Boyacá Chicó FC vs. Fortaleza CEIF

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Market context

Boyacá Chicó FC and Fortaleza CEIF are scheduled to meet in Colombia’s Primera A on Wednesday 26 August 2026, but Polymarket is already pricing the contract at 0% YES, so the market is treating a positive resolution as effectively off the table. On Polymarket, the trade is settled in USDC on Polygon through conditional tokens, so the key question for holders is not the football itself in the abstract, but whether the event definition is still capable of being matched to the real-world fixture before the settlement window closes.

That 0% reading makes sense in a context where the game sits inside a fairly routine league slate rather than a volatile knockout tie. ESPN’s schedule listed the fixture for 26 August, and comparable previews pointed to a low-scoring, tight matchup, with recent form showing Boyacá Chicó struggling and Fortaleza carrying the better record, which is the sort of setup that usually produces a narrow range of pre-match pricing rather than abrupt swings.[1][2] A previous meeting earlier in 2026 ended Fortaleza 2-1 Chicó, which gives traders a recent reference point, though not a decisive one.[3]

The main catalysts to watch are administrative rather than tactical: confirmed kick-off time, any postponement, and whether the match is completed within the settlement window ending 2026-08-26T21:00:00Z. Fixture listings placed the game on 26 August, but one source showed a local kick-off of 4:00 PM and another 5:00 PM, so a timing mismatch could matter more to settlement than the scoreline itself if the market’s event wording is tightly defined.[1][4]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to PolyGram, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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