Full England fixtures, results, schedule, confirmed team, next match, kick off times
England will play eight games in less than a month if they reach the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico.
The Three Lions won their group, beating Croatia and Panama on either end of their 0-0 draw with Ghana, and also eliminated DR Congo and Mexico in the first two rounds.
Apart from the game they will play against the hosts in Mexico City, all England’s games will be played in the US.
Here is England’s full confirmed and probable schedule for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. You can also find the UK TV schedule of the games here.
England World Cup fixtures: Confirmed schedule, kick-off times
Here’s how England matches, results and a possible schedule. An asterisk denotes the first match from the previous day in a particular location.
| The day | Compare | The result | The stage | Time (BST) | ET | PT | The station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 17 | Croatia | 4-2 | The group | 21:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 | ITV |
| June 23 | Ghana | 0-0 | The group | 21:00 | 16:00 | 13:00 | BBC |
| June 27 | in Panama | 2-0 | The group | 22:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | ITV |
| July 1 | DR Congo | 2-1 | Round 32 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 | BBC |
| July 6 | Mexico | 3-2 | Round 16 | 01:00 | 20:00* | 15:00* | BBC |
| July 11 | in Norway | Quarter-final | 22:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | ITV | |
| July 15 | TBC | Semi-finalist | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | BBC | |
| July 18 | TBC | Third place match | 22:00 | 17:00 | 12:00 | TBC | |
| July 19 | TBC | Finally | 20:00 | 15:00 | 10:00 | BBC, ITV |
England fixtures: Knockout stage, full bracket
You can see the full bracket on the FIFA site.
England World Cup squad: Full confirmed squad
Tuchel named his team on May 22.
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City)
Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Man City), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle)*, Nico O’Reilly (Man City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham), John Stones (Man City)
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Villa)
Leaders: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Man United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Villa)
*He was replaced by Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah due to injury
England’s next match in FIFA World Cup 2026
England’s next match at the World Cup will be their last 32 match against DR Congo at 17:00 on July 1.
Will England win the 2026 World Cup?
England are among the favorites to win the World Cup and have a talented squad with many of the best players from the Premier League and Europe, led by talented captain and focused Bayern Munich talisman Harry Kane.
The Three Lions won all eight of their qualifying games under Thomas Tuchel, who established himself as one of the best managers in football – including winning the Champions League in 2021/22 with Chelsea – before taking on his first international role with the Three Lions.
No team England faced in the qualifiers was ranked 32nd at the time and they have not been assured against higher opposition under Tuchel, who oversaw a 3-1 defeat of home side Senegal – 19th in the world – in a friendly a year before the World Cup.
They last beat Argentina in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, knocked out France in the quarter-finals of the last edition and Croatia in the 2018 semi-finals.
There are also questions about how England’s players will cope with the intense heat and the amount of travel that may be involved after the clubs’ long seasons, but they have shown signs that they can compete with a 4-2-3-1 and a more stable squad.
Spain, France, Argentina and Portugal are among the players England will likely look at if they are to claim the title for the first time since 1966.
