worldcup.json

Free open public domain football data for the world cups in the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format incl. Qatar 2022, Russia 2018 and more - No API key required ;-).

Example - World Cup in Russia 2018 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Results) - 2018/worldcup.json:

{
  "name": "World Cup 2018",
  "rounds": [
    {
      "name": "Matchday 1",
      "matches": [
        {
          "num": 1,
          "date": "2018-06-14",
          "time": "18:00",
          "team1": { "name": "Russia",       "code": "RUS" },
          "team2": { "name": "Saudi Arabia", "code": "KSA" },
          "score1":  5,
          "score2":  0,
          "score1i": 2,
          "score2i": 0,
          "goals1": [
            { "name": "Gazinsky",   "minute": 12,              "score1": 1, "score2": 0 },
            { "name": "Cheryshev",  "minute": 43,              "score1": 2, "score2": 0 },
            { "name": "Dzyuba",     "minute": 71,              "score1": 3, "score2": 0 },
            { "name": "Cheryshev",  "minute": 90, "offset": 1, "score1": 4, "score2": 0 },
            { "name": "Golovin",    "minute": 90, "offset": 4, "score1": 5, "score2": 0 }
          ],
          "goals2": [],
          "group": "Group A",
          "stadium": { "key": "luzhniki", "name": "Luzhniki Stadium" },
          "city": "Moscow",
          "timezone": "UTC+3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Matchday 2",
      "matches": [
        {
          "num": 2,
          "date": "2018-06-15",
          "time": "17:00",
          "team1": { "name": "Egypt",   "code": "EGY" },
          "team2": { "name": "Uruguay", "code": "URU" },
          "score1":  0,
          "score2":  1,
          "score1i": 0,
          "score2i": 0,
          "goals1": [],
          "goals2": [
            { "name": "Giménez",  "minute": 89,  "score1": 0, "score2": 1 }
          ],
          "group": "Group A",
          "stadium": { "key": "ekaterinburg", "name": "Ekaterinburg Arena" },
          "city": "Ekaterinburg",
          "timezone": "UTC+5"
        },
        ...
      ],
    },
  ],
}

How to Use the Public JSON HTTP API (Micro) Web Service - No API Key Required ;-)

Use the "raw" links served by GitHub (otherwise you get the complete "formatted" GitHub web page). Example:

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openfootball/worldcup.json/master/2018/worldcup.json

Updates / Contributions Welcome - Please Update the Source Text Files

Note: The JSON files get (auto-)generated using the football.db datasets, thus, please do NOT edit the JSON files but the source text files in the world cup (and friends) repos e.g.:

• World Cups in /worldcup
• National Teams in /national-teams
• Stadiums in /stadiums
• and so on

Note: For the World Cup 2022 please update the source text file /worldcup/2022--qatar/cup.txt for the group stage and /worldcup/2022--qatar/cup_finals.txt for the knockout (quarter-finals, semi-finals, etc.) stage.

Contributions Welcome - Add Your Leagues and Tournaments!

Any leagues or tournaments missing? Contributions welcome! For starting your own repo from scratch see the League Quick Starter Kit.

License

The worldcup.json schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Projects in the Real-World Using worldcup.json

World Cup 2018

Yes, you're more than welcome to send a pull request (PR) with your project!

• https://github.com/sportdb/footty -- command line tool in ruby; shows todays' matches or yesterdays' or tomorrows' or all past or all upcoming

• https://github.com/geeknat/heyrussia -- command line tool in go; shows matches, stadiums, groups, standings, etc.

Feel free to add your project here!

Questions? Comments?

Send them along to the Open Sports & Friends Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!