FIFA Unveils Full World Cup 2026 Schedule with Base Camps and FIFA has released the complete match schedule and base camp locations for the 2026 World Cup, confirming where all 48 participating nations will reside and when they will play their group-stage fixtures across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
The expanded tournament will be the largest in history, featuring 104 matches over 37 days, kicking off on June 11 and culminating in the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19. The group stage runs from June 11–27, followed by the Round of 32 (June 28–July 3), Round of 16 (July 4–7), quarterfinals (July 9–11), semifinals (July 14–15), the third-place playoff (July 18), and the championship match (July 19).
Group A
🇲🇽 Mexico (co-host)
· Base Camp: Mexico City, Mexico | Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR)
· Match Schedule: June 11 vs South Africa (Mexico City Stadium, 3pm ET); June 18 vs South Korea (Estadio Akron, Zapopan, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Czechia (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 9pm ET)
🇿🇦 South Africa
· Base Camp: Pachuca, Mexico | CF Pachuca — Universidad Del Futbol
· Match Schedule: June 11 vs Mexico (Mexico City, 3pm ET); June 18 vs Czechia (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 12pm ET); June 24 vs South Korea (Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, 9pm ET)
🇰🇷 South Korea
· Base Camp: Guadalajara, Mexico | Chivas Verde Valle
· Match Schedule: June 11 vs Czechia (Estadio Guadalajara, 10pm ET); June 18 vs Mexico (Estadio Akron, Zapopan, 9pm ET); June 24 vs South Africa (Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, 9pm ET)
🇨🇿 Czechia
· Base Camp: Dallas, USA | Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 11 vs South Korea (Estadio Guadalajara, 10pm ET); June 18 vs South Africa (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 12pm ET); June 24 vs Mexico (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 9pm ET)
Group B
🇨🇦 Canada (co-host)
· Base Camp: Vancouver, Canada | National Soccer Development Centre
· Match Schedule: June 12 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (BMO Field, Toronto, 3pm ET); June 18 vs Qatar (BC Place, Vancouver, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Switzerland (BC Place, Vancouver, 3pm ET)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
· Base Camp: Sandy, USA | RSL Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 12 vs Canada (BMO Field, Toronto, 3pm ET); June 18 vs Switzerland (SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, 3pm ET); June 24 vs Qatar (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET)
🇶🇦 Qatar
· Base Camp: Santa Barbara, USA | Westmont College
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Switzerland (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, 3pm ET); June 18 vs Canada (BC Place, Vancouver, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET)
🇨🇭 Switzerland
· Base Camp: San Diego, USA | SDJA
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Qatar (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, 3pm ET); June 18 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, 3pm ET); June 24 vs Canada (BC Place, Vancouver, 3pm ET)
Group C
🇧🇷 Brazil
· Base Camp: New York/New Jersey, USA | Columbia Park Training Facility
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Morocco (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 6pm ET); June 19 vs Haiti (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Scotland (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, 6pm ET)
🇲🇦 Morocco
· Base Camp: New York/New Jersey, USA | The Pingry School
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Brazil (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 6pm ET); June 19 vs Scotland (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Haiti (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 6pm ET)
🇭🇹 Haiti
· Base Camp: New York/New Jersey, USA | Stockton University
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Scotland (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 9pm ET); June 19 vs Brazil (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Morocco (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 6pm ET)
🏴 Scotland
· Base Camp: Charlotte, USA | Charlotte FC
· Match Schedule: June 13 vs Haiti (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 9pm ET); June 19 vs Morocco (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Brazil (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, 6pm ET)
Group D
🇺🇸 United States (co-host)
· Base Camp: Irvine, USA | Great Park Sports Complex
· Match Schedule: June 12 vs Paraguay (Los Angeles Stadium, 9pm ET); June 19 vs Australia (Lumen Field, Seattle, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Turkey (TBD, 9pm ET)
🇵🇾 Paraguay
· Base Camp: San Francisco Bay Area, USA | Spartan Soccer Complex
