How to Watch the 2026 World Cup

The FIFA Men’s World Cup is astir here, and this 1 volition beryllium the biggest ever. The tourney is hosted by 3 countries: Mexico, Canada, and the US. The games volition beryllium played successful stadiums crossed each three.

This World Cup is huge, competition-wise, arsenic it is the archetypal to see 48 teams successful the tourney alternatively of 32 successful past World Cups. That means a full clump much games are being played implicit the people of a month. 104 games, to beryllium exact. That’s a batch of football. Here’s however to ticker them all.

Where to Stream

If you person outer TV oregon cablegram service, you tin ticker each the kicking unrecorded connected TV via Fox Sports successful the US. It volition besides beryllium disposable connected the FoxOne streaming work for $20 per month.

FIFA has partnered with YouTube arsenic its “preferred partner” for streaming the games. You’ll request YouTube TV’s sports plan, which is presently $55 per month. Other paid options see Fubo ($46 per month) and Hulu’s unrecorded sports enactment ($90 per month).

Some of the games volition beryllium streamed for escaped connected the FIFA+ streaming service. In concern with Telemundo, Peacock volition watercourse each of the games successful Spanish. You tin find each the authoritative broadcasters connected the FIFA website.

Big Games

The games statesman connected June 11 astatine 3 p.m. Eastern with Mexico playing South Africa successful Mexico City. Quarterfinal matches statesman connected July 9. The World Cup ends with the last lucifer connected July 19 astatine 3 p.m. Eastern astatine the MetLife Stadium successful the New York/New Jersey area.

Opening Ceremony

There volition beryllium 3 opening ceremonies, 1 for each country. The opening ceremonial for Mexico is astatine the Estadio Azteca stadium successful Mexico City connected June 11 astatine 1:30 p.m. ET.

The opening ceremonial for the US is June 12 astatine 7:30 p.m. ET astatine SoFi Stadium successful California.

In Toronto, Canada, the opening ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine BMO Field connected June 12 astatine 1:30 p.m. ET.

US Games

The US team’s scheduled games commencement connected June 12 astatine 9 p.m. ET, versus Paraguay successful Los Angeles. The US squad plays Australia successful Seattle connected June 19 astatine 3 p.m. ET. The past acceptable crippled is against Turkey successful Los Angeles connected June 25 astatine 10 p.m. ET.

New Competition

Given the vastly accrued fig of teams successful this World Cup, the operation for however the contention volition play retired has changed. Countries are sorted into groups (labeled with letters A-L) and volition play retired games successful the First Stage wrong those groups.

Winners of those matches spell connected to duke it retired successful the signifier called the Round of 32, past get whittled down successful a Round of 16. After that, winners determination connected to the quarterfinals, semifinals, and past the last crippled connected July 19. The games successful the First Stage are the lone ones with acceptable matches. After that, games successful the Round of 32 and beyond volition beryllium determined by the results of anterior games.

You tin find the afloat schedule, which defaults to your section clip zone, connected the FIFA website.

We’ve listed the archetypal games below; we’ll adhd the remainder of the docket erstwhile the World Cup kicks disconnected tomorrow.

First Stage

Matches successful this conception are listed by clip aired, not authoritative lucifer number.

June 11

1. 3:00 p.m. ET: Mexico vs. South Africa, successful Mexico City (Group A)
2. 10:00 p.m. ET: South Korea vs. Czechia, successful Guadalajara (Group A)