World Cup 2026 fixtures
The 2026 World Cup schedule consists of 104 matches with 48 teams for the tournament in 16 cities in Canada, Mexico and the US. The opening match is on Thursday, June 11 and the final is on Sunday, July 19, 2026. The final will be played in New York/New Jersey.
The format of the final competition consists of a group stage, followed by the knockout stages with a round of 32, a round of 16, quarter‑finals, semi‑finals, the match for third place and the final. The schedule is set out in Article 12 of the FIFA 2026 World Cup regulations.
The match schedule, including the final venue, was unveiled on February 4, 2024, from the Telemundo Center in Miami. On June 13, 2024, FIFA released an updated match schedule, and on December 6, 2025, the schedule was finalized with teams, times and cities.
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host the most matches of the tournament with nine. MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will host the final on July 19. All tournament venues, except Estadio Akron, will host at least one knockout stage match.
World Cup 2026 schedule with results by date and time
| #1) Thu 11 Jun 20:00 | group A | Mexico City | ||
| Mexico |  |
2-0 |  |
South Africa |
| #2) Fri 12 Jun 03:00 | group A | Guadalajara | ||
| South Korea |  |
2-1 |  |
Czech-Republic |
| #3) Fri 12 Jun 20:00 | group B | Toronto | ||
| Canada |  |
1-1 |  |
Bosnia-Herz. |
| #4) Sat 13 Jun 02:00 | group D | Los Angeles | ||
| United States |  |
4-1 |  |
Paraguay |
| #8) Sat 13 Jun 21:00 | group B | San Francisco | ||
| Qatar |  |
1-1 |  |
Switzerland |
| #7) Sun 14 Jun 00:00 | group C | New York/New Jersey | ||
| Brazil |  |
1-1 |  |
Morocco |
| #5) Sun 14 Jun 03:00 | group C | Boston | ||
| Haiti |  |
0-1 |  |
Scotland |
| #6) Sun 14 Jun 06:00 | group D | Vancouver | ||
| Australia |  |
2-0 |  |
Turkey |
| #10) Sun 14 Jun 19:00 | group E | Houston | ||
| Germany |  |
7-1 |  |
Curaçao |
| #11) Sun 14 Jun 22:00 | group F | Dallas | ||
| Netherlands |  |
2-2 |  |
Japan |
| #9) Mon 15 Jun 01:00 | group E | Philadelphia | ||
| Ivory Coast |  |
1-0 |  |
Ecuador |
| #12) Mon 15 Jun 03:00 | group F | Monterrey | ||
| Sweden |  |
5-1 |  |
Tunisia |
| #14) Mon 15 Jun 17:00 | group H | Atlanta | ||
| Spain |  |
0-0 |  |
Cape Verde |
| #16) Mon 15 Jun 20:00 | group G | Seattle | ||
| Belgium |  |
1-1 |  |
Egypt |
| #13) Mon 15 Jun 23:00 | group H | Miami | ||
| Saudi Arabia |  |
1-1 |  |
Uruguay |
| #15) Tue 16 Jun 02:00 | group G | Los Angeles | ||
| Iran |  |
2-2 |  |
New Zealand |
| #17) Tue 16 Jun 20:00 | group I | New York/New Jersey | ||
| France |  |
3-1 |  |
Senegal |
| #18) Tue 16 Jun 23:00 | group I | Boston | ||
| Iraq |  |
1-4 |  |
Norway |
| #19) Wed 17 Jun 02:00 | group J | Kansas City | ||
| Argentina |  |
3-0 |  |
Algeria |
| #20) Wed 17 Jun 05:00 | group J | San Francisco | ||
| Austria |  |
3-1 |  |
Jordan |
| #23) Wed 17 Jun 18:00 | group K | Houston | ||
| Portugal |  |
1-1 |  |
Congo |
| #22) Wed 17 Jun 21:00 | group L | Dallas | ||
| England |  |
4-2 |  |
Croatia |
| #21) Thu 18 Jun 00:00 | group L | Toronto | ||
| Ghana |  |
1-0 |  |
Panama |
| #24) Thu 18 Jun 03:00 | group K | Mexico City | ||
| Uzbekistan |  |
1-3 |  |
Colombia |
| #25) Thu 18 Jun 17:00 | group A | Atlanta | ||
| Czech-Republic | |
1-1 | |
South Africa |
| #26) Thu 18 Jun 21:00 | group B | Los Angeles | ||
| Switzerland | |
4-1 | |
Bosnia-Herz. |
| #27) Fri 19 Jun 00:00 | group B | Vancouver | ||
