Is there a free FIFA World Cup API?

Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.

Which FIFA World Cup endpoints are available?

Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters, athletes, news. Not available or not verified: box score (limited), odds (not verified), win probability (not available), injuries (not available), schedule / weeks (limited), ncaa tournament (not available).

Does the FIFA World Cup API include betting odds?

Not currently. No upcoming games to check when verified. The odds endpoint returns data: null with a message when a game has no odds.

Does it include FIFA World Cup injuries?

No. The injuries endpoint returned no records for FIFA World Cup when we checked, so treat injuries as not available for this league.

Can I get FIFA World Cup score updates pushed instead of polling?

Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to fifa.world.

FIFA World Cup API

Realtime Sports API serves FIFA World Cup games through the same REST endpoints and JSON schema as every other league, using sport=soccer and league=fifa.world. You get the current scoreboard, live scores, game detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters and news. Not currently available or not verified for this league: betting odds, injuries, player box-score stats. Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA.

Slugs: sport=soccer
league=fifa.world
Teams: 48
Season (from data): 2026 FIFA World Cup Final
In the scoreboard now: 1 games

Recent FIFA World Cup results

FIFA World Cup games from the API
Date	Away	Home	Time / Result	TV	Venue
Sun, Jul 19	Argentina	Spain	0 - 1 Final		MetLife Stadium · East Rutherford, New Jersey

From the /events endpoint for this league, refreshed every few minutes. Times are US Eastern. Full FIFA World Cup schedule

Live example

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/fifa.world/events?limit=1"

Response captured from live data at 2026-10-05 02:09 UTC (refreshed every few minutes). Long arrays are trimmed; meta.rateLimit values are illustrative for a Free key.

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "760517",
      "uid": "s:600~l:606~e:760517",
      "name": "Argentina at Spain",
      "shortName": "ARG @ ESP",
      "date": "2026-07-19T19:00Z",
      "status": {
        "state": "post",
        "completed": true,
        "period": 4,
        "clock": "120'+5'",
        "detail": "AET",
        "halftime": false,
        "firstHalfEnded": true
      },
      "homeTeam": {
        "id": "164",
        "name": "Spain",
        "abbreviation": "ESP",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXRAOTx4BEAUMEAJcVApZVElJSEMNVQ",
        "color": "c60b1e",
        "alternateColor": "FFFFFF",
        "winner": true,
        "score": 1
      },
      "awayTeam": {
        "id": "202",
        "name": "Argentina",
        "abbreviation": "ARG",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXRAOTx4BEAUMEAJcVApZUEheSEMNVQ",
        "color": "74acdf",
        "alternateColor": "173E69",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 0
      },
      "competition": {
        "attendance": 80663,
        "neutralSite": false,
        "conferenceCompetition": false,
        "divisionCompetition": false,
        "playByPlayAvailable": true,
        "highlightsAvailable": false
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "4727",
        "name": "MetLife Stadium",
        "city": "East Rutherford, New Jersey",
        "indoor": false,
        "grass": false
      },
      "notes": [],
      "season": {
        "year": 2026,
        "displayName": "2026 FIFA World Cup",
        "type": {
          "id": "7",
          "name": "Final",
          "abbreviation": "Final"
        },
        "week": {}
      },
      "broadcasts": [
        {
          "network": {},
          "type": "TV"
        },
        {
          "network": {},
          "type": "TV"
        },
        {
          "network": {},
          "type": "STREAMING"
        }
      ],
      "officials": [
        {
          "id": "6444",
          "fullName": "Slavko Vincici",
          "displayName": "Slavko Vincici",
          "order": 1,
          "position": "Referee"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "rateLimit": {
      "limit": 125,
      "remaining": 124,
      "reset": 1793491200000
    }
  }
}

FIFA World Cup endpoints

Checked against live data on 2026-10-04. Paths are relative to /api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/fifa.world.

