World Cup 2026 results and full fixture schedule plus full talkSPORT radio commentary for every game

The 2026 World Cup is finally here and will break new ground this summer as FIFA continues to expand and develop its showpiece tournament.

England are set to begin their latest attempt at claiming world glory as the most famous sporting event in the world heads to North America.

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The World Cup is held every four years, being staged on a different continent in each edition.

After Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, the famous competition headed to Qatar four years ago and Lionel Messi‘s Argentina claimed an incredible victory in the Persian Gulf.

They will head into this tournament as Copa America winners while Spain are the European champions and will be eyeing world glory again.

Thomas Tuchel‘s England are also among the favourites for victory after they breezed through qualification.

Here’s everything you need to know about the World Cup…

World Cup 2026 dates

The 2026 World Cup got underway on Thursday, June 11 and will run through to the final on Sunday, July 19.

This World Cup has 13 different kick-off times, ranging from 5pm BST to 5am.

The most frequent kick-off time in the group stage will be 8pm BST, with 12 games to be held then.

There will 36 group stage matches held between midnight at 5am UK time.

talkSPORT will have live commentary of every game this summer.

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World Cup 2026 full schedule and results

Thursday, June 11

• Group A: Mexico 2-0 South Africa – Mexico City, Mexico

Friday, June 12

• Group A: South Korea 2-1 Czech Republic – Zapopan, Mexico
• Group B: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8pm – Toronto, Canada

Saturday, June 13

• Group D: USA vs Paraguay, 2am – Los Angeles, USA
• Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland, 8pm – Santa Clara, USA
• Group C: Brazil vs Morocco, 11pm – New Jersey, USA

Sunday, June 14

• Group C: Haiti vs Scotland, 2am – Foxborough, USA
• Group D: Australia vs Turkey, 5am – Vancouver, Canada
• Group E: Germany vs Curacao, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Group F: Netherlands vs Japan, 9pm – Arlington, USA

Monday, June 15

• Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador, 12am – Philadelphia, USA
• Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia, 3am – Guadalupe, Mexico
• Group H: Spain vs Cape Verde, 5pm – Atlanta, USA
• Group G: Belgium vs Egypt, 8pm – Seattle, USA
• Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, 11pm – Miami, USA

Tuesday, June 16

• Group G: Iran vs New Zealand, 2am – Los Angeles, USA
• Group I: France vs Senegal, 8pm – New Jersey, USA
• Group I: Iraq vs Norway, 11pm – Foxborough, USA

Wednesday, June 17

• Group J: Argentina vs Algeria, 2am – Kansas City, USA
• Group J: Austria vs Jordan, 5am – Santa Clara, USA
• Group K: Portugal vs DR Congo, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Group L: England vs Croatia, 9pm – Arlington, USA

Thursday, June 18

• Group L: Ghana vs Panama, 12am – Toronto, Canada
• Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia, 3am – Mexico City, Mexico
• Group A: Czech Republic vs South Africa, 5pm – Atlanta, USA
• Group B: Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8pm – Los Angeles, USA
• Group B: Canada vs Qatar, 11pm – Vancouver, Canada

Friday, June 19

• Group A: Mexico vs South Korea, 2am – Zapopan, Mexico
• Group D: USA vs Australia, 8pm – Seattle, USA
• Group C: Scotland vs Morocco, 11pm – Foxborough, USA

Saturday, June 20

• Group C: Brazil vs Haiti, 1.30am – Philadelphia, USA
• Group D: Turkey vs Paraguay, 4am – Santa Clara, USA
• Group A: Netherlands vs Sweden, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Group E: Germany vs Ivory Coast, 9pm – Toronto, Canada

Sunday, June 21

• Group E: Ecuador vs Curacao, 1am – Kansas City, USA
• Group F: Tunisia vs Japan, 5am – Guadalupe, Mexico
• Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia, 5pm – Atlanta, USA
• Group G: Belgium vs Iran, 8pm – Los Angeles, USA
• Group H: Uruguay vs Cape Verde, 11pm – Miami, USA

Monday, June 22

• Group G: New Zealand vs Egypt, 2am – Vancouver, Canada
• Group J: Argentina vs Austria, 6pm – Arlington, USA
• Group I: France vs Iraq, 10pm – Philadelphia, USA

