Find the two three-match cup cards
Open PLAY and inspect Select cup. The short options are Mini Nations Cup 2026 and Mini Clubs Cup 2026. The Mini Clubs card is the club entry, marked CLUB along its right edge. Both cards show 3 matches in the recorded menu. This is an Android recording dated May 28, not a claim about every later platform build.
| Native menu label | Displayed run length |
|---|---|
| Mini Nations Cup 2026 | 3 matches |
| Mini Clubs Cup 2026 | 3 matches |
Choose your team and confirm the round
In the demonstrated Mini Nations run, the creator selects France and the available Antoine G. card. The next match belongs to Mini Nations Cup 2026. Use that cup name and round label to confirm that you entered the intended format; the same video also visits World Cup 2026, whose opening round is called Qualification match 1.
- Open PLAY and select the intended short cup.
- Choose an available team.
- Select an available player card.
- Check the cup name and round before using CONTINUE.
Read the bracket after a win
France wins the quarter-final against Portugal 4–1. After the match reward, the Mini Nations screen records that result and highlights Semi finals as Today. The next opponent then appears as Germany. This shows one actual advance; it does not establish an optimal team, a guaranteed score or a particular reward for every win.
Distinguish a highlighted column from a continuing run
The next match ends France 2–3 Germany. The full-time screen offers CONTINUE and an ad-marked RESTART MATCH. The creator continues and the bracket then says Game Over. Its Final column still displays Today, so use the explicit Game Over banner as the result signal rather than treating that green column as proof of qualification. The ad restart is visible but is not exercised in this recording.
Compare match counts without inventing a coin strategy
Three matches is four fewer than a seven-match cup and six fewer than Universal’s nine-match label. That compares the advertised length of a completed run, not guaranteed play time. The observed semi-final loss ends this attempt before a final; winning the entire cup and its final reward are not demonstrated here.