World Cup 2026 on TV | Schedule, coverage and live stream details

World Cup 2026 has already cemented its place as a vital part of daily life.

The tournament in Canada, Mexico, and the United States is set to be the biggest ever, after the expansion to 48 teams and 104 fixtures, and if the first few days are anything to go by, we are in for an unforgettable summer.

The best part? Well, whether you’re tuning in for a late-afternoon kick-off, eating dinner in front of an evening clash, catching an 11pm contest, or staying up for a match in the early hours of the morning, every match will be live on will be live on free-to-air TV.

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We’ve not yet seen everyone in action. Still, the expectation is that it will be the usual suspects in the mix for silverware, however, with holders Argentina, reigning European champions Spain, France, and England among those tipped to go all the way.

Coverage will be split between BBC and ITV, so whether watching from your sofa, the pub, or anywhere else, you won’t have to miss a kick from this summer’s World Cup.

Radio Times brings you all the details of World Cup 2026 TV coverage across BBC and ITV this summer.

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World Cup 2026 on TV and live stream

Every match at World Cup 2026 will be broadcast on either BBC or ITV, meaning fans have plenty of live football on free-to-air TV this summer.

The majority of matches will be shown on the flagship BBC One and ITV1 channels, but the third round of group-stage games will be split across channels due to simultaneous kick-off times.

Of course, every moment will also be available to watch via BBC iPlayer and ITVX via a range of devices, including laptops, smart TVs, tablets and smartphones.

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World Cup 2026 TV schedule

All UK time. Subject to change. England and Scotland fixtures in bold.

Group stage

Thursday 11 June

Group A: Mexico v South Africa (8pm, Mexico City Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Friday 12 June

Group A: South Korea v Czech Republic (3am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group B: Canada v Bosnia & Herzegovina (8pm, Toronto Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Saturday 13 June

Group D: USA v Paraguay (2am, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group B: Qatar v Switzerland (8pm, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group C: Brazil v Morocco (11pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Sunday 14 June

Group C: Haiti v Scotland (2am, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group D: Australia v Turkey (5am, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group E: Germany v Curaçao (6pm, Houston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group F: Netherlands v Japan (9pm, Dallas Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Scotland talisman Scott McTominay. Molly Darlington/Getty Images

Monday 15 June

Group E: Ivory Coast v Ecuador (12am, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group F: Sweden v Tunisia (3am, Monterrey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group H: Spain v Cape Verde (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group G: Belgium v Egypt (8pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group H: Saudi Arabia v Uruguay (11pm, Miami Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Tuesday 16 June

Group G: Iran v New Zealand (2am, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group I: France v Senegal (8pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group I: Iraq v Norway (11pm, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Wednesday 17 June

Group J: Argentina v Algeria (2am, Kansas City Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group J: Austria v Jordan (5am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group K: Portugal v DR Congo (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group L: England v Croatia (9pm, Dallas Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Thursday 18 June

Group L: Ghana v Panama (12am, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group K: Uzbekistan v Colombia (3am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group A: Czech Republic v South Africa (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group B: Switzerland v Bosnia & Herzegovina (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group B: Canada v Qatar (11pm, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Friday 19 June

Group A: Mexico v South Korea (2am, Guadalajara Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group D: USA v Australia (8pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group C: Scotland v Morocco (11pm, Boston Stadium) ITV1 / STV

England’s Marcus Rashford. Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside/Getty Images

Saturday 20 June

Group C: Brazil v Haiti (1:30am, Philadelphia Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group D: Turkey v Paraguay (4am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group F: Netherlands v Sweden (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group E: Germany v Ivory Coast (9pm, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Sunday 21 June

Group E: Ecuador v Curaçao (1am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group F: Tunisia v Japan (5am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group H: Spain v Saudi Arabia (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group G: Belgium v Iran (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group H: Uruguay v Cape Verde (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Monday 22 June

Group G: New Zealand v Egypt (2am, Vancouver Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group J: Argentina v Austria (6pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group I: France v Iraq (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Tuesday 23 June