| Canada | |
6-0 | |
Qatar |
| #28) Fri 19 Jun 03:00 | group A | Guadalajara | ||
| Mexico | |
1-0 | |
South Korea |
| #32) Fri 19 Jun 21:00 | group D | Seattle | ||
| United States | |
2-0 | |
Australia |
| #30) Sat 20 Jun 00:00 | group C | Boston | ||
| Scotland | |
0-1 | |
Morocco |
| #29) Sat 20 Jun 02:30 | group C | Philadelphia | ||
| Brazil | |
3-0 | |
Haiti |
| #31) Sat 20 Jun 04:00 | group D | San Francisco | ||
| Turkey | |
0-1 | |
Paraguay |
| #35) Sat 20 Jun 18:00 | group F | Houston | ||
| Netherlands | |
5-1 | |
Sweden |
| #33) Sat 20 Jun 21:00 | group E | Toronto | ||
| Germany | |
2-1 | |
Ivory Coast |
| #34) Sun 21 Jun 01:00 | group E | Kansas City | ||
| Ecuador | |
0-0 | |
Curaçao |
| #36) Sun 21 Jun 05:00 | group F | Monterrey | ||
| Tunisia | |
0-4 | |
Japan |
| #38) Sun 21 Jun 17:00 | group H | Atlanta | ||
| Spain | |
4-0 | |
Saudi Arabia |
| #39) Sun 21 Jun 20:00 | group G | Los Angeles | ||
| Belgium | |
0-0 | |
Iran |
| #37) Sun 21 Jun 23:00 | group H | Miami | ||
| Uruguay | |
2-2 | |
Cape Verde |
| #40) Mon 22 Jun 02:00 | group G | Vancouver | ||
| New Zealand | |
1-3 | |
Egypt |
| #43) Mon 22 Jun 18:00 | group J | Dallas | ||
| Argentina | |
2-0 | |
Austria |
| #42) Mon 22 Jun 22:00 | group I | Philadelphia | ||
| France | |
3-0 | |
Iraq |
| #41) Tue 23 Jun 01:00 | group I | New York/New Jersey | ||
| Norway | |
3-2 | |
Senegal |
| #44) Tue 23 Jun 04:00 | group J | San Francisco | ||
| Jordan | |
1-2 | |
Algeria |
| #47) Tue 23 Jun 18:00 | group K | Houston | ||
| Portugal | |
5-0 | |
Uzbekistan |
| #45) Tue 23 Jun 21:00 | group L | Boston | ||
| England | |
0-0 | |
Ghana |
| #46) Wed 24 Jun 00:00 | group L | Toronto | ||
| Panama | |
0-1 | |
Croatia |
| #48) Wed 24 Jun 03:00 | group K | Guadalajara | ||
| Colombia | |
1-0 | |
Congo |
| #51) Wed 24 Jun 20:00 | group B | Vancouver | ||
| Switzerland | |
2-1 | |
Canada |
| #52) Wed 24 Jun 20:00 | group B | Seattle | ||
| Bosnia-Herz. | |
3-1 | |
Qatar |
| #49) Wed 24 Jun 23:00 | group C | Miami | ||
| Scotland | |
0-3 | |
Brazil |
| #50) Wed 24 Jun 23:00 | group C | Atlanta | ||
| Morocco | |
4-2 | |
Haiti |
| #53) Thu 25 Jun 02:00 | group A | Mexico City | ||
| Czech-Republic | |
0-3 | |
Mexico |
| #54) Thu 25 Jun 02:00 | group A | Monterrey | ||
| South Africa | |
1-0 | |
South Korea |
| #55) Thu 25 Jun 21:00 | group E | Philadelphia | ||
| Curaçao | |
0-2 | |
Ivory Coast |
| #56) Thu 25 Jun 21:00 | group E | New York/New Jersey | ||
| Ecuador | |
2-1 | |
Germany |
| #57) Fri 26 Jun 00:00 | group F | Dallas | ||
| Japan | |
1-1 | |
Sweden |
| #58) Fri 26 Jun 00:00 | group F | Kansas City | ||
| Tunisia | |
1-3 | |
Netherlands |
| #59) Fri 26 Jun 03:00 | group D | Los Angeles | ||
| Turkey | |
3-2 | |
United States |
| #60) Fri 26 Jun 03:00 | group D | San Francisco | ||
| Paraguay | |
0-0 | |
Australia |
| #61) Fri 26 Jun 21:00 | group I | Boston | ||
| Norway | |
1-4 | |
France |
| #62) Fri 26 Jun 21:00 | group I | Toronto | ||
| Senegal | |
5-0 | |
Iraq |
| #65) Sat 27 Jun 02:00 | group H | Houston | ||
| Cape Verde | |
0-0 | |
Saudi Arabia |
| #66) Sat 27 Jun 02:00 | group H | Guadalajara | ||
| Uruguay | |
0-1 | |
Spain |
| #63) Sat 27 Jun 05:00 | group G | Seattle | ||
| Egypt | |
1-1 | |
Iran |
| #64) Sat 27 Jun 05:00 | group G | Vancouver | ||
| New Zealand | |
1-5 | |
Belgium |
| #67) Sat 27 Jun 23:00 | group L | New York/New Jersey | ||
| Panama | |
0-2 | |
England |
