Dubai: The FIFA World Cup is here!

With host countries United States, Canada and Mexico ready to kick off matches starting today, viewers around the world are gearing up for an exciting month ahead.

If you’re a World Cup fan in the UAE, expect games to fall at odd times of the night – while some matches will take place right after dinner, others will kick off in the early hours of the morning. You might even catch a game at breakfast, before heading out to work.

To make it easier to tune in, no matter how strange the hour, we’ve compiled a list of all the match timings for the group stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The timings displayed below are in UAE standard time (GMT +4).

Check out upcoming match schedules, and set your alarm clock, so you don’t miss the action:

Thursday, June 11 | 11pm

Group A: Mexico vs South Africa

Friday, June 12 | 6am

Group A: South Korea vs Czech Republic

Friday, June 12 | 11pm

Group B: Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina

Saturday, June 13 | 5am

Group D: USA vs Paraguay

Saturday, June 13 | 11pm

Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland

Sunday, June 14 | 2am

Group C: Brazil vs Morocco

Sunday, June 14 | 5am

Group C: Haiti vs Scotland

Sunday, June 14 | 8am

Group D: Australia vs Turkey

Sunday, June 14 | 9pm

Group E: Germany vs Curacao

Monday, June 15 | 12am

Group F: Netherlands vs Japan

Monday, June 15 | 3am

Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador

Monday, June 15 | 6am

Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia

Monday, June 15 | 8pm

Group H: Spain vs Cape Verde

Monday, June 15 | 11pm

Group G: Belgium vs Egypt

Tuesday, June 16 | 2am

Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay

Tuesday, June 16 | 5am

Group G: Iran vs New Zealand

Tuesday, June 16 | 11pm

Group I: France vs Senegal

Wednesday, June 17 | 2am

Group I: Iraq vs Norway

Wednesday, June 17 | 5am

Group J: Argentina vs Algeria

Wednesday, June 17 | 8am

Group J: Austria vs Jordan

Wednesday, June 17 | 9pm

Portugal vs Democratic Republic of Congo

Thursday, June 18 | 12am

Group L: England vs Croatia

Thursday, June 18 | 3am

Group L: Ghana vs Panama

Thursday, June 18 | 6am

Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia

Thursday, June 18 | 8pm

Group A: Czech Republic vs South Africa

Thursday, June 18 | 11pm

Group B: Switzerland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina

Friday, June 19 | 2am

Group B: Canada vs Qatar

Friday, June 19 | 5am

Group A: Mexico vs South Korea

Friday, June 19 | 11pm

Group D: USA vs Australia

Saturday, June 20 | 2am

Group C: Scotland vs Morocco

Saturday, June 20 | 4.30am

Group C: Brazil vs Haiti

Saturday, June 20 | 7am

Group D: Turkey vs Paraguay

Saturday, June 20 | 9pm

Group A: Netherlands vs Sweden

Sunday, June 21 | 12am

Group E: Germany vs Ivory Coast

Sunday, June 21 | 4am

Group E: Ecuador vs Curacao

Sunday, June 21 | 8am

Group F: Tunisia vs Japan

Sunday, June 21 | 8pm

Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia

Sunday, June 21 | 11pm

Group G: Belgium vs Iran

Monday, June 22 | 2am

Group H: Uruguay vs Cape Verde

Monday, June 22 | 5am

Group G: New Zealand vs Egypt

Monday, June 22 | 9pm

Group J: Argentina vs Austria

Tuesday, June 23 | 1am

Group I: France vs Iraq

Tuesday, June 23 | 4am

Group I: Norway vs Senegal

Tuesday, June 23 | 7am

Group J: Jordan vs Algeria

Tuesday, June 23 | 9pm

Group K: Portugal vs Uzbekistan

Wednesday, June 24 | 12am

Group L: England vs Ghana

Wednesday, June 24 | 3am

Group L: Panama vs Croatia

Wednesday, June 24 | 6am

Group K: Colombia vs Democratic Republic of Congo

Wednesday, June 24 | 11pm

Group B: Switzerland vs Canada

Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Qatar

Thursday, June 25 | 2am

Group C: Morocco vs Haiti

Group C: Scotland vs Brazil

Thursday, June 25 | 5am

Group A: South Africa vs South Korea

Group A: Czech Republic vs Mexico

Friday, June 26 | 12am

Group E: Curacao vs Ivory Coast

Group E: Ecuador vs Germany

Friday, June 26 | 3am

Group F: Tunisia vs Netherlands

Group F: Japan vs Sweden

Friday, June 26 | 6am

Group D: Turkey vs USA

Group D: Paraguay vs Australia

Friday, June 26 | 11pm

Group I: Norway vs France

Group I: Senegal vs Iraq

Saturday, June 27 | 4am

Group H: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia

Group H: Uruguay vs Spain

Saturday, June 27 | 7am

Group G: New Zealand vs Belgium

Group G: Egypt vs Iran

Sunday, June 28 | 1am

Group L: Panama vs England

Group L: Croatia vs Ghana

Sunday, June 28 | 3.30am

Group K: Colombia vs Portugal

Group K: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan

Sunday, June 28 | 6am

Group J: Algeria vs Austria

Group J: Jordan vs Argentina

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