Updated World Cup 2026 Teams, Groups, Schedule After Qualifying Playoff Bracket Results

The World Cup field is now officially set.

With the qualifying playoffs complete, the entire 48-team field has been decided for the 2026 event, which will be hosted in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Below we'll take a look at the full groups, complete schedule and this year's bracket as 47 countries try to unseat the defending champions, Argentina.

World Cup 2026 Groups

Group A

• Mexico
• South Africa
• Korea Republic
• Czechia

Group B

• Canada
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Qatar
• Switzerland

Group C

• Brazil
• Morocco
• Haiti
• Scotland

Group D

• USA
• Paraguay
• Australia
• Türkiye

Group E

• Germany
• Curaçao
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Ecuador

Group F

• Netherlands
• Japan
• Sweden
• Tunisia

Group G

• Belgium
• Egypt
• Iran
• New Zealand

Group H

• Spain
• Cabo Verde
• Saudi Arabia
• Uruguay

Group I

• France
• Senegal
• Iraq
• Norway

Group J

• Argentina
• Algeria
• Austria
• Jordan

Group K

• Portugal
• DR Congo
• Uzbekistan
• Colombia

Group L

• England
• Croatia
• Ghana
• Panama

2026 World Cup Schedule and Host Cities

*All match times in ET

Group

Thursday, June 11

• Match 1 - Group A (Mexico vs. South Africa) – Mexico City - 3 p.m.
• Match 2 – Group A (Korea Republic vs. Czechia - Guadalajara - 10 p.m.

Friday, June 12

• Match 3 - Group B (Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Toronto - 3 p.m.
• Match 4 - Group D (USA vs. Paraguay) – Los Angeles - 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 13

• Match 5 – Group D (Australia vs. Türkiye) - Vancouver - 12 a.m.
• Match 6 – Group B (Qatar vs. Switzerland) - San Francisco - 3 p.m.
• Match 7 – Group C (Brazil vs. Morocco) - New York-New Jersey - 6 p.m.
• Match 8 – Group C (Haiti vs. Scotland) - Boston - 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 14

• Match 9 – Group E (Germany vs. Curaçao) - Houston - 1 p.m.
• Match 10 – Group F (Netherlands vs. Japan) - Dallas - 4 p.m.
• Match 11 – Group E (Côte d'Ivoire vs. Ecuador) - Philadelphia - 7 p.m.
• Match 12 – Group F (Sweden vs. Tunisia) - Monterrey - 10 p.m.

Monday, June 15

• Match 13 – Group H (Spain vs. Cabo Verde) - Atlanta - Noon
• Match 14 – Group G (Belgium vs. Egypt) - Seattle - 3 p.m.
• Match 15 – Group H (Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay) - Miami - 6 p.m.
• Match 16 – Group G (Iran vs. New Zealand) - Los Angeles - 9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16

• Match 17 – Group I (France vs. Senegal) - New York-New Jersey - 3 p.m.
• Match 18 – Group I (Iraq vs. Norway) - Boston - 6 p.m.
• Match 19 – Group J (Argentina vs. Algeria) - Kansas City - 9 p.m.
• Match 20 – Group J (Austria vs. Jordan) - San Francisco - 12 a.m.

Wednesday, June 17

• Match 21 – Group K (Portugal vs. DR Congo) - Houston - 1 p.m.
• Match 22 – Group L (England vs. Croatia) - Dallas - 4 p.m.
• Match 23 – Group L (Ghana vs. Panama) - Toronto - 7 p.m.
• Match 24 – Group K (Uzbekistan vs. Colombia) - Mexico City - 10 p.m.

Thursday, June 18

• Match 25– Group A (Czechia vs. South Africa) - Atlanta - Noon
• Match 26 – Group B (Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Los Angeles - 3 p.m.
• Match 27 - Group B (Canada vs. Qatar) – Vancouver - 6 p.m.
• Match 28 - Group A (Mexico vs. Korea Republic) – Guadalajara - 9 p.m.

Friday, June 19

• Match 29 – Group D (Türkiye vs. Paraguay) - San Francisco - 12 a.m.
• Match 30 - Group D (USA vs. Australia) – Seattle - 3 p.m.
• Match 31 – Group C (Scotland vs. Morocco) - Boston - 6 p.m.
• Match 32 – Group C (Brazil vs. Haiti) - Philadelphia - 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 20

• Match 33 – Group F (Netherlands vs. Sweden) - Houston - 1 p.m.
• Match 34 – Group E (Germany vs. Côte d'Ivoire) - Toronto - 4 p.m.
• Match 35 – Group E (Curaçao vs. Ecuador) - Kansas City - 8 p.m.
• Match 36 – Group F (Tunisia vs. Japan) - Monterrey - 12 a.m.

Sunday, June 21

• Match 37 – Group H (Spain vs. Saudi Arabia) - Atlanta - 12 p.m.
• Match 38 – Group G (Belgium vs. Iran) - Los Angeles - 3 p.m.
• Match 39 – Group H (Uruguay vs. Cabo Verde) - Miami - 6 p.m.
• Match 40 – Group G (New Zealand vs. Egypt) - Vancouver - 9 p.m.

Monday, June 22

• Match 41 – Group J (Argentina vs. Austria) - Dallas - 1 p.m.
• Match 42 – Group I (France vs. Iraq) - Philadelphia - 5 p.m.
• Match 43 – Group I (Norway vs. Senegal) - New York-New Jersey - 8 p.m.
• Match 44 – Group J (Jordan vs. Algeria) - San Francisco - 11 p.m.

