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World Cup 2026 kickoff times in WEST

All 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, in Western European (WEST). 60 kickoffs fall in overnight hours.

WEST (UTC+1) is Portugal and Ireland's timezone through the tournament — the same clock as BST. 60 kickoffs land in the 22:00–06:00 WEST window, with 42 after midnight. The opener is Thursday 11 June at 20:00 WEST; the final is Sunday 19 July at 20:00 WEST.

Group stage

Group A · Thu 11 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
20:00
GMT+1
Group A · Fri 12 Jun
South Korea flagSouth Korea
v
Czechia flagCzechia
03:00
GMT+1
Group B · Fri 12 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
20:00
GMT+1
Group D · Sat 13 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
02:00
GMT+1
Group C · Sun 14 Jun
Haiti flagHaiti
v
Scotland flagScotland
02:00
GMT+1
Group D · Sun 14 Jun
Australia flagAustralia
v
Türkiye flagTürkiye
05:00
GMT+1
Group C · Sat 13 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Morocco flagMorocco
23:00
GMT+1
Group B · Sat 13 Jun
Qatar flagQatar
v
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
20:00
GMT+1
Group E · Mon 15 Jun
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
v
Ecuador flagEcuador
00:00
GMT+1
Group E · Sun 14 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
18:00
GMT+1
Group F · Sun 14 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Japan flagJapan
21:00
GMT+1
Group F · Mon 15 Jun
Sweden flagSweden
v
Tunisia flagTunisia
03:00
GMT+1
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
v
Uruguay flagUruguay
23:00
GMT+1
Group H · Mon 15 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
17:00
GMT+1
Group G · Tue 16 Jun
Iran flagIran
v
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
02:00
GMT+1
Group G · Mon 15 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Egypt flagEgypt
20:00
GMT+1
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Senegal flagSenegal
20:00
GMT+1
Group I · Tue 16 Jun
Iraq flagIraq
v
Norway flagNorway
23:00
GMT+1
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
02:00
GMT+1
Group J · Wed 17 Jun
Austria flagAustria
v
Jordan flagJordan
05:00
GMT+1
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
Ghana flagGhana
v
Panama flagPanama
21:00
GMT+1
Group L · Wed 17 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Croatia flagCroatia
21:00
GMT+1
Group K · Wed 17 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
18:00
GMT+1
Group K · Thu 18 Jun
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
v
Colombia flagColombia
03:00
GMT+1
Group A · Thu 18 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
South Africa flagSouth Africa
17:00
GMT+1
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
20:00
GMT+1
Group B · Thu 18 Jun
Canada flagCanada
v
Qatar flagQatar
23:00
GMT+1
Group A · Fri 19 Jun
Mexico flagMexico
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
04:00
GMT+1
Group C · Sat 20 Jun
Brazil flagBrazil
v
Haiti flagHaiti
02:00
GMT+1
Group C · Fri 19 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Morocco flagMorocco
23:00
GMT+1
Group D · Sat 20 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
Paraguay flagParaguay
04:00
GMT+1
Group D · Fri 19 Jun
United States flagUnited States
v
Australia flagAustralia
20:00
GMT+1
Group E · Sat 20 Jun
Germany flagGermany
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
21:00
GMT+1
Group E · Sun 21 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Curaçao flagCuraçao
01:00
GMT+1
Group F · Sat 20 Jun
Netherlands flagNetherlands
v
Sweden flagSweden
18:00
GMT+1
Group F · Sun 21 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Japan flagJapan
05:00
GMT+1
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
23:00
GMT+1
Group H · Sun 21 Jun
Spain flagSpain
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
17:00
GMT+1
Group G · Sun 21 Jun
Belgium flagBelgium
v
Iran flagIran
23:00
GMT+1
Group G · Mon 22 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Egypt flagEgypt
02:00
GMT+1
Group I · Tue 23 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
Senegal flagSenegal
01:00
GMT+1
Group I · Mon 22 Jun
France flagFrance
v
Iraq flagIraq
22:00
GMT+1
Group J · Mon 22 Jun
Argentina flagArgentina
v
Austria flagAustria
18:00
GMT+1
Group J · Tue 23 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Algeria flagAlgeria
04:00
GMT+1
Group L · Tue 23 Jun
England flagEngland
v
Ghana flagGhana
21:00
GMT+1
Group L · Wed 24 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
Croatia flagCroatia
00:00
GMT+1
Group K · Tue 23 Jun
Portugal flagPortugal
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
18:00
GMT+1
Group K · Wed 24 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
DR Congo flagDR Congo
03:00
GMT+1
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Scotland flagScotland
v
Brazil flagBrazil
23:00
GMT+1
Group C · Wed 24 Jun
Morocco flagMorocco
v
Haiti flagHaiti
23:00
GMT+1
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
v
Canada flagCanada
20:00
GMT+1
Group B · Wed 24 Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
v
Qatar flagQatar
20:00
GMT+1
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
Czechia flagCzechia
v
Mexico flagMexico
04:00
GMT+1
Group A · Thu 25 Jun
South Africa flagSouth Africa
v
South Korea flagSouth Korea
04:00
GMT+1
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Curaçao flagCuraçao
v
Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast
21:00
GMT+1
Group E · Thu 25 Jun
Ecuador flagEcuador
v
Germany flagGermany
21:00
GMT+1
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Japan flagJapan
v
Sweden flagSweden
00:00
GMT+1
Group F · Fri 26 Jun
Tunisia flagTunisia
v
Netherlands flagNetherlands
00:00
GMT+1
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Türkiye flagTürkiye
v
United States flagUnited States
03:00
GMT+1
Group D · Fri 26 Jun
Paraguay flagParaguay
v
Australia flagAustralia
03:00
GMT+1
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Norway flagNorway
v
France flagFrance
20:00
GMT+1
Group I · Fri 26 Jun
Senegal flagSenegal
v
Iraq flagIraq
20:00
GMT+1
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
Egypt flagEgypt
v
Iran flagIran
04:00
GMT+1
Group G · Sat 27 Jun
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
v
Belgium flagBelgium
04:00
GMT+1
Group H · Fri 26 Jun
Cape Verde flagCape Verde
v
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
23:00
GMT+1
Group H · Sat 27 Jun
Uruguay flagUruguay
v
Spain flagSpain
01:00
GMT+1
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Panama flagPanama
v
England flagEngland
22:00
GMT+1
Group L · Sat 27 Jun
Croatia flagCroatia
v
Ghana flagGhana
22:00
GMT+1
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Algeria flagAlgeria
v
Austria flagAustria
03:00
GMT+1
Group J · Sun 28 Jun
Jordan flagJordan
v
Argentina flagArgentina
03:00
GMT+1
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
Colombia flagColombia
v
Portugal flagPortugal
00:30
GMT+1
Group K · Sun 28 Jun
DR Congo flagDR Congo
v
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
00:30
GMT+1

