Welcome to day one of the 2026 World Cup finals.
We are aiming to bring you a daily round up of the matches to come and recent results.
There are 48 countries at these 2026 World Cup finals, the most there has ever been.
The matches to take place across Mexico, Canada and the USA.
The tournament running from Thursday 11 June up to the World Cup final on Sunday 19 July.
The 48 teams are divided into 12 groups of four, with the top two in each group automatically going through and the eight best performing teams who finish third in their groups.
So only 16 of the 48 countries will be knocked out after the 72 group games have all played out, with the other 32 going through to the knockout stages.
The opening six matches to be played over three days are detailed below, all kick-offs are shown as UK times and with the channel that is showing them.
Enjoy.
Thursday 11 June
Mexico v South Africa 8pm (ITV1) Group A
Friday 12 June
South Korea v Czech Republic 3am (ITV1) Group A
Canada v Bosnia-Herzegovina 8pm (BBC1) Group B
Saturday 13 June
USA v Paraguay 2am (BBC1) Group D
Qatar v Switzerland 8pm (ITV1) Group B
Brazil v Morocco 11pm (BBC1) Group C