Group I: Norway v Senegal (1am, Toronto Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group J: Jordan v Algeria (4am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group K: Portugal v Uzbekistan (6pm, Houston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group L: England v Ghana (9pm, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Wednesday 24 June

Group L: Panama v Croatia (12am, Boston Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group K: Colombia v DR Congo (3am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group B: Switzerland v Canada (8pm, Vancouver Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina v Qatar (8pm, Seattle Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group C: Morocco v Haiti (11pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group C: Scotland v Brazil (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Argentina’s Lionel Messi. Roberto Tuero/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Thursday 25 June

Group A: South Africa v South Korea (2am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group A: Czech Republic v Mexico (2am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group E: Curaçao v Ivory Coast (9pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group E: Ecuador v Germany (9pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Friday 26 June

Group F: Tunisia v Netherlands (12am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group F: Japan v Sweden (12am, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group D: Turkey v USA (3am, Los Angeles Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Group D: Paraguay v Australia (3am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group I: Norway v France (8pm, Boston Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group I: Senegal v Iraq (8pm, Toronto Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Saturday 27 June

Group H: Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia (1am, Houston Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Group H: Uruguay v Spain (1am, Guadalajara Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group G: New Zealand v Belgium (4am, Vancouver Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group G: Egypt v Iran (4am, Seattle Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group L: Panama v England (10pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX

Group L: Croatia v Ghana (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) ITV4 / ITVX

Sunday 28 June

Group K: Colombia v Portugal (12:30am, Miami Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

Group K: DR Congo v Uzbekistan (12:30am, Atlanta Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group J: Algeria v Austria (3am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer

Group J: Jordan v Argentina (3am, Dallas Stadium) BBC One / BBC iPlayer

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Round of 32

Sunday 28 June

Round of 32: Group A runners-up v Group B runners-up (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV

Monday 29 June

Round of 32: Group C winners v Group F runners-up (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group E winners v best 3rd place (9:30pm, Boston Stadium) BBC/ITV

Tuesday 30 June

Round of 32: Group F winners v Group C runners-up (2am, Monterrey Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group E runners-up v Group I runners-up (6pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group I winners v best 3rd place (10pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC/ITV

Wednesday 1 July

Round of 32: Group A winners v best 3rd place (2am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group L winners v best 3rd place (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group G winners v best 3rd place (9pm, Seattle Stadium) BBC/ITV

Memphis Depay of the Netherlands. Roy Lazet/Soccrates/Getty Images

Thursday 2 July

Round of 32: Group D winners v best 3rd place (1am, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group H winners v Group J runners-up (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV

Friday 3 July

Round of 32: Group K runners-up v Group L runners-up (12am, Toronto Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group B winners v best 3rd place (4am, Vancouver Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group D runners-up v Group G runners-up (7pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 32: Group J winners v Group H runners-up (11pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV

Saturday 4 July

Round of 32: Group K winners v best 3rd place (2:30am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 16

Saturday 4 July

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (6pm, Houston Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (10pm, Philadelphia Stadium) BBC/ITV

Sunday 5 July

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (9pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) BBC/ITV

Monday 6 July

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (1am, Mexico City Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (8pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV

Tuesday 7 July

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (1am, Seattle Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (5pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV

Round of 16: TBC v TBC (9pm, Vancouver Stadium) BBC/ITV

Son Heung-min of South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Quarter-finals

Thursday 9 July

Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (9pm, Boston Stadium) BBC/ITV

Friday 10 July

Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Los Angeles Stadium) BBC/ITV

Saturday 11 July

Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (10pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV

Sunday 12 July

Quarter-final: TBC v TBC (2am, Kansas City Stadium) BBC/ITV

Semi-finals

Tuesday 14 July

Semi-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Dallas Stadium) BBC/ITV

Wednesday 15 July

Semi-final: TBC v TBC (8pm, Atlanta Stadium) BBC/ITV

Third-place play-off

Saturday 18 July

Third-place play-off: TBC v TBC (10pm, Miami Stadium) BBC/ITV

Final

Sunday 19 July

Final: TBC v TBC (8pm, New York New Jersey Stadium) ITV1 / ITVX / BBC One / BBC iPlayer

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