WORLD CUP 2026 is HERE, and fans are eager to find out how to watch every single match from football’s biggest tournament.
BBC and ITV hold the rights to the tournament, meaning it will be FREE to watch for fans across the country.
England are heading into their first tournament with Thomas Tuchel as manager Credit: Alamy
Lionel Messi won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with Argentina Credit: Reuters
are looking to end 60 years of heartbreak in North America this year as the Three Lions are chasing their second title.
Scotland qualified automatically for the tournament and will face Haiti, Morocco and five-time champions in their group.
Defending champions are looking to become just the third team in history to win back-to-back tournaments after the Italy team of the 1930’s and ‘s Brazilian side of 1958 and 1962.
has all the details on exactly where to watch every match of the tournament in North America.
World Cup 2026 TV guide
See which games are on BBC and ITV for the group stages.
*All times are in BST
Thursday, June 11
- 8pm: Mexico vs South Africa – ITV 1 / ITV X
Friday, June 12
- 3am: South Korea vs Czech Republic – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Saturday, June 13
- 2am: USA vs Paraguay – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 8pm: Qatar vs Switzerland – ITV / ITV X
- 11pm: Brazil vs Morocco – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Sunday, June 14
- 2am: Haiti vs Scotland – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 5am: Australia vs Turkey – ITV / ITV X
- 6pm: Germany vs Curacao – ITV / ITV X
- 9pm: vs Japan – ITV / ITV X
Monday, June 15
- 12am: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 3am: Sweden vs Tunisia – ITV / ITV X
- 5pm: Spain vs Cape Verde – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Belgium vs Egypt – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 11pm: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay – ITV / ITV X
Tuesday, June 16
- 2am: Iran vs New Zealand – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 8pm: vs Senegal – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 11pm: Iraq vs Norway – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Wednesday, June 17
- 2am: Argentina vs Algeria – ITV / ITV X
- 5am: Austria vs Jordan – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 6pm: vs DR Congo – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 9pm: England vs Croatia – ITV 1 / ITV X
Thursday, June 18
- 12am: Ghana vs Panama – ITV / ITV X
- 3am: Uzbekistan vs Colombia – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 5pm: Czech Republic vs South Africa – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 8pm: Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina – ITV / ITV X
- 11pm: Canada vs Qatar – ITV / ITV X
Friday, June 19
- 2am: Mexico vs South Korea – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 8pm: vs Australia – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 11pm: Scotland vs Morocco – ITV 1 / ITV X
Saturday, June 20
- 2am: Brazil vs Haiti – ITV / ITV X
- 5am: Turkey vs Paraguay – ITV / ITV X
- 6pm: Netherlands vs Sweden – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 9pm: vs Ivory Coast – ITV / ITV X
Sunday, June 21
- 1am: Ecuador vs Curacao – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 5am: Tunisia vs Japan – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 5pm: vs Saudi Arabia – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 8pm: Belgium vs Iran – ITV / ITV X
- 11pm: Uruguay vs Cape Verde – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Monday, June 22
- 2am: New Zealand vs Egypt – ITV / ITV X
- 6pm: Argentina vs Egypt – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 10pm: France vs Iraq – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Tuesday, June 23
- 1am: Norway vs Senegal – ITV / ITV X
- 4am: Jordan vs Algeria – ITV / ITV X
- 6pm: Portugal vs Uzbekistan – ITV / ITV X
- 9pm: England vs Ghana – BBC One / BBC iPlayer
Wednesday, June 24
- 12am: Panama vs Croatia – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 3am: Colombia vs DR Congo – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Switzerland vs Canada – ITV / ITV X
- 11pm: Morocco vs Haiti – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 11pm: Scotland vs Brazil – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Thursday, June 25
- 2am: Czech Republic vs Mexico – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 2am: South Africa vs South Korea – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 9pm: Curacao vs Ivory Coast – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 9pm: Ecuador vs Germany – BBC / BBC iPlayer
Friday, June 26
- 12am: Japan vs Sweden – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 12am: Tunisia vs Netherlands – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 3am: Paraguay vs Australia – ITV / ITV X
- 3am: Turkey vs USA – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Norway vs France – ITV / ITV X
- 8pm: Senegal vs Iraq – ITV / ITV X
Saturday, June 27
- 1am: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia – ITV / ITV X
- 1am: Uruguay vs Spain – ITV / ITV X
- 4am: Egypt vs Iran – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 4am: New Zealand vs Belgium – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 10pm: vs Ghana – ITV / ITV X
- 10pm: Panama vs England – ITV 1 / ITV X
Sunday, June 28
- 12.30am: Colombia vs Portugal – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 12.30am: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 3am: Algeria vs Austria – BBC / BBC iPlayer
- 3am: Jordan vs Argentina – BBC / BBC iPlayer
TV schedules for the knockout stages of World Cup 2026 have not yet been released.
SunSport will provide details as soon as they are released.
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