World Cup 2026 schedule: upcoming matches
The 2026 World Cup runs from mid-June to mid-July across the United States, Mexico and Canada, with 104 matches — more than any previous tournament. This page shows the upcoming matches with kickoff times converted to your time zone. In the United States, the matches are shown in Spanish on Telemundo and Universo, with the biggest games free over the air, and every match streams in Spanish on Peacock.
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How the schedule is built
The tournament opens with the group stage, where all 48 teams play across 12 groups, then moves into the knockout rounds: the new Round of 32, the Round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final. With 104 matches in total, there are often several games a day during the group stage, which is why having kickoff times in your own time zone matters so much for planning what to watch.
Kickoff times in your zone
Every match on this page is shown with its kickoff converted to your local time, so you do not have to do the math from a published Eastern or Central time. Matches kick off across the day to suit the wide spread of host cities and global audiences, from early afternoon starts to prime-time evening games. Tap any match to open its dedicated page with the full time-zone table and where to watch it in Spanish.
Watching every match in Spanish
For Spanish-speaking fans in the US, the schedule is fully covered in Spanish. The marquee matches — the opener, big group games, and the knockout rounds — air free over the air on Telemundo, Universo carries additional matches on cable, and Peacock streams all 104 matches in Spanish on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, phones and smart TVs. That means you can follow the entire calendar in Spanish, free for the biggest games and complete on streaming.
Group stage vs knockout rounds
The calendar has two distinct phases. The group stage front-loads the tournament with a high volume of matches — often several a day — as all 48 teams play their three fixtures. Then the schedule thins out and the stakes rise: the new Round of 32, the Round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final, each a single-elimination match where a loss ends the tournament. The pace changes from a busy festival of group games to a smaller number of high-pressure knockouts, and this page helps you keep track of when each phase begins and which matches are coming up next.
Watching across time zones
With venues spread from the Pacific coast to the east and down into Mexico, matches are scheduled across the day, and the published kickoff time depends on the host city's zone. Rather than converting from Eastern or Central time yourself, this page shows every kickoff already in your own time zone, so you can plan your viewing without doing the maths. If you are travelling during the tournament or following from a different region, the converted times update to wherever you are, and each match links to a full time-zone table on its own page.