Hong Kong football fans

The FIFA World Cup, which was an event first organized in Uruguay in 1930, is now the biggest and most widely watched sporting event in the world. At the beginning, the competition only featured 13 teams, but now it attracts teams from every corner of the globe. From 2026 onwards, the tournament will feature 48 teams, giving more nations than ever a chance to be a part of the biggest football event.

Throughout its existence, the World Cup has been home to legendary matches, incredible goals and shocking results which have become football folklore. Even though the main winners out of the traditional football power regions of South America and Europe have been, lately, the football scene is changing as the cases of teams from Asia, Africa, and North America are showing up rapidly, which mirrors the worldwide popularity of football.

When, in 2026, the new formatting will be in place, the World Cup is going to be full of even more diversity and fun. More nations, more matches, and new rivalries are a promise of a better show, as the newcomers will be eager to get their first World Cup trophy on the biggest stage. Here are some recent FIFA World Cup winners:

Football holds the first place among Hong Kong‘s sports and its history goes back to the early years of British colonial rule. The city was one of the first in Asia to organise football formally, and its premier domestic competition, currently called the Hong Kong Premier League, is one of the oldest professional leagues in the region, thus demonstrating a long-standing and deeply embedded football culture.

On the world stage, the Hong Kong football team has appeared regularly in East Asian and continental competitions, including the AFC Asian Cup on several occasions. Although the team has not yet qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, Hong Kong continues to develop talented players and maintain a strong grassroots foundation that keeps the sport vibrant at every level.

International tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup generate immense enthusiasm across the city. During the World Cup, Hong Kong’s streets turn into a football festival, with fan gatherings, late-night television viewing, packed sports bars, and lively public events that transform the city into a centre of celebration. This clearly reflects the city’s deep love for the game and its strong connection to the world’s biggest sporting event.

For fans watching in Hong Kong Time (HKT), most matches will kick off during the late night and early morning hours, typically between 3:00 AM and 10:00 AM. While group-stage games often start after midnight, many knockout matches and the final fall into early-morning prime viewing slots.

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

Below is the complete list of all 104 matches, with kick-off times displayed in Hong Kong Time (HKT). Use the filters to sort by team, venue, or stage.

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

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is going to be the first collaboration of three countries in which 16 cities across North America will be hosting multiple games. The tournament will be the most extensive one in terms of location in the history of FIFA World Cups. It will be the first time that the United States, Canada, and Mexico will share the responsibilities of hosting the games, which will be scattered throughout a whole continent.

In the United States, the host cities will be New York and New Jersey, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas City. Canada‘s part will be Toronto and Vancouver, whereas Mexico will complete the three hosts by holding games in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.

As matches will be staged in various North American time zones, game start times will fluctuate considerably throughout the tournament. Demonstrating the full schedule in Hong Kong Time helps eliminate confusion, thereby granting fans the opportunity to organize their viewing properly and enjoy the World Cup stress-free, without having to calculate time conversions manually.

• Now TV – Official local broadcaster with full live coverage
• ViuTV – Selected free-to-air matches
• FIFA+ – Highlights, replays, and official content

Q1. Are all kick-off times shown in Hong Kong Time?
Yes. All matches on this page are displayed in Hong Kong Time (HKT).

Q2. Does Hong Kong observe daylight saving time?
No. Hong Kong uses HKT (UTC+8) all year.

Q3. What time will most matches be played in HKT?
Most matches will kick off between midnight and early morning.

Q4. When is the 2026 World Cup final in HKT?
The final will be played on 20 July 2026 at 3:00 AM (HKT).