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Google World Cup 2026 Widget Shows Incorrect Flags for Multiple Countries

By

jimseinta

3h ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

Google's World Cup 2026 search widget is displaying incorrect national flags for several countries — Norway gets Belgium's flag, England gets France's. The article explains how to reproduce the bug and discusses likely causes (such as data mapping errors or caching issues) and why accurate flag representation matters for user trust and experience.

Source

Hacker NewsGoogle World Cup 2026 Widget Shows Incorrect Flags for Multiple Countriesswiss-cow.com

Key quotes

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The errors are not subtle — they are completely different flags from the correct ones.
Norway gets Belgium's flag, England gets France's.
Here's why this probably happens and why it matters.
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Google's World Cup match cards are displaying incorrect national flags — Norway gets Belgium's flag, England gets France's. Here's why this probably happens and why it matters.

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