World Cup games today

How "today" works on this site

Match days are calculated against your local calendar date, not UTC and not the venue's local date. So if a kickoff is at 02:30 in your timezone on Wednesday morning, this page lists it on Tuesday in some other zone — but for you it appears here on Wednesday, because that's the day you'd actually be turning the TV on.

The colours on each card use the same algorithm as the main schedule: green if you're free, amber if it lands in your work hours, orange if it's a late kickoff (10 PM–midnight), red if it's overnight (midnight–6 AM). Use the Set Your Hours button in the header to define when you're available.

How to use this page during a tournament

• Bookmark it. On match days this page rebuilds itself every time you load it. No accounts, no notifications, no app to install — just open it in the morning and you'll see what kicks off in your day.
• Refresh for live status. The site auto-refreshes every minute when matches are within five hours of kickoff so the live badge appears as soon as a game starts.
• Tap any card to expand venue details, both teams' capital-city kickoff times, and the rich match preview.
• How 2026 ran. The group stage ran 11–27 June, followed by the new Round of 32 (28 June – 4 July), Round of 16 (5–7 July), quarter-finals (9–11 July), semi-finals (14–15 July), third-place match (18 July), and the final at MetLife Stadium on 19 July. The full record is in the 2026 schedule archive.

Why no matches today?

If the page above shows nothing, it's because there are no World Cup fixtures scheduled in your local calendar day. Possible reasons:

• No tournament is on. The 2026 World Cup ended with the final on 19 July 2026. The next tournament is the Women’s World Cup 2027 in Brazil, from 24 June to 25 July 2027; until it starts, this page will be empty.
• Group stage rest day. Even during the group stage there are occasional days with fewer or no matches as the schedule rotates between cities.
• Knockout-round rest day. The knockout phase has built-in rest days between rounds.
• Your timezone shifts the calendar. A late-night kickoff on the US West Coast may already be the next day for European or Asian viewers — check the main schedule to see the full picture in your local time.

Want every match in your calendar?

The My Calendar builder lets you pick a team, add the headline matches, exclude overnight kickoffs, and download the result as an .ics file for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. The 2026 schedule archive shows all 104 matches sortable by group, round and watchability, all converted to your local time the moment your browser loads them.