courtesy fridge. Tap to flip back
🇨🇦 CAN v 🇶🇦 QAT 5–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CANADA Molson, Labatt and the Toronto/Vancouver craft scene clean Qatar's effective non-entry. Beer/football agree, beer score higher. Tap to flip back
🇧🇦 BIH v 🇨🇭 SUI 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SWITZERLAND Feldschlösschen, Calanda and the Swiss craft brigade outpour Sarajevsko on volume and variety. Tight on heritage, wider in the cellar. Tap to flip back
🇨🇦 CAN v 🇨🇭 SUI 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SWITZERLAND Swiss precision and Feldschlösschen tradition shade Molson Canadian on the pour, just as on the scoreboard. Tap to flip back
🇧🇦 BIH v 🇶🇦 QAT 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Sarajevsko has been brewing since 1864. Qatar's beer is Heineken in a courtesy fridge. Tap to flip back

Group C

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland3+69Q
2🇧🇷Brazil3+26Q
3🇲🇦Morocco3-13Q
4🇭🇹Haiti3-70

🇧🇷 BRA v 🇭🇹 HAI 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BRAZIL Haiti brought belief. Brazil brought an entire brewery system. Tap to flip back
🇲🇦 MAR v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCO 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SCOTLAND Tennent's and Harviestoun walked the malt inquiry. Casablanca/Flag held their own for an hour, then Scottish heritage took over. Tap to flip back
🇧🇷 BRA v 🇲🇦 MAR 2–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BRAZIL Brahma and Bohemia edge Casablanca and Flag — a tight Atlantic crossing, but Brazilian volume tells late. Tap to flip back
🇭🇹 HAI v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCO 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SCOTLAND Tennent's and Harviestoun walk a quiet 90. Prestige battled hard but the malt thesis was always going to tell. Tap to flip back
🇧🇷 BRA v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCO 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SCOTLAND Tennent's and Harviestoun on the malt thesis. Brazil's lager fleet couldn't answer the cask inquiry. Tap to flip back
🇲🇦 MAR v 🇭🇹 HAI 4–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 MOROCCO Casablanca and Flag at full strength. Prestige fought; the Casablanca column won the bar. Tap to flip back

Group D

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇺🇸USA3+69Q
2🇦🇺Australia306Q
3🇵🇾Paraguay3-23Q
4🇹🇷Turkey3-40

🇺🇸 USA v 🇦🇺 AUS 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 USA America brought hops. Australia brought a decent pub argument. The hops won. Tap to flip back
🇹🇷 TUR v 🇵🇾 PAR 0–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 TURKEY Paraguay had Pilsen four times. Turkey had an argument and somehow won it. Tap to flip back
🇺🇸 USA v 🇹🇷 TUR 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 USA Anchor Steam, Brooklyn Lager and Sam Adams outclass Efes on heritage. Three goals from three craft pioneers. Tap to flip back
🇵🇾 PAR v 🇦🇺 AUS 0–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 AUSTRALIA Coopers Sparkling Ale picks the lock on a tight one. Cerveza Pilsen tried for ninety, never quite arrived. Tap to flip back
🇺🇸 USA v 🇵🇾 PAR 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 USA Anchor Steam, Brooklyn Lager and Sam Adams outpour Cerveza Pilsen across the night. Three craft pioneers, three goals. Tap to flip back
🇹🇷 TUR v 🇦🇺 AUS 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 AUSTRALIA Coopers Sparkling Ale and the Stone & Wood / Mountain Culture craft column edge Efes on a quietly-confident pour. Tap to flip back

Group E

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇩🇪Germany3+129Q
2🇨🇮Ivory Coast3+16Q
3🇪🇨Ecuador3-43Q
4🇨🇼Curaçao3-90

