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• Mexico and South Africa play in the 2026 World Cup opener on June 11 in Mexico City.
• The USMNT plays its first 2026 World Cup game against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on June 12.
• The 2026 World Cup final will be held on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

North America will be the center of the sporting world during the summer of 2026 as the men’s World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

From the opening match between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 in Mexico City through the final on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, a total of 104 matches will be held in 11 cities in the United States, plus three in Mexico and two in Canada.

The group stage runs until June 27, with synchronized start times in each group for the final matches in the round-robin. The top two teams in each group – and the eight best third-place finishers – advance to knockout stage, which begins on June 28 with the Round of 32.

Here is the complete 2026 World Cup schedule:

2026 World Cup schedule

ALL TIMES EASTERN

June 11, 2026

• Mexico vs. South Africa (Group A) – Mexico City, 3 p.m.
• South Korea vs. UEFA playoff D (Group A) – Guadalajara, 10 p.m.

June 12

• Canada vs. UEFA playoff A (Group B) – Toronto, 3 p.m.
• USA vs. Paraguay (Group D) – Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

June 13

• Brazil vs. Morocco (Group C) – New York/New Jersey, 3 p.m.
• Australia vs. UEFA playoff C (Group D) – Vancouver, 6 p.m.
• Haiti vs. Scotland (Group C) – Boston, 9 p.m.
• Qatar vs. Switzerland (Group B) – San Francisco Bay Area, 12 a.m. (9 p.m. local)

June 14

• Germany vs. Curaçao (Group E) – Houston, 1 p.m.
• Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador (Group E) – Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
• Netherlands vs. Japan (Group F) – Dallas, 7 p.m.
• UEFA playoff B vs. Tunisia (Group F) – Monterrey, 10 p.m.

June 15

• Spain vs. Cape Verde (Group H) – Atlanta, 12 p.m.
• Belgium vs. Egypt (Group G) – Seattle, 3 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay (Group H) – Miami, 6 p.m.
• Iran vs. New Zealand (Group G) – Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

June 16

• France vs. Senegal (Group I) – New York/New Jersey, 3 p.m.
• FIFA playoff 2 vs. Norway (Group I) – Boston, 6 p.m.
• Argentina vs. Algeria (Group J) – Kansas City, 9 p.m.
• Austria vs. Jordan (Group J) – San Francisco Bay Area, 12 a.m. (9 p.m. local)

June 17

• Portugal vs. FIFA playoff 1 (Group K) – Houston, 1 p.m.
• England vs. Croatia (Group L) – Dallas, 4 p.m.
• Ghana vs. Panama (Group L) – Toronto, 7 p.m.
• Uzbekistan vs. Colombia (Group K) – Mexico City, 10 p.m.

June 18

• UEFA playoff D vs. South Africa (Group A) – Atlanta, 12 p.m.
• Switzerland vs. UEFA playoff A (Group A) – Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
• Canada vs. Qatar (Group B) – Vancouver, 6 p.m.
• Mexico vs. South Korea (Group A) – Guadalajara, 9 p.m.

June 19

• USA vs. Australia (Group D) – Seattle, 3 p.m.
• Scotland vs. Morocco (Group C) – Boston, 6 p.m.
• Brazil vs. Haiti (Group C) – Philadelphia, 9 p.m.
• UEFA playoff C vs. Paraguay (Group D) – San Francisco Bay Area, 12 a.m. (9 p.m. local)

June 20

• Netherlands vs. UEFA playoff B (Group F) – Houston, 1 p.m.
• Germany vs. Ivory Coast (Group E) – Toronto, 4 p.m.
• Ecuador vs. Curaçao (Group E) – Kansas City, 8 p.m.
• Tunisia vs. Japan (Group F) – Monterrey, 12 a.m. (11 p.m. local)

June 21

• Spain vs. Saudi Arabia (Group H) – Atlanta, 12 p.m.
• Belgium vs. Iran (Group G) – Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
• Uruguay vs. Cape Verde (Group H) – Miami, 6 p.m.
• New Zealand vs. Egypt (Group G) – Vancouver, 9 p.m.

June 22

• Argentina vs. Austria (Group J) – Dallas, 1 p.m.
• France vs. FIFA playoff 2 (Group I) – Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
• Norway vs. Senegal (Group I) – New York/New Jersey, 8 p.m.
• Jordan vs. Algeria (Group J) – San Francisco Bay Area, 11 p.m.

June 23

• Portugal vs. Uzbekistan (Group K) – Houston, 1 p.m.
• England vs. Ghana (Group L) – Boston, 4 p.m.
• Panama vs. Croatia (Group L) – Toronto, 7 p.m.
• Colombia vs. FIFA playoff 1 (Group K) – Guadalajara, 10 p.m.

June 24

• Canada vs. Switzerland (Group B) – Vancouver, 3 p.m.
• UEFA playoff A vs. Qatar (Group B) – Seattle, 3 p.m.
• Scotland vs. Brazil (Group C) – Miami, 6 p.m.
• Morocco vs. Haiti (Group C) – Atlanta, 6 p.m.
• Mexico vs. UEFA playoff D (Group A) – Mexico City, 9 p.m.
• South Korea vs. South Africa (Group A) – Monterrey, 9 p.m.

June 25

• Ecuador vs. Germany (Group E) – New York/New Jersey, 4 p.m.
• Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast (Group E) – Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
• Tunisia vs. Netherlands (Group F) – Kansas City, 7 p.m.
• Japan vs. UEFA playoff B (Group F) – Dallas, 7 p.m.
• USA vs. UEFA playoff C (Group D) – Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
• Paraguay vs. Australia (Group D) – San Francisco Bay Area, 10 p.m.

June 26

• Norway vs. France (Group I) – Boston, 3 p.m.
• Senegal vs. FIFA playoff 2 (Group I) – Toronto, 3 p.m.
• New Zealand vs. Belgium (Group G) – Vancouver, 8 p.m.
• Egypt vs. Iran (Group G) – Seattle, 8 p.m.
• Uruguay vs. Spain (Group H) – Guadalajara, 11 p.m.
• Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia (Group H) – Houston, 1 p.m.

June 27

• Panama vs. England (Group L) – New York/New Jersey, 5 p.m.
• Croatia vs. Ghana (Group L) – Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
• Colombia vs. Portugal (Group K) – Miami, 7:30 p.m.
• FIFA playoff 1 vs. Uzbekistan (Group K) – Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
• Jordan vs. Argentina (Group J) – Dallas, 10 p.m.
• Algeria vs. Austria (Group J) – Kansas City, 10 p.m.

2026 World Cup knockout round schedule

• Round of 32: June 28-July 3
• Round of 16: July 4-July 7
• Quarterfinals: July 9-July 11
• Semifinals: July 14-15 – AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) and Mecedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
• Third-place match: July 18 – Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
• World Cup final: July 19 – MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, New Jersey)