FIFA World Cup 2026: Complete Schedule, Timings, Venues And More

Know the full FIFA World Cup 2026 schedule, match timings, venues, opening clash details and everything else about football’s biggest tournament.

FIFA World Cup 2026 will begin on June 11.

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2026: Just a week from now, the world will witness one of the greatest sporting showdowns on Earth as the quadrennial extravaganza is all set to begin on June 11. The World Cup will kick off across three highly anticipated host nations - the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

This year’s FIFA World Cup is going to be even more special as 48 teams will be contesting in the tournament instead of the usual 32-team format.

What will be even more exciting to witness is whether Argentina will be able to defend its title from the 2022 FIFA World Cup or if a new team will establish itself as the next world champion.

With the new format featuring 48 teams, the World Cup gets even bigger. The inclusion of 16 more teams from Asia and Africa will share the stage with football powerhouses from Europe and South America. With a total of 104 matches to be played over 39 days, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest edition ever, surpassing the Qatar World Cup in terms of scale and number of matches.

Groups

The very first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be between Mexico and South Africa on June 11, 2026, at Mexico City Stadium (Estadio Azteca), as co-hosts Mexico will kick off the tournament. From June 12 onwards, the group-stage action will begin as teams compete against one another in a heated battle for qualification to the knockout rounds.

There are 12 groups, placed alphabetically, featuring countries from across the world:

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Czechia
Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Qatar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti
Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, Turkey
Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Curaçao
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia
Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde
Group I: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan
Group K: Portugal, Colombia, DR Congo, Uzbekistan
Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama

Schedule and Timings

MATCH	DATE	DAY	TIME	HOME	VENUE
1	June 12	Fri	12.30 AM	Mexico vs South Africa	Mexico City
2	June 12	Fri	7:30 AM	South Korea vs Czechia	Zapopan
3	June 13	Sat	12.30 AM	Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina	Toronto
4	June 13	Sat	6:30 AM	USA vs Paraguay	Los Angeles
5	June 14	Sun	12:30 AM	Qatar vs Switzerland	Santa Clara
6	June 14	Sun	3:30 AM	Brazil vs Morocco	New Jersey
7	June 14	Sun	6:30 AM	Haiti vs Scotland	Foxborough
8	June 14	Sun	9:30 AM	Australia vs Turkey	Vancouver
9	June 14	Sun	10:30 PM	Germany vs Curaçao	Houston
10	June 15	Mon	1:30 AM	Netherlands vs Japan	Arlington
11	June 15	Mon	4.30 AM	Ivory Coast vs Ecuador	Philadelphia
12	June 15	Mon	7:30 AM	Sweden vs Tunisia	Guadalajara
13	June 15	Mon	9:30 PM	Spain vs Cape Verde	Atlanta
14	June 16	Tues	12:30 AM	Belgium vs Egypt	Seattle
15	June 16	Tues	3:30 AM	Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay	Miami
16	June 16	Tues	6:30 AM	Iran vs New Zealand	Los Angeles
17	June 17	Wed	12.30 AM	France vs Senegal	New Jersey
18	June 17	Wed	3:30 AM	Iraq vs Norway	Foxborough
19	June 17	Wed	6:30 AM	Argentina vs Algeria	Kansas City
20	June 17	Wed	9.30 AM	Austria vs Jordan	Santa Clara
21	June 17	Wed	10:30 PM	Portugal vs DR Congo	Houston
22	June 18	Thu	1.30 AM	England vs Croatia	Arlington
23	June 18	Thu	4:30 AM	Ghana vs Panama	Toronto
24	June 18	Thu	7:30 AM	Uzbekistan vs Colombia	Mexico City
25	June 18	Thu	9:30 PM	Czechia vs South Africa	Atlanta
26	June 19	Fri	12:30 AM	Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina	Los Angeles
27	June 19	Fri	3:30 AM	Canada vs Qatar	Vancouver
28	June 19	Fri	6.30 AM	Mexico vs South Korea	Zapopan
29	June 20	Sat	12.30 AM	USA vs Australia	Seattle
30	June 20	Sat	3:30 AM	Scotland vs Morocco	Foxborough
31	June 20	Sat	6 AM	Brazil vs Haiti	Philadelphia
32	June 20	Sat	8.30 AM	Turkey vs Paraguay	Santa Clara
33	June 20	Sat	10:30 PM	Netherlands vs Sweden	Houston
34	June 21	Sun	1.30 AM	Germany vs Ivory Coast	Toronto
35	June 21	Sun	5.30 AM	Ecuador vs Curaçao	Kansas City
36	June 21	Sun	9.30 AM	Tunisia vs Japan	Guadalajara
37	June 21	Sun	9:30 PM	Spain vs Saudi Arabia	Atlanta
38	June 22	Mon	12.30 AM	Belgium vs Iran	Los Angeles
39	June 22	Mon	3.30 AM	Uruguay vs Cape Verde	Miami
40	June 22	Mon	6.30 AM	New Zealand vs Egypt	Vancouver
41	June 22	Mon	10:30 PM	Argentina vs Austria	Arlington
42	June 23	Tues	2.30 AM	France vs Iraq	Philadelphia
43	June 23	Tues	5.30 AM	Norway vs Senegal	Toronto
44	June 23	Tues	8:30 AM	Jordan vs Algeria	Santa Clara
45	June 23	Tues	10:30 PM	Portugal vs Uzbekistan	Houston
46	June 24	Wed	1.30 AM	England vs Ghana	Foxborough
47	June 24	Wed	4:30 AM	Panama vs Croatia	Foxborough
48	June 24	Wed	7:30 AM	Colombia vs DR Congo	Zapopan
49	June 25	Thu	12:30 AM	Switzerland vs Canada	Vancouver
50	June 25	Thu	12:30 AM	Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar	Seattle
51	June 25	Thu	3.30 AM	Morocco vs Haiti	Atlanta
52	June 25	Thu	3.30 AM	Scotland vs Brazil	Miami
53	June 25	Thu	6.30 AM	South Africa vs South Korea	Guadalajara
54	June 25	Thu	6.30 AM	Czechia vs Mexico	Mexico City
55	June 26	Fri	1.30 AM	Curaçao vs Ivory Coast	Philadelphia
56	June 26	Fri	1.30 AM	Ecuador vs Germany	New Jersey
57	June 26	Fri	4.30 AM	Tunisia vs Netherlands	Kansas City
58	June 26	Fri	4.30 AM	Japan vs Sweden	Arlington
59	June 26	Fri	7:30 AM	Turkey vs USA	Los Angeles
60	June 26	Fri	7:30 AM	Paraguay vs Australia	Santa Clara
61	June 27	Sat	12.30 AM	Norway vs France	Foxborough
62	June 27	Sat	12.30 AM	Senegal vs Iraq	Toronto
63	June 27	Sat	5.30 AM	Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia	Houston
64	June 27	Sat	5.30 AM	Uruguay vs Spain	Zapopan
65	June 27	Sat	8:30 AM	New Zealand vs Belgium	Vancouver
66	June 27	Sat	8:30 AM	Egypt vs Iran	Seattle
67	June 28	Sun	2:30 AM	Panama vs England	New Jersey
68	June 28	Sun	2:30 AM	Croatia vs Ghana	Philadelphia
69	June 28	Sun	5 AM	Colombia vs Portugal	Miami
70	June 28	Sun	5 AM	DR Congo vs Uzbekistan	Atlanta
71	June 28	Sun	7.30 AM	Algeria vs Austria	Kansas City
72	June 28	Sun	7.30 AM	Jordan vs Argentina	Arlington
73	Jun 29	Mon	12:30 AM	R-32: Group A runners-up vs Group B runners-up	Los Angeles
74	June 29	Mon	10:30 PM	R-32: Group C winners vs Group F runners-up	Houston
75	June 30	Tues	2:00 AM	R-32: Group E winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Foxborough
76	June 30	Tues	6:30 AM	R-32: Group F winners vs Group C runners-up	Guadalajara
77	June 30	Tues	10.30 PM	R-32: Group E runners-up vs Group I runners-up	Arlington
78	July 1	Wed	2:30 AM	R-32: Group I winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	New Jersey
79	July 1	Wed	6:30 AM	R-32: Group A winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Mexico City
80	July 1	Wed	9:30 PM	R-32: Group L winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Atlanta
81	July 2	Thu	1.30 AM	R-32: Group G winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Seattle
82	July 2	Thu	1.30 AM	R-32: Group D winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Santa Clara
83	July 2	Thu	5:30 AM	R-32: Group H winners vs Group J runners-up	Los Angeles
84	July 3	Fri	12:30 AM	R-32: Group K runners-up vs Group L runners-up	Toronto
85	July 3	Fri	4:30 AM	R-32: Group B winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Vancouver
86	July 3	Fri	8:30 AM	R-32: Group D runners-up vs Group G runners-up	Arlington
87	July 3	Fri	11.30 PM	R-32: Group J winners vs Group H runners-up	Miami
88	July 4	Sat	3:30 AM	R-32: Group K winners vs Best Third-Placed Team	Kansas City
89	July 4	Sat	7:00 AM	R16: Winner Match 73 vs Winner Match 75	Houston
90	July 4	Sat	10:30 PM	R16: Winner Match 74 vs Winner Match 77	Philadelphia
91	July 5	Sun	2:30 AM	R16: Winner Match 76 vs Winner Match 78	New Jersey
92	July 6	Mon	1:30 AM	R16: Winner Match 79 vs Winner Match 80	Mexico City
93	July 6	Mon	5:30 AM	R16: Winner Match 83 vs Winner Match 84	Arlington
94	July 7	Tues	1:30 AM	R16: Winner Match 81 vs Winner Match 82	Seattle
95	July 7	Tues	9:30 PM	R16: Winner Match 86 vs Winner Match 88	Atlanta
96	July 8	Wed	1:30 AM	R16: Winner Match 85 vs Winner Match 87	Vancouver
97	July 10	Fri	1:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 89 vs Winner Match 90	Foxborough
98	July 11	Sat	12.30 AM	QF: Winner Match 93 vs Winner Match 94	Los Angeles
99	July 12	Sun	2:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 91 vs Winner Match 92	Miami
100	July 12	Sun	6.30 AM	QF: Winner Match 95 vs Winner Match 96	Kansas City
101	July 15	Wed	12.30 AM	SF: Winner Match 97 vs Winner Match 98	Arlington
102	July 16	Thu	12.30 AM	SF: Winner Match 99 vs Winner Match 100	Atlanta
103	July 19	Sun	2:30 AM	Third Place: Loser Match 101 vs Loser Match 102	Miami
104	July 20	Mon	12.30 AM	Final: Winner Match 101 vs Winner Match 102	New Jersey