🇩🇪 GER v 🇨🇼 CUW 7–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 GERMANY 7–1 on the pitch, and Weihenstephaner doesn't do mercy. Tap to flip back
🇨🇮 CIV v 🇪🇨 ECU 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 IVORY COAST Feels like a scruffy narrow beer win, not a classic. Tap to flip back
🇩🇪 GER v 🇨🇮 CIV 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 GERMANY Augustiner, Weihenstephaner and Schneider Weisse against Bock Solibra. Ivory Coast brought legitimate beer; Germany brought seven hundred years of it. Tap to flip back
🇨🇼 CUW v 🇪🇨 ECU 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ECUADOR Pilsener and Club Premium edge Curaçao's tourist-bar offering. Ecuador's lager column is older and the cellar deeper. Tap to flip back
🇩🇪 GER v 🇪🇨 ECU 5–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 GERMANY Augustiner, Schneider Weisse and Weihenstephaner remind everyone what 'beer' actually means. Ecuador scored one of pride. Tap to flip back
🇨🇮 CIV v 🇨🇼 CUW 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 IVORY COAST Bock Solibra and the local Tuborg variations clear up cleanly. Curaçao still gets the cocktail back home. Tap to flip back

Group F

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇯🇵Japan3+69Q
2🇳🇱Netherlands3+56Q
3🇸🇪Sweden3-23Q
4🇹🇳Tunisia3-90

🇳🇱 NED v 🇸🇪 SWE 5–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 NETHERLANDS Dutch beer depth beats Swedish competence. Tap to flip back
🇯🇵 JPN v 🇹🇳 TUN 4–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 JAPAN Clean, weird, technically excellent. Japan by tidy paperwork. Tap to flip back
🇳🇱 NED v 🇯🇵 JPN 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 JAPAN Sapporo (1876), Asahi (1889) and Kirin (1907) walk past Heineken and Grolsch on heritage alone. A century-and-a-half tradition tells. Tap to flip back
🇸🇪 SWE v 🇹🇳 TUN 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SWEDEN Mariestads, Spendrups and Carlsberg Sverige run uncontested. Tunisia's Celtia held the football but the bar was Swedish from the first round. Tap to flip back
🇳🇱 NED v 🇹🇳 TUN 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 NETHERLANDS Heineken and Grolsch don't need extra time against Celtia. Three goals, three cleaner pints. Tap to flip back
🇸🇪 SWE v 🇯🇵 JPN 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 JAPAN Sapporo (1876), Asahi (1889) and Kirin (1907) walked past Mariestads with a polite bow. Heritage tells. Tap to flip back

Group G

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇧🇪Belgium3+77Q
2🇪🇬Egypt3+37Q
3🇳🇿New Zealand3-333
4🇮🇷Iran3-70

🇧🇪 BEL v 🇪🇬 EGY 1–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BELGIUM Belgium wins unless ruled ineligible for being too obviously Belgian. Tap to flip back
🇮🇷 IRN v 🇳🇿 NZL 0–3 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 NEW ZEALAND Steinlager, Speight's and Garage Project. Iran's official beer column is non-existent — the cellar trophy heads south. Tap to flip back
🇧🇪 BEL v 🇮🇷 IRN 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BELGIUM Iran brought a legal hearing. Belgium brought a cellar. Tap to flip back
🇪🇬 EGY v 🇳🇿 NZL 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 EGYPT Stella holds the bar; Steinlager and Speight's never quite make it out of New Zealand cold storage. Tap to flip back
🇧🇪 BEL v 🇳🇿 NZL 5–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 BELGIUM Westvleteren v Steinlager. Football scoreboard and beer tribunal agree, for once. Tap to flip back
🇪🇬 EGY v 🇮🇷 IRN 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 EGYPT Stella (no relation) holds the bar. Iran's official beer is non-existent; the cellar trophy returns to Cairo. Tap to flip back

Group H

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇪🇸Spain3+69Q
2🇺🇾Uruguay3+36Q
3🇨🇻Cape Verde3-23Q
4🇸🇦Saudi Arabia3-70

