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  "path": "/2026/06/11/watch-world-cup-2026-tv-full-bbc-itv-channel-schedule-28255205/",
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  "textContent": "The World Cup is taking centre stage this summer (Picture: Getty)\n\nFootball fans will be in dreamland over the next five weeks with all 104 World Cup games set to be shown live on TV.\n\nMillions of people across the country will be tuning in to catch a glimpse of the action, which gets underway tonight, with the BBC and ITV once again sharing the broadcasting rights in the UK.\n\nSeveral late nights and early mornings await for TV viewers, however, with the tournament taking place across the USA, Canada and Mexico.\n\nWhilst the most high-profile group stage matches have been scheduled for relatively sociable hours, including England’s fixtures against Croatia (9pm), Ghana (9pm) and Panama (10pm), several other games likely to be of particular interest to UK audiences have been handed a less favourable slot.\n\n##  All the World Cup action\n\nGet everything you need to know about the World Cup – England updates, the games to watch and stories you missed – in five minutes, at 1pm, every day. Sign up here.\n\nChief amongst them is Scotland’s first taste of World Cup football since 1998, with Steve Clarke’s men taking on Haiti in their opening game at 2am on Sunday morning.\n\nSouth American heavyweights Brazil and Argentina also have matches scheduled for the early hours of the morning, whilst Spain’s intriguing clash with Uruguay is billed to start at 1am.\n\nThankfully for those wishing to stream the action in bed, BBC and ITV will also show their allocated TV games live on BBC iPlayer and ITVX respectively.\n\n## Thursday, June 11\n\n8pm: Mexico vs South Africa (ITV)\n\n## Friday, June 12\n\n3am: South Korea vs Czechia (ITV)\n\n8pm: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (BBC)\n\n## Saturday, June 13\n\n2am: USA vs Paraguay (BBC)\n\n8pm: Qatar vs Switzerland (ITV)\n\n11pm: Brazil vs Morocco (BBC)\n\nBrazil get their campaign underway against Morocco (Picture: Getty)\n\n## Sunday, June 14\n\n2am: Haiti vs Scotland (BBC)\n\n5am: Australia vs Turkey (ITV)\n\n6pm: Germany vs Curacao (ITV)\n\n9pm: Netherlands vs Japan (ITV)\n\n## Monday, June 15\n\n12am: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador (BBC)\n\n3am: Sweden vs Tunisia (ITV)\n\n5pm: Spain vs Cape Verde (ITV)\n\n8pm: Belgium vs Egypt (BBC)\n\n11pm: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay (ITV)\n\n## Tuesday, June 16\n\n2am: Iran vs New Zealand (BBC)\n\n8pm: France vs Senegal (BBC)\n\n11pm: Iraq vs Norway (BBC)\n\n## Wednesday, June 17\n\n2am: Argentina vs Algeria (ITV)\n\n5am: Austria vs Jordan (BBC)\n\n6pm: Portugal vs DR Congo (BBC)\n\n9pm: England vs Croatia (ITV)\n\nEngland’s first game is against Croatia (Picture: Getty)\n\n## Thursday, June 18\n\n12am: Ghana vs Panama (ITV)\n\n3am: Uzbekistan vs Colombia (BBC)\n\n5pm: Czechia vs South Africa (BBC)\n\n8pm: Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITV)\n\n11pm: Canada vs Qatar (ITV)\n\n## Friday, June 19\n\n2am: Mexico vs South Korea (BBC)\n\n8pm: USA vs Australia (BBC)\n\n11pm: Scotland vs Morocco (ITV)\n\n## Saturday, June 20\n\n2am: Brazil vs Haiti (ITV)\n\n5am: Turkey vs Paraguay (ITV)\n\n6pm: Netherlands vs Sweden (BBC)\n\n9pm: Germany vs Ivory Coast (ITV)\n\n## Sunday, June 21\n\n1am: Ecuador vs Curacao (BBC)\n\n5am: Tunisia vs Japan (BBC)\n\n5pm: Spain vs Saudi Arabia (BBC)\n\n8pm: Belgium vs Iran (ITV)\n\n11pm: Uruguay vs Cape Verde (BBC)\n\n## Monday, June 22\n\n2am: New Zealand vs Egypt (ITV)\n\n6pm: Argentina vs Austria (BBC)\n\n10pm: France vs Iraq (BBC)\n\n## Tuesday, June 23\n\n1am: Norway vs Senegal (ITV)\n\n4am: Jordan vs Algeria (ITV)\n\n6pm: Portugal vs Uzbekistan (ITV)\n\n9pm: England vs Ghana (BBC)\n\nPortugal are aiming to win the World Cup for the first time (Picture: Getty)\n\n## Wednesday, June 24\n\n12am: Panama vs Croatia (BBC)\n\n3am: Colombia vs DR Congo (ITV)\n\n8pm: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar (ITV)\n\n8pm: Switzerland vs Canada (ITV)\n\n11pm: Morocco vs Haiti (BBC)\n\n11pm: Scotland vs Brazil (BBC)\n\n## Thursday, June 25\n\n2am: Czechia vs Mexico (BBC)\n\n2am: South Africa vs South Korea (BBC)\n\n9pm: Curacao vs Ivory Coast (BBC)\n\n9pm: Ecuador vs Germany (BBC)\n\n## Friday, June 26\n\n12am: Japan vs Sweden (BBC)\n\n12am: Tunisia vs Netherlands (BBC)\n\n3am: Paraguay vs Australia (ITV)\n\n3am: Turkey vs USA (ITV)\n\n8pm: Norway vs France (ITV)\n\n8pm: Senegal vs Iraq (ITV)\n\nFrance are one of the favourites (Picture: Getty)\n\n## Saturday, June 27\n\n1am: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia (ITV)\n\n1am: Uruguay vs Spain (ITV)\n\n4am: Egypt vs Iran (BBC)\n\n4am: New Zealand vs Belgium (BBC)\n\n10pm: Croatia vs Ghana (ITV)\n\n10pm: Panama vs England (ITV)\n\n## Sunday, June 28\n\n12.30am: Colombia vs Portugal (BBC)\n\n12.30am: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan (BBC)\n\n3am: Algeria vs Austria (BBC)\n\n3am: Jordan vs Argentina (BBC)\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "How to watch the World Cup 2026 on TV: BBC and ITV channel schedule for every game"
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