World Cup Portal

A World Cup front page built for matchday first, depth second

During the tournament, most users want fixtures, groups, live entry points, and today's key matches immediately. Deeper content should be one step below that.

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Matchday Entry 01 What should I watch today?

Use the match center first to find the opener, major debuts, and the strongest same-day fixtures.

 Matchday Entry 02 Which match deserves a click now?

The live page should compress the decision into the in-progress game and the next match worth waiting for.

 Matchday Entry 03 Groups and qualification pressure

Once the tournament starts, this path should become the home for live standings and group pressure.
Matchday first Schedule + Groups + Live

Most users will start here, then decide whether a single match page is worth opening.

Then go deeper History + Teams + Prediction

Once matchday needs are met, it becomes natural to move into archive and analysis content.

2026 Fixtures

Opening week spotlight

Before kickoff, this block should surface the opener and the strongest first-round fixtures. During the tournament, it should pivot into today's key matches.

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What matters now The opener, heavyweight debuts, and first-round group matches deserve the most homepage weight before kickoff.
What changes later This area should switch into today's featured fixtures and the best entry points into live match coverage.
Where users go next After scanning fixtures, most users should go to Live or a match page before deeper editorial content.

Groups & Standings

2026 groups and standings snapshot

For now this shows the group structure. Once the tournament starts, it should become a real-time standings module.

Team MP W D L Pts
Go to match center Browse teams from the groups

Start Here

Choose one of three routes on your first visit

Follow the tournament Start with schedule, groups, and live coverage. This is the natural tournament flow.
Find your team Enter through the teams hub, then move into the single-team history page.
Go deep immediately Use history features to get into shocks, champion strength, and collapse rankings.

Pillars

Four main paths into the site

The homepage should route people, not overwhelm them.

History

Enter through memory and drama

World Cup history

Use shocks, champion strength, and match archives as the most memorable way into the deeper site.

Shocks · Champion strength · Match archive
Open history

Teams

Enter through favorite sides

Teams hub

Heavyweight teams are the fastest way into team history, curves, and match records.

Profiles · Full match logs · Elo curves
Browse teams

Prediction

Enter through model logic

Prediction tools

Use Elo-based comparisons and title odds to add a clear analytical layer to the experience.

Matchup odds · Title odds · Model notes
Open prediction

Matchday

Enter through tournament urgency

Schedule and Live

The schedule page helps users find matches. The live page helps them decide what to open now.

Match center · Live overview · Match page
Open match center

Editor’s Picks

Start with these pages

A strong homepage should shape the first click instead of flattening everything into equal modules.

Lead Story

Shocks and Elo remain the sharpest way into this archive

If a user opens only one deeper page, it should probably be the shocks and Elo feature first.

Open shocks and Elo

Team

Start with one team's full World Cup record

Argentina, Brazil, and France work well as first-click deep pages.

Open team history

Prediction

Let the model explain the matchup

Prediction tools should keep acting as a sticky, differentiated module.

Open prediction

Archive

Use the archive to make the tournament feel complete

Hosts, format, players, awards, and match data can all deepen the site's long-term value.

Open archive

Interactive

If the tournament started today, who gets your title vote?

This is not betting market data. It works better as a lightweight editorial interaction.