France 2026 Schedule & Game Calendar
View or download the complete 2026 France World Cup season schedule: all games, scores, venues, and broadcast info.
France 2026 Schedule & Results
Buy France Tickets (opens Ticketmaster in a new tab)The France play in the FIFA-WORLD-CUP (FIFA World Cup). Their 2026 schedule includes 3 games. They have 2 home games and 1 away games this season.
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France in Group I at the 2026 World Cup
France begin the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Group I, a four-team pool that throws them in with Senegal of CAF, Iraq of the AFC, and a second UEFA side in Norway. The three group games run along the northeastern United States across a ten-day stretch in June, which keeps every kickoff in the same Eastern time slot and makes the schedule easy to plan around. France started on June 16 against Senegal at the New York/New Jersey Stadium, a 3:00 PM ET kickoff that they won 3-1. The second match brings Iraq to Philadelphia on June 22, a 5:00 PM ET start, before France close the group away to Norway in Boston on June 26 at 3:00 PM ET. France carry two World Cup titles into the tournament, and the win over Senegal gives them a strong opening platform. The format does not bend for anyone, though. From each of the 12 groups the top two go straight through, and the eight best third-placed sides fill out a 32-team knockout stage that runs from the Round of 32 to the final on July 19. France will want to finish top of Group I rather than scrap for one of those third-place slots, because group winners land a cleaner path into the Round of 32 and the rounds that follow. With one match already banked, the focus for France turns to making first place secure across the Iraq and Norway fixtures, and this page tracks every date, kickoff, venue, and host city as the group plays out, then carries the knockout matches once the bracket is drawn.
Every Group I date on France's calendar
France play three group matches in ten days, all of them in the Eastern time zone, so the schedule is simple to plan around from anywhere in the Americas. The campaign began on Tuesday, June 16 against Senegal at the New York/New Jersey Stadium, a 3:00 PM ET kickoff that ended 3-1 in France's favour and put three points on the board straight away. Next comes Iraq on Monday, June 22 in Philadelphia, a 5:00 PM ET start where France are the home side again. The group then finishes on Friday, June 26 against Norway at Boston Stadium, kickoff 3:00 PM ET, with France listed as the away team. Two host cities along the coast, then a hop up to Boston for the decider. The six-day gap between each game gives France room to recover and prepare, and the matchday rhythm of a midweek opener, a Monday follow-up, and a Friday finale is one fans can map onto their own week without much trouble. Each match below carries its venue, host city, and the kickoff in US Eastern, and the listing refreshes on its own if any of those slots move before the group stage is done.
Sizing up France's three Group I rivals
Group I gives France a spread across three confederations. Senegal, the CAF representative, were the opening fixture in New York and lost 3-1, so France took the early advantage in the head-to-head picture. Iraq, from the AFC, are next in Philadelphia, a side France have not met often at this level and the kind of opponent a group favourite is expected to handle while knowing nothing is handed over in a 48-team field. Norway, the other UEFA team in the pool, close the group in Boston and shape up as France's stiffest remaining test on paper, a fellow European side that France will not be able to coast against. With two teams advancing automatically and the best third-placed sides also going through, France's 3-1 start means the Iraq and Norway games are about confirming top spot rather than chasing it. The order at the summit still matters, because goal difference and the final standings feed straight into the knockout seeding. Win both and France control where they sit when the bracket is drawn.
France's road past the group and into the bracket
Getting out of Group I is only the opening act for France. The 2026 World Cup runs to 48 teams and 104 matches, and it inserts a Round of 32 ahead of the Round of 16 that older tournaments started from. Top Group I and France slot into the bracket as a group winner, which tends to mean a more forgiving first knockout tie. Come second, or sneak through among the eight best third-placed teams, and the draw can turn far tougher. From the Round of 32 the route runs to the Round of 16, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the final on July 19, with a third-place match for the beaten semifinalists. France's knockout opponent is not fixed yet, since it hangs on how all 12 groups settle, so the bracket only fills out in the last days of the group stage. That uncertainty is part of why finishing first matters so much, because a higher placing usually means a kinder Round of 32 tie. The moment a knockout match is set for France, it appears here and in any calendar you have synced, complete with the date, venue, and kickoff time.
How France’s Group I campaign is shaping up
France walk into the 2026 World Cup with two titles on the board and the standing that comes with them. The first 48-team edition does not reward reputation, though. It rewards points. France were placed in Group I next to Senegal, Iraq, and Norway, and the three matches play out across the northeastern United States between June 16 and June 26.
The opening night went to plan. France beat Senegal 3-1 at the New York/New Jersey Stadium on June 16, a result that put them in front of the group from the first round of matches. From there the calendar steps south and then north: Iraq in Philadelphia on June 22, then Norway in Boston on June 26. Three games, three host cities, every one of them inside the Eastern time zone.
