The 2026 Fifa World Cup, hailed as the biggest ever, has drawn to a close – and the BBC has marked the end with a closing montage of its coverage, featuring all the highs, lows and colour from the tournament.
The broadcaster released the video on its Sport website, inviting fans to relive the drama of a World Cup that spanned 48 teams and three host nations. The montage, described as capturing the essence of the event, comes as a separate tribute from the Guardian, which rounded up some of the stranger photographs taken during the tournament.
“BBC releases closing montage of 'biggest ever' World Cup 2026 as Guardian rounds up strangest moments”
Among the images in the Guardian's gallery: animals, cake, and a dancing robot. 'As we say goodbye and adios to World Cup 2026,' the captions read, the collection offers a quirky farewell to a tournament that mixed sporting glory with offbeat moments.
The BBC's montage and the Guardian's photo roundup serve as two distinct bookends to a World Cup that, by the BBC's own measure, was the largest in history. Fans can now watch the montage on the BBC Sport site or browse the Guardian's gallery of strangest snaps – a final, off-field flourish to a month of football.