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World Cup 2026 fixtures: Schedule, kick-off times and venues - Three Lions handed favourable kick-off times
The 2026 World Cup is the first men's World Cup in the United States since the 1994 tournament, and it'll be unlike any World Cup ever played. The field has been supersized from 32 to 48 teams and the competition will begin in earnest on June 11 with Mexico hosting South Africa at Mexico City's famed Estadio Azteca.
The World Cup will kick off on Thursday under familiar North American summer threats: extreme heat, suffocating humidity and thunderstorms capable of ​delaying matches with little warning.
The latest news and updates ahead of the 2026 World Cup, with England finishing their preparations vs Costa Rica
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Check out how to watch South Korea v Czech Republic in the World Cup 2026, including TV channel, radio coverage and kick-off time.
The group stage takes place from June 11-27. The top teams from each of the 12 groups along with eight third-place teams make up the 32-team knockout-round bracket. The World Cup final is scheduled for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The full World Cup match schedule can be found here on FIFA.com.
We're just two days from kickoff of the 2026 World Cup, with teams continuing to arrive in North America and settle in for the next few weeks of soccer. On Tuesday, June 9, Lionel Messi and Argentina's SEC barnstorming tour wraps up with a friendly at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium against Iceland,