2026 FIFA World Cup Schedule in Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST)

The FIFA World Cup, first staged in Uruguay in 1930, has developed into the most popular sporting event worldwide. A 13-team competition in those days, it is now entering the next stage of development, with 48 nations from 2026 and thus a new historic chapter in the tournament’s evolution.

Over the years, the World Cup has seen the rise of great players, stunning goals, and exciting finals that have become part of football history. The switch to the 48-team format will allow more countries than ever to participate, thereby providing fans of a wider range of nations the opportunity to watch the game at its highest level and also the tournament with new stories, rivals and ambitions.

Below is a look at the most recent FIFA World Cup winners:

Football might be overshadowed by cricket in Sri Lanka; however, the sport has had a presence and continues to grow steadily throughout the island. Football on a competitive level has been played since the early 1900s, and over time the game has been receiving a lot of attention through a broad range of youth activities, more competitive club leagues, and a higher rate of regional level participation.

The national team, nicknamed the Golden Army, gets involved in AFC and South Asian competitions on a regular basis including the SAFF Championship and the Asian Cup qualifiers. Though the team still has to achieve results at the continental level, regular participation can be seen as gaining experience and, at the same time, raising the national programme’s profile.

Sri Lanka Super League and other provincial competitions underpin the structure of the domestic game, which is continuously supported by ever-growing grassroots projects aimed at a more durable future. In fact, even though Sri Lanka have not yet appeared in a FIFA World Cup, events such as the 2026 tournament still serve as motivation for players and fans, thereby cementing the increasing influence of football in the country’s sports scene.

For fans following the tournament in Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST), most matches will kick off during the late evening, midnight, and early morning hours. Some knockout matches and headline fixtures will fall into more convenient late-night windows.

The opening match will begin on 12 June 2026 at 12:30 AM (SLST), while the final will be played on 20 July 2026 at 12:30 AM (SLST).

Below is the complete list of all 104 matches, shown in Sri Lankan Standard Time. Use the filters to find your favourite teams and fixtures.

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

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in three countries and 16 host cities in North America, which means it will be the largest and most geographically diverse tournament in the history of the competition. For the first time ever, the US, Canada, and Mexico will co, host the world’s biggest football event, spreading games across an entire continent.

In the United States, matches will take place in New York and New Jersey, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas City. Canada‘s hosts will be Toronto and Vancouver, and the Mexican cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey will complete the group.

Since the matches will be played across various North American time zones, kick, off times will differ a lot throughout the tournament. Showing the entire schedule in Sri Lankan Standard Time eliminates any doubt for the home fans, thus making it possible for them to plan accurately and enjoy a smooth, relaxing viewing experience right from the first match until the final one.

• Sony Sports Network – Official TV broadcaster in Sri Lanka
• Sony LIV – Official streaming platform
• FIFA+ – Highlights, replays, and official content

Q1. Are all match times shown in Sri Lankan Standard Time?
Yes. All kick-off times on this page are displayed in SLST.

Q2. Does Sri Lanka observe daylight saving time?
No. Sri Lanka uses the same time zone all year round.

Q3. What time will most matches be played in Sri Lanka?
Most matches will take place during late evenings and early mornings.

Q4. When is the 2026 World Cup final in SLST?
The final will be played on 20 July 2026 at 12:30 AM (SLST).