As the 2026 World Cup comes to an end, BBC Sport Editor Dan Roan takes a look back at the highs and lows of the biggest version of the tournament ever.

The 2-1 defeat was the most-watched match of World Cup 2026 and the year's most-watched UK live TV broadcast, above England's quarter-final win against Norway on ITV1, which peaked at 16.8m, as per Barb figures via overnights.

BBC Sport’s 2026 World Cup studio begins with a practical constraint: most of the broadcaster’s presentation is coming from Salford, not from North America. Rather than disguise that fact, the design uses a combination of physical scenery and virtual production to give the coverage a stronger sense of place.

Get involved in our interactive World Cup quiz where we'll be asking questions and seeing who can top our leaderboard.

Forty-eight teams, 104 matches - and you can predict them all across the BBC Sport website and app. A new predictor game is being introduced to cover this year's World Cup, allowing users to pick what they think will be the result from every match.

It was a monumental night for more reasons than one.

Following an action-packed group stage at the FIFA World Cup 2026, BBC Sport has confirmed its full TV schedule for the Round of 32

BBC Sport built its 2026 FIFA World Cup studio at dock10 in Salford, using physical scenery and virtual production to connect the coverage with host cities across North America. BBC Sport creates city-changing XR studio for 2026 World Cup The design combined an LED volume with architectural elements inspired by a New York apartment,