World Cup Matchups: Start Times For Every Match, How To Watch And Game Previews

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is group to commencement Thursday pinch Mexico facing South Africa successful Mexico City and South Korea taking connected Czechia successful Guadalajara, Mexico.

The tourney past heads northbound connected Friday, pinch Canada facing Bosnia-Herzegovina successful Toronto earlier nan United States opens Group D play against Paraguay astatine SoFi Stadium.

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir nan matches done nan opening days of nan 39-day, 48-team tourney crossed nan U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Here’s a look astatine Thursday’s matchups (all times Pacific):

Mexico vs. South Africa

Mexico's Raúl Jiménez, left, celebrates aft scoring during an world friends against Serbia connected June 4.

Where: Azteca Stadium | Mexico City

Time: Noon

TV | Streaming: Fox, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Although nan World Cup will beryllium shared by 3 countries for nan first time, Mexico gets nan grant of playing nan opening game. No state has played big to much World Cups than Mexico, which besides staged nan tourney successful 1970 and 1986. Both times nan first crippled was played successful nan iconic Azteca Stadium, wherever nan World Cup kicks disconnected again. The first 2 times nan World Cup was played successful Mexico, nan location squad made nan quarterfinals and El Tri, playing nether coach Javier Aguirre, a midfielder connected nan 1986 team, seems poised for different agelong run. Mexico is unbeaten successful 8 games this year, including wins complete World Cup qualifiers Panama, Ghana and Australia and draws pinch Belgium and Portugal. Mexico has fixed up conscionable 1 extremity successful nan past 8 months. South Africa, which played Mexico to a tie successful nan opening crippled of nan 2010 World Cup, is winless successful 2026.

South Korea vs. Czechia

South Korea's Son Heung-Min controls nan shot successful beforehand of El Salvador's Brayan Landaverde.

Where: Estadio Akron | Guadalajara, Mexico

Time: 7 p.m.

TV | Streaming: FS1, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: South Korea is 1 of 5 countries to person played successful nan past 11 World Cups — and it’s nan only 1 of nan 5 ne'er to person won nan tournament. And nan only 2 times South Korea played successful a North American World Cup, successful 1986 and 1994, it grounded to triumph a game. Still, pinch an discourtesy led by LAFC’s Son Heung-min, nan MLS leader successful assists, and a defense anchored by Bayern Munich halfway backmost Kim Min-jae (aka The Monster), nan Taegeuk Warriors are a formidable foe. Czechia, playing successful nan World Cup for conscionable nan 2nd clip arsenic an independent nation, has been unimpressive successful its tourney warm-ups; its past triumph complete a World Cup qualifier was a 2-1 triumph complete Norway 27 months ago.

Here’s a look astatine Friday’s matchups:

Canada vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia's Edin Dzeko heads nan shot during a World Cup qualifying lucifer against Italy connected March 31.

Where: BMO Field | Toronto

Time: Noon

TV | Streaming: Fox, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Alphonso Davies has been ruled retired of Canada’s World Cup opener successful nan dream that he will beryllium disposable for nan remainder of nan tournament. And his absence will beryllium felt since Davies, sidelined since May 6 pinch a hamstring injury, is not only nan team’s champion subordinate but besides its captain. The injuries are piling up for Canada, which mislaid halfway backmost Moïse Bombito and guardant Marcelo Flores to injuries aft nan World Cup roster had been determined. Under American coach Jesse Marsch, nan squad entered nan apical 30 successful nan FIFA world rankings for nan first time, losing conscionable 5 times successful 29 matches, but still looking for its first triumph successful a World Cup match.

Bosnia, playing successful nan World Cup for nan 2nd clip since gaining independence, is led by 40-year-old Edin Dzeko, nan country’s all-time leader successful caps and goals. It qualified for nan World Cup by drafting Wales, past Italy, and beating some connected punishment kicks successful a brace of UEFA playoffs successful March.

United States vs. Paraguay

U.S. guardant Christian Pulisic controls nan shot successful beforehand of Senegal's Krepin Diatta.

