World Cup 2026 TV schedule: How to watch every game on BBC and ITV in the UK

The biggest World Cup ever has arrived, with 104 games set to take place over the next five weeks, as the US, Canada and Mexico host football’s most-prestigious competition.

>Fans in the UK will naturally be keen to follow England and Scotland’s progress at the tournament, but every single game in the competition will be available to watch on free-to-air TV for UK viewers – meaning you can watch more than just the Three Lions’ and Tartan Army’s endeavours.

England fans will be keen to follow the Three Lions’ progress despite time differences (PA)Of course, you do have to factor in the time difference, with the kinder kick-off times including slots at 6pm BST and 8pm BST, while there are games throughout the night for UK viewers.

>Here’s how you can watch every game at the 2026 World Cup on the BBC and ITV – and STV in Scotland.

World Cup 2026 TV schedule, UKThursday 11 June

>Mexico 2-0 South Africa (Group A)

>Friday 12 June

>South Korea 2-1 Czech Republic (Group A)

>Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (Group B)

>Saturday 13 June

>USA 4-1 Paraguay (Group D)

>Qatar 1-1 Switzerland (Group B)

>Brazil 1-1 Morocco (Group C)

>Sunday 14 June

>Haiti 0-1 Scotland (Group C)

>Australia 2-0 Turkey (Group D)

>Germany 7-1 Curacao (Group E)

>Netherlands 2-2 Japan (Group F)

>Monday 15 June

Spain will enter the World Cup as European champions, just as they did in 2010 (Getty)Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador (Group E)

>Sweden 5-1 Tunisia (Group F)

>Spain 0-0 Cape Verde (Group H)

>Belgium 1-1 Egypt (Group G)

>Saudi Arabia 1-1 Uruguay (Group H)

>Tuesday 16 June

>Iran 2-2 New Zealand (Group G)

>France 3-1 Senegal (Group I)

>Iraq 1-3 Norway (Group I)

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>Wednesday 17 June

>Argentina 3-0 Algeria (Group J)

>Austria vs Jordan (Group J) – 5am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Portugal vs DR Congo (Group K) – 6pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>England vs Croatia (Group L) – 9pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Thursday 18 June

Alphonso Davies is one of Canada’s key players as the nation co-hosts the tournament (Getty)Ghana vs Panama (Group L) – 12am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Uzbekistan vs Colombia (Group K) – 3am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Czech Republic vs South Africa (Group A) – 5pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Switzerland vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (Group B) – 8pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Canada vs Qatar (Group B) – 11pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Friday 19 June

>Mexico vs South Africa (Group A) – 2am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>USA vs Australia (Group D) – 8pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Scotland vs Morocco (Group C) – 11pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Saturday 20 June

>Brazil vs Haiti (Group C) – 2am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Turkey vs Paraguay (Group D) – 5am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

Vini Jr, shown in the background, is one of Brazil’s most-popular players (AFP/Getty)Netherlands vs Sweden (Group F) – 6pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Germany vs Ivory Coast (Group E) – 9pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Sunday 21 June

>Ecuador vs Curacao (Group E) – 1am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Tunisia vs Japan (Group F) – 5am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Spain vs Saudi Arabia (Group H) – 5pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Belgium vs Iran (Group G ) – 8pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Uruguay vs Cape Verde (Group H) – 11pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Monday 22 June

>New Zealand vs Egypt (Group G) – 2am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Argentina vs Austria (Group J) – 6pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>France vs Iraq (Group I) – 10pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

Mohamed Salah will captain Egypt at the World Cup (Getty)Tuesday 23 June

>Norway vs Senegal (Group I) – 1am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Jordan vs Algeria (Group J) – 4am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Portugal vs Uzbekistan (Group K) – 6pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>England vs Ghana (Group L) – 9pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Wednesday 24 June

>Panama vs Croatia (Group L) – 12am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Colombia vs DR Congo (Group K) – 3am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Qatar (Group B) – 8pm BST – ITV 4, ITV X

>Switzerland vs Canada (Group B) – 8pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Morocco vs Haiti (Group C) – 11pm BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Scotland vs Brazil (Group C) – 11pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

