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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in IST

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in India (IST). 69 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

IST (UTC+5:30) sits between Europe and East Asia, so World Cup 2026 kickoffs land across the evening, night and small hours in India. 69 matches fall in the 22:00–06:00 IST window, 60 of them after midnight. The opener is Friday 12 June at 00:30 IST; the final is Monday 20 July at 00:30 IST.

Group stage

Group A · Fri 12 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group A · Fri 12 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Sun 14 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
09:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Sun 14 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Mon 15 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
04:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
22:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Tue 16 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
21:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Wed 17 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Wed 17 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
09:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Thu 18 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Thu 18 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
22:30
GMT+5:30
Group K · Thu 18 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
21:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Fri 19 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Fri 19 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group A · Fri 19 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
05:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
22:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Sun 21 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
09:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Mon 22 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
21:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
06:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
05:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
02:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
22:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Tue 23 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
04:30
GMT+5:30
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
22:30
GMT+5:30
Group K · Wed 24 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Thu 25 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group B · Thu 25 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Fri 26 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group E · Fri 26 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
01:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
04:30
GMT+5:30
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
04:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Sat 27 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group I · Sat 27 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
00:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
08:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
03:30
GMT+5:30
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
05:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Sun 28 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
02:30
GMT+5:30
Group L · Sun 28 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
02:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
07:30
GMT+5:30
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
05:00
GMT+5:30
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
05:00
GMT+5:30

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Runner-up Group A
v
Runner-up Group B
00:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group E
v
3rd place (A/B/C/D/F)
02:00
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group F
v
Runner-up Group C
08:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group C
v
Runner-up Group F
22:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group I
v
3rd place (C/D/F/G/H)
02:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Runner-up Group E
v
Runner-up Group I
22:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group A
v
3rd place (C/E/F/H/I)
08:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group L
v
3rd place (E/H/I/J/K)
21:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group D
v
3rd place (B/E/F/I/J)
05:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group G
v
3rd place (A/E/H/I/J)
01:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group K
v
Runner-up Group L
04:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group H
v
Runner-up Group J
00:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group B
v
3rd place (E/F/G/I/J)
08:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group J
v
Runner-up Group H
03:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group K
v
3rd place (D/E/I/J/L)
07:00
GMT+5:30
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group D
v
Runner-up Group G
23:30
GMT+5:30

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M74
v
Winner of M77
02:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M73
v
Winner of M75
22:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M76
v
Winner of M78
01:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M79
v
Winner of M80
07:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M83
v
Winner of M84
00:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M81
v
Winner of M82
05:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M86
v
Winner of M88
21:30
GMT+5:30
Round of 16 · Wed 8 Jul
Winner of M85
v
Winner of M87
01:30
GMT+5:30

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sun 19 Jul
L101
v
L102
02:30
GMT+5:30

Final

Final · Mon 20 Jul
Winner of M101
v
Winner of M102
00:30
GMT+5:30

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in IST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match kicks off at Fri 12 Jun 00:30 IST — Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in IST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at Mon 20 Jul 00:30 IST at MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey on 2026-07-19.

How many late-night kickoffs are there in IST?

69 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in India (IST).

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 India (IST) (Asia/Kolkata) using IANA timezone data.

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