50%
Championship prize pool
Paid to holders of staked cards from the World Cup winning team
Rankings
Top lineups ranked by $K9 earned from real World Cup match events. Rankings go live once staking opens after the mint. Card ID-to-team mapping is revealed approximately 2 weeks post-mint.
50%
Championship prize pool
Paid to holders of staked cards from the World Cup winning team
35%
Match staker rewards
Distributed to staked card holders across every match event throughout the tournament
10%
$K9 staker rewards
Distributed to wallets staking $K9 — passive yield from every Pup Cup mint
5%
Burn pool
Cards from eliminated teams are burned each round — triggering collection deflation and increasing scarcity
Live Rankings
Opens after mintWallet rankings by total $K9 earned will appear here once staking begins after the mint on May 14. Scores update after each match result is finalized on-chain.
Goalkeepers
4 cards per team · 48 teams
Earns $K9: Clean sheet
Strikers
8 cards per team · 48 teams
Earns $K9: Goal scored
Midfielders
16 cards per team · 48 teams
Earns $K9: Win + Assist
Defenders
16 cards per team · 48 teams
Earns $K9: Win + Clean
Golden Boot · 20 cards
Global — earns $K9 on any goal scored in the tournament, regardless of team.
Discipline · 20 cards
Global — earns $K9 on yellow or red cards given in any match. Red pays 4× the yellow card rate.
Team IDs are assigned on-chain. Each team has 44 cards — 4 Goalies, 8 Strikers, 16 Midfielders, 16 Defenders. Teams are not revealed on cards until 2 weeks post-mint.
Match events → $K9
After each match, an admin finalizes the result on-chain. All stakers with cards matching the triggering condition receive $K9 proportionally from that match's reward pool.
4 staking slots
Every wallet has 4 staking slots. Build a lineup of any positions and teams. Cards not staked do not earn match rewards — but their team assignment is still revealed at the global reveal.
Championship pool
50% of mint proceeds sit in the championship pool until the World Cup Final. Holders with staked cards from the winning team claim a proportional share automatically. 35% feeds the live match staking pool, 10% pays $K9 stakers, and the final 5% burn pool funds the burning of cards from every eliminated team — shrinking total supply as the tournament progresses.