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2026 FIFA World Cup (2026)

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FIFA World Cup 2026: Preview Series is a documentary series that looks ahead to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Each episode highlights national teams, players, and key football stories from around the world. The series explores how countries are preparing for the tournament and the expectations surrounding both favourites and underdog teams.

IMDb rating
7.2 (1,060 votes)
Episode average
6.4 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons
6
Status
Still airing
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2026)

6.63 avg 24 episodes 6.1 → 6.5

Ep 1: 6.1 · 1,445 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 1,017 votesEp 3: 5.6 · 865 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 863 votesEp 5: 5.5 · 559 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 577 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 897 votesEp 8: 5.2 · 696 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 533 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 719 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 935 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 497 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 631 votesEp 14: 6.5 · 682 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 418 votesEp 16: 6.3 · 537 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 561 votesEp 18: 6.7 · 404 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 670 votesEp 20: 6.3 · 315 votesEp 21: 4.4 · 309 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 663 votesEp 23: 5.4 · 491 votesEp 24: 6.5 · 329 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Group A: Mexico vs. South Africa6.11,445
2Group A: South Korea vs. Czech Republic7.21,017
3Group B: Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina5.6865
4Group D: United States vs. Paraguay7.4863
5Group C: Haiti vs. Scotland5.5559
6Group D: Australia vs. Turkey6.5577
7Group C: Brazil vs. Morocco7.1897
8Group B: Qatar vs. Switzerland5.2696
9Group E: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador6.5533
10Group E: Germany vs. Curaçao7.2719
11Group F: Netherlands vs. Japan8.2935
12Group F: Sweden vs. Tunisia6.6497
13Group H: Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay7.1631
14Group H: Spain vs. Cape Verde6.5682
15Group G: Iran vs. New Zealand7.0418
16Group G: Belgium vs. Egypt6.3537
17Group I: France vs. Senegal7.4561
18Group I: Iraq vs. Norway6.7404
19Group J: Argentina vs. Algeria8.0670
20Group J: Austria vs. Jordan6.3315
21Group L: Ghana vs. Panama4.4309
22Group L: England vs. Croatia8.4663
23Group K: Portugal vs. DR Congo5.4491
24Group K: Uzbekistan vs. Colombia6.5329

Season 2 (2026)

6.06 avg 24 episodes 4.7 → 5.9

Ep 1: 4.7 · 314 votesEp 2: 6.3 · 332 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 320 votesEp 4: 5.4 · 345 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 308 votesEp 6: 5.3 · 284 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 282 votesEp 8: 5.8 · 311 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 373 votesEp 10: 5.6 · 255 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 344 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 251 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 334 votesEp 14: 6.2 · 349 votesEp 15: 5.3 · 307 votesEp 16: 6.5 · 241 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 272 votesEp 18: 5.7 · 262 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 391 votesEp 20: 5.4 · 204 votesEp 21: 4.3 · 311 votesEp 22: 4.7 · 198 votesEp 23: 6.8 · 346 votesEp 24: 5.9 · 210 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Group A: Czech Republic vs. South Africa4.7314
2Group B: Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina6.3332
3Group B: Canada vs. Qatar6.3320
4Group A: Mexico vs. South Korea5.4345
5Group C: Brazil vs. Haiti6.2308
6Group C: Scotland vs. Morocco5.3284
7Group D: Turkey vs. Paraguay5.9282
8Group D: United States vs. Australia5.8311
9Group E: Germany vs. Ivory Coast7.2373
10Group E: Ecuador vs. Curaçao5.6255
11Group F: Netherlands vs. Sweden7.1344
12Group F: Tunisia vs. Japan6.5251
13Group H: Uruguay vs. Cape Verde7.8334
14Group H: Spain vs. Saudi Arabia6.2349
15Group G: Belgium vs. Iran5.3307
16Group G: New Zealand vs. Egypt6.5241
17Group I: Norway vs. Senegal7.4272
18Group I: France vs. Iraq5.7262
19Group J: Argentina vs. Austria7.2391
20Group J: Jordan vs. Algeria5.4204
21Group L: England vs. Ghana4.3311
22Group L: Panama vs. Croatia4.7198
23Group K: Portugal vs. Uzbekistan6.8346
24Group K: Colombia vs. DR Congo5.9210

Season 3 (2026)

