2026 FIFA World Cup Schedule in Indian Standard Time (IST)

The FIFA World Cup kicked off back in 1930 in Uruguay and hasn’t slowed down since. Held once every four years, it’s grown into the most-watched sporting event on the planet. Generations have been shaped by moments like Pelé ruling 1970, Diego Maradona lighting up 1986, Germany’s relentless consistency, and Argentina’s edge-of-your-seat triumph in 2022.

Here’s a quick snapshot of the recent FIFA World Cup champions:

When history’s tallied up, Brazil still sit on top with five World Cup titles, with Germany and Italy close behind. But 2026 is all about fresh stories, with several emerging teams stepping onto football’s biggest stage for the very first time.

• 48 teams split into 12 groups of four
• Top two teams from each group qualify automatically for the Round of 32
• Eight best third-placed teams also advance to the Round of 32
• Knockout stage starts on 28 June 2026 (29 June as per IST) and runs right through to the final on 19 July 2026 (20 July as per IST)

The expansion changes everything. More matches, more nations involved, and more flexible kick-off windows — great news for fans in India juggling workdays with match nights.

It all begins at the legendary Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. For viewers in India, the opening match lands at 12:30 AM IST on June 12, 2026. The grand finale, played locally on July 19 in the USA, will kick off at 12:30 AM IST on July 20, 2026. Late night. Massive stakes.

Below is the complete 2026 FIFA World Cup match schedule, with every kick-off time shown in Indian Standard Time:

