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local time. ## What time are World Cup matches in Europe? Fans in Europe have to brace
World Cup 2026-1776670771](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTERACTIVE-Football-FIFA-Venues-of-World-Cup-2026-1776670771.png?quality=80) (Al Jazeera) ## Where and when will the opening match be played? The opening match takes place on June 11 at 13:00 local time
World Cup 2026](/fifa-world-cup-2026) Group D match **Where**: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California **When**: Friday, 6pm local time
World Cup 2026](/fifa-world-cup-2026) Group A match **Where**: Estadio Guadalajara, Zapopan, Mexico **When**: Thursday, 8pm local time
World Cup 2026](/fifa-world-cup-2026) Group A match **Where**: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City **When**: Thursday, 1pm local time
World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The opening ceremony in Toronto will kick off at 1:30pm local time
World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Phillips-Hunter estimates it will take him two years to pay off the credit card debt he’s taking on for his six-day trip
World Cup? Portugal start their campaign next Wednesday, facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Houston, Texas in the US. That match kicks off at midday local time
World Cup gets under way on Thursday, June 11, with two Group A matches taking place in Mexico. **The [opening ceremony](/sports/2026/6/9/world-cup-opening-ceremony-whos-performing-when-it-starts-how-to-watch)** at Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City begins at 11am local time
World Cup continues on Friday with the first matches on home soil for Canada and the US. Canada begins their campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina at BMO Field in Toronto. Kickoff is scheduled
World Cup last year was British football fans' first experience of volatile weather in the US. Six matches came to a halt due to electrical storms, with Chelsea's game against Benfica taking four hours
matches will disrupt commutes, and the governor has proposed [a special tax](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-jersey-playbook/2026/03/30/the-world-is-coming-should-it-pay-more-taxes-00849728) on the area around the stadium where the World Cup will be held. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul
local police increased collaboration with ICE](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article315676213.html). Ahead of the World Cup, organizers have been urging immigrant communities to [report potential ICE activities](https://raise.is/) to a hotline operated by the Florida
match REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-10-14T170500Z_1417843021_UP1ELAE1BGBWR_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-QAT-ARE-1780479484.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) A favourable group and back-to-back Asian Cup titles have raised expectations [Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters] Qatar’s squad remains built around a domestically developed core shaped through
matches. Even Trump, an enthusiastic supporter of both the World Cup and Fifa president Gianni Infantino, has said he "[wouldn't pay it either](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cdxpq70grzlo)" when asked about the prices. Tickets for sale
World Cup after 52 years,” Julio Midy, founder of Boston-based Radio Concorde, which caters to the local Haitian community, told Al Jazeera. “But tickets are very, very expensive and, unfortunately, we cannot afford
matches at Los Angeles Stadium (SoFi Stadium).” In Seattle, hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 8 at the Embassy Suite Hilton near Lumen Field, where [six World Cup games](https://www.seattle.gov/fifa) will
match before the World Cup kicks off was encouraging. Bournemouth’s Rayan scored his first goal for his country, Brentford's Igor Thiago was on target, while Vinicius Jr, Casemiro and Lucas Paqueta and Danilo
local and international football fans planning to attend World Cup games at the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the tournament’s final will be held on July 19. The $98 fare, which will
Cup is just around the corner. But fans in England are also at the sharp end: rising prices inside and outside grounds, kick-off times being altered on the whim of TV channels