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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in EEST

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in Eastern European (EEST). 77 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

EEST (UTC+3) covers Greece, Finland, Bulgaria, Romania and the Baltics during the tournament. It's two hours ahead of UK time, which means US-West-Coast games go deep into the small hours. 77 matches fall in the 22:00–06:00 EEST window, 47 of them after midnight. The final is Sunday 19 July at 22:00 EEST.

Group stage

Group A · Thu 11 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
22:00
GMT+3
Group A · Fri 12 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
05:00
GMT+3
Group B · Fri 12 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
22:00
GMT+3
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
04:00
GMT+3
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
04:00
GMT+3
Group D · Sun 14 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
07:00
GMT+3
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
01:00
GMT+3
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
22:00
GMT+3
Group E · Mon 15 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
02:00
GMT+3
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
20:00
GMT+3
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
23:00
GMT+3
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
05:00
GMT+3
Group H · Tue 16 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
01:00
GMT+3
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
19:00
GMT+3
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
04:00
GMT+3
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
22:00
GMT+3
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
22:00
GMT+3
Group I · Wed 17 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
01:00
GMT+3
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
04:00
GMT+3
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
07:00
GMT+3
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
23:00
GMT+3
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
23:00
GMT+3
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
20:00
GMT+3
Group K · Thu 18 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
05:00
GMT+3
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
19:00
GMT+3
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
22:00
GMT+3
Group B · Fri 19 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
01:00
GMT+3
Group A · Fri 19 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
06:00
GMT+3
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
04:00
GMT+3
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
01:00
GMT+3
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
06:00
GMT+3
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
22:00
GMT+3
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
23:00
GMT+3
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
03:00
GMT+3
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
20:00
GMT+3
Group F · Sun 21 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
07:00
GMT+3
Group H · Mon 22 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
01:00
GMT+3
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
19:00
GMT+3
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
01:00
GMT+3
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
04:00
GMT+3
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
03:00
GMT+3
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
00:00
GMT+3
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
20:00
GMT+3
Group J · Tue 23 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
06:00
GMT+3
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
23:00
GMT+3
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
02:00
GMT+3
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
20:00
GMT+3
Group K · Wed 24 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
05:00
GMT+3
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
01:00
GMT+3
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
01:00
GMT+3
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
22:00
GMT+3
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
22:00
GMT+3
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
06:00
GMT+3
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
06:00
GMT+3
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
23:00
GMT+3
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
23:00
GMT+3
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
02:00
GMT+3
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
02:00
GMT+3
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
05:00
GMT+3
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
05:00
GMT+3
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
22:00
GMT+3
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
22:00
GMT+3
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
06:00
GMT+3
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
06:00
GMT+3
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
01:00
GMT+3
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
03:00
GMT+3
Group L · Sun 28 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
00:00
GMT+3
Group L · Sun 28 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
00:00
GMT+3
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
05:00
GMT+3
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
05:00
GMT+3
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
02:30
GMT+3
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
02:30
GMT+3

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Sun 28 Jun
Runner-up Group A
v
Runner-up Group B
22:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group E
v
3rd place (A/B/C/D/F)
23:30
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group F
v
Runner-up Group C
06:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group C
v
Runner-up Group F
20:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group I
v
3rd place (C/D/F/G/H)
00:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Runner-up Group E
v
Runner-up Group I
20:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group A
v
3rd place (C/E/F/H/I)
06:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group L
v
3rd place (E/H/I/J/K)
19:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group D
v
3rd place (B/E/F/I/J)
03:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group G
v
3rd place (A/E/H/I/J)
23:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group K
v
Runner-up Group L
02:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group H
v
Runner-up Group J
22:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group B
v
3rd place (E/F/G/I/J)
06:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group J
v
Runner-up Group H
01:00
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group K
v
3rd place (D/E/I/J/L)
04:30
GMT+3
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group D
v
Runner-up Group G
21:00
GMT+3

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M74
v
Winner of M77
00:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M73
v
Winner of M75
20:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M76
v
Winner of M78
23:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M79
v
Winner of M80
05:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M83
v
Winner of M84
22:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M81
v
Winner of M82
03:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M86
v
Winner of M88
19:00
GMT+3
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M85
v
Winner of M87
23:00
GMT+3

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sun 19 Jul
L101
v
L102
00:00
GMT+3

Final

Final · Sun 19 Jul
Winner of M101
v
Winner of M102
22:00
GMT+3

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in EEST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match kicks off at Thu 11 Jun 22:00 EEST — Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in EEST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at Sun 19 Jul 22:00 EEST at MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey on 2026-07-19.

How many late-night kickoffs are there in EEST?

77 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in Eastern European (EEST).

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 Eastern European (EEST) (Europe/Athens) using IANA timezone data.

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