27 resultsfor “Argentina World Cup 2026 performance”
Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5, 2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3403x3403+849+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa2%2Fb2%2Fe79c34774d11a28b917050afb0ea%2Fgettyimages-2250186867-1.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770564/fifa-world-cup-ticket-prices) ### [2026 World Cup: North America](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/2026-world-cup-north-america) ### [FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much
performance:** Group stage (1986, 2022) **First appearance:** 1986 (Mexico) **Top goal scorer:** Alphonso Davies (1) **Player to watch:** Alphonso Davies **FIFA world ranking:** 30 Football participation overtook ice hockey in Canada in the 1990s
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Matias Baglietto/File Photo](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-02T082541Z_512923136_RC2CLAAW34OQ_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-GROUPJ-ARGENTINA-MESSI-1780559403.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C531&quality=80) Injuries have cast doubt over Lionel Messi’s involvement in the upcoming World Cup [File: Matias Baglietto/Reuters] ## Luka Modric – Croatia
performers, finishing as World Cup runners-up in 2018 and earning third place at the last edition, in 2022, as well as 1998. Their 40-year-old captain [Luka Modric](/sports/2026/6/4/ronaldo-messi-at-world-cup-who-else-is-playing-their-final-tournament) may well be heading
2026 World Cup? Total votes** **France (9):** *Scott Brown, Gael Clichy, Rachel Corsie, Olivier Giroud, Danny Murphy, Paul Robinson, Tony Pulis, Alan Shearer & Chris Sutton* **England (7):** *Thomas Frank, Joe Hart, Steph Houghton, Martin Keown
2026: ## Contenders for the Golden Boot:  England’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal against Albania in the World Cup qualifiers [File: Peter Cziborra/Reuters] ## Harry Kane – England **Previous
2026.** He starts with the scores for the first matches in each group, including the tournament opener between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa, holders Argentina against Algeria and England versus Croatia. AI, which finished