2026 FIFA World Cup Schedule in Philippines Time (PHT)

The FIFA World Cup has grown into the most watched sporting event in the world since its first staging in 1930 in Uruguay. What began as a competition involving just 13 teams has developed into a truly global tournament, and from 2026, the World Cup will enter a new era with its expansion to 48 participating nations.

Across nearly a century, the tournament has delivered unforgettable matches, legendary players, and moments that have shaped football history. While teams from South America and Europe have traditionally dominated the list of champions, the modern World Cup has increasingly become a global platform where established powers and emerging football nations compete, challenge one another, and showcase their talent on the world stage.

The 2026 edition represents a new chapter in World Cup history, with more teams, more matches, and greater global representation than ever before.

Football in the Philippines has steadily grown over the past two decades, gradually finding its place in a sporting landscape long dominated by basketball. Increased investment in grassroots development, greater international exposure, and the rise of the national team, popularly known as the Azkals, have all played a key role in raising the sport’s profile across the country.

Although the Philippines have yet to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, progress at the regional and continental levels has been notable. Strong performances in the AFF Championship and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers have highlighted the team’s development, with qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup standing as the most significant achievement in the nation’s football history to date.

At the domestic level, the continued growth of the Philippines Football League and increased youth participation have strengthened the country’s football ecosystem and helped establish clearer pathways for talent development. Against this backdrop, global events such as the FIFA World Cup play an important role not only as major spectacles for fans, but also as a powerful source of inspiration for the next generation of players, contributing to the long-term rise of Philippine football on the international stage.

For fans watching in Philippine Time (PHT), most matches will kick off during the late night and early morning hours. Some high-profile knockout matches, however, will fall into more comfortable early-morning slots.

The opening match of the tournament will begin on 12 June 2026 at 3:00 AM (PHT), while the final will be played on 20 July 2026 at 3:00 AM (PHT).

Below is the complete list of all 104 matches, with kick-off times shown in Philippines Time.

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

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be staged across three countries and 16 cities, making it the most geographically widespread tournament in the history of the competition. For the first time, the United States, Canada, and Mexico will jointly host football’s biggest event, with matches spread across the entire continent.

In the United States, matches will be played in New York–New Jersey, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas City. Canada will host games in Toronto and Vancouver, while Mexico will stage matches in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.

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Are all kick-off times shown in Philippine Time?
Yes. All match times on this page are displayed in PHT.

Does the Philippines observe daylight saving time?
No. PHT remains constant throughout the year.

What time will most matches kick off in PHT?
Most matches will start late at night or early in the morning.

When is the World Cup final in PHT?
The final will kick off on 20 July 2026 at 3:00 AM (PHT).