FIFA World Cup 2026 Data Portraits

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A data-driven visualization project that reconstructs every match of FIFA World Cup 2026 from recorded events, offering an impression built entirely from data.

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# FIFA World Cup 2026 Data Portraits Source: [https://wc26.bogachev.fr/index.html](https://wc26.bogachev.fr/index.html) **It's an impression, but one built entirely from data\.**Nothing is staged: each match is reconstructed fromroughly 1,500 recorded events— every touch, pass, shot and card\. —Matches [About the project](https://wc26.bogachev.fr/about.html)

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