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FIFA World Cup 2026 — Schedule, Where to Watch & Tickets

By Rick Baron · 28 years of residential AV installs · Updated 2026-06-09

All 104 matches, the US channel each one airs on, the host city, and ticket links. Filter by team, city, or round. Most of the tournament is free over the air with a $30 antenna — we'll show you which matches require streaming and which ones don't.

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📡 The cordcutter's World Cup stack: a $30 antenna gets you 70 of the 104 matches free on FOX, plus all 104 in Spanish on Telemundo. The remaining 34 English-language matches are on FS1 — cable or a streaming trial (Fubo, YouTube TV, Sling Blue, DirecTV Stream) gets you those. A 7-day Fubo trial covers a full group-stage week if you time it right.
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The honest "where to watch" map

FOX (English, free over the air): 70 of 104 matches. Big games — opening match Mexico vs South Africa, USA group stage, Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Spain, the entire knockout round through the Final. A $30 antenna picks this up. Top picks: Mohu Leaf, Antop AT-400BV, 1byone bow-tie.

FS1 (English, cable/streaming required): 34 matches. Mostly second-tier group-stage games. Needs Fubo, YouTube TV, Sling Blue, or DirecTV Stream. All four offer a 7-day free trial — line it up with a matchday cluster.

Telemundo + Universo (Spanish, free over the air): All 104 matches, free with an antenna. The Spanish call is excellent — many cordcutters mute the Spanish and run a radio sync. Spanish OTA is the cleanest free-everything path.

Peacock (streaming, all 104 in Spanish): $7.99/mo Premium, or free for many Xfinity subscribers. Replaces the antenna for Spanish.

FOX One + FoxSports.com (streaming, all 104 in English): All matches stream here. Requires the new FOX One subscription (~$20/mo) for full access; some matches free in the FOX Sports app.

The honest "buy tickets" map

Official FIFA Tickets portal — fifa.com/tickets — is the only primary sales channel. Allocation phases have closed for most group-stage matches; remaining tickets release in waves up to matchday.

Resale (StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, Ticketmaster Verified Resale) — the secondary market is where the inventory actually lives now. Prices are wild — opening match Mexico vs South Africa starting around $450, Final starting $4,000+. The closer you book to matchday, the higher the price typically goes; bottom-tier prices usually drop in the 48 hours before kickoff as desperate sellers offload.

Watch parties as the cheap alternative: almost every host city has organized FIFA Fan Festivals — free public viewing of every match on giant screens. Skip the $2,000 ticket, grab a $20 cab to the Fan Festival, watch with 10,000 fans. Same atmosphere, none of the cost.

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Last verified 2026-06-09 against FIFA's official fixtures list, FOX Sports' official broadcast schedule, and the FOX Corporation press release. Times shown in your selected zone. We re-verify daily during the tournament.