What France need from here is straightforward. Two of the four teams in each group go through automatically, and the eight best third-placed sides across the 12 groups also reach the Round of 32. Topping the group is worth more than the bragging rights, because the bracket hands group winners a softer landing. After the win over Senegal, the Iraq and Norway fixtures are about locking down first place in Group I rather than rescuing the campaign.
The first 48-team World Cup spreads 104 matches across the USA, Canada, and Mexico between June 11 and July 19, and France sit on the United States side of that map for the whole group stage. Their three host cities, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, sit within a short corridor of the eastern seaboard, which spares France the long internal flights some groups face and keeps the body clock steady. For a two-time world champion, that kind of settled base is the sort of edge that does not show up on a scoreboard but counts across a long tournament.
Walking through the three group games
France’s tournament opened on Tuesday, June 16 at 3:00 PM ET against Senegal in New York. The New York/New Jersey Stadium staged it, and the 3-1 scoreline means France collected the maximum from a fixture that carried real edge between a UEFA and a CAF side. A winning start in a four-team group is the cleanest position to be in, because it turns the next two matches into games France can manage rather than must rescue.
The middle fixture brings Iraq to Philadelphia on Monday, June 22, a 5:00 PM ET kickoff. France are the home team again, and on paper this is the game where they will look to make first place mathematically safe. The 48-team field has already served up tight, scratchy nights for the favourites elsewhere, so France will not treat it as a formality, but it is the fixture they will back themselves to win.
The group closes in Boston on Friday, June 26 against Norway, back to a 3:00 PM ET start, with France listed as the away side. By the time it kicks off, France may already have top spot wrapped up, or the Norway result and goal difference could decide the order at the top of Group I. Either way, Boston is the date to mark, because where France finish sets which side of the knockout bracket they drop into.
It is worth keeping the away tag in perspective. At a tournament with no real home nation for France, the home and away labels are an administrative call that decides the kit and the bench side, not a packed crowd for the opposition. What the Norway fixture does carry is genuine weight in the standings, because two UEFA sides meeting in the final round can swing both the group order and the goal difference that separates them. France will want the result settled on the pitch rather than left to a calculator.
How France move through the 48-team knockout rounds
Clear Group I and the new structure takes hold. The 2026 World Cup stretches to 104 matches and adds a Round of 32 that the old 32-team format never had. Group winners and runners-up are joined by the eight best third-placed teams, and from there the football is pure knockout: Round of 32, Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final on July 19.
France’s first knockout opponent is unknown for now, and it stays that way until all 12 groups have played their closing round. The bracket locks in from the top as group positions are confirmed, so the identity of the team France meet in the Round of 32 only becomes clear in the final days of the group stage. You can track the full picture, every group and the bracket as it forms, on the 2026 World Cup overview.
For a side with France’s history, the knockouts are where the verdict gets written. A tidy group stage counts for little if the first elimination match slips away, and the expanded bracket asks every contender to survive one more round than at any World Cup before it. That is the backdrop to each group result. It is all positioning for the matches that decide the trophy.
Downloading and syncing France’s World Cup schedule
Every France fixture on this page can drop straight onto your own calendar. Hit the download button on the schedule above to pull the full set as an ICS file, a CSV spreadsheet, or a printable PDF, and you can take the whole Group I run or just one match if that is all you need.
The ICS file is the usual pick for fans. Bring it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and France’s group games land with the kickoff times already shifted to your own zone, plus the venue and host city attached. Since the schedule reads from live tournament data, it also stays accurate by itself: if a kickoff time slides, or once France’s knockout opponents are confirmed, those entries change without you lifting a finger.
Following more than one team this summer? The same downloads exist for every nation at the 2026 World Cup, so you can set France’s fixtures beside another side and read the whole tournament off a single calendar. Pencil in the Group I dates first, June 16, June 22, and June 26, then let the knockout rounds slot in as the bracket fills out.
France World Cup FAQ
Which group is France in at the 2026 World Cup?
France is in Group I at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside Senegal, Iraq, and Norway.
When does France play at the 2026 World Cup?
France's group-stage matches are vs Senegal on June 16, vs Iraq on June 22, and vs Norway on June 26, with kickoff times shown above in your timezone. Knockout fixtures are added once their opponents are decided.
How do I download France's World Cup schedule?
Use the download button on the schedule above to save France's fixtures as an ICS calendar, CSV, or printable PDF, then sync to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
Add France's World Cup fixtures to your calendar
Get every France fixture, from the Group I games to any knockout match they reach, as an ICS file, a CSV, or a printable PDF. Sync it once and the calendar stays current on its own.