WORLD CUP 2026: Full Guide – Fixtures, Schedule, Venues

Looking for the ultimate FIFA World Cup 2026 guide? You’ve come to the right place.

Our comprehensive World Cup 2026 hub covers everything you need to know about football’s biggest tournament, including the full match schedule, fixtures, key dates, host cities, stadiums, participating teams, knockout stages, and much more.

Whether you’re planning your tournament viewing schedule, tracking your favourite nation, or staying up to date with the latest World Cup news, this complete guide provides all the essential information ahead of the historic 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Explore the latest World Cup 2026 fixtures, tournament format, group-stage details, venue information, and expert insights – all in one place before the action kicks off.

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GROUPS ⚽

Group A

🇲🇽 Mexico
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇨🇿 Czechia

Group B

🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group C

🇧🇷 Brazil
🇲🇦 Morocco
🏴 Scotland
🇭🇹 Haiti

Group D

🇺🇸 United States
🇹🇷 Türkiye
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇦🇺 Australia

Group E

🇩🇪 Germany
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
🇨🇼 Curaçao

Group F

🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇯🇵 Japan
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇹🇳 Tunisia

Group G

🇧🇪 Belgium
🇮🇷 Iran
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇳🇿 New Zealand

Group H

🇪🇸 Spain
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇨🇻 Cape Verde

Group I

🇫🇷 France
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇳🇴 Norway
🇮🇶 Iraq

Group J

🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇹 Austria
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇯🇴 Jordan

Group K

🇵🇹 Portugal
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇨🇩 DR Congo

Group L

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  England
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇵🇦 Panama

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SCHEDULE & TV DETAILS 📋📺

New York/New Jersey, United States
MetLife Stadium (Capacity: 82,500)

Dallas (Arlington), United States
AT&T Stadium (Capacity: 94,000)

Atlanta, United States
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Capacity: 75,000)

Houston, United States
NRG Stadium (Capacity: 72,000)

Kansas City, United States
Arrowhead Stadium (Capacity: 73,000)

Los Angeles, United States
SoFi Stadium (Capacity: 70,000)

Miami, United States
Hard Rock Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)

Philadelphia, United States
Lincoln Financial Field (Capacity: 69,000)

Seattle, United States
Lumen Field (Capacity: 69,000)

Boston, United States
Gillette Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)

San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Levi’s Stadium (Capacity: 71,000)

Toronto, Canada
BMO Field (Capacity: 45,000)

Vancouver, Canada
BC Place (Capacity: 54,000)

Mexico City, Mexico
Estadio Azteca (Capacity: 83,000)

Guadalajara, Mexico
Estadio Akron (Capacity: 48,000)

Monterrey, Mexico
Estadio BBVA (Capacity: 53,500)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Fixtures and Schedule

Thursday, June 11

20:00 – Mexico 🇲🇽 vs South Africa 🇿🇦
Group A

Friday, June 12

03:00 – South Korea 🇰🇷 vs Czechia 🇨🇿
Group A

20:00 – Canada 🇨🇦 vs Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦
Group B

Saturday, June 13

02:00 – United States 🇺🇸 vs Paraguay 🇵🇾
Group D

20:00 – Qatar 🇶🇦 vs Switzerland 🇨🇭
Group B

23:00 – Brazil 🇧🇷 vs Morocco 🇲🇦
Group C

Sunday, June 14

02:00 – Haiti 🇭🇹 vs Scotland 🏴
Group C

05:00 – Australia 🇦🇺 vs Türkiye 🇹🇷
Group D

18:00 – Germany 🇩🇪 vs Curaçao 🇨🇼
Group E

21:00 – Netherlands 🇳🇱 vs Japan 🇯🇵
Group F

Monday, June 15

00:00 – Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 vs Ecuador 🇪🇨
Group E

03:00 – Sweden 🇸🇪 vs Tunisia 🇹🇳
Group F

17:00 – Spain 🇪🇸 vs Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Group H

20:00 – Belgium 🇧🇪 vs Egypt 🇪🇬
Group G

23:00 – Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 vs Uruguay 🇺🇾
Group H

