FIFA World Cup 2026 Begins Today: Group Stage, Quarter Finals To Semi Finals | Check Full Schedule

FIFA World Cup 2026: The much-awaited FIFA World Cup 2026 is all set to begin on Thursday, June 11. As a record 48 teams will compete for the sport's ultimate prize in the USA, Canada and Mexico. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to be the final international tournament for several legendary footballers like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, football fans across the world and in India will closely track all the matches and developments around it.

For the FIFA World Cup 2026, teams are divided into 12 groups of four, with the top two advancing to the knockout stages. The eight best third-place finishers will make up for the next round of 32.

Here is full detail of FIFA World Cup 2026 Schedule

FIFA World Cup 2026 Full Schedule Dates

Stage	Dates (IST)
Group Stage	June 12 – June 28, 2026
Round of 32	June 29 – July 4, 2026
Round of 16	July 5 – July 8, 2026
Quarter-finals	July 10 – July 12, 2026
Semi-finals	July 15 – July 16, 2026
Third-place Match	July 19, 2026
Final	July 20, 2026

FIFA World Cup 2026 First Round Schedule And Time

Match	Date	Day	Time (IST)	Fixtures	Venue
1	June 12	Friday	12:30 AM	Mexico vs South Africa	Mexico City
2	June 12	Friday	7:30 AM	South Korea vs Czechia	Zapopan
3	June 13	Saturday	12:30 AM	Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina	Toronto
4	June 13	Saturday	6:30 AM	USA vs Paraguay	Los Angeles
5	June 14	Sunday	12:30 AM	Qatar vs Switzerland	Santa Clara
6	June 14	Sunday	3:30 AM	Brazil vs Morocco	New Jersey
7	June 14	Sunday	6:30 AM	Haiti vs Scotland	Foxborough
8	June 14	Sunday	9:30 AM	Australia vs Turkey	Vancouver
9	June 14	Sunday	10:30 PM	Germany vs Curaçao	Houston
10	June 15	Monday	1:30 AM	Netherlands vs Japan	Arlington
11	June 15	Monday	4:30 AM	Ivory Coast vs Ecuador	Philadelphia
12	June 15	Monday	7:30 AM	Sweden vs Tunisia	Guadalajara
13	June 15	Monday	9:30 PM	Spain vs Cape Verde	Atlanta
14	June 16	Tuesday	12:30 AM	Belgium vs Egypt	Seattle
15	June 16	Tuesday	3:30 AM	Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay	Miami
16	June 16	Tuesday	6:30 AM	Iran vs New Zealand	Los Angeles
17	June 17	Wednesday	12:30 AM	France vs Senegal	New Jersey
18	June 17	Wednesday	3:30 AM	Iraq vs Norway	Foxborough
19	June 17	Wednesday	6:30 AM	Argentina vs Algeria	Kansas City
20	June 17	Wednesday	9:30 AM	Austria vs Jordan	Santa Clara
21	June 17	Wednesday	10:30 PM	Portugal vs DR Congo	Houston
22	June 18	Thursday	1:30 AM	England vs Croatia	Arlington
23	June 18	Thursday	4:30 AM	Ghana vs Panama	Toronto
24	June 18	Thursday	7:30 AM	Uzbekistan vs Colombia	Mexico City
25	June 18	Thursday	9:30 PM	Czechia vs South Africa	Atlanta
26	June 19	Friday	12:30 AM	Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina	Los Angeles
27	June 19	Friday	3:30 AM	Canada vs Qatar	Vancouver
28	June 19	Friday	6:30 AM	Mexico vs South Korea	Zapopan
29	June 20	Saturday	12:30 AM	USA vs Australia	Seattle
30	June 20	Saturday	3:30 AM	Scotland vs Morocco	Foxborough
