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