⚽ Next Match
Group Stage - Match 1
You must select exactly 5 starters (1 Keeper) in Tactics.
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🏆 Your Group Standings
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👕 Squad Status
Total Players: 0
Team Ready: Yes
Pints: 0 🍺
Tactics Room
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Reserves
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Transfer Market
Earn pints by winning or drawing matches in the tournament to upgrade your squad.
Available Players
Your Squad (Sell)
Pub World Cup 2026
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📖 Pub Cup Manager Guide
🍺 The Pub World Cup
Welcome! Your goal is simple: take your local pub team of unfit, overweight drunken misfits and guide them to become champions of the Pub World Cup 2026. The road to glory won't be easy. You'll battle through a full World Pub Cup tournament, starting with three Group Stage matches before fighting your way through the Knockout Rounds: the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, and, if your liver survives, the Grand Final.
Can your team make history, or will they be back propping up the bar by the end of the week?
⚽ 5-Aside Pitch Mechanics
Matches are played in a fast-paced 5-aside format. Here's how team selection and roles work:
- Starters: You must select exactly 5 active players on the field: 1 Goalkeeper, and 4 outfield players.
- Position Roles: Outfield positions are categorized as Defender, Midfielder, or Striker. Match simulation computes performance based on how well players align with their position.
- Formations: Choose your tactical layout (e.g. 2-1-1, 1-2-1, or 2-2) from the Tactics room to match your squad's strengths.
- Drag-and-Drop Positioning: In the Tactics view, you can drag and drop your active players on the tactical board to adjust their default positions and exploit spaces!
📊 Player Attributes & Stats
Every player in your tavern has three core attributes rated from 1 to 10:
Additionally, player face designs are randomized, and each squad assigns unique numbers (1-99) to keep jerseys easily distinguishable on the pitch.
🔄 Transfer Market & Budget
Tavern currency is measured in pints of beer (Pints 🍺).
- Signing Players: Use your Pint balance to sign high-rated stars from the transfer list. Buying a player automatically assigns them a unique, unused jersey number.
- Selling Players: Clean up your squad size by selling surplus bench players to earn extra Pints.
- Safety Safeguards: To prevent soft-locks, you cannot sell a goalkeeper if they are the only goalkeeper remaining in your squad.
🏆 Tournament Scoring & Rules
Points are awarded based on match outcomes:
- Group Stage Qualification: The top 2 teams from each of the 12 groups automatically advance. The remaining 8 spots in the Round of 32 are awarded to the 8 best third-placed teams across the tournament (ranked by points, then goal difference, then goals scored).
- Match Win: +3 Points (+2 points for goals scored, +3 points for clean sheet, and -1 point per goal conceded).
- Match Draw: +1 Point.
- The Pub Cup Bonus: Surviving and winning the Grand Final awards an additional 50 points!
- Leaderboard: Compete to save your score to the Hall of Fame. Winning the tournament with fewer transfers/pints spent maximizes your high score!
Hall of Fame
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