World Cup 2026 is shaping up to be an unforgettable tournament.

Starting with the opener, which sees co-hosts Mexico face South Africa on Thursday 11 June, fans will be treated to 104 matches across 39 days.
The expansion to 48 teams means another round of knock-out fixtures, with the potential for more upsets, before we really get into the business end of this summer’s competition.
Six glorious weeks of major tournament football stretch ahead of us. Stars will be made, hearts will be broken, legacies will be written, and at the end of it all, one team will get their hands on the sport’s ultimate prize.
Fans across the UK will be plotting out how to fit as many of the 104 matches into their day-to-day schedule as World Cup fever prepares to take hold.
Radio Times brings you the full list of World Cup 2026 fixtures and results as they are confirmed.
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World Cup 2026 fixtures and results
All UK time. Subject to change. England and Scotland fixtures in bold.
Group stage
Thursday 11 June
- Group A: Mexico v South Africa (8pm, Mexico City Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Friday 12 June
- Group A: South Korea v Czech Republic (3am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group B: Canada v Bosnia & Herzegovina (8pm, Toronto Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Saturday 13 June
- Group D: USA v Paraguay (2am, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group B: Qatar v Switzerland (8pm, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group C: Brazil v Morocco (11pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Sunday 14 June
- Group C: Haiti v Scotland (2am, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group D: Australia v Turkey (5am, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group E: Germany v Curaçao (6pm, Houston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group F: Netherlands v Japan (9pm, Dallas Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Monday 15 June
- Group E: Ivory Coast v Ecuador (12am, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group F: Sweden v Tunisia (3am, Monterrey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group H: Spain v Cape Verde (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group G: Belgium v Egypt (8pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group H: Saudi Arabia v Uruguay (11pm, Miami Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Tuesday 16 June
- Group G: Iran v New Zealand (2am, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group I: France v Senegal (8pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group I: Iraq v Norway (11pm, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 17 June
- Group J: Argentina v Algeria (2am, Kansas City Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group J: Austria v Jordan (5am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group K: Portugal v DR Congo (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group L: England v Croatia (9pm, Dallas Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Thursday 18 June
- Group L: Ghana v Panama (12am, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group K: Uzbekistan v Colombia (3am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group A: Czech Republic v South Africa (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group B: Switzerland v Bosnia & Herzegovina (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group B: Canada v Qatar (11pm, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Friday 19 June
- Group A: Mexico v South Korea (2am, Guadalajara Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group D: USA v Australia (8pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group C: Scotland v Morocco (11pm, Boston Stadium) ITV1 / STV
Saturday 20 June
- Group C: Brazil v Haiti (1:30am, Philadelphia Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group D: Turkey v Paraguay (4am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group F: Netherlands v Sweden (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group E: Germany v Ivory Coast (9pm, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
Sunday 21 June
- Group E: Ecuador v Curaçao (1am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group F: Tunisia v Japan (5am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group H: Spain v Saudi Arabia (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group G: Belgium v Iran (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group H: Uruguay v Cape Verde (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Monday 22 June
- Group G: New Zealand v Egypt (2am, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group J: Argentina v Austria (6pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group I: France v Iraq (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Tuesday 23 June
- Group I: Norway v Senegal (1am, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group J: Jordan v Algeria (4am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group K: Portugal v Uzbekistan (6pm, Houston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group L: England v Ghana (9pm, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 24 June
- Group L: Panama v Croatia (12am, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group K: Colombia v DR Congo (3am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group B: Switzerland v Canada (8pm, Vancouver Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX
- Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina v Qatar (8pm, Seattle Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group C: Morocco v Haiti (11pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group C: Scotland v Brazil (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Thursday 25 June
- Group A: South Africa v South Korea (2am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group A: Czech Republic v Mexico (2am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group E: Curaçao v Ivory Coast (9pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group E: Ecuador v Germany (9pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Friday 26 June
- Group F: Tunisia v Netherlands (12am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group F: Japan v Sweden (12am, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group D: Turkey v USA (3am, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX
- Group D: Paraguay v Australia (3am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group I: Norway v France (8pm, Boston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group I: Senegal v Iraq (8pm, Toronto Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX
Saturday 27 June
- Group H: Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia (1am, Houston Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX
- Group H: Uruguay v Spain (1am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group G: New Zealand v Belgium (4am, Vancouver Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group G: Egypt v Iran (4am, Seattle Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group L: Panama v England (10pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX
- Group L: Croatia v Ghana (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX
Sunday 28 June
- Group K: Colombia v Portugal (12:30am, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
- Group K: DR Congo v Uzbekistan (12:30am, Atlanta Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group J: Algeria v Austria (3am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer
- Group J: Jordan v Argentina (3am, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Round of 32
Sunday 28 June
- Round of 32: Group A runners-up v Group B runners-up (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV
Monday 29 June
- Round of 32: Group C winners v Group F runners-up (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group E winners v best 3rd place (9:30pm, Boston Stadium) BBC/ITV
Tuesday 30 June
- Round of 32: Group F winners v Group C runners-up (2am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group E runners-up v Group I runners-up (6pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group I winners v best 3rd place (10pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC/ITV
Wednesday 1 July
- Round of 32: Group A winners v best 3rd place (2am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group L winners v best 3rd place (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group G winners v best 3rd place (9pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC/ITV
Thursday 2 July
- Round of 32: Group D winners v best 3rd place (1am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group H winners v Group J runners-up (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV
Friday 3 July
- Round of 32: Group K runners-up v Group L runners-up (12am, Toronto Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group B winners v best 3rd place (4am, Vancouver Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group D runners-up v Group G runners-up (7pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 32: Group J winners v Group H runners-up (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV
Saturday 4 July
- Round of 32: Group K winners v best 3rd place (2:30am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC/ITV
Round of 16
Saturday 4 July
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC/ITV
Sunday 5 July
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (9pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC/ITV
Monday 6 July
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (1am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (8pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV
Tuesday 7 July
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (1am, Seattle Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV
- Round of 16: TBC v TBC (9pm, Vancouver Stadium) BBC/ITV
Quarter-finals
Thursday 9 July
- Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (9pm, Boston Stadium) BBC/ITV
Friday 10 July
- Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV
Saturday 11 July
- Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (10pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV
Sunday 12 July
- Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (2am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC/ITV
Semi-finals
Tuesday 14 July
- Semi-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV
Wednesday 15 July
- Semi-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV
Third-place play-off
Saturday 18 July
- Third-place play-off: TBC v TBC (10pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV
Final
Sunday 19 July
- Final: TBC v TBC (8pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX / BBC One / BBC iPlayer
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