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⚽ World Cup 2026 — Real-Time Events Notifications

Hook up your app, bot, or automation to live match pings for World Cup 2026. This setup actor is the one-time “where should we send stuff?” step.

What you get 🔔

Once you’re in, your webhook gets instant POST notifications when the action hits the pitch:

• ⚽ Goals (scorer + assist when available)
• 🟨🟥 Cards (Red/Yellow)
• 🔄 Substitutions
• ⏱️ Match phases — kickoff, HT, 2nd half, FT, stoppage time

No polling. No F5 spam. Events land on your URL as they happen.

Discord? Paste a channel webhook URL — the stream actor formats each update as a ready-to-post content message (goals, cards, subs, HT/FT).

Live examples on Webhook.site

Real POSTs from the delivery service during live WC26 — open the inbox to inspect full JSONs: https://webhook.site/#!/view/01b18b65-2625-4129-88f1-3ca2cdfe0615

Each notification is a separate POST.

How it works (5 seconds setup)

1. Create a free Apify account
2. Run this actor with your webhook URL
3. Optional: check Send test payload — dummy goal POST to confirm delivery
4. We save it next to your Apify account
5. Our delivery service fires live JSON during live matches

One setup run → notifications in the background all tournament long. Free. Easy.

Input

The Apify form has two sections: Webhook delivery (URL + test ping) and Notification events (what to send).

{
"webhookUrl":"https://your-server.com/notifications/wc26",
"testWebhook":true,
"subscribeGoals":true,
"subscribeYellowCards":false,
"subscribeRedCards":true,
"subscribePeriods":false,
"subscribeSubstitutions":true
}

Node, Python, Zapier, Make, n8n — if it accepts POST, you’re good. Discord works too — paste a channel webhook URL and the stream actor formats messages for you.

Setup test ping

When testWebhook is checked (default on), the setup actor POSTs one dummy notification — A similar shape to a real goal, marked test: true:

{
"test":true,
"message":"Ready to receive World Cup chaos!",
"channel":"test",
"match":"Test Home FC vs Test Away FC",
"summary":{
"kind":"test",
"type":"goal",
"text":"Ready to receive World Cup chaos! — Test Player 0' (assist Test Assist) (1-0)",
"score":{"home":1,"away":0}
}
}

Discord receives { "content": "⚽ Ready to receive World Cup chaos! — …" }. Setup still succeeds if the ping fails — check run output testWebhook.ok.

Output (dataset)

Successful run = one confirmation row:

{
"subscriptionId":"uuid",
"apifyUserId":"your-apify-user-id",
"webhookUrl":"https://your-server.com/notifications/wc26",
"eventTypes":{
"goals":true,
"yellowCards":false,
"redCards":true,
"periods":false,
"substitutions":true
},
"updatedAt":"2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z",
"testWebhook":{
"sent":true,
"ok":true,
"status":200
}
}

Changing your URL

• One slot per Apify user
• Run again with a new URL → we swap it in
• No duplicate subscriptions cluttering things

What a notification looks like 📬

During live World Cup matches, the delivery service POSTs to your webhookUrl.

• Discord (discord.com/api/webhooks/...) → { "content": "..." } — formatted.
• Everything else → full JSON payload below

HTTP request

POST/notifications/wc26HTTP/1.1
Host:your-server.com
Content-Type:application/json
{ ... body below ... }

You only receive event types you enabled at setup (subscribeGoals, subscribeYellowCards, etc.). If you left only Goals checked, you will not get cards or subs.

Below: JSON shapes from live delivery. For raw POSTs with timestamps, see the Webhook.site inbox.

Goal (with scorer + assist)

Live delivery — Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina (event 15186836):

{
"ts":"2026-06-12T20:59:02.379Z",
"eventId":15186836,
"subject":"event.15186836",
"channel":"incidents",
"incidentId":351558696,
"homeTeam":"Canada",
"awayTeam":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"match":"Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"summary":{
"kind":"goal",
"type":"goal",
"class":"regular",
"side":"away",
"team":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"minute":21,
"player":"J. Lukić",
"assist":"S. Kolašinac",
"text":"Goal — J. Lukić 21' (assist S. Kolašinac) (0-1)",
"score":{"home":0,"away":1}
},
"team":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"player":"J. Lukić",
"assist":"S. Kolašinac"
}

Earlier WC26 example — Mexico vs South Africa (event 15186710):