🇪🇸 ESP v 🇨🇻 CPV 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SPAIN Estrella Galicia, Mahou and Damm have the bar to themselves. Strela Lager fought; Spain's brewing depth was always too much. Tap to flip back
🇸🇦 KSA v 🇺🇾 URU 0–3 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 URUGUAY Pilsen and Patricia walk the bar uncontested. Saudi Arabia delivers a tray of alcohol-free Heineken and quietly withdraws. Tap to flip back
🇪🇸 ESP v 🇸🇦 KSA 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SPAIN Spain passed it around the fridge for ninety minutes. Tap to flip back
🇺🇾 URU v 🇨🇻 CPV 2–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 URUGUAY Strela scored early. Uruguay's bench finished the pint. Tap to flip back
🇪🇸 ESP v 🇺🇾 URU 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SPAIN Estrella Galicia, Mahou and Damm find the channel. Patricia and Pilsen drink the consolation. Tap to flip back
🇨🇻 CPV v 🇸🇦 KSA 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CAPE VERDE Strela Lager handles a tight one. Saudi Arabia delivers an alcohol-free Heineken to the bar and walks out. Tap to flip back

Group I

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇫🇷France3+89Q
2🇳🇴Norway3+26Q
3🇸🇳Senegal3+23Q
4🇮🇶Iraq3-120

🇫🇷 FRA v 🇸🇳 SEN 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 FRANCE Kronenbourg 1664 and Pelforth outflank Gazelle Lager and Flag. Senegal's brewing has real teeth; France has more. Tap to flip back
🇮🇶 IRQ v 🇳🇴 NOR 0–4 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 NORWAY Aass Bok, Hansa and Mack Pilsner pour all night. Iraq's official beer column remains as theoretical as ever. Tap to flip back
🇫🇷 FRA v 🇮🇶 IRQ 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 FRANCE Kronenbourg 1664 takes the captaincy. Iraq's beer column is theoretical at best. Tap to flip back
🇸🇳 SEN v 🇳🇴 NOR 2–3 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 NORWAY Aass Bok and Hansa take a tight three-goal thriller. Senegal's Gazelle ran proud. Tap to flip back
🇫🇷 FRA v 🇳🇴 NOR 4–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 FRANCE Kronenbourg 1664, Pelforth, Jenlain and Thiriez — four flowing pints of French regional depth. Norway's Nøgne Ø craft touch stayed lonely against a full French cellar. Tap to flip back
🇸🇳 SEN v 🇮🇶 IRQ 5–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 SENEGAL Gazelle Lager and Flag run the bar uncontested. Iraq officially serves what they always have: nothing. Tap to flip back

Group J

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇦🇹Austria3+79Q
2🇦🇷Argentina3+36Q
3🇩🇿Algeria3-333
4🇯🇴Jordan3-70

🇦🇷 ARG v 🇩🇿 ALG 3–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ARGENTINA Quilmes, Patagonia and Andes do the talking. Tango Lager fought a brave second half but couldn't catch the South American depth. Tap to flip back
🇦🇹 AUT v 🇯🇴 JOR 4–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 AUSTRIA Stiegl, Gösser, Ottakringer and Edelweiss run a clinic. Jordan's beer infrastructure remains aspirational. Tap to flip back
🇦🇷 ARG v 🇦🇹 AUT 0–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 AUSTRIA Quilmes leads the line but Stiegl, Gösser and Ottakringer quietly outpour them at the bar. Austria's bar heritage tells. Tap to flip back
🇩🇿 ALG v 🇯🇴 JOR 2–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ALGERIA Tango Lager handles a 2–1; Jordan's beer infrastructure remains aspirational. Tap to flip back
🇦🇷 ARG v 🇯🇴 JOR 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ARGENTINA Quilmes, Patagonia and Andes do the talking. Jordan's beer column is more theory than practice. Tap to flip back
🇩🇿 ALG v 🇦🇹 AUT 1–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 AUSTRIA Stiegl, Gösser and Ottakringer comfortably outpour Tango. Algeria's beer culture is fine; Austria's is older. Tap to flip back

