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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in CDT

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in US Central (CDT). 13 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

CT (CDT, UTC-5) is the US Central timezone. Dallas and Kansas City are CDT venues. A 15:00 CDT kickoff is 16:00 ET and 13:00 PT. The final is Sunday 19 July at 14:00 CT.

Group stage

Group A · Thu 11 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
14:00
CDT
Group A · Thu 11 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
21:00
CDT
Group B · Fri 12 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
14:00
CDT
Group D · Fri 12 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
20:00
CDT
Group C · Sat 13 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
20:00
CDT
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
23:00
CDT
Group C · Sat 13 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
17:00
CDT
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
14:00
CDT
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
18:00
CDT
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
12:00
CDT
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
15:00
CDT
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
21:00
CDT
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
17:00
CDT
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
11:00
CDT
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
20:00
CDT
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
14:00
CDT
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
14:00
CDT
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
17:00
CDT
Group J · Tue 16 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
20:00
CDT
Group J · Tue 16 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
23:00
CDT
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
15:00
CDT
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
15:00
CDT
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
12:00
CDT
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
21:00
CDT
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
11:00
CDT
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
14:00
CDT
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
17:00
CDT
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
22:00
CDT
Group C · Fri 19 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
20:00
CDT
Group C · Fri 19 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
17:00
CDT
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
22:00
CDT
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
14:00
CDT
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
15:00
CDT
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
19:00
CDT
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
12:00
CDT
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
23:00
CDT
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
17:00
CDT
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
11:00
CDT
Group G · Sun 21 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
17:00
CDT
Group G · Sun 21 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
20:00
CDT
Group I · Mon 22 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
19:00
CDT
Group I · Mon 22 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
16:00
CDT
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
12:00
CDT
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
22:00
CDT
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
15:00
CDT
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
18:00
CDT
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
12:00
CDT
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
21:00
CDT
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
17:00
CDT
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
17:00
CDT
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
14:00
CDT
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
14:00
CDT
Group A · Wed 24 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
22:00
CDT
Group A · Wed 24 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
22:00
CDT
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
15:00
CDT
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
15:00
CDT
Group F · Thu 25 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
18:00
CDT
Group F · Thu 25 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
18:00
CDT
Group D · Thu 25 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
21:00
CDT
Group D · Thu 25 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
21:00
CDT
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
14:00
CDT
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
14:00
CDT
Group G · Fri 26 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
22:00
CDT
Group G · Fri 26 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
22:00
CDT
Group H · Fri 26 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
17:00
CDT
Group H · Fri 26 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
19:00
CDT
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
16:00
CDT
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
16:00
CDT
Group J · Sat 27 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
21:00
CDT
Group J · Sat 27 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
21:00
CDT
Group K · Sat 27 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
18:30
CDT
Group K · Sat 27 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
18:30
CDT

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Sun 28 Jun
Runner-up Group A
v
Runner-up Group B
14:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group E
v
3rd place (A/B/C/D/F)
15:30
CDT
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group F
v
Runner-up Group C
22:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group C
v
Runner-up Group F
12:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group I
v
3rd place (C/D/F/G/H)
16:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Runner-up Group E
v
Runner-up Group I
12:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group A
v
3rd place (C/E/F/H/I)
22:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group L
v
3rd place (E/H/I/J/K)
11:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group D
v
3rd place (B/E/F/I/J)
19:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group G
v
3rd place (A/E/H/I/J)
15:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Runner-up Group K
v
Runner-up Group L
18:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group H
v
Runner-up Group J
14:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group B
v
3rd place (E/F/G/I/J)
22:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group J
v
Runner-up Group H
17:00
CDT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group K
v
3rd place (D/E/I/J/L)
20:30
CDT
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group D
v
Runner-up Group G
13:00
CDT

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M74
v
Winner of M77
16:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M73
v
Winner of M75
12:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M76
v
Winner of M78
15:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M79
v
Winner of M80
21:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M83
v
Winner of M84
14:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M81
v
Winner of M82
19:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M86
v
Winner of M88
11:00
CDT
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M85
v
Winner of M87
15:00
CDT

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sat 18 Jul
L101
v
L102
16:00
CDT

Final

Final · Sun 19 Jul
Winner of M101
v
Winner of M102
14:00
CDT

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in CDT?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match kicks off at Thu 11 Jun 14:00 CDT — Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in CDT?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at Sun 19 Jul 14:00 CDT at MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey on 2026-07-19.

How many late-night kickoffs are there in CDT?

13 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in US Central (CDT).

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 US Central (CDT) (America/Chicago) using IANA timezone data.

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