Colombia star Luis Diaz speaking to media ahead of the World Cup (Getty)Thursday 25 June

>Czech Republic vs Mexico (Group A) – 2am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>South Africa vs South Korea (Group A) – 2am BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Curacao vs Ivory Coast (Group E) – 9pm BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Ecuador vs Germany (Group E) – 9pm BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Friday 26 June

>Japan vs Sweden (Group F) – 12am BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Tunisia vs Netherlands (Group F) – 12am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Paraguay vs Australia (Group D) – 3am BST – ITV 4, ITV X

>Turkey vs USA (Group D) – 3am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Norway vs France (Group I) – 8pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Senegal vs Iraq (Group I) – 8pm BST – ITV 4, ITV X

Kylian Mbappe won the World Cup aged just 19 in 2018 (Getty)Saturday 27 June

>Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia (Group H) – 1am BST – ITV 4, ITV X

>Uruguay vs Spain (Group H) – 1am BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Egypt vs Iran (Group G) – 4am BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>New Zealand vs Belgium (Group G) – 4am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Croatia vs Ghana (Group L) – 10pm BST – ITV 4, ITV X

>Panama vs England (Group L) – 10pm BST – ITV 1, ITV X, STV, STV Player

>Sunday 28 June

>Colombia vs Portugal (Group K) – 12.30am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>DR Congo vs Uzbekistan (Group K) – 12.30am BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Algeria vs Austria (Group J) – 3am BST – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Jordan vs Argentina (Group J) – 3am BST – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website

>Round of 32 (Runner-up A vs Runner-up B) – 8pm BST – TBC

>Sunday 29 June

In 2022, led by Lionel Messi, Argentina ended a 36-year wait for their third World Cup trophy (Getty)Round of 32 (Winner C vs Runner-up F) – 6pm BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner E vs Third place A/B/C/D/F) – 9.30pm BST – TBC

>Tuesday 30 June

>Round of 32 (Winner F vs Runner-up C) – 2am BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Runner-up E vs Runner-up I) – 6pm BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner I vs Third place C/D/F/G/H) – 10pm BST – TBC

>Wednesday 1 July

>Round of 32 (Winner A vs Third place C/E/F/H/I) – 2am BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner L vs Third place E/H/I/J/K) – 5pm BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner G vs Third place A/E/H/I/J) – 9pm BST – TBC

>Thursday 2 July

>Round of 32 (Winner D vs Third place B/E/F/I/J) – 1am BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner H vs Runner-up J) – 8pm BST – TBC

>Friday 3 July

The New York New Jersey stadium will be a key venue this summer, hosting the final among other games (Getty)Round of 32 (Runner-up K vs Runner-up L) – 12am BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner B vs Third place E/F/G/I/J) – 4am BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Runner-up D vs Runner-up G) – 7pm BST – TBC

>Round of 32 (Winner J vs Runner-up H) – 11pm BST – TBC

>Saturday 4 July

>Round of 32 (Winner K vs Runner-up D/E/I/J/L) – 2.30am BST – TBC

>Round of 16 – 6pm BST – TBC

>Round of 16 – 10pm BST – TBC

>Sunday 5 July

>Round of 16 – 9pm BST – TBC

>Monday 6 July

>Round of 16 – 1am BST – TBC

>Round of 16 – 8pm BST – TBC

>Tuesday 7 July

This Germany fan and many others will be keen to see the team add a fifth star to their jersey (Reuters)Round of 16 – 1am BST – TBC

>Round of 16 – 5pm BST – TBC

>Round of 16 – 9pm BST – TBC

>Thursday 9 July

>Quarter-final – 9pm BST – TBC

>Friday 10 July

>Quarter-final – 8pm BST – TBC

>Saturday 11 July

>Quarter-final – 10pm BST – TBC

>Sunday 12 July

Fifa president Gianni Infantino (right) with US president Donald Trump (PA)Quarter-final – 2am BST – TBC

>Tuesday 14 July

>Semi-final – 8pm BST – TBC

>Wednesday 15 July

>Semi-final – 8pm BST – TBC

>Saturday 18 July

>Third-place play-off – 10pm BST – TBC

>Sunday 19 July

>Final – 8pm BST – TBC