Where: SoFi Stadium | Inglewood
Time: 6 p.m.
TV | Streaming: Fox, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: With a extremity and an assistance successful nan Americans’ penultimate warm-up pinch Senegal, Christian Pulisic collapsed retired of a career-long scoring drought and proved himself fresh for nan World Cup. But he’ll request thief from his supporting formed if nan U.S. is to get retired of group play and this crippled could beryllium cardinal to that goal. Paraguay’s schedule complete nan past twelvemonth featured respective games pinch World Cup qualifiers, including wins complete Mexico and Uruguay, draws pinch Japan and Ecuador and one-score losses to Brazil, Morocco and nan U.S. Its starring scorer is midfielder Miguel Almirón, who plays successful MLS pinch Atlanta United.

Here’s a look astatine Saturday’s matchups:

Qatar vs. Switzerland

Qatar's Akram Afif plays during an world friends against El Salvador connected June 6.

Where: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara
Time: noon
TV | Streaming: Fox, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Qatar made its World Cup debut 4 years agone and became nan first big to exit nan tourney without a point, losing each 3 group-play games by 2 goals each. The squad has improved dramatically since then, beating Mexico to scope nan quarterfinals of nan 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup. But its World Cup preparations were disrupted by warfare successful nan Middle East, which forced nan cancellation of scheduled friendlies pinch Serbia and Argentina. As a result, nan squad has played conscionable doubly successful nan past 7 months and hasn’t scored a extremity since past December.

Switzerland, meanwhile, is classed successful nan apical 20 successful nan world by FIFA, has mislaid conscionable doubly — to No. 2 Spain and No. 10 Germany — successful its past 17 tries and made nan quarterfinals of nan past 2 Euros.

Brazil vs. Morocco

Brazil's Casemiro, right, celebrates pinch teammate Vinicius Junior aft scoring against Panama.

Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Time: 3 p.m.
TV | Streaming: FS1, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Group C gets disconnected to a compelling commencement pinch sixth-ranked Brazil, nan tournament’s only five-time champion, facing No. 7 Morocco, nan astonishment squad of 2022. And some travel successful hot: Morocco has mislaid conscionable 1 of its past 45 games, making love to January 2024, while Brazil has beaten World Cup qualifiers Egypt, Panama, Croatia, Senegal, South Korea, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico complete nan past 24 months.

Barring a awesome stumble, some will make it retired of group play but this crippled will apt find which will spell done arsenic a group champion, giving it a overmuch easier way done nan knockout rounds.

Haiti vs. Scotland

Haiti's Frantzdy Pierrot controls nan shot successful beforehand of Tunisia's Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida.

Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.
Time: 6 p.m.
TV | Streaming: FS1, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Though lacking nan sizzle of Brazil-Morocco, Group C’s different first-day matchup is nary little important. With 8 third-place teams advancing retired of group play, a triumph present would springiness either Scotland aliases Haiti a coagulated changeable astatine going done while a tie could punishment both.

Haiti, participating successful nan World Cup for conscionable nan 2nd clip — and nan first clip since 1974 — hasn’t played astatine location successful 5 years because of unit and instability successful Haiti. But it thumped New Zealand 4-0 successful 1 of its last World Cup tuneups and mislaid to 3 different World Cup qualifiers — nan U.S., Saudi Arabia and Tunisia — by conscionable a extremity successful nan past year. All but 3 of nan players connected Haiti’s roster play for first- aliases second-division teams successful Europe aliases nan U.S.

Scotland had an easier clip successful qualifying and won its past 2 World Cup tuneups, beating Curacao and Bolivia by a mixed people of 8-1. Its apical subordinate is Liverpool defender Andy Robertson but its oldest is goalkeeper Craig Gordon, astatine 43 nan astir elder subordinate successful nan tournament.

Australia vs. Turkey

Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan warms up earlier an world friends lucifer against Mexico astatine nan Rose Bowl connected May 30.

Where: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
Time: 9 p.m.
TV | Streaming: FS1, Telemundo | Fox One, Peacock

The buzz: Turkey could beryllium 1 of nan astonishment teams successful nan tourney aft qualifying for nan World Cup for nan first clip since 2002 pinch a brace of 1-0 wins complete Romania and Kosovo. Turkey has risen 5 spots, to No. 22, successful nan FIFA world rankings successful nan past ninth months, its champion showing successful a decade. And successful nan past twelvemonth it has beaten nan U.S. and tied No. 2 Spain. Its champion subordinate is Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, Turkey’s progressive leader successful caps and goals.

Australia had its best-ever World Cup 4 years agone successful Qatar, winning doubly and advancing to nan information of 16 for nan first clip since 2006. But it has struggled of late, losing 4 of its past six games to chap World Cup qualifiers.

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