| #68) Sat 27 Jun 23:00 | group L | Philadelphia | ||
| Croatia | |
2-1 | |
Ghana |
| #71) Sun 28 Jun 01:30 | group K | Miami | ||
| Colombia | |
0-0 | |
Portugal |
| #72) Sun 28 Jun 01:30 | group K | Atlanta | ||
| Congo | |
3-1 | |
Uzbekistan |
| #69) Sun 28 Jun 04:00 | group J | Kansas City | ||
| Algeria | |
3-3 | |
Austria |
| #70) Sun 28 Jun 04:00 | group J | Dallas | ||
| Jordan | |
1-3 | |
Argentina |
| #73) Sun 28 Jun 21:00 | 1/16 final | Los Angeles | ||
| South Africa | |
0-1 | |
Canada |
| #76) Mon 29 Jun 18:00 | 1/16 final | Houston | ||
| Brazil | |
2-1 | |
Japan |
| #74) Mon 29 Jun 21:30 | 1/16 final | Boston | ||
| Germany | |
1-1 | |
Paraguay |
| #75) Tue 30 Jun 02:00 | 1/16 final | Monterrey | ||
| Netherlands | |
1-1 | |
Morocco |
| #78) Tue 30 Jun 18:00 | 1/16 final | Dallas | ||
| Ivory Coast | |
1-2 | |
Norway |
| #77) Tue 30 Jun 23:00 | 1/16 final | New York/New Jersey | ||
| France | |
3-0 | |
Sweden |
| #79) Wed 01 Jul 03:00 | 1/16 final | Mexico City | ||
| Mexico | |
2-0 | |
Ecuador |
| #80) Wed 01 Jul 18:00 | 1/16 final | Atlanta | ||
| England | |
2-1 | |
Congo |
| #82) Wed 01 Jul 22:00 | 1/16 final | Seattle | ||
| Belgium | |
3-2 | |
Senegal |
| #81) Thu 02 Jul 02:00 | 1/16 final | San Francisco | ||
| United States | |
2-0 | |
Bosnia-Herz. |
| #84) Thu 02 Jul 21:00 | 1/16 final | Los Angeles | ||
| Spain | |
3-0 | |
Austria |
| #83) Fri 03 Jul 01:00 | 1/16 final | Toronto | ||
| Portugal | |
2-1 | |
Croatia |
| #85) Fri 03 Jul 04:00 | 1/16 final | Vancouver | ||
| Switzerland | |
1-0 | |
Algeria |
| #88) Fri 03 Jul 19:00 | 1/16 final | Dallas | ||
| Australia | |
19:00 | |
Egypt |
| #86) Fri 03 Jul 23:00 | 1/16 final | Miami | ||
| Argentina | |
23:00 | |
Cape Verde |
| #87) Sat 04 Jul 02:30 | 1/16 final | Kansas City | ||
| Colombia | |
02:30 | |
Ghana |
| #90) Sat 04 Jul 18:00 | 1/8 final | Houston | ||
| Canada | |
18:00 | |
Morocco |
| #89) Sat 04 Jul 22:00 | 1/8 final | Philadelphia | ||
| Paraguay | |
22:00 | |
France |
| #91) Sun 05 Jul 21:00 | 1/8 final | New York/New Jersey | ||
| Brazil | |
21:00 | |
Norway |
| #92) Mon 06 Jul 02:00 | 1/8 final | Mexico City | ||
| Mexico | |
02:00 | |
England |
| #93) Mon 06 Jul 21:00 | 1/8 final | Dallas | ||
| Portugal | |
21:00 | |
Spain |
| #94) Tue 07 Jul 02:00 | 1/8 final | Seattle | ||
| United States | |
02:00 | |
Belgium |
| #95) Tue 07 Jul 18:00 | 1/8 final | Atlanta | ||
| W86 |  |
18:00 | |
W88 |
| #96) Tue 07 Jul 22:00 | 1/8 final | Vancouver | ||
| W85 | |
22:00 | |
W87 |
| #97) Thu 09 Jul 22:00 | 1/4 final | Boston | ||
| W89 | |
22:00 | |
W90 |
| #98) Fri 10 Jul 21:00 | 1/4 final | Los Angeles | ||
| W93 | |
21:00 | |
W94 |
| #99) Sat 11 Jul 23:00 | 1/4 final | Miami | ||
| W91 | |
23:00 | |
W92 |
| #100) Sun 12 Jul 03:00 | 1/4 final | Kansas City | ||
| W95 | |
03:00 | |
W96 |
| #101) Tue 14 Jul 21:00 | 1/2 final | Dallas | ||
| W97 | |
21:00 | |
W98 |
| #102) Wed 15 Jul 21:00 | 1/2 final | Atlanta | ||
| W99 | |
21:00 | |
W100 |
| #103) Sat 18 Jul 23:00 | 3/4th plac | Miami | ||
| V101 | |
23:00 | |
V102 |
| #104) Sun 19 Jul 21:00 | final | New York/New Jersey | ||
| W101 | |
21:00 | |
W102 |
Extra time and penalty shoot-outs in the knockout stage of the 2026 World Cup
During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, matches in the knockout stage cannot end in a draw. If the score is level after 90 minutes, FIFA’s clear rules on extra time and penalty shoot-outs apply (Article 14 of the 2026 World Cup Regulations).