· Match Schedule: June 12 vs USA (Los Angeles Stadium, 9pm ET); June 19 vs Turkey (San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Australia (Lumen Field, Seattle, 9pm ET)
🇦🇺 Australia
· Base Camp: San Francisco Bay Area, USA | Oakland Roots/Soul
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Turkey (BC Place, Vancouver, 5am ET); June 19 vs USA (Lumen Field, Seattle, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Paraguay (Lumen Field, Seattle, 9pm ET)
🇹🇷 Turkey
· Base Camp: Mesa, USA | Arizona Athletic Grounds
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Australia (BC Place, Vancouver, 5am ET); June 19 vs Paraguay (San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, 9pm ET); June 24 vs USA (TBD, 9pm ET)
Group E
🇩🇪 Germany
· Base Camp: Winston-Salem, USA | Wake Forest University
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Curaçao (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 20 vs Ivory Coast (Toronto Stadium, 1pm ET); June 24 vs Ecuador (Kansas City Stadium, 4pm ET)
🇨🇼 Curaçao
· Base Camp: Boca Raton, USA | Florida Atlantic University
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Germany (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 20 vs Ecuador (Kansas City Stadium, 8pm ET); June 24 vs Ivory Coast (TBD, 4pm ET)
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
· Base Camp: Philadelphia, USA | Philadelphia Union
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Ecuador (Philadelphia Stadium, 12am ET); June 20 vs Germany (Toronto Stadium, 1pm ET); June 24 vs Curaçao (TBD, 4pm ET)
🇪🇨 Ecuador
· Base Camp: Columbus, USA | Columbus Crew Performance Center
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Ivory Coast (Philadelphia Stadium, 12am ET); June 20 vs Curaçao (Kansas City Stadium, 8pm ET); June 24 vs Germany (Kansas City Stadium, 4pm ET)
Group F
🇳🇱 Netherlands
· Base Camp: Kansas City, USA | KC Current Training Facility
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Japan (Dallas Stadium, 4pm ET); June 20 vs Sweden (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 24 vs Tunisia (TBD, 2pm ET)
🇯🇵 Japan
· Base Camp: Nashville, USA | Nashville SC
· Match Schedule: June 14 vs Netherlands (Dallas Stadium, 4pm ET); June 20 vs Tunisia (TBD, 12am ET); June 24 vs Sweden (TBD, 2pm ET)
🇸🇪 Sweden
· Base Camp: Dallas, USA | FC Dallas Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Tunisia (Estadio Monterrey, Guadalupe, 3am ET); June 20 vs Netherlands (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 24 vs Japan (TBD, 2pm ET)
🇹🇳 Tunisia
· Base Camp: Monterrey, Mexico | Rayados Training Center
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Sweden (Estadio Monterrey, Guadalupe, 3am ET); June 20 vs Japan (TBD, 12am ET); June 24 vs Netherlands (TBD, 2pm ET)
Group G
🇧🇪 Belgium
· Base Camp: Renton, USA | Seattle Sounders FC Performance Center
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Egypt (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET); June 20 vs Iran (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET); June 24 vs New Zealand (TBD, 3pm ET)
🇪🇬 Egypt
· Base Camp: Spokane, USA | Gonzaga University
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Belgium (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET); June 20 vs New Zealand (TBD, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Iran (TBD, 3pm ET)
🇮🇷 Iran
· Base Camp: Tijuana, Mexico | Centro Xoloitzcuintle
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs New Zealand (Los Angeles Stadium, 2am ET); June 20 vs Belgium (Lumen Field, Seattle, 3pm ET); June 24 vs Egypt (TBD, 3pm ET)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
· Base Camp: San Diego, USA | Univ. of San Diego — Torero Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs Iran (Los Angeles Stadium, 2am ET); June 20 vs Egypt (TBD, 9pm ET); June 24 vs Belgium (TBD, 3pm ET)
Group H
🇪🇸 Spain
· Base Camp: Chattanooga, USA | Baylor School
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Cape Verde (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 12pm ET); June 20 vs Saudi Arabia (TBD, 12pm ET); June 24 vs Uruguay (TBD, 12pm ET)
🇨🇻 Cape Verde
· Base Camp: Tampa, USA | Waters Sportsplex
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Spain (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, 12pm ET); June 20 vs Uruguay (TBD, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Saudi Arabia (TBD, 12pm ET)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
· Base Camp: Austin, USA | Austin FC Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Uruguay (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, 6pm ET); June 20 vs Spain (TBD, 12pm ET); June 24 vs Cape Verde (TBD, 12pm ET)
🇺🇾 Uruguay
· Base Camp: Cancún, Mexico | Mayakoba Training Center
· Match Schedule: June 15 vs Saudi Arabia (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, 6pm ET); June 20 vs Cape Verde (TBD, 6pm ET); June 24 vs Spain (TBD, 12pm ET)
Group I
🇫🇷 France
· Base Camp: Boston, USA | Bentley University