Group K

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🇵🇹Portugal3+67Q
2🇨🇴Colombia3+26Q
3🇨🇩DR Congo3+14Q
4🇺🇿Uzbekistan3-90

🇵🇹 POR v 🇨🇩 COD 1–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 PORTUGAL Portugal should win, but 1–1 football score gives this "committee stared at two fridges for too long" energy. Tap to flip back
🇺🇿 UZB v 🇨🇴 COL 1–3 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 COLOMBIA Aguila, Club Colombia and Bogotá Beer Company outpour Sarbast Original. Uzbekistan scored one of pride. Tap to flip back
🇵🇹 POR v 🇺🇿 UZB 5–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 PORTUGAL Super Bock at full volume. Sarbast was already in injury time. Tap to flip back
🇨🇩 COD v 🇨🇴 COL 0–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 COLOMBIA DR Congo's Primus held the centre. Bogotá Beer Company's craft won the bar. Tap to flip back
🇵🇹 POR v 🇨🇴 COL 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 PORTUGAL Super Bock and Sagres take a quiet one with style. Colombia's Aguila ran hard but Portugal's bar runs deeper. Tap to flip back
🇨🇩 COD v 🇺🇿 UZB 3–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 DR CONGO Primus Lager and Tembo carry the cellar. Uzbekistan's Sarbast Original took the early goal and then drifted. Tap to flip back

Group L

# Team P GD Pts Q
1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England3+59Q
2🇭🇷Croatia306Q
3🇬🇭Ghana3-13Q
4🇵🇦Panama3-40

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG v 🇭🇷 CRO 4–2 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ENGLAND Boddingtons/heritage Pub VAR nonsense survives one more round. Tap to flip back
🇬🇭 GHA v 🇵🇦 PAN 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 GHANA Club Beer, Star Lager and Castle Milk Stout edge Cerveza Panamá. Tight one — Ghana's tradition has the depth. Tap to flip back
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG v 🇬🇭 GHA 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ENGLAND Cask Marque held court. Star Lager and Club Beer brought legitimate craft answers; English heritage won the verdict on principle. Tap to flip back
🇭🇷 CRO v 🇵🇦 PAN 1–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CROATIA Karlovačko and Pan both showed up. The home end was Croatian. Tap to flip back
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG v 🇵🇦 PAN 2–0 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 ENGLAND Draught Bass and Timothy Taylor's Landlord see off Panama Cerveza without breaking sweat. Cask discipline, opening exhibition. Tap to flip back
🇭🇷 CRO v 🇬🇭 GHA 2–1 Tap for the cellar ruling 🏆 CROATIA Karlovačko and Ožujsko on the pour, Star Lager and Club Beer chasing back. 2–1 on the field, 2–1 in the cellar. Tap to flip back

A / L

The full 32-team knockout on one page. Ladder runs left to right, R32 to FINAL.

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarters

Semi

Final

Semi

Quarters

Round of 16

Round of 32

M1 🇩🇪 GER (E) v 🇵🇾 PAR (D) 4–1 🏆 GERMANY Augustiner heritage wraps it up before the bar runs the shootout simulation. Pilsen had energy; the older brewing town settled it.

M2 🇫🇷 FRA (I) v 🇸🇪 SWE (F) Kronenbourg and Jenlain Ambrée — three French regional traditions in a trench coat — against Sweden's craft new wave. Old-world regional, or the Omnipollo / Stigbergets experiment?

M3 🇨🇿 CZE (A) v 🇨🇦 CAN (B) 2–1 🏆 CZECH REPUBLIC Molson and the Toronto/Vancouver craft column brought volume and modern range. Pilsner Urquell invented the format; Budvar and Staropramen quietly ran the second half. Heritage on the pour.

M4 🇳🇱 NED (F) v 🇲🇦 MAR (C) 0–2 🏆 MOROCCO Casablanca and Flag had the bar covered from the first whistle. Heineken consults a lawyer; the bar tribunal isn't interested.

