How to Play
A 5-step guide to the PolyBet World Cup 2026 side play.
1
Connect your PolyBet account
Sign in with your existing PolyBet account — your FWR balance carries over. On your first WC site visit you'll receive a one-time
+10,000 FWR welcome bonus spendable on any WC market.
2
Pick your team badge
Choose one of 48 World Cup nations to represent. The flag becomes your avatar on the tournament leaderboard.
You can change your team any time until the June 11 kickoff, after which it's permanently locked.
3
Bet on matches
Each fixture has a 3-way market priced by LMSR — buy outcome shares with FWR.
Group games: Home Win / Tie / Away Win. Knockouts: Home Win / Away Win / Extra Time.
Trading closes 5 minutes before kickoff — no buying or selling in the last few minutes.
4
Build your bracket
Predict the entire tournament — pick the 2 teams per group you think will advance to the Round of 32.
Free with tournament entry; saves automatically as you tap.
5
Enter the tournament for 5,000 FWR — win the pot
Pay 5,000 FWR to join. Every entry stacks into the pot.
Each WC bet you place counts as a "call":
+10 if you call it right, -3 if you don't.
The entrant with the highest score when the final whistle blows on July 19 takes the entire pot.
⏱ Why the 5-minute cutoff? No last-second sniping. When the cutoff hits, the market freezes — no buys, no sells, no exits — until the result is in. Then everything settles together.