Scoring the winning goal at the World Cup, then lifting the trophy in front of a roaring crowd, is the daydream every soccer fan has had. With the 2026 World Cup happening right now, two new EmpirioLabs templates turn that daydream into a sharable video from a single photo of your face.
World Cup Goal puts you in the moment right after you score: arms wide, roaring, the stadium erupting behind you with confetti and camera flashes. World Cup Trophy hands you the cup, raised overhead under a storm of gold confetti. Both build the whole scene from one selfie, with crowd sound included.
See it in action
Here is the World Cup Goal template, generated from one uploaded portrait. No filming, no kit, and no stadium needed.
What you need
One clear photo of your face. A straight-on selfie with good lighting works best. You become the player, so the more clearly your face reads in the photo, the more the final clip looks like you.
How to make a World Cup goal video
You need an EmpirioLabs account with active credits.
Step 1: Open the playground
Sign in to platform.empiriolabs.ai and click Playground. Switch the model selector to a video model. The template recommends the best one automatically.
Step 2: Open the Templates picker
Click the Templates button in the upper-left corner. Filter by the Viral category, or search World Cup to find both the Goal and the Trophy templates.
Step 3: Upload your photo and pick a direction
Click World Cup Goal to apply it and upload your selfie. Leave the prompt blank for the default celebration, or add a quick direction like a red home kit or a slow-motion knee slide. Suggested ideas sit below the input.
Step 4: Tune optional parameters
Open the Parameters panel if you want to change duration, resolution, or aspect ratio. The default is a 10-second vertical clip that drops straight into Reels, Shorts, and TikTok. Switch to 16 by 9 for landscape if you prefer.
Step 5: Generate
Hit Send. The playground polls for the result, which lands inline with a download button and a shareable link. Generation usually takes one to four minutes.
Lift the trophy too
The World Cup Trophy template works exactly the same way. Upload your photo, and you become the champion raising the cup as gold confetti rains down and the stadium goes wild. Run both from the same selfie to get the full story: the goal, then the celebration.
Using these templates via the API
Both run from any OpenAI-compatible client. Pass template: "world-cup-goal" or template: "world-cup-trophy" on a standard POST /v1/videos/generations call with your photo:
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"template": "world-cup-goal", "image": "https://your-photo.jpg"}'The endpoint returns a job_id and a poll_url you can hit until the video is ready. The full request and response shape lives in the Generation Templates docs.
Pricing
The recommended model produces the most cinematic result, around $2.24 for a 10-second clip with crowd sound. If you plan to make a lot of them, the picker also includes lighter models like SVI, Hunyuan Video, Pixverse, and MOSS that generate the same celebration for less. You only pay for successful generations. Full pricing for every model lives on the public pricing page.
Try the World Cup templates now
World Cup Goal and World Cup Trophy are live for every EmpirioLabs customer. Sign in at platform.empiriolabs.ai, open the playground, and put yourself on the pitch. Want the still version? Turn your selfie into a collectible World Cup player card.
Browse all templates | Open the playground | Read the Generation Templates docs
