"Players who make their first tournament appearance at this summer's Fifa World Cup will wear a debut patch on their shirts. Players such as Erling Haaland and Lamine Yamal will make their World Cup bows this summer - as will every player in the Scotland squad. It is part of a new licensing deal which will see Fanatics replace Panini as Fifa's partner for trading cards and stickers from 2031. The patches will be removed from shirts after a player's debut and turned into collectable Topps trading cards."
"Each team is provided with a stock of debut patches, which are stuck to a player's shirt on the upper-right chest with adhesive before they make their debut. After the game, the patch is removed and placed on to a unique collectable trading card. The card is then sent to Topps to be randomly inserted into a Chrome MLS hobby box, which retail at about $120 (88). Each hobby box contains 21 packs of four cards. Two cards in each complete box are unique autograph cards."
"Fifa has not confirmed full details of how the process will work for the 2026 World Cup, but it is expected to work in a similar way to MLS - which also has a licensing agreement with Fanatics. The design of the World Cup patch has not yet been finalised. As the Fanatics deal does not kick in until 2031 they will not be available to buy until after this date. It means there will be a huge stock of debut cards from the 2026 and 2030 finals to create a set of World Cup collectables."
"This summer's event is likely to produce upwards of 600 cards. Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan will make their first appearances. Austria, the Czech Republic, DR Congo, Haiti, Iraq, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Scotland and Turkey are back after long absences."
Players making their first tournament appearance at this summer’s FIFA World Cup will wear debut patches on their shirts. The patches are part of a licensing deal in which Fanatics will replace Panini as FIFA’s partner for trading cards and stickers from 2031. Each debut patch is placed on the upper-right chest with adhesive before a player’s first match. After the game, the patch is removed and attached to a unique collectable trading card, which is then sent to Topps for random insertion into Chrome hobby boxes. The boxes retail at about $120 and contain 21 packs of four cards, including two unique autograph cards per complete box. The World Cup patch design is not finalized, and full process details for 2026 are not confirmed, though it is expected to follow the MLS model.
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