31	June 20	Saturday	6:00 AM	Brazil vs Haiti	Philadelphia
32	June 20	Saturday	8:30 AM	Turkey vs Paraguay	Santa Clara
33	June 20	Saturday	10:30 PM	Netherlands vs Sweden	Houston
34	June 21	Sunday	1:30 AM	Germany vs Ivory Coast	Toronto
35	June 21	Sunday	5:30 AM	Ecuador vs Curaçao	Kansas City
36	June 21	Sunday	9:30 AM	Tunisia vs Japan	Guadalajara
37	June 21	Sunday	9:30 PM	Spain vs Saudi Arabia	Atlanta
38	June 22	Monday	12:30 AM	Belgium vs Iran	Los Angeles
39	June 22	Monday	3:30 AM	Uruguay vs Cape Verde	Miami
40	June 22	Monday	6:30 AM	New Zealand vs Egypt	Vancouver
41	June 22	Monday	10:30 PM	Argentina vs Austria	Arlington
42	June 23	Tuesday	2:30 AM	France vs Iraq	Philadelphia
43	June 23	Tuesday	5:30 AM	Norway vs Senegal	Toronto
44	June 23	Tuesday	8:30 AM	Jordan vs Algeria	Santa Clara
45	June 23	Tuesday	10:30 PM	Portugal vs Uzbekistan	Houston
46	June 24	Wednesday	1:30 AM	England vs Ghana	Foxborough
47	June 24	Wednesday	4:30 AM	Panama vs Croatia	Foxborough
48	June 24	Wednesday	7:30 AM	Colombia vs DR Congo	Zapopan
49	June 25	Thursday	12:30 AM	Switzerland vs Canada	Vancouver
50	June 25	Thursday	12:30 AM	Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar	Seattle
51	June 25	Thursday	3:30 AM	Morocco vs Haiti	Atlanta
52	June 25	Thursday	3:30 AM	Scotland vs Brazil	Miami
53	June 25	Thursday	6:30 AM	South Africa vs South Korea	Guadalajara
54	June 25	Thursday	6:30 AM	Czechia vs Mexico	Mexico City
55	June 26	Friday	1:30 AM	Curaçao vs Ivory Coast	Philadelphia
56	June 26	Friday	1:30 AM	Ecuador vs Germany	New Jersey
57	June 26	Friday	4:30 AM	Tunisia vs Netherlands	Kansas City
58	June 26	Friday	4:30 AM	Japan vs Sweden	Arlington
59	June 26	Friday	7:30 AM	Turkey vs USA	Los Angeles
60	June 26	Friday	7:30 AM	Paraguay vs Australia	Santa Clara
61	June 27	Saturday	12:30 AM	Norway vs France	Foxborough
62	June 27	Saturday	12:30 AM	Senegal vs Iraq	Toronto
63	June 27	Saturday	5:30 AM	Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia	Houston
64	June 27	Saturday	5:30 AM	Uruguay vs Spain	Zapopan
65	June 27	Saturday	8:30 AM	New Zealand vs Belgium	Vancouver
66	June 27	Saturday	8:30 AM	Egypt vs Iran	Seattle
67	June 28	Sunday	2:30 AM	Panama vs England	New Jersey
68	June 28	Sunday	2:30 AM	Croatia vs Ghana	Philadelphia
69	June 28	Sunday	5:00 AM	Colombia vs Portugal	Miami
70	June 28	Sunday	5:00 AM	DR Congo vs Uzbekistan	Atlanta
71	June 28	Sunday	7:30 AM	Algeria vs Austria	Kansas City
72	June 28	Sunday	7:30 AM	Jordan vs Argentina	Arlington
73	June 29	Monday	12:30 AM	R-32: Group A RUN vs Group B RUN	Los Angeles
74	June 29	Monday	10:30 PM	R-32: Group C WIN vs Group F RUN	Houston
75	June 30	Tuesday	2:00 AM	R-32: Group E WIN vs Best 3rd	Foxborough
76	June 30	Tuesday	6:30 AM	R-32: Group F WIN vs Group C RUN	Guadalajara
77	June 30	Tuesday	10:30 PM	R-32: Group E RUN vs Group I RUN	Arlington
78	July 1	Wednesday	2:30 AM	R-32: Group I WIN vs Best 3rd	New Jersey
79	July 1	Wednesday	6:30 AM	R-32: Group A WIN vs Best 3rd	Mexico City
80	July 1	Wednesday	9:30 PM	R-32: Group L WIN vs Best 3rd	Atlanta
81	July 2	Thursday	1:30 AM	R-32: Group G WIN vs Best 3rd	Seattle
