THE LATEST DISPATCH hot from the front
DISPATCH No. — · AWAITING KICKOFF
The Armies Assemble
On the eve of battle: the twelve banners are raised, the forty-eight armies muster, and the Imperial Court of FIFA prepares its hot dogs. The chronicle begins June 12.
SEE THE BATTLE CALENDAR →THE EDITIONS the chronicle so far — and the battles to come
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No. 1 · June 12
Dispatch I — The First Blood of the Eagle Knights
June 11 — Mexico v South Africa at the Azteca; Korea v Czechia
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No. 2 · June 13
Dispatch II — Title to be inscribed
June 12 — CANADA v Bosnia in Toronto; the Empire v Paraguay
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No. 3 · June 14
Dispatch III — Title to be inscribed
June 13 — Brazil v Morocco; Haiti's exiles take the field
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No. 4 · June 15
Dispatch IV — Title to be inscribed
June 14 — Germany v Curaçao; five battles in one day
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No. 5 · June 16
Dispatch V — Title to be inscribed
June 15 — Spain debuts; the Immortals arrive at the border
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No. 6 · June 17
Dispatch VI — Title to be inscribed
June 16 — France v Senegal, the 2002 rematch; Messi rides
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No. 7 · June 18
Dispatch VII — Title to be inscribed
June 17 — the Navigator sets sail; all 48 armies now afield
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No. 8 · June 20
Dispatch VIII — Title to be inscribed
June 18–19 — Canada v Qatar; the second cycle begins
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No. 9 · June 22
Dispatch IX — Title to be inscribed
June 20–21 — Belgium v Iran in Tehrangeles
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No. 10 · June 24
Dispatch X — Title to be inscribed
June 22–23 — Mbappé's record watch; England v Ghana
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No. 11 · June 26
Dispatch XI — Title to be inscribed
June 24–25 — Groups A–F decided; Switzerland v CANADA
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No. 12 · June 28
Dispatch XII — Title to be inscribed
June 26–27 — group stage reckoning, bonuses & bracket reveal
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No. 13 · June 30
Dispatch XIII — Title to be inscribed
Round of 32 begins — sixteen armies go home
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No. 14 · July 4
Dispatch XIV — Title to be inscribed
Round of 32 concludes; the Empire's semiquincentennial
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No. 15 · July 8
Dispatch XV — Title to be inscribed
Round of 16 — the bracket sharpens its teeth
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No. 16 · July 12
Dispatch XVI — Title to be inscribed
Quarter-finals — four set-piece battles
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No. 17 · July 16
Dispatch XVII — Title to be inscribed
Semi-finals — two armies march on New Jersey
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No. 18 · July 20
Dispatch XVIII — Title to be inscribed
THE FINAL at MetLife — one army, one pot, eternal froth
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