For the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, the full, detailed match schedule is being unveiled on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at around noon Eastern Time, the day after the tournament draw.
What is being released and when
- FIFA scheduled the World Cup draw for early December 2025, with the complete list of fixtures, including venues and kickoff times, set to be announced the following day, December 6, 2025.
- The announcement is planned as a live broadcast around 12 p.m. ET, during which FIFA will confirm the schedule for all 104 matches in the tournament.
What is already known
- The overall tournament window and phase dates are already public: the 2026 World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19, 2026, with the group stage from June 11–27, followed by knockout rounds through to the final.
- A draft match framework and venue allocations were released earlier (in 2024) and then updated, but the fully finalized schedule with all teams slotted into specific fixtures is what is being revealed on December 6, 2025.
