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Spain won the 2026 World Cup by defeating Argentina 1-0 in a tense final.

Spain has beaten Argentina 1-0 to win the 2026 World Cup, with Ferran Torres coming off the bench to score the winner in extra time against 10-man Argentina. Torres's goal came at the start of the second period of extra time, after a furiously tense final at the New York/New Jersey stadium in Meadowlands ended goalless after 90 minutes. The win gives Spain its second men's World Cup title, echoing the extra-time goal by Andrés Iniesta in 2010 that led to its first title.

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