Tuesday, June 23

• Match 45 – Group K (Portugal vs. Uzbekistan) - Houston - 1 p.m.
• Match 46 – Group L (England vs. Ghana) - Boston - 4 p.m.
• Match 47 – Group L (Panama vs. Croatia) - Toronto - 7 p.m.
• Match 48 – Group K (Colombia vs. DR Congo) - Guadalajara - 10 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24

• Match 49 - Group B (Switzerland vs. Canada) - Vancouver - 3 p.m.
• Match 50 – Group B (Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Qatar) - Seattle - 3 p.m.
• Match 51 – Group C (Scotland vs. Brazil) - Miami - 6 p.m.
• Match 52 – Group C (Morocco vs. Haiti) - Atlanta - 6 p.m.
• Match 53 - Group A (Czechia vs. Mexico) - Mexico City - 9 p.m.
• Match 54 – Group A (South Africa vs. Korea Republic) - Monterrey - 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 25

• Match 55 – Group E (Ecuador vs. Germany) - New York-New Jersey - 4 p.m.
• Match 56 – Group E (Curaçao vs. Côte d'Ivoire) - Philadelphia - 4 p.m.
• Match 57 – Group F (Japan vs. Sweden) - Dallas - 7 p.m.
• Match 58 – Group F (Tunisia vs. Netherlands) - Kansas City - 7 p.m.
• Match 59 - Group D (Türkiye vs. USA) – Los Angeles - 10 p.m.
• Match 60 – Group D (Paraguay vs. Australia) - San Francisco - 10 p.m.

Friday, June 26

• Match 61 – Group I (Norway vs. France) - Boston - 3 p.m.
• Match 62 – Group I (Senegal vs. Iraq) - Toronto - 3 p.m.
• Match 63 – Group H (Cabo Verde vs. Saudi Arabia) - Houston - 8 p.m.
• Match 64 – Group H (Uruguay vs. Spain) - Guadalajara - 8 p.m.
• Match 65 – Group G (Egypt vs. Iran) - Seattle - 11 p.m.
• Match 66 – Group G (New Zealand vs. Belgium) - Vancouver - 11 p.m.

Saturday, June 27

• Match 67 – Group L (Panama vs. England) - New York-New Jersey - 5 p.m.
• Match 68 – Group L (Croatia vs. Ghana) - Philadelphia - 5 p.m.
• Match 69 – Group K (Colombia vs. Portugal) - Miami - 7:30 p.m.
• Match 70 – Group K (DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan) - Atlanta - 7:30 p.m.
• Match 71 – Group J (Algeria vs. Austria) - Kansas City - 10 p.m.
• Match 72 – Group J (Jordan vs. Argentina) - Dallas - 10 p.m.

Round of 32

Sunday, June 28

• Match 73 – Group A runner-up vs. Group B runner-up - Los Angeles

Monday, June 29

• Match 74 – Group E winner vs. Group A/B/C/D/F third place - Boston
• Match 75 – Group F winner vs. Group C runner-up - Monterrey
• Match 76 – Group C winner vs. Group F runner-up - Houston

Tuesday, June 30

• Match 77 – Group I winner vs. Group C/D/F/G/H third place - New York-New Jersey
• Match 78 – Group E runner-up vs. Group I runner-up - Dallas
• Match 79 – Group A winner vs. Group C/E/F/H/I third place - Mexico City

Wednesday, July 1

• Match 80 – Group L winner vs. Group E/H/I/J/K third place - Atlanta
• Match 81 – Group D winner vs. Group B/E/F/I/J third place - San Francisco
• Match 82 – Group G winner vs. Group A/E/H/I/J third place - Seattle

Thursday, July 2

• Match 83 – Group K runner-up vs. Group L runner-up - Toronto
• Match 84 – Group H winner vs. Group J runner-up - Los Angeles
• Match 85 – Group B winner vs. Group E/F/G/I/J third place - Vancouver

Friday, July 3

• Match 86 – Group J winner vs. Group H runner-up - Miami
• Match 87 – Group K winner vs. Group D/E/I/J/L third place - Kansas City
• Match 88 – Group D runner-up vs. Group G runner-up - Dallas

Round of 16

Saturday, July 4

• Match 89 – Winner match 74 vs. Winner match 77 - Philadelphia
• Match 90 – Winner match 73 vs. Winner match 75 - Houston

Sunday, July 5

• Match 91 – Winner match 76 vs. Winner match 78 - New York-New Jersey
• Match 92 – Winner match 79 vs. Winner match 80 - Mexico City

Monday, July 6

• Match 93 – Winner match 83 vs. Winner match 84 - Dallas
• Match 94 – Winner match 81 vs. Winner match 82 - Seattle

Tuesday, July 7

• Match 95 – Winner match 86 vs. Winner match 88 - Atlanta
• Match 96 – Winner match 85 vs. Winner match 87 - Vancouver

Quarterfinals

Thursday, July 9

• Match 97 – Winner match 89 vs. Winner match 90 - Boston

Friday, July 10

• Match 98 – Winner match 93 vs. Winner match 94 - Los Angeles

Saturday, July 11

• Match 99 – Winner match 91 vs. Winner match 92 - Miami
• Match 100 – Winner match 95 vs. Winner match 96 - Kansas City

Semifinals

Tuesday, July 14

• Match 101 – Winner match 97 vs. Winner match 98 - Dallas

Wednesday, July 15

• Match 102 – Winner match 99 vs. Winner match 100 - Atlanta

Third-Place Game

Saturday, July 18

• Match 103 – Loser match 101 vs. Loser match 102 - Miami

Final

Sunday, July 19

• Match 104 – Winner match 101 vs. Winner match 102 - New York-New Jersey