Tuesday, June 16

02:00 – Iran 🇮🇷 vs New Zealand 🇳🇿
Group G

20:00 – France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳
Group I

23:00 – Iraq 🇮🇶 vs Norway 🇳🇴
Group I

Wednesday, June 17

02:00 – Argentina 🇦🇷 vs Algeria 🇩🇿
Group J

05:00 – Austria 🇦🇹 vs Jordan 🇯🇴
Group J

18:00 – Portugal 🇵🇹 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩
Group K

21:00 – England 🏴 vs Croatia 🇭🇷
Group L

Thursday, June 18

00:00 – Ghana 🇬🇭 vs Panama 🇵🇦
Group L

03:00 – Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 vs Colombia 🇨🇴
Group K

17:00 – Czechia 🇨🇿 vs South Africa 🇿🇦
Group A

20:00 – Switzerland 🇨🇭 vs Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦
Group B

23:00 – Canada 🇨🇦 vs Qatar 🇶🇦
Group B

Friday, June 19

02:00 – Mexico 🇲🇽 vs South Korea 🇰🇷
Group A

20:00 – United States 🇺🇸 vs Australia 🇦🇺
Group D

23:00 – Scotland 🏴 vs Morocco 🇲🇦
Group C

Saturday, June 20

01:30 – Brazil 🇧🇷 vs Haiti 🇭🇹
Group C

04:00 – Türkiye 🇹🇷 vs Paraguay 🇵🇾
Group D

18:00 – Netherlands 🇳🇱 vs Sweden 🇸🇪
Group F

21:00 – Germany 🇩🇪 vs Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
Group E

Sunday, June 21

01:00 – Ecuador 🇪🇨 vs Curaçao 🇨🇼
Group E

05:00 – Tunisia 🇹🇳 vs Japan 🇯🇵
Group F

17:00 – Spain 🇪🇸 vs Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Group H

20:00 – Belgium 🇧🇪 vs Iran 🇮🇷
Group G

23:00 – Uruguay 🇺🇾 vs Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Group H

Monday, June 22

02:00 – New Zealand 🇳🇿 vs Egypt 🇪🇬
Group G

18:00 – Argentina 🇦🇷 vs Austria 🇦🇹
Group J

22:00 – France 🇫🇷 vs Iraq 🇮🇶
Group I

Tuesday, June 23

01:00 – Norway 🇳🇴 vs Senegal 🇸🇳
Group I

04:00 – Jordan 🇯🇴 vs Algeria 🇩🇿
Group J

18:00 – Portugal 🇵🇹 vs Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Group K

21:00 – England 🏴 vs Ghana 🇬🇭
Group L

Wednesday, June 24

00:00 – Panama 🇵🇦 vs Croatia 🇭🇷
Group L

03:00 – Colombia 🇨🇴 vs DR Congo 🇨🇩
Group K

20:00 – Switzerland 🇨🇭 vs Canada 🇨🇦
Group B

20:00 – Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦 vs Qatar 🇶🇦
Group B

23:00 – Scotland 🏴 vs Brazil 🇧🇷
Group C

23:00 – Morocco 🇲🇦 vs Haiti 🇭🇹
Group C

Thursday, June 25

02:00 – Czechia 🇨🇿 vs Mexico 🇲🇽
Group A

02:00 – South Africa 🇿🇦 vs South Korea 🇰🇷
Group A

21:00 – Curaçao 🇨🇼 vs Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
Group E

21:00 – Ecuador 🇪🇨 vs Germany 🇩🇪
Group E

Friday, June 26

00:00 – Japan 🇯🇵 vs Sweden 🇸🇪
Group F

00:00 – Tunisia 🇹🇳 vs Netherlands 🇳🇱
Group F

03:00 – Türkiye 🇹🇷 vs United States 🇺🇸
Group D

03:00 – Paraguay 🇵🇾 vs Australia 🇦🇺
Group D

20:00 – Norway 🇳🇴 vs France 🇫🇷
Group I

20:00 – Senegal 🇸🇳 vs Iraq 🇮🇶
Group I

Saturday, June 27

01:00 – Cape Verde 🇨🇻 vs Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Group H

