World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch

“World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 09:00 MEE answers your questions on what dates and times the matches will be played, where to watch them and more The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (temporarily renamed from Levi's Stadium) is seen from the air in Santa Clara, California, on 19 May 2026 (Josh Edelson/AFP) Off The 2026 World Cup kicks off on 11 June with a record 48 teams competing for football's most prestigious prize. Four years after Argentina were crowned world champions, England are hoping to end 60 years of hurt while Brazil, France, Germany and Spain are all chasing glory. But for the first time in the competition's history, eight Arab nations have qualified, with Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia all aiming to light up football's biggest stage. Qatar will be in action on the second day of the 37-day tournament as they launch their campaign against Switzerland. Morocco, who crashed out in the semi-finals in Qatar 2022, will square up against Brazil later in the day. Meanwhile Saudi Arabia, who beat Argentina 2-1 four years ago to record one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history, will open their campaign against Uruguay on 15 June. Check out World Cup kickoff times, where to watch the matches and the fixtures below. Kickoff times: Stage(s) US & Canada (EST) UK (BST) India (IST) Australia (AEDT) Group stage only 3:00 pm 8:00 pm 00:30 am 5:00 am Group stage only 4:00 pm 9:00 pm 1:30 am 6:30 pm Knockouts only 6:00 pm 11:00 pm 3:30 am 8:30 pm Group stage only 7:00 pm 00:00 am 4:30 am 9:30 pm Group/Knockouts 10:00 pm 3:00 am 7:30 am 12:00 pm How and where to watch: Middle East and North Africa: BeIn Sports United Kingdom: BBC and ITV United States: Fox India: Unite8 Sports Australia: SBS Group stage fixtures: Thursday, 11 June Group A: Mexico vs South Africa (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Friday, 12 June Group A: South Korea vs Czech Republic (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group B: Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Saturday, 13 June Group D: USA vs Paraguay (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group C : Brazil vs Morocco (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Sunday, 14 June Group C: Haiti vs Scotland (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group D: Australia vs Turkey (kick-off 5:00 am BST) Group E: Germany vs Curacao (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Group F: Netherlands vs Japan (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Monday, 15 June Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group H: Spain vs Cape Verde (kick-off 5:00 pm BST) Group G: Belgium vs Egypt (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Tuesday, 16 June Group G: Iran vs New Zealand (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group I: France vs Senegal (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group I: Iraq vs Norway (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Wednesday, 17 June Group J: Argentina vs Algeria (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group J: Austria vs Jordan (kick-off 5:00 am BST) Group K: Portugal vs DR Congo (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Group L: England vs Croatia (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Thursday, 18 June Group L: Ghana vs Panama (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group A: Czech Republic vs South Africa (kick-off 5:00 pm BST) Group B: Switzerland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group B: Canada vs Qatar (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Friday, 19 June Group A: Mexico vs South Korea (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group D: USA vs Australia (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group C: Scotland vs Morocco (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Saturday, 20 June Group C: Brazil vs Haiti (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Group D: Turkey vs Paraguay (kick-off 4:00 am BST) Group A: Netherlands vs Sweden (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Group E: Germany vs Ivory Coast (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Sunday, 21 June Group E: Ecuador vs Curacao (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Group F: Tunisia vs Japan kick-off 5:00 am BST) Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia (kick-off 5:00 pm BST) Group G: Belgium vs Iran (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group H: Uruguay vs Cape Verde (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Monday, 22 June Group G: New Zealand vs Egypt (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group J: Argentina vs Austria (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Group I: France vs Iraq (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Tuesday, 23 June Group I: Norway vs Senegal (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Group J: Jordan vs Algeria (kick-off 4:00 am BST) Group K: Portugal vs Uzbekistan (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Group L: England vs Ghana (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Wednesday, 24 June Group L: Panama vs Croatia (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Group K: Colombia vs DR Congo (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group B: Switzerland vs Canada (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Qatar (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group C: Morocco vs Haiti (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Group C: Scotland vs Brazil (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Thursday, 25 June Group A: South Africa vs South Korea (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group A: Czech Republic vs Mexico (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Group E: Curacao vs Ivory Coast (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Group E: Ecuador vs Germany (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Friday, 26 June Group F: Tunisia vs Netherlands (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Group F: Japan vs Sweden (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Group D: Turkey vs USA (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group D: Paraguay vs Australia (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group I: Norway vs France (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Group I: Senegal vs Iraq (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Saturday, 27 June Group H: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Group H: Uruguay vs Spain (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Group G: New Zealand vs Belgium (kick-off 4:00 am BST) Group G: Egypt vs Iran (kick-off 4:00 am BST) Group L: Panama vs England (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Group L: Croatia vs Ghana (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Sunday, 28 June Group K: Colombia vs Portugal (kick-off 00:30 am BST) Group K: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan (kick-off 00:30 am BST) Group J: Algeria vs Austria (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Group J: Jordan vs Argentina (kick-off 3:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 73: Group A runners-up vs Group B runners-up (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Monday, 29 June Round of 32 - Match 76: Group C winners vs Group F runners-up (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Round of 32 - Match 74: Group E winners vs Group A/B/C/D/F third place (kick-off 9:30 pm BST) Tuesday, 30 June Round of 32 - Match 75: Group F winners vs Group C runners-up (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 78: Group E runners-up vs Group I runners-up (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Round of 32 - Match 77: Group I winners vs Group C/D/F/G/H third place (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Wednesday, 1 July Round of 32 - Match 79: Group A winners vs Group C/E/F/H/I third place (kick-off 2:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 80: Group L winners vs Group E/H/I/J/K third place (kick-off 5:00 pm BST) Round of 32 - Match 82: Group G winners vs Group A/E/H/I/J third place (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Thursday, 2 July Round of 32 - Match 81: Group D winners vs Group B/E/F/I/J third place (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 84: Group H winners vs Group J runners-up (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Friday, 3 July Round of 32 - Match 83: Group K runners-up vs Group L runners-up (kick-off 00:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 85: Group B winners vs Group E/F/G/I/J third place (kick-off 4:00 am BST) Round of 32 - Match 88: Group D runners-up vs Group G runners-up (kick-off 7:00 pm BST) Round of 32 - Match 86: Group J winners vs Group H runners-up (kick-off 11:00 pm BST) Saturday, 4 July Round of 32 - Match 87: Group K winners vs Group D/E/I/J/L third place (kick-off 2:30 am BST) Round of 16 - Match 90: Match 73 winners vs Match 75 winners (kick-off 6:00 pm BST) Round of 16 - Match 89: Match 74 winners vs Match 77 winners (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Sunday, 5 July Round of 16 - Match 91: Match 76 winners vs Match 78 winners (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Monday, 6 July Round of 16 - Match 92: Match 79 winners vs Match 80 winners (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Round of 16 - Match 93: Match 83 winners vs Match 84 winners (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Tuesday, 7 July Round of 16 - Match 94: Match 81 winners vs Match 82 winner (kick-off 1:00 am BST) Round of 16 - Match 95: Match 86 winners vs Match 88 winners (kick-off 5:00 pm BST) Round of 16 - Match 96: Match 85 winners vs Match 87 winners (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Thursday, 9 July Quarter-final - Match 97: Match 89 winners vs Match 90 winners (kick-off 9:00 pm BST) Friday, 10 July Quarter-final - Match 98: Match 93 winners vs Match 94 winners (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Saturday, 11 July Quarter-final - Match 99: Match 91 winners vs Match 92 winners (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Sunday, 12 July Quarter-final - Match 100: Match 95 winners vs Match 96 winners (kick-off 02:00 am BST) Tuesday, 14 July Semi-final - Match 101: Match 97 winners vs Match 98 winners (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Wednesday, 15 July Semi-final - Match 102: Match 99 winners vs Match 100 winners (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) Saturday, 18 July Third Place Playoff - Match 103: Match 101 losers vs Match 102 losers (kick-off 10:00 pm BST) Sunday, 19 July Final - Match 104: Match 101 winners vs Match 102 winners (kick-off 8:00 pm BST) World Cup 2026 Discover Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 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