FIFA World Cup 2026 - Complete Schedule, Teams & Venues

Goal Scorers

Julian Quinones 9' (Mexico) Raul Jimenez 67' (Mexico)

Assists

Roberto Alvarado (assist for Jimenez's goal) Quinones' opener followed a defensive error by Sphephelo Sithole, no formal assist credited

Cards

Sphephelo Sithole (South Africa) - red card 49' Themba Zwane (South Africa, substitute) - red card 84' Cesar Montes (Mexico) - red card in stoppage time. Three red cards in total, a record for a World Cup opening match

Substitutions

Gilberto Mora on for Mexico shortly before the second goal (c.66') Themba Zwane introduced as a South Africa substitute before later being sent off

Half-Time Score

Mexico 1-0 South Africa

Match Stats

Possession: Mexico 57%, South Africa 36% (8% contested). Shots: Mexico 16 (4 on target), South Africa 3 (2 on target) Corners: Mexico 3, South Africa 1 Fouls: Mexico 12, South Africa 11

Man of the Match

Julian Quinones (Mexico)

Referee

Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Attendance

Attendance: Sold-out Mexico City Stadium; 87,000-capacity

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Ladislav Krejčí 59' (Czechia) Hwang In-beom 67' (South Korea) Oh Hyeon-gyu 80' (South Korea)

Assists

Vladimír Coufal (long throw-in leading to Krejčí's header) Lee Kang-in (Hwang's goal) Hwang In-beom (Oh's winning goal)

Cards

Yellow cards: Sweden 0, Tunisia 1 Red cards: 0-0 (match-centre summary)

Substitutions

Oh Hyeon-gyu introduced as a second-half substitute for Son Heung-min, going on to score the winner

Half-Time Score

South Korea 0-0 Czechia

Match Stats

South Korea was reported to have controlled possession and out-shot Czechia

Man of the Match

Hwang In-beom (South Korea) - scored once and set up the winning goal

Referee

Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

Attendance

44,985 (45,664-capacity Estadio Guadalajara/Guadalajara Stadium)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Jovo Lukić 21' (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Cyle Larin 78' (Canada)

Assists

Promise David (assist for Larin's equalizer)

Cards

Alistair Johnston (Canada) - yellow card 11' Nikola Katić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - yellow card 90+3'

Substitutions

Cyle Larin on for Tani Oluwaseyi 76' (scored 2 minutes later) Ivan Šunjić on for Esmir Bajraktarević 74' Dennis Burnić on for Sead Kolašinac 84' Jonathan Osorio on for Stephen Eustáquio 90+1'

Half-Time Score

Canada 0-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Match Stats

Possession: USA 59%, Paraguay 28% (13% contested) Shots: USA 16 (6 on target), Paraguay 9 (1 on target) Corners: USA 3, Paraguay 1 Fouls: USA 13, Paraguay 17

Man of the Match

Cyle Larin (Canada) - per match reports, scored the equalizer shortly after coming on

Referee

Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Damián Bobadilla 7' (own goal, credited to USA) Folarin Balogun 31' (USA) Folarin Balogun 45+5' (USA) Mauricio 73' (Paraguay) Giovanni Reyna 90+8' (USA)

Assists

Weston McKennie (cross leading to the own goal) Christian Pulisic (assist for Balogun's first goal) Malik Tillman (assist for Balogun's second goal) a late assist for Reyna's goal was credited to a teammate named Freeman in match commentary

Cards

Paraguay's Alonso received a late yellow card for pulling back Tyler Adams

Substitutions

Giovanni Reyna introduced as a substitute, scored in stoppage time

Half-Time Score

United States 3-0 Paraguay

Match Stats

Possession: Sweden 47%, Tunisia 42% (11% contested) Shots: Sweden 13 (7 on target), Tunisia 6 (2 on target) Corners: Sweden 4, Tunisia 2 Fouls: Sweden 10, Tunisia 8

Man of the Match

Folarin Balogun (USA) - scored a brace

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Breel Embolo 17' penalty (Switzerland) Miro Muheim 90+4' (own goal, credited to Qatar)

Assists

Homam Ahmed (cross leading to the own goal)