Endpoint	Path	FIFA World Cup	Notes
Live scores	/events/live	Available
Events (scoreboard)	/events	Available
Event detail	/events/{eventId}	Available
Play-by-play	/events/{eventId}/plays	Available
Box score	/events/{eventId}/boxscore	Limited	Team totals and period scores only; player stats are not returned.
Odds	/events/{eventId}/odds	Not verified	No upcoming games to check when verified.
Win probability	/events/{eventId}/winprobability	Not available
Teams	/teams	Available
Rosters	/teams/{teamId}/roster	Available
Athletes	/athletes/search	Available
Injuries	/injuries	Not available
News	/news	Available
Schedule / weeks	/seasons/{season}/schedule	Limited	Date-range lookups for this competition may be incomplete; the current scoreboard (/events) is reliable.
NCAA tournament	/seasons/{season}/tournament	Not available
Webhooks	/webhooks	Available
WebSocket	/websocket/auth	Available

Schedules are by date, not week: use /events for the current scoreboard and /seasons/{season}/schedule for a season. Week parameters return SCHEDULE_WEEKS_NOT_SUPPORTED.
Soccer play-by-play is a stream of match events (passes, shots, fouls, cards); box scores carry team totals and period scores without player rows.
Date-range lookups for this competition may be incomplete; the current scoreboard (/events) is reliable.

Event object fields

Every FIFA World Cup game in the events, live and schedule endpoints uses the same Event object as other leagues.

Field	Type	Notes
id	string	Event id; use it with the detail, plays, box score and odds endpoints.
uid	string
name	string	Full matchup name.
shortName	string	Abbreviated matchup, e.g. "AWAY @ HOME".
date	string	Start time, ISO-8601 UTC.
status	EventStatus	state (pre, in, post), completed, period, clock and display detail.
homeTeam	EventTeam	id, name, abbreviation, colors, logo (proxied), record, score, winner.
awayTeam	EventTeam	Same shape as homeTeam.
competition	object	attendance, neutralSite, conference/division flags, playByPlayAvailable.
venue	object	Venue id, name, city, state, indoor, grass (null when unknown).
notes	string[]	Headline notes, e.g. round or rivalry names.
season	object	year, type (preseason/regular/postseason) and week where the league uses weeks.
broadcasts	object[]	TV/stream networks for the game.
officials	object[]	Game officials when published.
odds	Odds	Only with includeOdds=true and when the game has odds.

Code samples

curl

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/fifa.world/events?limit=5"

JavaScript (fetch)

const res = await fetch("https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/fifa.world/events?limit=5", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RSA_API_KEY}` }
});
const { success, data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.rateLimit);

Python (requests)

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/fifa.world/events?limit=5",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['RSA_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["data"])

MCP prompt (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT)

Using the Realtime Sports MCP server (https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp), call get_events with sport "soccer" and league "fifa.world" and list the games it returns with start times, status and scores for FIFA World Cup.

Connect the hosted MCP server first: setup guide. Each tool call counts as one API call.

Rate limits and pricing

Plan	Price	Calls	Rate	WebSocket	Webhooks
Free	$0	125/mo (1,000 first 30 days)	1/s	500 msgs/mo	No
Starter	$29/mo ($290/yr)	10,000/mo	5/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Growth	$49/mo ($490/yr)	25,000/mo	10/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Pro	$99/mo ($990/yr)	50,000/mo	20/s	100,000 msgs/mo	25,000/mo
Scale	$299/mo ($2,990/yr)	500,000/mo	100/s	500,000 msgs/mo	100,000/mo

Every successful REST call counts as one call. Over the limit you get HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. No SLA. Full pricing.

29 leagues monitored live: NFL, college football, NBA, men's college basketball, MLB, NHL and 23 soccer competitions.

FAQ

Is there a free FIFA World Cup API?: Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.
How fresh is the FIFA World Cup data?: Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA. It is not intended for in-play betting that needs sub-second data.
Which FIFA World Cup endpoints are available?: Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters, athletes, news. Not available or not verified: box score (limited), odds (not verified), win probability (not available), injuries (not available), schedule / weeks (limited), ncaa tournament (not available).
Does the FIFA World Cup API include betting odds?: Not currently. No upcoming games to check when verified. The odds endpoint returns data: null with a message when a game has no odds.
Does it include FIFA World Cup injuries?: No. The injuries endpoint returned no records for FIFA World Cup when we checked, so treat injuries as not available for this league.
Can I get FIFA World Cup score updates pushed instead of polling?: Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to fifa.world.