The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events worldwide. To build on that momentum, we would like to challenge the community to build the best Dash app or Plotly Studio app possible to cover the event.
The goal is to create apps that the world can use in order to follow the World Cup statistics throughout the tournament.
To participate in the challenge, you will need to connect to a data source that feeds daily World Cup data and stats into your app: Football-Data and FBREF are possible sources (thank you Maov), but you are permitted to use other data sources as well.
The winning apps will be judged according to the following categories:
- Data exploration and insights
- App UI/UX Design
- Implementation of unique features not communly seen in a Dash or Plotly Studio app
Apps must go live by end of the day June 14, 2026. However, you can continue improving your app until June 30, at which point the Plotly Judging Committee will start judging the apps.
To enter your submission, please follow the next steps by end of day June 14:
- publish your app to Plotly Cloud and submit the app link as a new post in this thread.
- post about the app on social media (Linkedin, X, or Bluesky).
- include a short description of the app; if it’s a Dash app, please include your code on GitHub.
The winners will be announced a few weeks later and will receive a reward of:
- *$250 for best Dash app, $250 for best Plotly Studio app
- $150 for second place
- $50 for third place
*Only one prize per community member
For any questions, feel free to reply to the Forum topic or message me directly.
Live Scores - auto-refreshing every 30s with a scrolling goal ticker across the top
Group Stage - all 12 groups with live standings, qualification probability bars, and Group of Death detection
Monte Carlo Bracket Simulator - 10,000 tournament simulations on demand → championship probability heatmap + “Path to Glory” funnel per team
Global Insights - interactive choropleth world map shaded by points, upset tracker, Wall of Champions since 1930
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New Pages & Features:
What If Scenario Builder - Override any match score. Watch all 12 group standings recompute in real time. “What if Germany lost to Curaçao?” - now you can find out.
Historical Heatmap - Every World Cup from 1930 to 2022. Every team. Every result. 92 years of football in one chart.
Fan Pulse World Map - Countries coloured by a composite performance score. Watch the map shift as the tournament unfolds.
GDP vs Football Power - Does money buy World Cup success? Spoiler: not really.
Tournament Simulator - Animate a full bracket round by round. Run it again. See variance. Embrace chaos.
H2H History - All-time head-to-head records between any two nations. Win bars, goals, everything.
Stadium Clock Wall - All 16 host cities. Local time, live temperature, next match. Like a trading floor but make it football.
