The Wildcard Vault

Wildcard = final-placement points (Winner/Runner-up/3rd/4th) + fun-category bonuses (10 pts each). These are relative to other teams, so they can shift as more games are played. Group-position points are locked in as soon as a group concludes, so they count toward Locked In instead. See Rules for how each bonus is earned.

By the Numbers

Note: bonus points are only awarded once the tournament ends. The teams below are the current leaders for each category — standings can still change.

Category	Points (Total Awarded)	Current Value	Leaders (Teams)
Undisputed Champion	30.0	—	No one meets this criteria yet — 0 points
So Close, Yet So Far	20.0	—	No one meets this criteria yet — 0 points
Bronze Squad	15.0	—	No one meets this criteria yet — 0 points
Honorable Mention	10.0	—	No one meets this criteria yet — 0 points
Boot Squad	10.0	3.3 goals/game (avg, 13 in 4 matches)	France
Golden Boot Energy	10.0	6 goals	Argentina, France
The Wall	10.0	0.0 conceded/game (avg, 0 in 3 matches)	Mexico, Spain
Leaky Buckets	10.0	4.0 conceded/game (avg, 12 in 3 matches)	Iraq, Tunisia
Lightning Bolt	10.0	2' (earliest)	Paraguay
Oops, My Bad	10.0	3' (earliest)	Tunisia

Undisputed Champion

—

No leaders yet

+30.0

So Close, Yet So Far

—

No leaders yet

+20.0

Bronze Squad

—

No leaders yet

+15.0

Honorable Mention

—

No leaders yet

+10.0

Boot Squad

3.3 goals/game (avg, 13 in 4 matches)

France

+10.0

Golden Boot Energy

6 goals

Argentina, France

+10.0

The Wall

0.0 conceded/game (avg, 0 in 3 matches)

Mexico, Spain

+10.0

Leaky Buckets

4.0 conceded/game (avg, 12 in 3 matches)

Iraq, Tunisia

+10.0

Lightning Bolt

2' (earliest)

Paraguay

+10.0

Oops, My Bad

3' (earliest)

Tunisia

+10.0

"avg" values are calculated per game played (total ÷ matches played), not totals — per the rules, an early-eliminated team can still lead a per-game category.

Team Glory

Team	Why	Wildcard
France	Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Tunisia	Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Oops, My Bad (3' vs Netherlands): +10.0	20.0
Spain	The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Argentina	Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Mexico	The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Paraguay	Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	10.0
Iraq	Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0

France

+20.0

Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0
Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0

Tunisia

+20.0

Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0
Oops, My Bad (3' vs Netherlands): +10.0

Spain

+10.0

The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0

Argentina

+10.0

Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0

Mexico

+10.0

The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0

Paraguay

+10.0

Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0

Iraq

+10.0

Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0

Pool Bragging Rights

Player	Earning bonus from	Wildcard
Andrew Jones	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Vineet Enagandula	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
John Taylor	Tunisia Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Oops, My Bad (3' vs Netherlands): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
Alistair Backhouse	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
Akshay Chhabria	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Amar Gill	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Priyanka Hingorani	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Julien Lavergne	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Harsh Modhvadia	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Tony Lao	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
Chris South	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
Kate Millar	Tunisia Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Oops, My Bad (3' vs Netherlands): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	30.0
Richard Ebourne	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0 Iraq Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	30.0
Vineet Gemini	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	30.0
Mahim Kapoor	Tunisia Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Oops, My Bad (3' vs Netherlands): +10.0 Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	30.0
Ayush Sharma	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Bonan Shen	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	20.0
Enzo Puissant	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Louis Liu	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Lily Yee	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Zhi Wang	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Azan Khan	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Caroline Clement	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Glen Fernandes	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Leo Poisot	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Karna Shah	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Matt Buchan	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Yohan Kim	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Lloyd Brown	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Dmitry Proselkov	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	20.0
Oli Bamford	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Monson Palety	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Genevieve Siddons	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Naramsetty Sai Santosh	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Rakesh Jain	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Jared Barazetti-Scott	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Jason Wilkinson	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
James Sawyer	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Ben Thorogood	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Davit Avagyan	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Magnus Mencke	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	20.0
Akash Sahu	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
James Weller	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Xin Zhao	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Tilly Snoddy	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
James Norris	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Aditya Subramanian	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	20.0
Paul Mawdsley	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Christian Redon	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Min Hyeon Jin	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
David Torcal Gomez	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Mitali Chouhan	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0 Iraq Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	20.0
Alex Brown	France Boot Squad (4-1 vs Norway): +10.0 Golden Boot Energy (Kylian Mbappé): +10.0	20.0
Krishna Mandalia	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	20.0
Zheng Ruan	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0 Iraq Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	20.0
Davinder Singh	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Paul Forrow	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Matthew Lessentin	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Mark Gibbs	Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	10.0
Jason Powers	Iraq Leaky Buckets (12 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Tom Cumming	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
James Launders	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Laurence Byrne	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Pratik Saraogi	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Yanmei Huang	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Shailee Shah	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Andrew Watson	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Sergei Knyazpitskiy	Mexico The Wall (0 goals conceded in 4 matches): +10.0	10.0
Lauren Thompson	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Zhe Jiang	Paraguay Lightning Bolt (2' vs Turkey): +10.0	10.0
Steph Taylor	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Alex Lekkas	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Fiona He	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Joshua Brathwaite	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Gemma Ang	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Louise Murray	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Francesco Lepre	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Aymane Fardadi	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Barry McQuaid	Argentina Golden Boot Energy (Lionel Messi): +10.0	10.0
Antonios Diplaridis	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Jo Givens	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Radhika N H	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Valentin Buretea	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0
Zara Hussain	Spain The Wall (0 goals conceded in 3 matches): +10.0	10.0