Cards

Mahmoud Abunada (Qatar) - yellow card, for the foul that conceded the penalty

Substitutions

Miro Muheim (Switzerland) had been introduced as a substitute before scoring the own goal Johan Manzambi also came on for Switzerland

Half-Time Score

Qatar 0-1 Switzerland

Match Stats

Possession: Switzerland 58%, Qatar 28% (15% contested) Shots: Switzerland 26 (7 on target), Qatar 6 (3 on target) Corners: Switzerland 10, Qatar 3 Fouls: Qatar 12, Switzerland 11

Man of the Match

Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar captain) - per match reports, his header forced the own goal

Referee

Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Attendance

67,966 (Levi's Stadium / San Francisco Bay Area Stadium)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Ismail Saibari (Morocco) - first half Vinícius Júnior 32' (Brazil)

Assists

Assists: Brazil 1, Morocco 1 (match-centre summary)

Cards

Yellow cards: Brazil 2, Morocco 0 Red cards: 0-0 (match-centre summary)

Substitutions

Substitutions: Multiple substitutions were made by both teams (details in match report)

Half-Time Score

Brazil 1-1 Morocco

Match Stats

Possession: Brazil 46%, Morocco 45% (9% contested) Shots: Brazil 12 (5 on target), Morocco 14 (3 on target)

Man of the Match

Vinícius Júnior (Brazil) - widely cited as the standout performer for his equalizing goal

Referee

Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

John McGinn 28' (Scotland)

Assists

Deflected effort, no formal assist credited

Cards

Kenny McLean (Scotland, substitute) - yellow card late in the match for a foul on Haiti substitute Casimir

Substitutions

Kenny McLean and Curtis (Scotland) introduced as substitutes Casimir introduced as a Haiti substitute

Half-Time Score

Haiti 0-1 Scotland

Match Stats

Possession: Haiti 51%, Scotland 40% (9% contested) Shots: Haiti 15 (2 on target), Scotland 9 (2 on target) Corners: Haiti 4, Scotland 3 Fouls: Haiti 23, Scotland 21

Man of the Match

John McGinn (Scotland) - scored the only goal of the match

Referee

Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Nestory Irankunda 27' (Australia) Connor Metcalfe 75' (Australia)

Substitutions

Kenan Yıldız introduced for Türkiye at half-time

Half-Time Score

Australia 1-0 Türkiye

Match Stats

Goalkeeper Patrick Beach made 8 saves for Australia

Man of the Match

Nestory Irankunda (Australia) - Australia's youngest-ever World Cup goal scorer goalkeeper Patrick Beach also drew praise for 8 saves

Referee

Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Felix Nmecha 6' (Germany) Livano Comenencia 21' (Curaçao) Nico Schlotterbeck 38' (Germany) Kai Havertz 45+5' penalty (Germany) Jamal Musiala 47' (Germany) Nathaniel Brown 68' (Germany) Deniz Undav 78' (Germany) Kai Havertz 88' (Germany)

Assists

Florian Wirtz (Nmecha's goal) Joshua Kimmich (two assists, including Musiala's goal) Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav assisted one another's goals

Cards

Riechedly Bazoer (Curaçao) fouled Nmecha in the box to concede the penalty

Substitutions

Deniz Undav came off the bench and scored plus set up two further goals

Half-Time Score

Germany 3-1 Curaçao

Match Stats

Germany had 71% possession and 16 shots (4 on target) in the first half alone

Man of the Match

Kai Havertz (Germany) - scored a brace, including a penalty

Referee

Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Virgil van Dijk 50' (Netherlands) Keito Nakamura 57' (Japan) Crysencio Summerville 63' (Netherlands) Daichi Kamada 88' (Japan)

Assists

Ryan Gravenberch (Van Dijk's goal) Koki Ogawa (flick-on from a corner for Kamada's equalizer)

Substitutions

Koki Ogawa (Japan) introduced as a substitute, involved in the equalizing goal

Half-Time Score

Netherlands 0-0 Japan

Match Stats

Possession: Netherlands 54%, Japan 37% (9% contested) Shots: Netherlands 10 (6 on target), Japan 9 (2 on target)

