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Featuring 48 participating teams, the World Cup 2026 is set to be the largest international football competition in history. The tournament will include 72 group-stage matches followed by 32 knockout fixtures, creating an immense challenge even for fans simply following along.

The World Cup 2026 will be hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with games scheduled at 13 different kick-off times during June and July. For football enthusiasts eager to catch every moment, proper planning is essential — otherwise, keeping up with the action will be nearly impossible.

To help you stay on track, we’ve compiled all the World Cup fixtures into an easy-to-use calendar. But of course, the enthusiasm to follow every match has to come from you.

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Our World Cup 2026 calendar includes every match across both the group and knockout stages this summer. It syncs directly to your chosen digital calendar, automatically adjusting to your local time zone.

If you’ll be following the tournament on Central Daylight Time, this is the version of the calendar you’ll need. Simply download, unzip, import — and you’re set.

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After downloading your World Cup calendar, the essential next step is unzipping the files to extract the correct format for importing into Google Calendar or iCal.

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How to unzip files on Windows:

Find the zipped folder — it will have a .zip extension.

Right-click the folder and choose Extract All...

Select your destination folder and click Extract.

How to unzip files on Mac:

Double-click the downloaded .zip file.

The contents will automatically extract into a new folder in the same location.

How to unzip files on Android:

Open the Files by Google app.

Navigate to the downloaded .zip file.

Tap the file icon to open a pop-up window.

Select Extract.

How to unzip files on iPhone/iPad:

Launch the Files app (blue folder icon).

Go to the location of your zipped file (for example, “Downloads” or “On My iPhone”).

Tap the zip file once.

A new folder with the extracted files will appear automatically.

If tapping doesn’t work, long-press the file and choose Uncompress.

Open Google Calendar in your preferred browser.

Click the Settings gear icon on the top right and select Settings.

From the left-hand menu, click Import & Export.

Click Select file from your computer and choose the relevant .ics or .csv file.

Under Add to calendar, select your preferred calendar — this is where World Cup fixtures will be added.

Click Import.

Open the Calendar app on your Mac or Apple device.

Go to File and choose Import.

Select your .ics or .ical file from your computer.

Choose the calendar you wish to add the fixtures to, or create a new one, then click Import.