M5 🇵🇹 POR (K) v 🇭🇷 CRO (L) Super Bock vs Sagres still haven't picked a captain. Karlovačko and Ožujsko have been at the same derby for decades. The cellar with the cleaner argument walks the bar.

M6 🇪🇸 ESP (H) v 🇦🇹 AUT (J) Estrella Damm and Alhambra Reserva 1925 against Austria's quietly-excellent Stiegl and Trumer Pils. Mediterranean volume meets pilsner pedigree — the world thinks Spanish beer is Estrella with jamón, the world is wrong.

M7 🇺🇸 USA (D) v 🇧🇦 BIH (B) American hop legacy (Pliny the Elder, Heady Topper, Hill Farmstead Edward) against Bosnia's Sarajevsko, brewing since 1864. Hops against history; cellar makes the call.

M8 🇧🇪 BEL (G) v 🇸🇳 SEN (I) 5–0 🏆 BELGIUM The margin the preview promised. Westvleteren 12, Orval and Rochefort 10 line up like a Trappist choir; Duvel and Westmalle Tripel fill the middle; Cantillon Fou' Foune comes off the bench for the second half. Gazelle carried the honesty; Flag Spéciale (Castel) needed a lawyer. One-sided cellar tab.

M1 🇧🇷 BRA (C) v 🇯🇵 JPN (F) 1–2 🏆 JAPAN Sapporo (1876), Asahi (1889), Kirin (1907) walked the cellar. Brahma fought; a century-and-a-half tradition gap was decisive.

M2 🇨🇮 CIV (E) v 🇳🇴 NOR (I) Pub VAR's longest case file (Ivoire native, Tuborg CI "pending pending") drawn against a stacked Nordic bench — Ringnes plus Nøgne Ø and Lervig on world-class craft form. Tough night for the Ivorians.

M3 🇲🇽 MEX (A) v 🇪🇨 ECU (E) 3–1 🏆 MEXICO Modelo Especial, Pacífico Clara and Negra Modelo run the bar unchecked; Bohemia adds the Vienna wildcard off the bench. Pilsener (1913) is older than Corona and the Bandido craft column has proper bite — but Mexico's five heritage names outweigh Ecuador's four on cellar arithmetic.

M4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG (L) v 🇨🇩 COD (K) 3–1 🏆 ENGLAND England's cask brigade — Fuller's London Pride, Draught Bass, Boddingtons, Harvey's — walked the port with tradition intact. Primus opened strong and held its own for an hour; Kinshasa lager has real teeth. But three world-class hand-pulls in one estate outweighs one solid macro.

M5 🇦🇷 ARG (J) v 🇨🇻 CPV (H) Quilmes Cristal plus the Patagonia and Antares craft programme against Cape Verde's Strela — the honest 1. Squad depth against single-beer conviction; nobody envies the Cape Verde captain.

M6 🇦🇺 AUS (D) v 🇪🇬 EGY (G) Australian modern craft (Coopers Pale, Stone & Wood Pacific, Hawkers WCIPA) against Egypt's Stella — the Egyptian one, no relation, older heritage — plus the Sakara Gold range. Hop legacy meets the older-Stella line.

M7 🇨🇭 SUI (B) v 🇺🇾 URU (H) Uruguay's macro three-pack (Pilsen, Patricia, Zillertal) with Cabesas Bier APA adding craft teeth, against Switzerland's Feldschlösschen macro spine plus BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien on craft lifting. Two continents, same two-tier shape — URU through as our derived R32 addition.

M8 🇨🇴 COL (K) v 🇬🇭 GHA (L) Colombian macro trio (Aguila, Club Colombia, Costeña) with BBC Cajicá Honey Ale behind, against Ghana's Star Beer plus Guinness FES (Ghana). The Guinness FES eligibility file is the conversation piece — whose Guinness is it really?

