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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in BST

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in UK & Ireland (BST). 60 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

BST is UTC+1 through the World Cup 2026. 60 of the 104 matches kick off in the 22:00–06:00 BST window, including 42 after midnight. The opener is Thursday 11 June at 20:00 BST (Mexico vs South Africa at the Azteca). The final is Sunday 19 July at 20:00 BST at MetLife Stadium.

West-coast group games are the worst of it: 21:00 kickoffs in Los Angeles, Seattle or Vancouver land at 05:00 BST the following morning. For England fans, the Group L fixtures against Croatia, Ghana and Panama sit more gently in the BST evening; the late nights begin in the knockouts.

Group stage

Group A · Thu 11 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
2–0
FT
Group A · Fri 12 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
2–1
FT
Group B · Fri 12 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
1–1
FT
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
4–1
FT
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
0–1
FT
Group D · Sun 14 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
2–0
FT
Group C · Sat 13 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
1–1
FT
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
1–1
FT
Group E · Mon 15 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
1–0
FT
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
7–1
FT
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
2–2
FT
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
5–1
FT
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
1–1
FT
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
0–0
FT
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
2–2
FT
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
1–1
FT
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
3–1
FT
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
1–4
FT
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
3–0
FT
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
3–1
FT
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
1–0
FT
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
4–2
FT
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
1–1
FT
Group K · Thu 18 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
1–3
FT
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
1–1
FT
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
4–1
FT
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
6–0
FT
Group A · Fri 19 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
1–0
FT
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
3–0
FT
Group C · Fri 19 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
0–1
FT
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
0–1
FT
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
2–0
FT
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
2–1
FT
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
0–0
FT
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
5–1
FT
Group F · Sun 21 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
0–4
FT
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
2–2
FT
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
4–0
FT
Group G · Sun 21 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
0–0
FT
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
1–3
FT
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
3–2
FT
Group I · Mon 22 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
3–0
FT
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
2–0
FT
Group J · Tue 23 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
1–2
FT
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
0–0
FT
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
0–1
FT
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
5–0
FT
Group K · Wed 24 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
1–0
FT
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
0–3
FT
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
4–2
FT
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
2–1
FT
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
3–1
FT
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
0–3
FT
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
1–0
FT
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
0–2
FT
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
2–1
FT
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
1–1
FT
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
1–3
FT
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
3–2
FT
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
0–0
FT
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
1–4
FT
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
5–0
FT
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
1–1
FT
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
1–5
FT
Group H · Fri 26 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
0–0
FT
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
0–1
FT
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
0–2
FT
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
2–1
FT
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
3–3
FT
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
1–3
FT
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
0–0
FT
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
3–1
FT

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Sun 28 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
Canada flagCanada
0–1
FT
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
1–1
Pens 3–4
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Morocco flagMorocco
1–1
Pens 2–3
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Japan flagJapan
2–1
FT
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Sweden flagSweden
3–0
FT
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Norway flagNorway
1–2
FT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Mexico flagMexico
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
2–0
FT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
England flagEngland
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
2–1
FT
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
United States flagUnited States
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
2–0
FT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Senegal flagSenegal
3–2
AET
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Croatia flagCroatia
2–1
FT
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Spain flagSpain
v
Austria flagAustria
3–0
FT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
2–0
FT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
3–2
AET
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Colombia flagColombia
v
Ghana flagGhana
1–0
FT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Australia flagAustralia
v
Egypt flagEgypt
1–1
Pens 2–4

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
France flagFrance
0–1
FT
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Canada flagCanada
v
Morocco flagMorocco
0–3
FT
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Norway flagNorway
1–2
FT
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Mexico flagMexico
v
England flagEngland
2–3
FT
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Spain flagSpain
0–1
FT
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
United States flagUnited States
v
Belgium flagBelgium
1–4
FT
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Egypt flagEgypt
3–2
FT
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Colombia flagColombia
0–0
Pens 4–3

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final · Thu 9 Jul
France flagFrance
v
Morocco flagMorocco
2–1
FT
Quarter-final · Fri 10 Jul
Spain flagSpain
v
Belgium flagBelgium
3–2
AET
Quarter-final · Sat 11 Jul
Norway flagNorway
v
England flagEngland
1–2
FT
Quarter-final · Sun 12 Jul
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
2–0
FT

Semi-finals

Semi-final · Tue 14 Jul
France flagFrance
v
Spain flagSpain
0–2
FT
Semi-final · Wed 15 Jul
England flagEngland
v
Argentina flagArgentina
20:00
GMT+1

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sat 18 Jul
France flagFrance
v
Loser of M102
22:00
GMT+1

Final

Final · Sun 19 Jul
Spain flagSpain
v
Winner of M102
20:00
GMT+1

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in BST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match kicks off at Thu 11 Jun 20:00 BST — Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in BST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at Sun 19 Jul 20:00 BST at MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey on 2026-07-19.

How many late-night kickoffs are there in BST?

60 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in UK & Ireland (BST).

Is this schedule official?

All times are converted from FIFA's official 2026 World Cup schedule and verified manually. Kickoffs are stored in UTC and converted to UK & Ireland (BST) (Europe/London) using IANA timezone data.

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