Round of 32

Round of 32 · Sun 28 Jun
Runner-up Group A
v
Runner-up Group B
20:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group E
v
3rd place (A/B/C/D/F)
21:30
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group F
v
Runner-up Group C
04:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Mon 29 Jun
Winner Group C
v
Runner-up Group F
18:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Winner Group I
v
3rd place (C/D/F/G/H)
22:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Tue 30 Jun
Runner-up Group E
v
Runner-up Group I
18:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group A
v
3rd place (C/E/F/H/I)
04:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group L
v
3rd place (E/H/I/J/K)
17:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group D
v
3rd place (B/E/F/I/J)
01:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Wed 1 Jul
Winner Group G
v
3rd place (A/E/H/I/J)
21:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group K
v
Runner-up Group L
00:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Thu 2 Jul
Winner Group H
v
Runner-up Group J
20:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group B
v
3rd place (E/F/G/I/J)
04:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Winner Group J
v
Runner-up Group H
23:00
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner Group K
v
3rd place (D/E/I/J/L)
02:30
GMT+1
Round of 32 · Fri 3 Jul
Runner-up Group D
v
Runner-up Group G
19:00
GMT+1

Round of 16

Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M74
v
Winner of M77
22:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Sat 4 Jul
Winner of M73
v
Winner of M75
18:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Sun 5 Jul
Winner of M76
v
Winner of M78
21:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M79
v
Winner of M80
03:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Mon 6 Jul
Winner of M83
v
Winner of M84
20:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M81
v
Winner of M82
01:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M86
v
Winner of M88
17:00
GMT+1
Round of 16 · Tue 7 Jul
Winner of M85
v
Winner of M87
21:00
GMT+1

Third-place play-off

Third-place play-off · Sat 18 Jul
L101
v
L102
22:00
GMT+1

Final

Final · Sun 19 Jul
Winner of M101
v
Winner of M102
20:00
GMT+1

Frequently asked questions

What time does the 2026 World Cup start in WEST?

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

What time is the 2026 World Cup final in WEST?

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

How many late-night kickoffs are there in WEST?

60 of 104 matches kick off in overnight hours (before 7am or after 11pm) in Western European (WEST).

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 Western European (WEST) (Europe/Lisbon) using IANA timezone data.

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