The end of the 2026 World Cup is nigh, with Sunday’s final unmissable.
Every single game from the competition has been available to watch on free-to-air TV for UK viewers., with the BBC and ITV sharing coverage right through to the decider.
The time difference has provided a challenge for European audiences, with some games kicking off in the early hours – though their were kinder start times for the semi-finals, and it will be the same for the final.
Here’s how you can watch the final game of the 2026 World Cup:
World Cup 2026 TV schedule, UK
Final
Sunday 19 July
Spain vs Argentina – 8pm BST – BBC and ITV / STV

Third-place play-off
Saturday 18 July
Semi-finals
Tuesday 14 July
Wednesday 15 July
Quarter-finals
Thursday 9 July
Friday 10 July
Saturday 11 July
Sunday 12 July

Argentina 3-1 Switzerland A.E.T.
Last-16
Saturday 4 July
Sunday 5 July
Monday 6 July
Tuesday 7 July
Switzerland 0-0 (4-3 pens) Colombia
Round-of-32
Sunday 28 June
Monday 29 June
Germany 1-1 (3-4 pens) Paraguay
Tuesday 30 June
Netherlands 1-1 (2-3 pens) Morocco
Wednesday 1 July
Thursday 2 July
USA 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday 3 July
Australia 1-1 (2-4 pens) Egypt
Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde A.E.T.
Saturday 4 July
Group stage results
Thursday 11 June
Mexico 2-0 South Africa (Group A)
Friday 12 June
South Korea 2-1 Czech Republic (Group A)
Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (Group B)
Saturday 13 June
Qatar 1-1 Switzerland (Group B)
Sunday 14 June
Australia 2-0 Turkey (Group D)
Netherlands 2-2 Japan (Group F)
Monday 15 June
Ivory Coast 1-0 Ecuador (Group E)
Saudi Arabia 1-1 Uruguay (Group H)
Tuesday 16 June
Iran 2-2 New Zealand (Group G)
Wednesday 17 June
Argentina 3-0 Algeria (Group J)
Portugal 1-1 DR Congo (Group K)
Thursday 18 June
Uzbekistan 1-3 Colombia (Group K)
Czech Republic 1-1 South Africa (Group A)
Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (Group B)
Friday 19 June
Mexico 1-0 South Korea (Group A)
Scotland 0-1 Morocco (Group C)
Saturday 20 June
Sunday 21 June
Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia (Group H)
Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde (Group H)
Monday 22 June
New Zealand 1-3 Egypt (Group G)
Argentina 2-0 Austria (Group J)
Tuesday 23 June
Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan (Group K)
Wednesday 24 June
Colombia 1-0 DR Congo (Group K)
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 Qatar (Group B)
Switzerland 2-1 Canada (Group B)
Thursday 25 June
Curacao 0-2 Ivory Coast (Group E)
Friday 26 June
Tunisia 1-3 Netherlands (Group F)
Paraguay 0-0 Australia (Group D)
Saturday 27 June
Cape Verde 0-0 Saudi Arabia (Group H)
New Zealand 1-5 Belgium (Group G)
Sunday 28 June
Colombia 0-0 Portugal (Group K)
DR Congo 3-1 Uzbekistan (Group K)
Jordan 1-3 Argentina (Group J)
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