#iran nt

[coyging]

[mexiikaner]

The Iranian National Team arrived today in Tijuana, Mexico, their new training camp's city, in consequence of the US's discriminatory treatment, which prevented the team from having its training camp in the original corresponding city (Arizona).

The Iranian players landed with an insignia on their suit featuring the number 168, in memory of the victims of the Minab school, bombed by the United States on February 28.

The road ahead may be long and difficult, but this team is filled with hope, unity, and a new impetus which has set in. Tijuana is more than just a city these days, it's a border between our goal and the beginning of it; the national team has put months of effort, training, competition and hope to make the final stretch of our journey to the World Cup (via. Iran NT's Instagram)

[worldcupchallenge]

Welcome to World Cup Challenge 2026!

World Cup Challenge 2026 is a football RPF prompt challenge to encourage and inspire football fans to create fanworks during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Creatives and football fans are encouraged to use the prompt list provided to write fanfics, create GIFs and art, and make other works about their national teams and favorite players. 

Submissions begin June 14th, 2026 and end July 25th, 2026.

The challenge is broken down into six weeks. Each week has seven prompts: six words and one dialogue prompt. The challenge is to use the prompt in your work. You can create a work per day (each word/phrase corresponding with each day of the tournament) or you can create a work per week (using one or more of that week's prompts).

After you create your work, post onto Tumblr and/or Ao3, and tag @worldcupchallenge or #WorldCupChallenge2026, and we will reblog/share your work here!

If you have any questions, check our FAQs. Our askbox is open for further questions about how the challenge works or what the prompts mean.

Prompts:

Week One: Qualifying (June 14th - June 20th): Call up, Transfer window, Host Nation, Qualify, Home/Home base, Fan signing, “I’ve never seen/heard/tasted/felt that before.”

Week Two: Group Stage (June 21st - June 27th): Points, Yellow card, Hat trick, Striker, Handball, Kit/Uniform/Jersey, “Please don’t put that on social media.”

Week Three: Round of 16 (June 28th - July 4th): Park the Bus, Top bins, Clean sheet, Defender, Pitch invasion, The beautiful game, “[Player name] has just broken [record].”

Week Four: Quarter Finals (July 5th - July 11th): Red card, Corners, Offside, Midfielder, Nutmeg, The last dance, “The medical team says I can/can’t play.”

Week Five: Semi-Finals (July 12th - July 18th): Winger, Club vs. Country, VAR/Virtual Assistant Referee, Score, Tradition, Rivalry as old as time, “Today isn’t just about winning.”

Week Six: Final (July 19th - July 25th): Golden boot/glove, Winner/Loser, Penalty shootout, Panenka, Trophy, Champions of the World, “Win, lose, draw: it’s you and me.”

Optional/Bonus Prompts: (Can be swapped with any prompt)!

[Player does a special/meaningful celebration]

Goalkeeper

“Now what?”

Locker room/dressing room

“Don’t let them see you cry. Because today, we didn’t lose.”

Quick Guidelines:

Some prompts are vague to give creative freedom. Others are specific to help guide creatives. You do not have to take them literally, and you can interpret the prompts however you like!

There is no word minimum or maximum.

There is no submission limit.

There are no content restrictions. SFW/NSFW works, reader inserts, are allowed.

You can write about a previous world cup!

We are not associated with FIFA.

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[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

every day we hear news about this world cup that makes it clear that it should *never* have been held in the USA. and yet, the entire world is turning a blind eye to this blatant racism and injustice affecting players, staff, journalists, and fans of what is supposed to be the greatest tournament in sports 😤

[filthyjanuary]

last thing i'll say is this

the iranian team has been treated like shit at every turn, and they are still leaving this world cup with zero losses and i hope they hold their heads high knowing they were in an impossible situation being held to the insane whims of a "host" that actively bombed their country while they were at the cup and gave them restrictions applied to NO OTHER TEAMS in the tournament

and then they had stupid pressers where western media tried to get them in gotcha moments by asking them about lgbtq rights knowing they have to go back home to a repressive government that can and often does kill queer people and their captain still articulated a more respectful answer despite all this than half these spineless privileged nhlers can muster up

i love this team. i'm proud of this team. fuck the usa. fuck fifa. team melli forever.

[butterscotcheye]

[heartsoftruth]

[agardenofbasil]

Iran and New Zealand pulling up with the most glorious goals and putting Spain to shame, I fucking love this sport.