An unforgettable summer of football stretches ahead of us and the best part is, every moment of World Cup 2026 – all the goals, the saves, the big challenges, the red cards, and the controversy – will be live on free-to-air TV.
This summer’s tournament could well feel like a throwback to some of its predecessors.
There are games through the night, while the expansion to 48 nations means, as well as more matches than ever before, there will be more unheralded teams and players to discover.
It will be the usual suspects in the mix for silverware, however, with holders Argentina, reigning European champions Spain, France, England and Brazil among those tipped to go all the way.
Coverage will be split between BBC and ITV, so whether watching from your sofa, the pub, or anywhere else, you won’t have to miss a kick from this summer’s World Cup.
Radio Times brings you all the details of World Cup 2026 TV coverage across BBC and ITV this summer.
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World Cup 2026 on TV and live stream
Every match at World Cup 2026 will be broadcast on either BBC or ITV, meaning fans have plenty of live football on free-to-air TV this summer.
The majority of matches will be shown on the flagship BBC One and ITV1 channels, but the third round of group-stage games will be split across channels due to simultaneous kick-off times.
Of course, every moment will also be available to watch via BBC iPlayer and ITVX via a range of devices, including laptops, smart TVs, tablets and smartphones.
World Cup 2026 TV schedule
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
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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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