Mexico 2026 FIFA World Cup – Schedule, Results & Standings
🦅 HOST NATION 2026 FIFA World Cup™

Mexico World Cup 2026

Group A
3 Group Matches
Jun 11 – Jun 24, 2026
🇲🇽 Mexico City & Guadalajara
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3× World Cup Hosts — El Tri Chase a First Quarterfinal Since 1986

Mexico become the first nation to host the World Cup three times (1970, 1986, 2026). Despite 8 consecutive Round of 16 exits, Javier Aguirre’s El Tri — backed by a fortress atmosphere at Estadio Azteca — aim to finally break the “curse of the fifth game” and reach the quarterfinals on home soil.

GROUP STAGE FIXTURES

Group A
🇲🇽
Mexico
MEX
Matchday 1
VS
Opening Match
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South Africa
RSA
June 11, 2026  ·  Thursday
3:00 PM ET (Fox)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
GROUP A
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Mexico
MEX
Matchday 2
VS
Upcoming
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South Korea
KOR
June 18, 2026  ·  Thursday
9:00 PM ET (Fox)
Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico
GROUP A
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Czechia
CZE
Matchday 3
VS
Upcoming
🇲🇽
Mexico
MEX
June 24, 2026  ·  Wednesday
9:00 PM ET (Fox)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
GROUP A

GROUP A STANDINGS

Pre-Tournament
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🇰🇷South Korea
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🔵 Top 2 teams qualify automatically to Round of 32. The 8 best third-placed teams across all groups also advance. Standings will update after each matchday.

POTENTIAL KNOCKOUT PATH

If Mexico Qualify
Round of 32
vs 3rd place
Group C/E/F/H/I
If Mexico win Group A
Round of 16
At Estadio Azteca
Mexico City
Mexico could play at home
Quarterfinal → Final
QF and beyond
on US/Mexico soil
Massive home support advantage

GROUP A INFO

About Group A

Mexico are seeded first in Group A as a co-host nation, with the enormous honour of playing the tournament’s opening match against South Africa at the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City — the only stadium to have hosted two World Cup finals (1970, 1986). Their opponents are South Korea (Asia’s giant-killers, led by Son Heung-min), Czechia (dangerous European contenders), and South Africa (also co-hosts, making a historic first appearance since 2010). Mexico play two games at Estadio Azteca and one at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara — all three on home soil, with some of the most passionate crowds in world football. El Tri have been eliminated at the Round of 16 in eight consecutive World Cups, and ending that streak on home turf would be one of the tournament’s great stories.