๐Ÿ“… FIFA World Cup 2026

World Cup 2026 Schedule

Complete FIFA World Cup 2026 schedule with kickoff times in every timezone. 104 matches across 16 cities in USA, Canada and Mexico โ€” from group stage to the Final at MetLife Stadium on 19 July 2026.

104 Matches48 Teams12 Groups16 Host Cities39 Days

Kickoff Time Converter

Most group-stage matches kick off at 17:00, 20:00 or 21:00 ET. Use this table to find your local time.

ET KickoffUTCBSTCETICT
14:00 ET18:0019:0020:0001:00*
17:00 ET21:0022:0023:0004:00*
20:00 ET00:00*01:00*02:00*07:00
21:00 ET01:00*02:00*03:00*08:00

* Next day

Group Stage Schedule

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Thu, 11 June 2026

17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico vs Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Group C ยท MD1

Fri, 12 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States vs France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group A ยท MD1
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan vs Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Group A ยท MD1
11:00 ET๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada vs England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Group B ยท MD1
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark vs South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group B ยท MD1
20:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia vs Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ
Group C ยท MD1

Sat, 13 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany vs Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group D ยท MD1
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran vs Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group D ยท MD1
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal vs Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Group E ยท MD1
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama vs Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group E ยท MD1

Sun, 14 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands vs Qatar ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group F ยท MD1
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria vs Honduras ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Group F ยท MD1
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina vs Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Group G ยท MD1
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt vs Iraq ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ
Group G ยท MD1

Mon, 15 June 2026

17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium vs Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
Group H ยท MD1
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon vs Jordan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด
Group H ยท MD1

Fri, 19 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States vs Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Group A ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Group A ยท MD2
11:00 ET๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada vs Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Group B ยท MD2
14:00 ET๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England vs South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group B ยท MD2

Sat, 20 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico vs Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ
Group C ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain vs Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ
Group C ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany vs Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group D ยท MD2
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco vs Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group D ยท MD2

Sun, 21 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal vs Panama ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group E ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal vs Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group E ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands vs Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Group F ยท MD2
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar vs Honduras ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Group F ยท MD2

Mon, 22 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina vs Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Group G ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy vs Iraq ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ
Group G ยท MD2
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium vs Cameroon ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Group H ยท MD2
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil vs Jordan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด
Group H ยท MD2

Thu, 25 June 2026

17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States vs Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Group A ยท MD3
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France vs Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Group A ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada vs South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group B ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England vs Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Group B ยท MD3

Fri, 26 June 2026

17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico vs Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ
Group C ยท MD3
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain vs Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ
Group C ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany vs Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group D ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco vs Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท
Group D ยท MD3

Sat, 27 June 2026

14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal vs Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group E ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal vs Panama ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Group E ยท MD3
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands vs Honduras ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Group F ยท MD3
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar vs Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Group F ยท MD3

Sun, 28 June 2026

17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina vs Iraq ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ
Group G ยท MD3
17:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy vs Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Group G ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium vs Jordan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด
Group H ยท MD3
14:00 ET๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil vs Cameroon ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Group H ยท MD3

Key Dates โ€” World Cup 2026 Schedule

11 Jun 2026

Opening Match

Mexico vs South Africa ยท Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

11โ€“26 Jun

Group Stage

All 12 groups play โ€” 72 matches total

27 Junโ€“3 Jul

Round of 32

16 matches โ€” first knockout round (new in 2026)

4โ€“7 Jul

Round of 16

8 matches โ€” last 16 compete

9โ€“12 Jul

Quarter-Finals

4 matches at major stadiums

15โ€“16 Jul

Semi-Finals

2 matches determining finalists

19 Jul 2026

๐Ÿ† World Cup Final

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford NJ

Host Cities & Venues

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

New York / NJ

MetLife Stadium

Final + 7 matches

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Los Angeles

SoFi Stadium

SF + 7 matches

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Dallas

AT&T Stadium

QF + 6 matches

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ

Mexico City

Azteca Stadium

Opening + 5 matches

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Miami

Hard Rock Stadium

QF + 6 matches

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

San Francisco

Levi's Stadium

6 matches

World Cup 2026 Schedule โ€” FAQ

When does the 2026 World Cup start?โ–พ
The FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off on Thursday, 11 June 2026 in Mexico City at Azteca Stadium, with the host nation Mexico taking on the opening match.
How many matches are in the 2026 World Cup schedule?โ–พ
There are 104 matches in the FIFA World Cup 2026, up from 64 at the previous tournament. The expanded format features 48 teams across 12 groups, plus a new Round of 32.
When is the 2026 World Cup Final?โ–พ
The FIFA World Cup 2026 Final takes place on Sunday, 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (near New York City).
What time zone are World Cup 2026 kickoffs in?โ–พ
Most group-stage matches kick off between 17:00โ€“21:00 ET (22:00โ€“02:00 UTC). The schedule is designed to suit North American prime-time viewing while remaining watchable in Europe and Asia.
How many groups are in World Cup 2026?โ–พ
There are 12 groups (A through L) of four teams each. The top two from each group advance automatically, and the eight best third-placed teams also qualify for the Round of 32.
Where can I watch the World Cup 2026 schedule live?โ–พ
In the USA, Fox Sports and Telemundo hold broadcast rights. In the UK, ITV and BBC share rights. Streaming options vary by country โ€” see our Watch Live guide for details.

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