How many World Cup 2026 matches kick off overnight in India?

73 of the 104 matches kick off between 11pm and 7am IST. The other 31 are at more convenient hours, including 13 evening matches with most at 22:30 IST.

What time is the World Cup 2026 final in India?

The World Cup 2026 final kicks off at 00:30 IST (Mon 20 Jul).

What time is the World Cup 2026 opening match in India?

The opening match, Mexico vs South Africa, kicks off at 00:30 IST (Fri 12 Jun).

Is the World Cup 2026 free to watch in India?

No. In India the World Cup 2026 is on paid platforms only: Unite8 Sports (TV) and ZEE5 (stream). There is no free DD Sports or free-to-air telecast.

World Cup 2026 · Schedule

World Cup 2026 full schedule in India Time (IST)

All 104 World Cup 2026 fixtures in India Standard Time (IST), grouped by India date, with where to watch each match. 73 of the 104 kick off overnight (11pm to 7am IST); the tournament runs 11 June to 19 July 2026.

Verified · 2 sources · 2026-07-23 16:02 UTC

The India Watch-Window

73 of 104 World Cup 2026 matches kick off overnight in India, between 11pm and 7am IST. 72 of the 104 fall strictly after midnight IST. The India-friendly slots are the evening kickoffs (13 evening matches, most at 22:30 IST).

Where to watch in India

Unite8 Sports 1 / 2 (HD) on TV, ZEE5 stream (paid subscription). ZEE5 is a paid subscription; there is no DD Sports or free-to-air telecast of World Cup 2026 in India. Full India rights story →

India watch-window breakdown

Window	IST band	Matches
Prime evening	6pm to 11pm	13
Late-night	11pm to 2am	30
Pre-dawn	2am to 7am	43
Morning	7am to 6pm	18

Bands computed from the verified WC26 kickoff schedule (2026-07-23 16:02 UTC). 72 of 104 matches fall strictly after midnight IST (00:00 to 07:00). Window labels in the schedule below.

Fri 12 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Mexico vs South Africa 2-0	Mexico City	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	South Korea vs Czechia 2-1	Guadalajara	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sat 13 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Canada vs Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-1	Toronto	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	United States vs Paraguay 4-1	Inglewood, California	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 14 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Qatar vs Switzerland 1-1	Santa Clara, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Brazil vs Morocco 1-1	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Haiti vs Scotland 0-1	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
09:30	Australia vs Türkiye 2-0	Vancouver	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Germany vs Curaçao 7-1	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Mon 15 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Netherlands vs Japan 2-2	Arlington, Texas	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Ivory Coast vs Ecuador 1-0	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Sweden vs Tunisia 5-1	Guadalupe	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
21:30	Spain vs Cape Verde 0-0	Atlanta, Georgia	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Tue 16 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Belgium vs Egypt 1-1	Seattle, Washington	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay 1-1	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Iran vs New Zealand 2-2	Inglewood, California	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Wed 17 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	France vs Senegal 3-1	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Iraq vs Norway 1-4	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Argentina vs Algeria 3-0	Kansas City, Missouri	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
09:30	Austria vs Jordan 3-1	Santa Clara, California	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Portugal vs Congo DR 1-1	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Thu 18 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	England vs Croatia 4-2	Arlington, Texas	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Ghana vs Panama 1-0	Toronto	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Uzbekistan vs Colombia 1-3	Mexico City	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
21:30	Czechia vs South Africa 1-1	Atlanta, Georgia	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Fri 19 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Switzerland vs Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1	Inglewood, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Canada vs Qatar 6-0	Vancouver	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Mexico vs South Korea 1-0	Guadalajara	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sat 20 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	United States vs Australia 2-0	Seattle, Washington	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Scotland vs Morocco 0-1	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:00	Brazil vs Haiti 3-0	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
08:30	Türkiye vs Paraguay 0-1	Santa Clara, California	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Netherlands vs Sweden 5-1	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 21 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Germany vs Ivory Coast 2-1	Toronto	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	Ecuador vs Curaçao 0-0	Kansas City, Missouri	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
09:30	Tunisia vs Japan 0-4	Guadalupe	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
21:30	Spain vs Saudi Arabia 4-0	Atlanta, Georgia	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Mon 22 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Belgium vs Iran 0-0	Inglewood, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Uruguay vs Cape Verde 2-2	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	New Zealand vs Egypt 1-3	Vancouver	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Argentina vs Austria 2-0	Arlington, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Tue 23 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	France vs Iraq 3-0	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	Norway vs Senegal 3-2	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
08:30	Jordan vs Algeria 1-2	Santa Clara, California	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Portugal vs Uzbekistan 5-0	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Wed 24 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	England vs Ghana 0-0	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Panama vs Croatia 0-1	Toronto	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Colombia vs Congo DR 1-0	Guadalajara	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Thu 25 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Qatar 3-1	Seattle, Washington	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
00:30⁺¹	Switzerland vs Canada 2-1	Vancouver	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Morocco vs Haiti 4-2	Atlanta, Georgia	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
03:30⁺¹	Scotland vs Brazil 0-3	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Czechia vs Mexico 0-3	Mexico City	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	South Africa vs South Korea 1-0	Guadalupe	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Fri 26 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Curaçao vs Ivory Coast 0-2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
01:30⁺¹	Ecuador vs Germany 2-1	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Japan vs Sweden 1-1	Arlington, Texas	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Tunisia vs Netherlands 1-3	Kansas City, Missouri	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Paraguay vs Australia 0-0	Santa Clara, California	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Türkiye vs United States 3-2	Inglewood, California	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sat 27 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Norway vs France 1-4	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
00:30⁺¹	Senegal vs Iraq 5-0	Toronto	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia 0-0	Houston, Texas	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	Uruguay vs Spain 0-1	Guadalajara	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
08:30	Egypt vs Iran 1-1	Seattle, Washington	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
08:30	New Zealand vs Belgium 1-5	Vancouver	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 28 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	Croatia vs Ghana 2-1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
02:30⁺¹	Panama vs England 0-2	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:00⁺¹	Colombia vs Portugal 0-0	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:00⁺¹	Congo DR vs Uzbekistan 3-1	Atlanta, Georgia	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Algeria vs Austria 3-3	Kansas City, Missouri	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Jordan vs Argentina 1-3	Arlington, Texas	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Mon 29 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	South Africa vs Canada 0-1	Inglewood, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Brazil vs Japan 2-1	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Tue 30 Jun