82	July 2	Thursday	1:30 AM	R-32: Group D WIN vs Best 3rd	Santa Clara
83	July 2	Thursday	5:30 AM	R-32: Group H WIN vs Group J RUN	Los Angeles
84	July 3	Friday	12:30 AM	R-32: Group K RUN vs Group L RUN	Toronto
85	July 3	Friday	4:30 AM	R-32: Group B WIN vs Best 3rd	Vancouver
86	July 3	Friday	8:30 AM	R-32: Group D RUN vs Group G RUN	Arlington
87	July 3	Friday	11:30 PM	R-32: Group J WIN vs Group H RUN	Miami
88	July 4	Saturday	3:30 AM	R-32: Group K WIN vs Best 3rd	Kansas City
89	July 4	Saturday	7:00 AM	R-16: Winner Match 73 vs Winner Match 75	Houston
90	July 4	Saturday	10:30 PM	R-16: Winner Match 74 vs Winner Match 77	Philadelphia
91	July 5	Sunday	2:30 AM	R-16: Winner Match 76 vs Winner Match 78	New Jersey
92	July 6	Monday	1:30 AM	R-16: Winner Match 79 vs Winner Match 80	Mexico City
93	July 6	Monday	5:30 AM	R-16: Winner Match 83 vs Winner Match 84	Arlington
94	July 7	Tuesday	1:30 AM	R-16: Winner Match 81 vs Winner Match 82	Seattle
95	July 7	Tuesday	9:30 PM	R-16: Winner Match 86 vs Winner Match 88	Atlanta
96	July 8	Wednesday	1:30 AM	R-16: Winner Match 85 vs Winner Match 87	Vancouver
97	July 10	Friday	1:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 89 vs Winner Match 90	Foxborough
98	July 11	Saturday	12:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 93 vs Winner Match 94	Los Angeles
99	July 12	Sunday	2:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 91 vs Winner Match 92	Miami
100	July 12	Sunday	6:30 AM	QF: Winner Match 95 vs Winner Match 96	Kansas City
101	July 15	Wednesday	12:30 AM	SF 1: Winner 97 vs Winner 98	Arlington
102	July 16	Thursday	12:30 AM	SF 2: Winner 99 vs Winner 100	Atlanta
103	July 19	Sunday	2:30 AM	Third Place: Loser 101 vs Loser 102	Miami
104	July 20	Monday	12:30 AM	Final: Winner 101 vs Winner 102	New Jersey

FIFA World Cup's group stage matches will start on June 12 and conclude on June 28, 2026. The next round of the tournament, 'Round of 32' will start on June 29 and conclude on July 4.
Third round of the tournament, 'Round of 16' will start on July 5 and conclude on July 8. FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter finals will be held between July 10 and July 12.

Whereas, Semi final match of FIFA World Cup 2026 will be held on July 15 and July 16. Third place match is scheduled for July 19 and FIFA World Cup 2026 final will be held on July 20, 2026.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Host Countries

The globally popular football tournament is hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. This is the first World Cup which will be hosted by three nations. Additionally, it is the largest edition in the FIFA history as it will feature 48 teams, 12 groups and over 39 tournament days.

While FIFA World Cup starting date is June 11, for football fans in India FIFA World Cup 2026 will start on June 12 based on the Indian Standard Time (IST). FIFA World Cup 2026 final match will start 12:30 AM IST on July 20, 2026. A record 48 teams will participate in FIFA World Cup matches with 104 matches to be held across the tournament.