Tuesday, June 23

• Group I: Norway vs Senegal, 1am – Toronto, Canada
• Group J: Jordan vs Algeria, 4am – Santa Clara, USA
• Group K: Portugal vs Uzbekistan, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Group L: England vs Ghana, 9pm – Foxborough, USA

Wednesday, June 24

• Group L: Panama vs Croatia, 12am – Foxborough, USA
• Group K: Colombia vs DR Congo, 3am – Zapopan, Mexico
• Group B: Switzerland vs Canada, 8pm – Vancouver, Canada
• Group B: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar, 8pm – Seattle, USA
• Group C: Morocco vs Haiti, 11pm – Atlanta, USA
• Group C: Scotland vs Brazil, 11pm – Miami, USA

Thursday, June 25

• Group A: South Africa vs South Korea, 2am – Guadalupe, Mexico
• Group A: Czech Republic vs Mexico, 2am – Mexico City, Mexico
• Group E: Curacao vs Ivory Coast, 9pm – Philadelphia, USA
• Group E: Ecuador vs Germany, 9pm – New Jersey, USA

Friday, June 26

• Group F: Tunisia vs Netherlands, 12am – Kansas City, USA
• Group F: Japan vs Sweden, 12am – Arlington, USA
• Group D: Turkey vs USA, 3am – Los Angeles, USA
• Group D: Paraguay vs Australia, 3am – Santa Clara, USA
• Group I: Norway vs France, 8pm – Foxborough, USA
• Group I: Senegal vs Iraq, 8pm – Toronto, Canada

Saturday, June 27

• Group H: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia, 1am – Houston, USA
• Group H: Uruguay vs Spain, 1am – Zapopan, Mexico
• Group G: New Zealand vs Belgium, 4am – Vancouver, Canada
• Group G: Egypt vs Iran, 4am – Seattle, USA
• Group L: Panama vs England, 10pm – New Jersey, USA
• Group L: Croatia vs Ghana, 10pm – Philadelphia, USA

Sunday, June 28

• Group K: Colombia vs Portugal, 12.30am – Miami, USA
• Group K: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan, 12.30am – Atlanta, USA
• Group J: Algeria vs Austria, 3am – Kansas City, USA
• Group J: Jordan vs Argentina, 3am – Arlington, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 73: Group A runners-up vs Group B runners-up, 8pm – Los Angeles, USA

Monday, June 29

• Round of 32 – Match 76: Group C winners vs Group F runners-up, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 74: Group E winners vs Group A/B/C/D/F third place, 9.30pm – Foxborough, USA

Tuesday, June 30

• Round of 32 – Match 75: Group F winners vs Group C runners-up, 2am – Guadalupe, Mexico
• Round of 32 – Match 78: Group E runners-up vs Group I runners-up, 6pm – Arlington, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 77: Group I winners vs Group C/D/F/G/H third place, 10pm – New Jersey, USA

Wednesday, July 1

• Round of 32 – Match 79: Group A winners vs Group C/E/F/H/I third place, 2am – Mexico City, Mexico
• Round of 32 – Match 80: Group L winners vs Group E/H/I/J/K third place, 5pm – Atlanta, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 82: Group G winners vs Group A/E/H/I/J third place, 9pm – Seattle, USA

Thursday, July 2

• Round of 32 – Match 81: Group D winners vs Group B/E/F/I/J third place, 1am – Santa Clara, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 84: Group H winners vs Group J runners-up, 8pm – Los Angeles, USA

Friday, July 3

• Round of 32 – Match 83: Group K runners-up vs Group L runners-up, 12am – Toronto, Canada
• Round of 32 – Match 85: Group B winners vs Group E/F/G/I/J third place, 4am – Vancouver, Canada
• Round of 32 – Match 88: Group D runners-up vs Group G runners-up, 7pm – Arlington, USA
• Round of 32 – Match 86: Group J winners vs Group H runners-up, 11pm – Miami, USA

Saturday, July 4

• Round of 32 – Match 87: Group K winners vs Group D/E/I/J/L third place, 2.30am – Kansas City, USA
• Round of 16 – Match 90: Match 73 winners vs Match 75 winners, 6pm – Houston, USA
• Round of 16 – Match 89: Match 74 winners vs Match 77 winners, 10pm – Philadelphia, USA

Sunday, July 5

• Round of 16 – Match 91: Match 76 winners vs Match 78 winners, 9pm – New Jersey, USA