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Date	Time	Team 1 Score Team 2
12 June, 2026 Friday	12:30 AM (IST)	Mexico vs NEXT MATCH South Africa Mexico City Match No. 1 Group A
	7:30 AM (IST)	South Korea vs Czechia Guadalajara Match No. 2 Group A
13 June, 2026 Saturday	12:30 AM (IST)	Canada vs Bosnia Toronto Match No. 3 Group B
	6:30 AM (IST)	USA vs Paraguay Los Angeles Match No. 4 Group D
14 June, 2026 Sunday	12:30 AM (IST)	Qatar vs Switzerland SF Bay Area Match No. 8 Group B
	3:30 AM (IST)	Brazil vs Morocco New York Match No. 7 Group C
	6:30 AM (IST)	Haiti vs Scotland Boston Match No. 5 Group C
	9:30 AM (IST)	Australia vs Turkey Vancouver Match No. 6 Group D
	10:30 PM (IST)	Germany vs Curaçao Houston Match No. 10 Group E
15 June, 2026 Monday	1:30 AM (IST)	Netherlands vs Japan Dallas Match No. 11 Group F
	4:30 AM (IST)	Ivory Coast vs Ecuador Philadelphia Match No. 9 Group E
	7:30 AM (IST)	Sweden vs Tunisia Monterrey Match No. 12 Group F
	9:30 PM (IST)	Spain vs Cape Verde Atlanta Match No. 14 Group H
16 June, 2026 Tuesday	12:30 AM (IST)	Belgium vs Egypt Seattle Match No. 16 Group G
	3:30 AM (IST)	Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Miami Match No. 13 Group H
	6:30 AM (IST)	Iran vs New Zealand Los Angeles Match No. 15 Group G
17 June, 2026 Wednesday	12:30 AM (IST)	France vs Senegal New York Match No. 17 Group I
	3:30 AM (IST)	Iraq vs Norway Boston Match No. 18 Group I
	6:30 AM (IST)	Argentina vs Algeria Kansas City Match No. 19 Group J
	9:30 AM (IST)	Austria vs Jordan SF Bay Area Match No. 20 Group J
	10:30 PM (IST)	Portugal vs DR Congo Houston Match No. 23 Group K
18 June, 2026 Thursday	1:30 AM (IST)	England vs Croatia Dallas Match No. 22 Group L
	4:30 AM (IST)	Ghana vs Panama Toronto Match No. 21 Group L
	7:30 AM (IST)	Uzbekistan vs Colombia Mexico City Match No. 24 Group K
	9:30 PM (IST)	Czechia vs South Africa Atlanta Match No. 25 Group A
19 June, 2026 Friday	12:30 AM (IST)	Switzerland vs Bosnia Los Angeles Match No. 26 Group B
	3:30 AM (IST)	Canada vs Qatar Vancouver Match No. 27 Group B
	6:30 AM (IST)	Mexico vs South Korea Guadalajara Match No. 28 Group A
20 June, 2026 Saturday	12:30 AM (IST)	USA vs Australia Seattle Match No. 32 Group D
	3:30 AM (IST)	Scotland vs Morocco Boston Match No. 30 Group C
	6:00 AM (IST)	Brazil vs Haiti Philadelphia Match No. 29 Group C
	8:30 AM (IST)	Turkey vs Paraguay SF Bay Area Match No. 31 Group D
	10:30 PM (IST)	Netherlands vs Sweden Houston Match No. 35 Group F
21 June, 2026 Sunday	1:30 AM (IST)	Germany vs Ivory Coast Toronto Match No. 33 Group E
	5:30 AM (IST)	Ecuador vs Curaçao Kansas City Match No. 34 Group E
	9:30 AM (IST)	Tunisia vs Japan Monterrey Match No. 36 Group F
	9:30 PM (IST)	Spain vs Saudi Arabia Atlanta Match No. 38 Group H
22 June, 2026 Monday	12:30 AM (IST)	Belgium vs Iran Los Angeles Match No. 39 Group G
	3:30 AM (IST)	Uruguay vs Cape Verde Miami Match No. 37 Group H
	6:30 AM (IST)	New Zealand vs Egypt Vancouver Match No. 40 Group G
	10:30 PM (IST)	Argentina vs Austria Dallas Match No. 43 Group J
23 June, 2026 Tuesday	2:30 AM (IST)	France vs Iraq Philadelphia Match No. 42 Group I
	5:30 AM (IST)	Norway vs Senegal New York Match No. 41 Group I
	8:30 AM (IST)	Jordan vs Algeria SF Bay Area Match No. 44 Group J
	10:30 PM (IST)	Portugal vs Uzbekistan Houston Match No. 47 Group K
24 June, 2026 Wednesday	1:30 AM (IST)	England vs Ghana Boston Match No. 45 Group L
	4:30 AM (IST)	Panama vs Croatia Toronto Match No. 46 Group L
	7:30 AM (IST)	Colombia vs DR Congo Guadalajara Match No. 48 Group K
25 June, 2026 Thursday	12:30 AM (IST)	Switzerland vs Canada Vancouver Match No. 51 Group B
	12:30 AM (IST)	Bosnia vs Qatar Seattle Match No. 52 Group B
	3:30 AM (IST)	Scotland vs Brazil Miami Match No. 49 Group C
	3:30 AM (IST)	Morocco vs Haiti Atlanta Match No. 50 Group C
	6:30 AM (IST)	Czechia vs Mexico Mexico City Match No. 53 Group A
	6:30 AM (IST)	South Africa vs South Korea Monterrey Match No. 54 Group A
26 June, 2026 Friday	1:30 AM (IST)	Curaçao vs Ivory Coast Philadelphia Match No. 55 Group E
	1:30 AM (IST)	Ecuador vs Germany New York Match No. 56 Group E
	4:30 AM (IST)	Japan vs Sweden Dallas Match No. 57 Group F
	4:30 AM (IST)	Tunisia vs Netherlands Kansas City Match No. 58 Group F
	7:30 AM (IST)	Turkey vs USA Los Angeles Match No. 59 Group D
	7:30 AM (IST)	Paraguay vs Australia SF Bay Area Match No. 60 Group D
27 June, 2026 Saturday	12:30 AM (IST)	Norway vs France Boston Match No. 61 Group I
	12:30 AM (IST)	Senegal vs Iraq Toronto Match No. 62 Group I
	5:30 AM (IST)	Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia Houston Match No. 65 Group H
