World Cup 2026 Schedule

You want a reliable World Cup 2026 schedule. Maybe you plan to catch every match. Or maybe you’re just backing your national team. Some folks study fixtures for betting angles. Either way, having full tournament calendar on hand matters. This page lays it all out: dates, venues, group stage matchups, knockout rounds. Everything’s organized so you won’t miss a game.

You’re looking at a 2026 tournament that could be historic. Grasping the schedule now gives you an edge. That’s especially true if you’re mapping out bets early.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Schedule Overview

Thursday, 11 June 2026

• GROUP A: 🇲🇽 Mexico — 🇿🇦 South Africa (22:00)

Friday, 12 June 2026

• GROUP A: 🇰🇷 South Korea — 🇨🇿 Czechia (05:00)
• GROUP B: 🇨🇦 Canada — 🇧🇦 Bosnia (22:00)

Saturday, 13 June 2026

• GROUP D: 🇺🇸 United States — 🇵🇾 Paraguay (04:00)
• GROUP B: 🇶🇦 Qatar — 🇨🇭 Switzerland (22:00)

Sunday, 14 June 2026

• GROUP C: 🇧🇷 Brazil — 🇲🇦 Morocco (01:00)
• GROUP C: 🇭🇹 Haiti — 🏴 Scotland (04:00)
• GROUP D: 🇦🇺 Australia — 🇹🇷 Turkey (07:00)
• GROUP E: 🇩🇪 Germany — 🇨🇼 Curaçao (20:00)
• GROUP F: 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 🇯🇵 Japan (23:00)

Monday, 15 June 2026

• GROUP E: 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire — 🇪🇨 Ecuador (02:00)
• GROUP F: 🇸🇪 Sweden — 🇹🇳 Tunisia (05:00)
• GROUP H: 🇪🇸 Spain — 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (19:00)
• GROUP G: 🇧🇪 Belgium — 🇪🇬 Egypt (22:00)

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

• GROUP H: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 🇺🇾 Uruguay (01:00)
• GROUP G: 🇮🇷 Iran — 🇳🇿 New Zealand (04:00)
• GROUP I: 🇫🇷 France — 🇸🇳 Senegal (22:00)

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

• GROUP I: 🇮🇶 Iraq — 🇳🇴 Norway (01:00)
• GROUP J: 🇦🇷 Argentina — 🇩🇿 Algeria (04:00)
• GROUP J: 🇦🇹 Austria — 🇯🇴 Jordan (07:00)
• GROUP K: 🇵🇹 Portugal — 🇨🇩 DR Congo (20:00)
• GROUP L: 🏴 England — 🇭🇷 Croatia (23:00)

Thursday, 18 June 2026

• GROUP L: 🇬🇭 Ghana — 🇵🇦 Panama (02:00)
• GROUP K: 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — 🇨🇴 Colombia (05:00)
• GROUP A: 🇨🇿 Czechia — 🇿🇦 South Africa (19:00)
• GROUP B: 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 🇧🇦 Bosnia (22:00)

Friday, 19 June 2026

• GROUP B: 🇨🇦 Canada — 🇶🇦 Qatar (01:00)
• GROUP A: 🇲🇽 Mexico — 🇰🇷 South Korea (04:00)
• GROUP D: 🇺🇸 United States — 🇦🇺 Australia (22:00)

Saturday, 20 June 2026

• GROUP C: 🏴 Scotland — 🇲🇦 Morocco (01:00)
• GROUP C: 🇧🇷 Brazil — 🇭🇹 Haiti (04:00)
• GROUP D: 🇹🇷 Turkey — 🇵🇾 Paraguay (07:00)
• GROUP F: 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 🇸🇪 Sweden (20:00)
• GROUP E: 🇩🇪 Germany — 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (23:00)

Sunday, 21 June 2026

• GROUP E: 🇪🇨 Ecuador — 🇨🇼 Curaçao (03:00)
• GROUP F: 🇹🇳 Tunisia — 🇯🇵 Japan (07:00)
• GROUP H: 🇪🇸 Spain — 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (19:00)
• GROUP G: 🇧🇪 Belgium — 🇮🇷 Iran (22:00)

Monday, 22 June 2026

• GROUP H: 🇺🇾 Uruguay — 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (01:00)
• GROUP G: 🇳🇿 New Zealand — 🇪🇬 Egypt (04:00)
• GROUP J: 🇦🇷 Argentina — 🇦🇹 Austria (20:00)

