Sports data provider Stats Perform has been selected as FIFA’s first official betting data and betting streaming rights distributor, including exclusive FIFA World Cup 2026 rights.
The multi-year agreement grants Stats Perform exclusive rights to distribute official betting data and live video streams for selected FIFA properties to licensed sportsbooks.
This includes this year’s expanded men’s World Cup, next year’s Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027, and Futsal World Cup 2028, as well as future editions of the Women’s Futsal World Cup (2029), U-20 Women’s World Cup (2026 & 2028), U-20 Men’s World Cup (2027 & 2029), and the Intercontinental Cup (through 2029).
Stats Perform will also have the exclusive betting rights to thousands of matches per season across FIFA member association competitions powered by FIFA+.
“We are delighted to partner with Stats Perform, a global leader in sports data,” said FIFA chief business officer Romy Gai. “This innovative partnership will create great opportunities to deliver official products for the benefit of the game and its fans.”
Stats Perform’s RunningBall division will collect and exclusively distribute official FIFA betting data to licensed sports betting operators for modelling, trading, settlement and in-play front-end use, for the competitions covered in the agreement.
In addition, the company’s Opta division will exclusively provide official player statistics, insights, live scores and match trackers to sportsbooks.
Stats Perform will also serve as an official distributor of live FIFA betting match video streams to customers of licensed sportsbooks in selected territories.
This includes exclusive distribution of World Cup 2026 and Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 via the company’s AI-enhanced Bet LiveStreams service.
“FIFA competitions represent the pinnacle of the world’s biggest game,” said Stats Perform CEO Carl Mergele. “Our clients will be delighted we’re able to add FIFA competitions to our Opta and RunningBall official betting data portfolio, and our innovative, AI-enriched Bet LiveStreams service. We share FIFA’s vision to help the magic of the beautiful game be felt more deeply, by more fans, worldwide.”
Additionally, Stats Perform’s Integrity team will provide support to FIFA’s integrity unit regarding FIFA+ Member Association content covered in the partnership.