The 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States kicked off on June 11 and will conclude with the final in East Rutherford on July 19.
Find out all the details of the matches of European teams. All times are CEST.
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Playoff contenders
Belgium
Monday, June 15: 1:1 draw vs Egypt (Seattle)
Sunday, June 21: 0-0 draw vs Iran (Los Angeles)
Saturday, June 27: 5-1 win vs New Zealand (Vancouver)
Wednesday, July 1 (R32): win 3:2 b.c. vs Senegal (Seattle)
Tuesday 7 July (R16): vs USA (Seattle, 02:00)
England
Wednesday, June 17: win 4:2 against Croatia (Dallas)
Tuesday, June 23: 0-0 draw vs Ghana (Boston)
Saturday, June 27: win 2:0 against Panama (New York)
Wednesday, July 1 (R32): win 2:1 against DR Congo (Atlanta)
Monday, July 6 (R16): vs. Mexico (Mexico City, 02:00)
France
Tuesday, June 16: win 3:1 against Senegal (New York)
Monday, June 22: win 3:0 against Iraq (Philadelphia)
Friday, June 26: win 4:1 against Norway (Boston)
Tuesday, June 30 (R32): win 3:0 against Sweden (New York)
Saturday, July 4 (R16): vs Paraguay (Philadelphia, 23:00)
Norway
Wednesday, June 17: 4-1 win vs. Iraq (Boston)
Tuesday, June 23: win 3:2 against Senegal (New York)
Friday, June 26: 1:4 loss against France (Boston)
Tuesday, June 30 (R32): win 2:1 against Ivory Coast (Dallas)
Sunday 5 July (R16): vs. Brazil (New York, 10 p.m.)
Portugal
Wednesday, June 17: 1-1 draw vs DR Congo (Houston)
Tuesday, June 23: win 5:0 against Uzbekistan (Houston)
Sunday, June 28: draw 0:0 against Colombia (Miami)
Friday, July 3 (R32): win 2:1 against Croatia (Toronto)
Monday, July 6 (R16): vs Spain (Dallas, 21:00)
Spain
Monday, June 15: draw 0:0 against Cape Verde (Atlanta)
Sunday, June 21: win 4:0 against Saudi Arabia (Atlanta)
Saturday, June 27: win 1:0 against Uruguay (Guadalajara)
Thursday, July 2 (R32): win 3:0 against Austria (Los Angeles)
Monday, July 6 (R16): vs Portugal (Dallas, 21:00)
Switzerland
Saturday, June 13: 1-1 draw vs. Qatar (San Francisco Bay Area)
Thursday, June 18: win 4:1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina (Los Angeles)
Wednesday, June 24: win 2:1 against Canada (Vancouver)
Friday, July 3 (R32): win 2:0 against Algeria (Vancouver)
Tuesday, July 7 (R16): vs. TBC (Vancouver, 10 p.m.)
Pedigree of European representatives at the World Championships
Austria – third place (1954, best result of the World Championship)
Belgium – third place (2018)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – group stage (2014)
Croatia – second place (2018)
Czech Republic – second place (1934, 1962, as Czechoslovakia)
England are the winners (1966)
France – winners (1998, 2018)
Germany – winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
Netherlands – second place (1974, 1978, 2010)
Norway – 1/8 finals (1938, 1998)
Portugal – third place (1966)
Scotland – group stage (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
Spain – winners (2010)
Sweden – second place (1958)
Switzerland – quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
Türkiye – third place (2002)
Eliminated
Austria
Wednesday, June 17: 3-1 win vs. Jordan (San Francisco Bay Area)
Monday, June 22: 0:2 loss against Argentina (Dallas)
Sunday, June 28: D 3:3 vs Algeria (Kansas City)
Thursday, July 2 (R32): 3-0 loss against Spain (Los Angeles)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday, June 12: 1-1 draw v Canada (Toronto)
Thursday, June 18: L 1:4 v Switzerland (Los Angeles)
Wednesday, June 24: win 3:1 against Qatar (Seattle)
Thursday, July 2 (R32): 0:2 loss vs. USA (San Francisco Bay Area)
Croatia
Wednesday, June 17: lost 2–4 against England (Dallas)
Wednesday, June 24: win 1:0 against Panama (Toronto)
Saturday, June 27: win 2:1 against Ghana (Philadelphia)
Friday, July 3 (R32): 2-1 loss v Portugal (Toronto)
Czech Republic
Friday, June 12: lost 1:2 against South Korea (Guadalajara)
Thursday, June 18: 1:1 draw vs South Africa (Atlanta)
Thursday, June 25: L 0:3 Mexico (Mexico City)
Germany
Sunday, June 14: win 7:1 vs. Curacao (Houston)
Saturday, June 20: win 2:1 against Ivory Coast (Toronto)
Thursday, June 25: lost 1:2 against Ecuador (New York)
Monday, June 29 (R32): L 1-1, penalties 2-4 v Paraguay (Boston)
Netherlands
Sunday, June 14: 2-2 draw vs Japan (Dallas)
Saturday, June 20: win 5:1 against Sweden (Houston)
Friday, June 26: win 3:1 against Tunisia (Kansas City)
Tuesday, June 30 (R32): L 1-1, penalties 2-3 v Morocco (Monterrey)
Scotland
Sunday, June 14: win 1:0 against Haiti (Boston)
Saturday, June 20: 0:1 loss against Morocco (Boston)
Thursday, June 25: 0:3 loss against Brazil (Miami)
Sweden
Monday, June 15: Win 5:1 against Tunisia (Monterrey)
Saturday, June 20: L 1:5 vs Netherlands (Houston)
Friday, June 26: 1:1 draw vs Japan (Dallas)
Tuesday, June 30 (R32): 0:3 loss against France (New York)
Türkiye
Sunday, June 14: 0:2 loss against Australia (Vancouver)
Saturday, June 20: 0-1 loss vs. Paraguay (San Francisco Bay Area)
Friday, June 26: win 3:2 against USA (Los Angeles)
Winners of the European Football Championship
1934 Italy (hosts, Italy)
1938 Italy (France)
1954 West Germany (Switzerland)
1966 England (England)
1974 West Germany (West Germany)
1982 Italy (Spain)
1990 West Germany (Italy)
1998 France (France)
2006 Italy (Germany)
2010 Spain (South Africa)
2014 Germany (Brazil)
2018 France (Russia)