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:00⁺¹	Germany vs Paraguay 1-1	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Netherlands vs Morocco 1-1	Guadalupe	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Ivory Coast vs Norway 1-2	Arlington, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Wed 01 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	France vs Sweden 3-0	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:30	Mexico vs Ecuador 2-0	Mexico City	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
21:30	England vs Congo DR 2-1	Atlanta, Georgia	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Thu 02 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Belgium vs Senegal 3-2	Seattle, Washington	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	United States vs Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0	Santa Clara, California	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Fri 03 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Spain vs Austria 3-0	Inglewood, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
04:30⁺¹	Portugal vs Croatia 2-1	Toronto	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
08:30	Switzerland vs Algeria 2-0	Vancouver	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
23:30	Australia vs Egypt 1-1	Arlington, Texas	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sat 04 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
03:30⁺¹	Argentina vs Cape Verde 3-2	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
07:00	Colombia vs Ghana 1-0	Kansas City, Missouri	Morning	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
22:30	Canada vs Morocco 0-3	Houston, Texas	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 05 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	Paraguay vs France 0-1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Mon 06 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Brazil vs Norway 1-2	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Mexico vs England 2-3	Mexico City	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Tue 07 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Portugal vs Spain 0-1	Arlington, Texas	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
05:30	United States vs Belgium 1-4	Seattle, Washington	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
21:30	Argentina vs Egypt 3-2	Atlanta, Georgia	Prime evening	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Wed 08 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	Switzerland vs Colombia 0-0	Vancouver	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Fri 10 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
01:30⁺¹	France vs Morocco 2-0	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sat 11 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Spain vs Belgium 2-1	Inglewood, California	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 12 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	Norway vs England 1-2	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid
06:30	Argentina vs Switzerland 3-1	Kansas City, Missouri	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Wed 15 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	France vs Spain 0-2	Arlington, Texas	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Thu 16 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	England vs Argentina 1-2	Atlanta, Georgia	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Sun 19 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
02:30⁺¹	France vs England 4-6	Miami Gardens, Florida	Pre-dawn	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid

Mon 20 Jul

IST	Match	Venue	Window	Watch (IN)
00:30⁺¹	Spain vs Argentina 1-0	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Late-night	ZEE5 / Unite8 Paid