Extra time in case of a draw
In the knockout stage, if the score is tied after normal time, extra time will be played. Extra time consists of two halves of 15 minutes each, with a five-minute break after the end of normal time. There is no break between the two halves of extra time. During both breaks, players remain on the field to prepare for the continuation of the match.
Penalty shoot-out
If the score remains level after extra time, the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out. The penalty shoot-out is conducted in accordance with the official Laws of the Game.
Penalty shoot-out procedure
Before the penalty shoot-out begins, the referee decides the following:
- a) The referee tosses a coin to decide at which goal the penalties will be taken. This goal may only be changed for safety reasons or due to unplayable conditions (such as poor pitch condition).
- b) The referee then tosses the coin again. The team that wins this toss chooses whether to take the first or second penalty.
Distribution of the number of matches among the host countries
On January 10, 2017, FIFA decided that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held with 48 participants, with 12 groups of 4 countries each. This increases the number of matches from 64 to 104.
The United States will host 78 matches, including from the quarterfinals onward, while Canada and Mexico will each host 13.
The World Cup schedule of matches is divided between the 3 countries:
- Canada: 13 games
- Mexico: 13 games
- USA: 78 games
Factors in drawing up the schedule
When drawing up the draft schedule, the organization not only took into account the extensive format, but also other factors. This includes distribution, land height, the lowest impact on the environment and maximizing TV audience. The groups are clustered and the knockout stages are played from east to west.
The most important thing in the schedule is that health, safety and optimal conditions for players and referees have been taken into account. Each team will only play one more match due to the addition of the round of the last 32 in the knockout phase [ref].
World Cup 2026 schedule
The new schedule consists of 12 groups with 4 teams, and a new round for the last 32. [ref] With more countries participating than ever before, the first team will play an out group no less than 9 days earlier than the last team from the same group. The organization has also tried to spread the rest days fairly and evenly, which is good for both the teams and the playing fields.
The last two matches in each group have simultaneous kick-off times on the same day.
Due to the large distances between the cities in North America, the matches of a certain pool are played in one region. Of course, the host cities and the capacity of the stadiums are also taken into account.
The following criteria have been drawn up for the 2026 World Cup schedule:
- Minimum 3 days rest for teams between matches, except for the consolation final;
- Same number of rest days for teams playing against each other, except group stage, last 32, consolation final and final;
- Canada and Mexico will host each of their 7 group matches, 2 last 32 matches and 1 last 16 match;
- Since the host country always kicks off the tournament, the three host countries will each play a match in their own country on the opening day;
- Minimum 2 days between matches in a particular stadium to allow the field to recover;
- A west-to-east flow for knockout matches;
- The final will be played in New York/New Jersey at MetLife Stadium with a capacity of approximately 85,000;
- The semifinals will be played in Atlanta and Dallas, due to geographic location;
- No more than 7 matches will be played in any stadium.
- Each half is interrupted by a 3-minute drink break.
Preparing for the game schedule
The teams are given ample time to prepare for the schedule. The players must be available for their national team from May 25, 2026, so that the last national league match can be played on May 24 at the latest.
With a total of 56 days (preparation and match days), the number of days is equal to the editions of 2010, 2014 and 2018.
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The World Cup 2026 schedule includes no less than 104 football matches and 48 participants. These are the matches and results of the World Cup 2026.
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