01:00 – Uruguay 🇺🇾 vs Spain 🇪🇸
Group H

04:00 – Egypt 🇪🇬 vs Iran 🇮🇷
Group G

04:00 – New Zealand 🇳🇿 vs Belgium 🇧🇪
Group G

22:00 – Panama 🇵🇦 vs England 🏴
Group L

22:00 – Croatia 🇭🇷 vs Ghana 🇬🇭
Group L

Sunday, June 28

00:30 – Colombia 🇨🇴 vs Portugal 🇵🇹
Group K

00:30 – DR Congo 🇨🇩 vs Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Group K

03:00 – Algeria 🇩🇿 vs Austria 🇦🇹
Group J

03:00 – Jordan 🇯🇴 vs Argentina 🇦🇷
Group J

20:00 – Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group B
Round of 32

Knockout Stage

Round of 32: 28 June – 4 July

Round of 16: 4 July – 7 July

Quarter-finals: 9 July – 12 July

Semi-finals: 14 July – 15 July

Third-Place Play-off: 18 July

Final: 19 July, 20:00

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PAST WINNERS 🏆

1930 – Uruguay 🇺🇾
1934 – Italy 🇮🇹
1938 – Italy 🇮🇹
1950 – Uruguay 🇺🇾
1954 – West Germany 🇩🇪
1958 – Brazil 🇧🇷
1962 – Brazil 🇧🇷
1966 – England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
1970 – Brazil 🇧🇷
1974 – West Germany 🇩🇪
1978 – Argentina 🇦🇷
1982 – Italy 🇮🇹
1986 – Argentina 🇦🇷
1990 – West Germany 🇩🇪
1994 – Brazil 🇧🇷
1998 – France 🇫🇷
2002 – Brazil 🇧🇷
2006 – Italy 🇮🇹
2010 – Spain 🇪🇸
2014 – Germany 🇩🇪
2018 – France 🇫🇷
2022 – Argentina 🇦🇷

Most FIFA World Cup Titles

Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Germany – 4 (1954, 1974, 1990 as West Germany; 2014 as Germany)
Italy – 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
Argentina – 3 (1978, 1986, 2022)
France – 2 (1998, 2018)
Uruguay – 2 (1930, 1950)
England – 1 (1966)
Spain – 1 (2010)

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TOP GOALSCORERS 🔢

Players:

1. 🇩🇪 Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 16 goals in 24 matches (0.67 goals per game)
2. 🇧🇷 Ronaldo (Brazil) – 15 goals in 19 matches (0.84 goals per game)
3. 🇩🇪 Gerd Müller (West Germany) – 14 goals in 13 matches (1.08 goals per game)
4. 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine (France) – 13 goals in 6 matches (2.17 goals per game)
5. 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 13 goals in 26 matches (0.50 goals per game)
6. 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (France) – 12 goals in 14 matches (0.86 goals per game)
6. 🇧🇷 Pelé (Brazil) – 12 goals in 14 matches (0.86 goals per game)
8. 🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) – 11 goals in 5 matches (2.20 goals per game)
8. 🇩🇪 Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) – 11 goals in 17 matches (0.65 goals per game)
10. 🇩🇪 Helmut Rahn (Germany) – 10 goals in 10 matches (1.00 goals per game)
10. 🇦🇷 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) – 10 goals in 12 matches (0.83 goals per game)
10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Lineker (England) – 10 goals in 12 matches (0.83 goals per game)
10. 🇵🇪 Teófilo Cubillas (Peru) – 10 goals in 13 matches (0.77 goals per game)
10. 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller (Germany) – 10 goals in 19 matches (0.53 goals per game)
10. 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Lato (Poland) – 10 goals in 20 matches (0.50 goals per game)

Country:

1. 🇧🇷 Brazil – 237 goals
2. 🇩🇪 Germany – 232 goals
3. 🇦🇷 Argentina – 152 goals
4. 🇫🇷 France – 136 goals
5. 🇮🇹 Italy – 128 goals
6. 🇪🇸 Spain – 108 goals
7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England – 104 goals
8. 🇳🇱 Netherlands – 96 goals
9. 🇺🇾 Uruguay – 89 goals
10. 🇭🇺 Hungary – 87 goals

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