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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in SAST

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in South Africa (SAST). 69 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

SAST (UTC+2) is South Africa's timezone, and with Bafana Bafana in Group A — the opening game against Mexico is Thursday 11 June at 21:00 SAST — the tournament starts meaningfully here. 69 matches fall in the 22:00–06:00 SAST window, 50 of them after midnight. The final is Sunday 19 July at 21:00 SAST.

Group stage

Group A · Thu 11 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
21:00
GMT+2
Group A · Fri 12 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
04:00
GMT+2
Group B · Fri 12 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
21:00
GMT+2
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
03:00
GMT+2
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
03:00
GMT+2
Group D · Sun 14 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
06:00
GMT+2
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
00:00
GMT+2
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
21:00
GMT+2
Group E · Mon 15 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
01:00
GMT+2
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
19:00
GMT+2
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
22:00
GMT+2
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
04:00
GMT+2
Group H · Tue 16 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
00:00
GMT+2
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
18:00
GMT+2
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
03:00
GMT+2
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
21:00
GMT+2
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
21:00
GMT+2
Group I · Wed 17 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
00:00
GMT+2
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
03:00
GMT+2
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
06:00
GMT+2
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
22:00
GMT+2
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
22:00
GMT+2
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
19:00
GMT+2
Group K · Thu 18 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
04:00
GMT+2
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
18:00
GMT+2
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
21:00
GMT+2
Group B · Fri 19 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
00:00
GMT+2
Group A · Fri 19 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
05:00
GMT+2
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
03:00
GMT+2
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
00:00
GMT+2
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
05:00
GMT+2
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
21:00
GMT+2
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
22:00
GMT+2
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
02:00
GMT+2
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
19:00
GMT+2
Group F · Sun 21 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
06:00
GMT+2
Group H · Mon 22 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
00:00
GMT+2
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
18:00
GMT+2
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
00:00
GMT+2
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
03:00
GMT+2
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
02:00
GMT+2
Group I · Mon 22 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
23:00
GMT+2
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
19:00
GMT+2
Group J · Tue 23 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
05:00
GMT+2
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
22:00
GMT+2
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
01:00
GMT+2
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
19:00
GMT+2
Group K · Wed 24 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
04:00
GMT+2
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
00:00
GMT+2
Group C · Thu 25 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
00:00
GMT+2
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
21:00
GMT+2
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
21:00
GMT+2
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
05:00
GMT+2
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
05:00
GMT+2
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
22:00
GMT+2
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
22:00
GMT+2
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
01:00
GMT+2
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
01:00
GMT+2
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
04:00
GMT+2
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
04:00
GMT+2
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
21:00
GMT+2
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
21:00
GMT+2
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
05:00
GMT+2
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
05:00
GMT+2
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
00:00
GMT+2
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
02:00
GMT+2
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
23:00
GMT+2
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
23:00
GMT+2
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
04:00
GMT+2
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
04:00
GMT+2
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
01:30
GMT+2
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
01:30
GMT+2

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Sun 28 Jun
Runner-up Group A
v
Runner-up Group B
21:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group E
v
3rd place (A/B/C/D/F)
22:30
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group F
v
Runner-up Group C
05:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group C
v
Runner-up Group F
19:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group I
v
3rd place (C/D/F/G/H)
23:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Runner-up Group E
v
Runner-up Group I
19:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group A
v
3rd place (C/E/F/H/I)
05:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group L
v
3rd place (E/H/I/J/K)
18:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group D
v
3rd place (B/E/F/I/J)
02:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group G
v
3rd place (A/E/H/I/J)
22:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group K
v
Runner-up Group L
01:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group H
v
Runner-up Group J
21:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group B
v
3rd place (E/F/G/I/J)
05:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group J
v
Runner-up Group H
00:00
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group K
v
3rd place (D/E/I/J/L)
03:30
GMT+2
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group D
v
Runner-up Group G
20:00
GMT+2

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M74
v
Winner of M77
23:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M73
v
Winner of M75
19:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M76
v
Winner of M78
22:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M79
v
Winner of M80
04:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M83
v
Winner of M84
21:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M81
v
Winner of M82
02:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M86
v
Winner of M88
18:00
GMT+2
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M85
v
Winner of M87
22:00
GMT+2

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sat 18 Jul
L101
v
L102
23:00
GMT+2

Final

Final · Sun 19 Jul
Winner of M101
v
Winner of M102
21:00
GMT+2

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in SAST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening match kicks off at Thu 11 Jun 21:00 SAST — Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in SAST?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final kicks off at Sun 19 Jul 21:00 SAST at MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey on 2026-07-19.

How many late-night kickoffs are there in SAST?

69 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in South Africa (SAST).

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 South Africa (SAST) (Africa/Johannesburg) using IANA timezone data.

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