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The 2026 World Cup.

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Kicks off in 8 days

What you’ll be able to take

Opens at kickoff

  • Who lifts the trophy

    Outright winner

  • Every group match

    72 matches

  • Golden Boot

    Top scorer

  • Golden Ball

    Best player

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Opening matches

Matchday 1

The group stage opens 11 June, Mexico first. Here’s how the opening round lines up from the draw — kick-off times and venues confirm nearer the tournament.

AMexicoMexico crestvSouth Africa crestSouth Africa
ASouth KoreaSouth Korea crestvCzech Republic crestCzech Republic
BCanadaCanada crestvBosnia & Herzegovina crestBosnia & Herzegovina
BQatarQatar crestvSwitzerland crestSwitzerland
CBrazilBrazil crestvMorocco crestMorocco
CHaitiHaiti crestvScotland crestScotland
DUSAUSA crestvParaguay crestParaguay
DAustraliaAustralia crestvTurkey crestTurkey

The groups

Group A

  • Mexico crestMexico
  • South Africa crestSouth Africa
  • South Korea crestSouth Korea
  • Czech Republic crestCzech Republic

Group B

  • Canada crestCanada
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina crestBosnia & Herzegovina
  • Qatar crestQatar
  • Switzerland crestSwitzerland

Group C

  • Brazil crestBrazil
  • Morocco crestMorocco
  • Haiti crestHaiti
  • Scotland crestScotland

Group D

  • USA crestUSA
  • Paraguay crestParaguay
  • Australia crestAustralia
  • Turkey crestTurkey

Group E

  • Germany crestGermany
  • Curaçao crestCuraçao
  • Ivory Coast crestIvory Coast
  • Ecuador crestEcuador

Group F

  • Netherlands crestNetherlands
  • Japan crestJapan
  • Sweden crestSweden
  • Tunisia crestTunisia

Group G

  • Belgium crestBelgium
  • Egypt crestEgypt
  • Iran crestIran
  • New Zealand crestNew Zealand

Group H

  • Spain crestSpain
  • Cape Verde crestCape Verde
  • Saudi Arabia crestSaudi Arabia
  • Uruguay crestUruguay

Group I

  • France crestFrance
  • Senegal crestSenegal
  • Iraq crestIraq
  • Norway crestNorway

Group J

  • Argentina crestArgentina
  • Algeria crestAlgeria
  • Austria crestAustria
  • Jordan crestJordan

Group K

  • Portugal crestPortugal
  • DR Congo crestDR Congo
  • Uzbekistan crestUzbekistan
  • Colombia crestColombia

Group L

  • England crestEngland
  • Croatia crestCroatia
  • Ghana crestGhana
  • Panama crestPanama

The path to the final

  1. 1

    Group stage

    72 matches

  2. 2

    Round of 32

    16 matches

  3. 3

    Round of 16

    8 matches

  4. 4

    Quarter-finals

    4 matches

  5. 5

    Semi-finals

    2 matches

  6. 6

    Third place

    1 match

  7. 7

    Final

    1 match

104 matches across seven stages, from 48 teams down to one.

Past winners
  • 2022Argentina crestArgentina· Qatarbeat France · 3-3 a.e.t., 4-2 pens
  • 2018France crestFrance· Russiabeat Croatia · 4-2
  • 2014Germany crestGermany· Brazilbeat Argentina · 1-0 a.e.t.
  • 2010Spain crestSpain· South Africabeat Netherlands · 1-0 a.e.t.
  • 2006Italy crestItaly· Germanybeat France · 1-1 a.e.t., 5-3 pens