Man of the Match

Daichi Kamada (Japan) - scored a dramatic 88th-minute equalizer

Referee

Ismail Elfath (USA)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Amad Diallo 90' (Ivory Coast)

Assists

Wilfried Singo (lung-busting run down the right that set up Diallo's winner)

Substitutions

Amad Diallo introduced for Bazoumana Touré 56', scored the winning goal Ange-Yoan Bonny also introduced as a substitute

Half-Time Score

Ivory Coast 0-0 Ecuador

Match Stats

Ecuador struck the woodwork three times during the match

Man of the Match

Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast) - scored the only goal as a second-half substitute

Referee

François Letexier (France)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Yasin Ayari 7' (Sweden) Alexander Isak 30' (Sweden) Omar Rekik 43' (Tunisia) Viktor Gyökeres 59' (Sweden) Mattias Svanberg 84' (Sweden) Yasin Ayari 90+6' (Sweden)

Assists

Viktor Gyökeres (build-up to Isak's goal) Alexander Isak (turned provider for Gyökeres' goal) Hannibal Mejbri (cross for Rekik's goal)

Substitutions

Mattias Svanberg came on and scored 18 seconds after entering the pitch

Half-Time Score

Sweden 2-1 Tunisia

Man of the Match

Yasin Ayari (Sweden) - scored a brace of long-range strikes

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

No goals scored (0-0)

Assists

N/A - no goals scored

Cards

Sidny Lopes Cabral (Cape Verde) - yellow card 15' Pedri (Spain) - yellow card late in the match

Substitutions

Spain introduced Lamine Yamal (for Gavi) and Mikel Merino (for Fabián Ruiz) around the 70th-71st minute, with Dani Olmo and Nico Williams also coming on

Half-Time Score

Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Match Stats

Possession: Spain reported between 70-74% across different sources Shots: Spain 27 (7 on target), Cape Verde 6

Man of the Match

Vozinha (Cape Verde goalkeeper) - made multiple key saves, including 7 in the match, to preserve the draw

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Emam Ashour 19' (Egypt) Hany 65' (own goal, credited to Belgium)

Assists

Mohamed Salah (assist for Ashour's goal)

Substitutions

Romelu Lukaku introduced as a substitute his presence in the box led to the own goal within 22 seconds of coming on

Half-Time Score

Belgium 0-1 Egypt

Man of the Match

Emam Ashour (Egypt) - scored his first international goal to put Egypt ahead

Referee

Ramon Abatti Junior (Brazil)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Abdulelah Al-Amri (Saudi Arabia) - late first half Maxi Araújo (Uruguay) - late second half

Assists

Both goals followed goalkeeper rebounds

Half-Time Score

Saudi Arabia 1-0 Uruguay

Match Stats

Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais made 9 saves

Man of the Match

Mohammed Al-Owais (Saudi Arabia goalkeeper) - made a string of saves to earn a point

Referee

Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Attendance

62,764 (Hard Rock Stadium / Miami Stadium)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Elijah Just 7' (New Zealand) Ramin Rezaeian (Iran) Elijah Just (New Zealand, second goal) Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran)

Assists

Chris Wood (assisted both of Elijah Just's goals) Ramin Rezaeian (cross for Mohebbi's headed equalizer)

Cards

Ehsan Hajsafi (Iran, substitute) - yellow card late in the match

Substitutions

Ehsan Hajsafi introduced for Iran New Zealand made multiple substitutions including Stemnic for Bindon and Singh for Randall

Half-Time Score

the match featured two separate Iranian comebacks from a goal down

Man of the Match

Elijah Just (brace) and Ramin Rezaeian (goal and assist) were the standout performers

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Kylian Mbappé 66' (France) Bradley Barcola 82' (France) Ibrahim Mbaye 90+5' (Senegal) Kylian Mbappé 90+6' (France)

Assists

Michael Olise and Désiré Doué were credited with creating second-half chances

Substitutions

Bradley Barcola on for Ousmane Dembélé 80' Désiré Doué and Rayan Cherki also introduced, 87'

Half-Time Score

France 0-0 Senegal

Match Stats

Possession: France 49%, Senegal 44% (7% contested) Shots: France 11 (8 on target), Senegal 6 (2 on target)