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs Senegal (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 3pm ET); June 21 vs Iraq (TBD, 5pm ET); June 24 vs Norway (TBD, 5pm ET)
🇸🇳 Senegal
· Base Camp: New York/New Jersey, USA | Rutgers University
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs France (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 3pm ET); June 21 vs Norway (TBD, 8pm ET); June 24 vs Iraq (TBD, 5pm ET)
🇮🇶 Iraq
· Base Camp: Greenbrier County, USA | The Greenbrier Sports Performance Center
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs Norway (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 6pm ET); June 21 vs France (TBD, 5pm ET); June 24 vs Senegal (TBD, 5pm ET)
🇳🇴 Norway
· Base Camp: Greensboro, USA | UNC Greensboro
· Match Schedule: June 16 vs Iraq (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 6pm ET); June 21 vs Senegal (TBD, 8pm ET); June 24 vs France (TBD, 5pm ET)
Group J
🇦🇷 Argentina (defending champion)
· Base Camp: Kansas City, USA | Sporting KC Training Center
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Algeria (Kansas City Stadium, 2am ET); June 22 vs Austria (TBD, 1pm ET); June 25 vs Jordan (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇩🇿 Algeria
· Base Camp: Kansas City, USA | University of Kansas
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Argentina (Kansas City Stadium, 2am ET); June 22 vs Jordan (TBD, 11pm ET); June 25 vs Austria (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇦🇹 Austria
· Base Camp: Goleta, USA | UC Santa Barbara — Harder Stadium
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Jordan (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, 5am ET); June 22 vs Argentina (TBD, 1pm ET); June 25 vs Algeria (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇯🇴 Jordan
· Base Camp: Portland, USA | University of Portland
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Austria (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, 5am ET); June 22 vs Algeria (TBD, 11pm ET); June 25 vs Argentina (TBD, 1pm ET)
Group K
🇵🇹 Portugal
· Base Camp: Palm Beach Gardens, USA | Gardens North County District Park
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs DR Congo (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 22 vs Uzbekistan (TBD, 1pm ET); June 25 vs Colombia (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇨🇩 DR Congo
· Base Camp: Houston, USA | Houston Training Center
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Portugal (Houston Stadium, 1pm ET); June 22 vs Colombia (TBD, 10pm ET); June 25 vs Uzbekistan (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
· Base Camp: Atlanta, USA | Atlanta United Training Center
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Colombia (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 10pm ET); June 22 vs Portugal (TBD, 1pm ET); June 25 vs DR Congo (TBD, 1pm ET)
🇨🇴 Colombia
· Base Camp: Guadalajara, Mexico | Academia Atlas FC
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Uzbekistan (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 10pm ET); June 22 vs DR Congo (TBD, 10pm ET); June 25 vs Portugal (TBD, 1pm ET)
Group L
🏴 England
· Base Camp: Kansas City, USA | Swope Soccer Village
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Croatia (Dallas Stadium, 4pm ET); June 23 vs Ghana (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 3pm ET); June 27 vs Panama (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 10pm ET)
🇭🇷 Croatia
· Base Camp: Alexandria, USA | Episcopal High School
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs England (Dallas Stadium, 4pm ET); June 23 vs Panama (TBD, 7pm ET); June 27 vs Ghana (TBD, 10pm ET)
🇬🇭 Ghana
· Base Camp: Boston, USA | Bryant University
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Panama (BMO Field, Toronto, 7pm ET); June 23 vs England (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, 3pm ET); June 27 vs Croatia (TBD, 10pm ET)
🇵🇦 Panama
· Base Camp: New Tecumseth, Canada | Nottawasaga Training Site
· Match Schedule: June 17 vs Ghana (BMO Field, Toronto, 7pm ET); June 23 vs Croatia (TBD, 7pm ET); June 27 vs England (MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 10pm ET)
Knockout Stage Overview
Following the group stage, the tournament advances to a 32-team knockout bracket:
· Round of 32: June 28 – July 3
· Round of 16: July 4–7
· Quarterfinals: July 9–11
· Semifinals: July 14–15
· Third‑Place Playoff: July 18
· Final: July 19 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
FIFA has confirmed that all 104 matches will be played across 16 host cities in North America. The updated match schedule is designed to provide optimal conditions for teams, spectators, and fans worldwide.
The final draw for the tournament took place in Washington, D.C., with all match times listed in Eastern Time (ET). Fans can consult FIFA’s official channels for the complete knockout-stage bracket once group play concludes.