{
"ts":"2026-06-11T19:14:50.813Z",
"eventId":15186710,
"subject":"event.15186710",
"channel":"score",
"homeTeam":"Mexico",
"awayTeam":"South Africa",
"match":"Mexico vs South Africa",
"summary":{
"kind":"goal",
"side":"home",
"team":"Mexico",
"score":"1-0",
"player":"J. Quiñones",
"assist":"E. Lira",
"minute":9,
"text":"Goal — J. Quiñones 9' (assist E. Lira) (1-0)"
},
"patch":{
"homeScore.current":1,
"awayScore.current":0
},
"incidentId":351455858,
"player":"J. Quiñones",
"assist":"E. Lira"
}

summary.text is ready to forward to Discord, Slack, or SMS as-is.

Red card

{
"ts":"2026-06-11T20:16:38.921Z",
"eventId":15186710,
"subject":"event.15186710",
"channel":"incidents",
"incidentId":125277734,
"homeTeam":"Mexico",
"awayTeam":"South Africa",
"match":"Mexico vs South Africa",
"summary":{
"kind":"red",
"type":"card",
"class":"red",
"side":"away",
"team":"South Africa",
"minute":49,
"player":"S. Sithole",
"text":"red — S. Sithole 49'"
},
"team":"South Africa",
"player":"S. Sithole"
}

Yellow card

Live delivery — Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina:

{
"ts":"2026-06-12T19:46:42.144Z",
"eventId":15186836,
"subject":"event.15186836",
"channel":"incidents",
"incidentId":125279344,
"homeTeam":"Canada",
"awayTeam":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"match":"Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"summary":{
"kind":"yellow",
"type":"card",
"class":"yellow",
"side":"away",
"team":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"minute":45,
"player":"E. Demirović",
"text":"yellow — E. Demirović 45'"
},
"team":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"player":"E. Demirović"
}

Substitution

playerIn / playerOut appear only on substitutions. Live delivery — Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina:

{
"ts":"2026-06-12T20:22:12.251Z",
"eventId":15186836,
"subject":"event.15186836",
"channel":"incidents",
"incidentId":126397427,
"homeTeam":"Canada",
"awayTeam":"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"match":"Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"summary":{
"kind":"substitution",
"type":"substitution",
"class":"regular",
"side":"home",
"team":"Canada",
"minute":61,
"text":"Sub — L. Millar → J. Shaffelburg 61'",
"playerIn":"J. Shaffelburg",
"playerOut":"L. Millar"
},
"team":"Canada",
"playerIn":"J. Shaffelburg",
"playerOut":"L. Millar"
}

Match phases (kickoff → HT → 2H → FT)

Enable subscribePeriods for whistle-to-whistle milestones. One POST per phase change. Same top-level shape as goals and cards: homeTeam, awayTeam, match, and a readable summary.text.

Full time — webhook JSON sample:

{
"ts":"2026-06-17T22:00:37.794Z",
"eventId":15186504,
"subject":"event.15186504",
"channel":"score",
"summary":{
"kind":"status",
"type":"period",
"phase":"full_time",
"text":"Full time — England vs Croatia (4-2)",
"score":{
"home":4,
"away":2
},
"status":{
"code":100,
"description":"Ended"
}
},
"homeTeam":"England",
"awayTeam":"Croatia",
"match":"England vs Croatia"
}

Halftime — webhook JSON sample:

{
"ts":"2026-06-11T19:55:00.676Z",
"eventId":15186710,
"subject":"sport.football",
"channel":"score",
"homeTeam":"Mexico",
"awayTeam":"South Africa",
"match":"Mexico vs South Africa",
"summary":{
"kind":"status",
"type":"period",
"phase":"halftime",
"text":"Halftime — Mexico vs South Africa (1-0)",
"score":{"home":1,"away":0},
"status":{"code":31,"description":"Halftime"}
}
}

Stoppage time uses summary.kind: "stoppage_time" with minutes and period (1 or 2).

Other phases use the same shape: first_half, second_half, extra_time, penalties.

Field cheat sheet

You’re live when…

Delivery kicks in once your URL is on the notification service. Changed URL or event toggles? Picked up within about 5 minutes (no restart needed).

Want to try it? Plug in your webhook, open your logs, and wait for the beautiful chaos of live World Cup football. 🏆

📬 Contact & Support

Need a custom solution? Have a feature request, a collaboration beyond the FIFA 2026 World Cup or just want to chat? We'd love to hear from you!

• 💬 Discord: @azzouzana
• 📧 Email: labs@azzouzana.com