World Cup 2026 kickoff times in AEST

AEST (UTC+10) runs fourteen hours ahead of the US East Coast, so matches that kick off in the afternoon there land early the next morning in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Most of the tournament plays out between 03:00 and 11:00 AEST — it's a breakfast-and-alarm-clock World Cup for Australian fans. The final is Monday 20 July at 05:00 AEST.