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

• GROUP I: 🇫🇷 France — 🇮🇶 Iraq (00:00)
• GROUP I: 🇳🇴 Norway — 🇸🇳 Senegal (03:00)
• GROUP J: 🇯🇴 Jordan — 🇩🇿 Algeria (06:00)
• GROUP K: 🇵🇹 Portugal — 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (20:00)
• GROUP L: 🏴 England — 🇬🇭 Ghana (23:00)

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

• GROUP L: 🇵🇦 Panama — 🇭🇷 Croatia (02:00)
• GROUP K: 🇨🇴 Colombia — 🇨🇩 DR Congo (05:00)
• GROUP B: 🇧🇦 Bosnia — 🇶🇦 Qatar (22:00)
• GROUP B: 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 🇨🇦 Canada (22:00)

Thursday, 25 June 2026

• GROUP C: 🏴 Scotland — 🇧🇷 Brazil (01:00)
• GROUP C: 🇲🇦 Morocco — 🇭🇹 Haiti (01:00)
• GROUP A: 🇿🇦 South Africa — 🇰🇷 South Korea (04:00)
• GROUP A: 🇨🇿 Czechia — 🇲🇽 Mexico (04:00)
• GROUP E: 🇪🇨 Ecuador — 🇩🇪 Germany (23:00)
• GROUP E: 🇨🇼 Curaçao — 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (23:00)

Friday, 26 June 2026

• GROUP F: 🇹🇳 Tunisia — 🇳🇱 Netherlands (02:00)
• GROUP F: 🇯🇵 Japan — 🇸🇪 Sweden (02:00)
• GROUP D: 🇵🇾 Paraguay — 🇦🇺 Australia (05:00)
• GROUP D: 🇹🇷 Turkey — 🇺🇸 United States (05:00)
• GROUP I: 🇸🇳 Senegal — 🇮🇶 Iraq (22:00)
• GROUP I: 🇳🇴 Norway — 🇫🇷 France (22:00)

Saturday, 27 June 2026

• GROUP H: 🇺🇾 Uruguay — 🇪🇸 Spain (03:00)
• GROUP H: 🇨🇻 Cape Verde — 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (03:00)
• GROUP G: 🇳🇿 New Zealand — 🇧🇪 Belgium (06:00)
• GROUP G: 🇪🇬 Egypt — 🇮🇷 Iran (06:00)

Sunday, 28 June 2026

• GROUP L: 🇵🇦 Panama — 🏴 England (00:00)
• GROUP L: 🇭🇷 Croatia — 🇬🇭 Ghana (00:00)
• GROUP K: 🇨🇩 DR Congo — 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (02:30)
• GROUP K: 🇨🇴 Colombia — 🇵🇹 Portugal (02:30)
• GROUP J: 🇯🇴 Jordan — 🇦🇷 Argentina (05:00)
• GROUP J: 🇩🇿 Algeria — 🇦🇹 Austria (05:00)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Playoffs (Knockout Stage)

The schedule below lists the knockout stage fixtures. Teams will be determined after the group stage.

Sunday, 28 June 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Monday, 29 June 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (20:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (23:30)

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (04:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (20:00)

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (00:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (04:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (19:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (23:00)

Thursday, 2 July 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (03:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Friday, 3 July 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (02:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (06:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (21:00)

Saturday, 4 July 2026

• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (01:00)
• Round of 32: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (04:30)
• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (20:00)

Sunday, 5 July 2026

• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (00:00)
• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (23:00)

Monday, 6 July 2026

• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (03:00)
• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (03:00)
• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (19:00)
• Round of 16: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (23:00)

Thursday, 9 July 2026

• Quarter-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (23:00)

Friday, 10 July 2026

• Quarter-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Sunday, 12 July 2026

• Quarter-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (00:00)
• Quarter-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (04:00)

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

• Semi-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

• Semi-final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

Sunday, 19 July 2026

• Third-place match: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (00:00)
• Final: ⚽ TBD — ⚽ TBD (22:00)

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FAQ

When does the 2026 FIFA World Cup start and end?

The tournament runs from 11 June 2026 to 19 July 2026. The group stage begins on opening day and the final is scheduled for 19 July 2026.

How long is the group stage in 2026?

Group stage matches are scheduled across June 11–27, 2026. With the expanded format, the early phase is dense, so planning by matchday is useful.

How many teams and host countries are involved in 2026?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup features 48 teams and is hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Why does the schedule matter for betting?

Knowing dates and matchdays helps you plan research time, manage bankroll across the tournament, and spot market changes before kickoff—especially for group-stage and outright markets.