R16-1 🇨🇦 CAN v 🇲🇦 MOR 0–3 🏆 MOROCCO Canada came with volume — Molson, Labatt, Moosehead plus two Unibroue heavies and a Steam Whistle pilsner. Morocco came with four honest beers and no apologies. Casablanca Premium and Flag Spéciale drank cleaner than the entire Canadian macro trio; La Fin du Monde and Trois Pistoles fought for a foothold and never got one. Sometimes six is smaller than four.

R16-2 🇵🇾 PAR v 🇫🇷 FRA 0–1 🏆 FRANCE France's trench-coat squad — Kronenbourg for the world, Pelforth Brune for the north, Jenlain Ambrée for the regional specialists, Thiriez Extra for the modern craft column — took forty minutes to warm up. Paraguay's four-strong Pilsen bench held bravely; Bayern kept the shape until the seventy-fifth. Jenlain Ambrée off the bench, one goal, cellar closed.

R16-3 🇺🇸 USA v 🇧🇪 BEL 1–4 🏆 BELGIUM USA showed up with the hop legacy — Pliny the Elder, Heady Topper, King JJJuliusss, Hardywood Great Return, Hill Farmstead Edward. Belgium showed up with the Trappist front six. Westvleteren 12, Rochefort 10 and Orval took the century wall down inside twenty minutes; Duvel and Westmalle Tripel added two more before the hour. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale scored a proud consolation against Cantillon Fou' Foune late on. The Americans lost to the tradition their own scene was built out of respect for.

R16-4 🇵🇹 POR v 🇪🇸 SPA 0–1 🏆 SPAIN Portugal came with Super Bock and Sagres for the derby weight, Coral for the Madeira flag, Letra B for the modern craft eye. Spain came with Estrella Damm and Mahou for the macro engine, Alhambra Reserva 1925 for heritage depth, La Pirata Black Block off the bench with genuine craft teeth. The Portuguese captaincy row (Super Bock / Sagres unresolved) told in the last quarter. Alhambra Reserva walked the fixture in the sixty-eighth.

R16-1 🇧🇷 BRA v 🇳🇴 NOR 1–2 🏆 NORWAY Brahma Chopp opened strong for Brazil and Bohemia 1853 gave the heritage flank real weight — but Norway's craft bench was the differential. Nøgne Ø #100 and Lervig Lucky Jack rewrote the middle third; Ringnes and Mack Bayer held the macro line honestly. Wäls Petroleum turned one Brazilian moment into a goal. Two-one on cellar arithmetic; the Nordic craft column won it.

R16-2 🇲🇽 MEX v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 2–3 🏆 ENGLAND Mexico brought the world's best-known lager column — Corona, Modelo Especial, Pacifico Clara, Negra Modelo — plus Bohemia's Vienna wildcard. England brought the one thing no other estate dares field: warm, flat, hand-pulled cask. Modelo Especial scored twice — proper goals, no dispute. But Timothy Taylor's Landlord in the seventy-third and Harvey's Sussex Best in the eighty-eighth made the difference. English cask, decisive at the death.

R16-3 🇨🇭 SUI v 🇨🇴 COL 0–0 (4–3p) 🏆 SWITZERLAND Switzerland brought Feldschlösschen, Cardinal and Calanda for the macro depth and BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien for a wild-fermented ace off the bench. Colombia matched with Aguila, Club Colombia and Costeña plus BBC Cajicá Honey Ale for the modern craft answer. Ninety minutes settled nothing — heritage against modernity in stalemate. The BFM sour walked past Colombia's fourth penalty to close it out.

R16-4 🇦🇷 ARG v 🇪🇬 EGY 3–2 🏆 ARGENTINA Argentina came with Quilmes Cristal for volume, Patagonia Amber for the craft flank, Antares Honey off the bench and Doble Cordobesa for the modern brewing eye. Egypt fielded Stella Egypt — the older, unrelated Stella — plus Sakara Gold and Sakara Premium. Stella Egypt had the heritage argument Belgium can never make and it told for an hour. Then Patagonia Amber and Antares Honey combined to run three past Egyptian resistance. AB InBev's compliance officer is still filing paperwork.