6.09 avg 24 episodes 6.6 → 5.7

Ep 1: 6.6 · 278 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 219 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 247 votesEp 4: 5.8 · 208 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 245 votesEp 6: 5.2 · 201 votesEp 7: 5.3 · 183 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 334 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 233 votesEp 10: 5.7 · 186 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 215 votesEp 12: 3.3 · 222 votesEp 13: 6.3 · 316 votesEp 14: 6.0 · 185 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 211 votesEp 16: 6.2 · 197 votesEp 17: 5.3 · 201 votesEp 18: 5.2 · 248 votesEp 19: 5.4 · 222 votesEp 20: 5.8 · 193 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 308 votesEp 22: 6.5 · 246 votesEp 23: 6.6 · 293 votesEp 24: 5.7 · 180 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Group C: Scotland vs. Brazil6.6278
2Group C: Morocco vs. Haiti7.5219
3Group B: Switzerland vs. Canada6.3247
4Group B: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Qatar5.8208
5Group A: Czech Republic vs. Mexico6.2245
6Group A: South Africa vs. South Korea5.2201
7Group E: Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast5.3183
8Group E: Ecuador vs. Germany7.4334
9Group F: Japan vs. Sweden6.2233
10Group F: Tunisia vs. Netherlands5.7186
11Group D: Turkey vs. United States6.9215
12Group D: Paraguay vs. Australia3.3222
13Group I: Norway vs. France6.3316
14Group I: Senegal vs. Iraq6.0185
15Group G: Egypt vs. Iran6.6211
16Group G: New Zealand vs. Belgium6.2197
17Group H: Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia5.3201
18Group H: Uruguay vs. Spain5.2248
19Group L: Panama vs. England5.4222
20Group L: Croatia vs. Ghana5.8193
21Group J: Algeria vs. Austria8.2308
22Group J: Jordan vs. Argentina6.5246
23Group K: Colombia vs. Portugal6.6293
24Group K: DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan5.7180

Season 4 (2026)

6.96 avg 16 episodes 5.3 → 6.2

Ep 1: 5.3 · 339 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 536 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 484 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 440 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 329 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 347 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 311 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 373 votesEp 9: 5.9 · 248 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 458 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 539 votesEp 12: 6.2 · 321 votesEp 13: 5.1 · 221 votesEp 14: 9.6 · 1,480 votesEp 15: 5.4 · 231 votesEp 16: 6.2 · 302 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Round of 32: South Africa vs. Canada5.3339
2Round of 32: Brazil vs. Japan7.7536
3Round of 32: Germany vs. Paraguay7.7484
4Round of 32: Netherlands vs. Morocco8.1440
5Round of 32: Ivory Coast vs. Norway7.1329
6Round of 32: France vs. Sweden6.7347
7Round of 32: Mexico vs. Ecuador6.6311
8Round of 32: England vs. DR Congo7.1373
9Round of 32: United States vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina5.9248
10Round of 32: Belgium vs. Senegal8.4458
11Round of 32: Portugal vs. Croatia8.2539
12Round of 32: Spain vs. Austria6.2321
13Round of 32: Switzerland vs. Algeria5.1221
14Round of 32: Argentina vs. Cape Verde9.61,480
15Round of 32: Colombia vs. Ghana5.4231
16Round of 32: Australia vs. Egypt6.2302

Season 5 (2026)

6.85 avg 8 episodes 5.4 → 5.2

Ep 1: 5.4 · 410 votesEp 2: 6.3 · 343 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 510 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 777 votesEp 5: 5.8 · 451 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 306 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 873 votesEp 8: 5.2 · 306 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Round of 16: Paraguay vs. France5.4410
2Round of 16: Canada vs. Morocco6.3343
3Round of 16: Brazil vs. Norway7.7510
4Round of 16: Mexico vs. England8.9777
5Round of 16: Portugal vs. Spain5.8451
6Round of 16: United States vs. Belgium6.7306
7Round of 16: Argentina vs. Egypt8.8873
8Round of 16: Switzerland vs. Colombia5.2306

Season 6 (2026)

6.78 avg 4 episodes Still airing 6.2 → 7.0

Ep 1: 6.2 · 364 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 301 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 353 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 330 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Quarter-Finals: France vs. Morocco6.2364
2Quarter-Finals: Spain vs. Belgium6.7301
3Quarter-Finals: Norway vs. England7.2353
4Quarter-Finals: Argentina vs. Switzerland7.0330
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