Monday, July 6

• Round of 16 – Match 92: Match 79 winners vs Match 80 winners, 1am – Mexico City, Mexico
• Round of 16 – Match 93: Match 83 winners vs Match 84 winners, 8pm – Arlington, USA

Tuesday, July 7

• Round of 16 – Match 94: Match 81 winners vs Match 82 winners, 1am – Seattle, USA
• Round of 16 – Match 95: Match 86 winners vs Match 88 winners, 5pm – Atlanta, USA
• Round of 16 – Match 96: Match 85 winners vs Match 87 winners, 9pm – Vancouver, Canada

Thursday, July 9

• Quarter-final – Match 97: Match 89 winners vs Match 90 winners, 9pm – Foxborough, USA

Friday, July 10

• Quarter-final – Match 98: Match 93 winners vs Match 94 winners, 8pm – Los Angeles, USA

Saturday, July 11

• Quarter-final – Match 99: Match 91 winners vs Match 92 winners, 10pm – Miami, USA

Sunday, July 12

• Quarter-final – Match 100: Match 95 winners vs Match 96 winners, 2am – Kansas City, USA

Tuesday, July 14

• Semi-final – Match 101: Match 97 winners vs Match 98 winners, 8pm – Arlington, USA

Wednesday, July 15

• Semi-final – Match 102: Match 99 winners vs Match 100 winners, 8pm – Atlanta, USA

Saturday, July 18

• Match for third place – Match 103: Match 101 losers vs Match 102 losers, 10pm – Miami, USA

Sunday, July 19

• World Cup Final – Match 104: Match 101 winners vs Match 102 winners, 8pm – New Jersey, USA

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World Cup 2026: Location

Like the Qatar tournament, the 2026 World Cup will break new ground for FIFA.

That’s because it will be held across three countries – United States, Canada and Mexico.

The trio’s bid was voted ahead of the proposal from Morocco.

The 2002 tournament was held in South Korea and Japan, but the World Cup has never had three host nations before – all of whom have automatically qualified.

There will be 16 host cities – 11 in the USA, two in Canada and three in Mexico.

The stadiums being used include the 83,264-capacity Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, New York’s MetLife Stadium and Vancouver’s BC Place.

Several NFL venues will be used to provide huge crowds with 12 of the 16 stadia having capacities over 65,000.

It has also been confirmed that the MetLife Stadium, which holds 82,500 people, will host the final.

The opening game of the tournament will be held at the Estadio Azteca and will see Mexico kick off the action in Group A.

World Cup 2026: Stadiums

United States

• SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California: 70,240 capacity
• MetLife Stadium, New York City, New York: 82,500 capacity
• AT&T Stadium, Dallas, Texas: 80,000 capacity
• Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri: 76,416 capacity
• NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas: 72,220 capacity
• Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia: 75,000 capacity
• Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 67,594 capacity
• Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington: 68,740 capacity
• Levi’s Stadium, San Francisco, California: 68,500 capacity
• Gillette Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts: 65,878 capacity
• Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida: 65,326 capacity

Mexico

• Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: 83,264 capacity
• Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon: 53,500 capacity
• Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Jalisco: 46,355 capacity

Canada

• BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia: 54,500 capacity
• BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario: 40,000 capacity

World Cup 2026: Teams and group format

The 2026 World Cup will be the first to include 48 teams, up from 32.

The expanded format was green-lit by the FIFA Council and it will feature a new look of 12 groups of four.

Winners and runners-up in each of those 12 four-team groups will advance to a new Round of 32, where they will be joined by the eight best third-placed teams.

It adds up to a total of 104 matches, up from 64 in Qatar.

For UEFA, there were 12 qualifying groups, with the winners getting a place at the World Cup.

The runners-up all entered a play-off and four have joined, making a total of 16 European sides, which is up from 13 in 2022.

Elsewhere, the qualifying stages have also been completed in Asia [AFC], Africa [CAF], South America [CONMEBOL], North and Central America [CONCACAF] and Oceania [OFC].

All of these confederations have seen an increase in places, and there were also intercontinental play-offs to decide the other two teams.

World Cup 2026: talkSPORT BET Odds

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• France – 5/1
• England – 6/1
• Argentina – 8/1
• Brazil – 8/1
• Portugal – 10/1
• Germany – 14/1
• Netherlands – 20/1
• Norway – 25/1
• Belgium – 40/1

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