Man of the Match

Kylian Mbappé (France) - scored twice, breaking France's all-time scoring record

Referee

Alireza Faghani (Australia)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Erling Haaland (Norway, first goal) Aymen Hussein 39' (Iraq) Erling Haaland (Norway, second goal) Leo Østigård 76' (Norway) Aymen Hussein 90+6' (own goal, credited to Norway)

Assists

Amir Alammari (assist for Hussein's goal) David Møller Wolfe (cross for Haaland's first goal) Martin Ødegaard (assist for Østigård's goal) Erling Haaland (assist for Thorstvedt late in the match)

Cards

Zaid Tahseen (Iraq) - yellow card 86'

Substitutions

Patrick Berg on for Martin Ødegaard 81' Mohanad Ali on for Ibrahim Bayesh 78' Mustafa Saadoon on for Hussein Ali 73'

Half-Time Score

Iraq 1-2 Norway

Match Stats

Possession: Norway 57%, Iraq 34% (10% contested) Shots: Iraq 11 (1 on target), Norway 11 (5 on target)

Man of the Match

Erling Haaland (Norway) - scored twice on his World Cup debut

Referee

Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Lionel Messi 17' (Argentina) Lionel Messi 60' (Argentina) Lionel Messi 76' (Argentina) - hat-trick

Assists

Nicolás González (assist for Messi's third goal) Messi's second goal followed a rebound off a saved Alexis Mac Allister shot

Substitutions

Lionel Messi off for Nico Paz 79' Cristian Romero off for Nicolás Otamendi 79' Algeria made several substitutions from the 63rd minute, including Houssem Aouar for Hicham Boudaoui, Amine Gouiri for Mohamed Amoura, and Anis Hadj Moussa for Riyad Mahrez

Half-Time Score

Argentina 1-0 Algeria

Man of the Match

Lionel Messi (Argentina) - scored a hat-trick, his first at a World Cup, equalling Miroslav Klose's all-time scoring record of 16 goals

Referee

Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Attendance

69,045 (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City - a sell-out)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

Romano Schmid 20' (Austria) Ali Olwan (Jordan, first-ever World Cup goal for Jordan) Yazan Al-Arab (own goal, credited to Austria) Marko Arnautović 90+12' penalty (Austria)

Assists

Noor Al-Rawabdeh (assist for Olwan's goal)

Cards

Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) - yellow card 77'

Substitutions

Patrick Wimmer on for Romano Schmid 83' Jordan made several late substitutions including Mato/M. Almardi for Ehsan Haddad and S. Alrosan for A. Nasib

Half-Time Score

Austria 1-0 Jordan

Man of the Match

Marko Arnautović (Austria) - scored the match-winning penalty in stoppage time, becoming Austria's oldest-ever World Cup goal scorer

Referee

Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Match Report / Highlights

Goal Scorers

João Neves (Portugal) - early first half, headed in Yoane Wissa 45+5' (DR Congo) - first-ever World Cup goal for DR Congo, headed in

Assists

Pedro Neto (cross for Neves' goal) Arthur Masuaku (pass off a corner for Wissa's goal)

Cards

Bernardo Silva (Portugal) - yellow card, foul on Edo Kayembe Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo) - yellow card Tomás Araújo (Portugal, substitute) - yellow card, foul on Wissa Nelson Semedo (Portugal) - yellow card, late challenge

Substitutions

Bernardo Silva off for Francisco Conceição at half-time (Portugal, Silva was already on a yellow card) Noah Sadiki on for Ngal'ayel Mukau (DR Congo) Tomás Araújo introduced as a Portugal substitute

Half-Time Score

Portugal 1-1 DR Congo

Man of the Match

Yoane Wissa (DR Congo) stood out for scoring his country's first-ever World Cup goal

Match Stats

Shots: Portugal 9, DR Congo 8 (3 and 2 on target respectively) Possession: Portugal 75%, DR Congo 25% Passes: Portugal 769 (93% accuracy), DR Congo 222 (81% accuracy) Fouls: 9 apiece Corners: Portugal 5, DR Congo 4 Offsides: Portugal 3, DR Congo 2

Referee

Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Attendance

68777 (Houston Stadium, Houston - a sell-out)

Match Report / Highlights