	5:30 AM (IST)	Uruguay vs Spain Guadalajara Match No. 66 Group H
	8:30 AM (IST)	Egypt vs Iran Seattle Match No. 63 Group G
	8:30 AM (IST)	New Zealand vs Belgium Vancouver Match No. 64 Group G
28 June, 2026 Sunday	2:30 AM (IST)	Panama vs England New York Match No. 67 Group L
	2:30 AM (IST)	Croatia vs Ghana Philadelphia Match No. 68 Group L
	5:00 AM (IST)	Colombia vs Portugal Miami Match No. 71 Group K
	5:00 AM (IST)	DR Congo vs Uzbekistan Atlanta Match No. 72 Group K
	7:30 AM (IST)	Algeria vs Austria Kansas City Match No. 69 Group J
	7:30 AM (IST)	Jordan vs Argentina Dallas Match No. 70 Group J
29 June, 2026 Monday	12:30 AM (IST)	Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group B Los Angeles Match No. 73 Round of 32
	10:30 PM (IST)	Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group F Houston Match No. 76 Round of 32
30 June, 2026 Tuesday	2:00 AM (IST)	Winner Group E vs 3rd Group A/B/C/D/F Boston Match No. 74 Round of 32
	6:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group F vs Runner-up Group C Monterrey Match No. 75 Round of 32
	10:30 PM (IST)	Runner-up Group E vs Runner-up Group I Dallas Match No. 78 Round of 32
1 July, 2026 Wednesday	2:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group I vs 3rd Group C/D/F/G/H New York Match No. 77 Round of 32
	6:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group A vs 3rd Group C/E/F/H/I Mexico City Match No. 79 Round of 32
	9:30 PM (IST)	Winner Group L vs 3rd Group E/H/I/J/K Atlanta Match No. 80 Round of 32
2 July, 2026 Thursday	1:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group G vs 3rd Group A/E/H/I/J Seattle Match No. 82 Round of 32
	5:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group D vs 3rd Group B/E/F/I/J SF Bay Area Match No. 81 Round of 32
3 July, 2026 Friday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group H vs Runner-up Group J Los Angeles Match No. 84 Round of 32
	4:30 AM (IST)	Runner-up Group K vs Runner-up Group L Toronto Match No. 83 Round of 32
	8:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group B vs 3rd Group E/F/G/I/J Vancouver Match No. 85 Round of 32
	11:30 PM (IST)	Runner-up Group D vs Runner-up Group G Dallas Match No. 88 Round of 32
4 July, 2026 Saturday	3:30 AM (IST)	Winner Group J vs Runner-up Group H Miami Match No. 86 Round of 32
	7:00 AM (IST)	Winner Group K vs 3rd Group D/E/I/J/L Kansas City Match No. 87 Round of 32
	10:30 PM (IST)	Winner Match 73 vs Winner Match 75 Houston Match No. 90 Round of 16
5 July, 2026 Sunday	2:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 74 vs Winner Match 77 Philadelphia Match No. 89 Round of 16
6 July, 2026 Monday	1:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 76 vs Winner Match 78 New York Match No. 91 Round of 16
	5:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 79 vs Winner Match 80 Mexico City Match No. 92 Round of 16
7 July, 2026 Tuesday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 83 vs Winner Match 84 Dallas Match No. 93 Round of 16
	5:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 81 vs Winner Match 82 Seattle Match No. 94 Round of 16
	9:30 PM (IST)	Winner Match 86 vs Winner Match 88 Atlanta Match No. 95 Round of 16
8 July, 2026 Wednesday	1:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 85 vs Winner Match 87 Vancouver Match No. 96 Round of 16
10 July, 2026 Friday	1:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 89 vs Winner Match 90 Boston Match No. 97 Quarterfinals
11 July, 2026 Saturday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 93 vs Winner Match 94 Los Angeles Match No. 98 Quarterfinals
12 July, 2026 Sunday	2:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 91 vs Winner Match 92 Miami Match No. 99 Quarterfinals
	6:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 95 vs Winner Match 96 Kansas City Match No. 100 Quarterfinals
15 July, 2026 Wednesday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 97 vs Winner Match 98 Dallas Match No. 101 Semifinals
16 July, 2026 Thursday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 99 vs Winner Match 100 Atlanta Match No. 102 Semifinals
19 July, 2026 Sunday	2:30 AM (IST)	Loser Match 101 vs Loser Match 102 Miami Match No. 103 3rd Place
20 July, 2026 Monday	12:30 AM (IST)	Winner Match 101 vs Winner Match 102 New York Match No. 104 Final

• Official Indian TV broadcasters (TBA)
• OTT streaming platforms with mobile and smart TV access
• FIFA+ for highlights and selected matches

You can also explore our global FIFA World Cup 2026 Watch Guide for broadcasters, TV channels, and live streaming platforms across different countries.