QF 1 🇲🇦 MOR v 🇫🇷 FRA 0–2 🏆 FRANCE Morocco's Casablanca Premium and Flag Spéciale held for forty — four honest beers against France's trench-coat squad. Kronenbourg for the world, Pelforth Brune for the north, Jenlain Ambrée for the regional specialists, Thiriez Extra off the bench. Jenlain Ambrée opened it up in the fifty-third. Thiriez Extra closed it in the eighty-first. Cellar depth told cleanly.

QF 2 🇧🇪 BEL v 🇪🇸 SPA 1–2 🏆 SPAIN Belgium brought the Trappist cathedral — Westvleteren 12, Rochefort 10, Orval, Duvel, Westmalle Tripel — the same six that took down USA's hop legacy in the R16. Spain answered with Estrella Damm, Mahou, Alhambra Reserva 1925 and La Pirata Black Block off the bench. Westvleteren opened the scoring — the beer that isn't supposed to be at the bar. Alhambra Reserva 1925 replied on the hour; La Pirata Black Block off the bench in the seventy-second. Spanish craft depth, quietly closing out the establishment.

QF 1 🇳🇴 NOR v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 1–2 AET 🏆 ENGLAND Norway's craft column — Nøgne Ø #100, Lervig Lucky Jack and Amundsen Ashy Blonde plus Ringnes and Mack Bayer for the macro line — against England's cask cathedral: Draught Bass, Timothy Taylor's Landlord, Harvey's Sussex Best and Fuller's ESB. Lervig Lucky Jack opened inside twenty. Landlord replied on the hour. Extra time; Harvey's Sussex Best got it done in the hundred-and-fifth. Two hand-pulled cask goals, one Norwegian craft goal, one long night at the bar.

QF 2 🇨🇭 SUI v 🇦🇷 ARG 1–3 AET 🏆 ARGENTINA Switzerland's Feldschlösschen / Cardinal / Calanda macro trio plus BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien held for ninety — the BFM sour opening the scoring in the thirty-fourth. Argentina came back through Patagonia Amber late; Quilmes Cristal held level to the whistle. Extra time: Antares Honey and Doble Cordobesa combined for two, closing it out. Argentine craft depth was always the stronger bench once the Swiss macro line tired.

SF 1 🇫🇷 FRA v 🇪🇸 SPA Two cellars with real craft benches. France's Kronenbourg / Pelforth / Jenlain / Thiriez against Spain's Estrella / Mahou / Alhambra / La Pirata. Jenlain Ambrée off France's bench and La Pirata Black Block off Spain's are the story — regional French depth against modern Iberian craft. Neither side needs to worry about the macro top three; this one gets decided at the bench.

SF 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG v 🇦🇷 ARG English cask cathedral against Argentine craft column. Draught Bass, Timothy Taylor's Landlord, Harvey's Sussex Best and Fuller's ESB against Quilmes Cristal, Patagonia Amber, Antares Honey and Doble Cordobesa. The hand-pull against the honey — the tie's real question is whether Antares Honey can find an English answer, and whether ESB stays disciplined against Doble Cordobesa's late craft push.

FINAL 🇪🇸 SPA v 🇦🇷 ARG 1–0 🏆 SPAIN Full match card to follow. Spain lift the Beer World Cup XI on the same 1–0 that decided the football final.

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Third-place playoff · 19 July 2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 6 – 4 France 🇫🇷

HT: England 4–0 · FT: England 6–4

🥉 England take bronze

Four-nil at the interval — Draught Bass, Timothy Taylor's Landlord, Harvey's Sussex Best and Adnams Broadside all on the sheet before the ref found the whistle. Then France's whole squad remembered they'd lost the wrong semi: Kronenbourg 1664, Pelforth Brune, Jenlain Ambrée and Thiriez Extra put one each past a suddenly-thirsty English defence. Marston's Pedigree replied in the seventy-third, Hook Norton Hooky Bitter in the eighty-second, and the cushion held. Six-four at the whistle. The bronze goes to the format that never travels.

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