Jordan 2026 Schedule & Game Calendar
View or download the complete 2026 Jordan World Cup season schedule: all games, scores, venues, and broadcast info.
Jordan 2026 Schedule & Results
Buy Jordan Tickets (opens Ticketmaster in a new tab)The Jordan 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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Jordan in Group J at the 2026 World Cup
Jordan are drawn into Group J for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, lining up against Austria, Algeria, and Argentina. The group gathers four confederations at one table, with Jordan carrying the AFC flag against a UEFA side, a CAF side, and a CONMEBOL side. Their three group matches run across San Francisco and Dallas inside an 11-day stretch in June. Jordan started on June 17 away to Austria at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, a kickoff logged at 12:00 AM EDT that ended in a 3-1 defeat. They stay in the Bay Area to host Algeria on June 22, an 11:00 PM EDT kickoff at the same stadium, this time as the home team. The group closes on June 27 against Argentina at Dallas Stadium, a 10:00 PM EDT start where Jordan are again the home side. The 2026 tournament is the first 48-team World Cup, 104 matches co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, and it is set up as 12 groups of four feeding a 32-team knockout, with the top two of each group plus the eight best third-placed teams advancing. All three of Jordan's group games fall inside the United States. After the opening loss, Jordan sit on zero points, which turns the Algeria match into the one their group most likely turns on: a home win there would put a knockout place back within reach before the Argentina finale, while a defeat would leave them relying on results in other groups. With two matches still to play, the third-place route keeps Jordan's tournament alive.
Jordan's Group J schedule, fixture by fixture
Three games, two host cities, all in the Eastern slot through the back half of June. Jordan's opener came on Wednesday, June 17 away to Austria at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, a kickoff timed at 12:00 AM EDT that finished 3-1 to the home side. That leaves Jordan without a point and with work to do. Match two is Algeria on Monday, June 22 at the same San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, an 11:00 PM EDT kickoff and Jordan's first listed home game of the group. After the Austria result, it shapes up as the most pivotal night of their campaign. The group then closes against Argentina on Saturday, June 27 at Dallas Stadium, a 10:00 PM EDT start with Jordan again the home team. Two of Jordan's three fixtures are listed as home games, both of them late kickoffs in the Eastern slot, which gives the schedule a clear evening rhythm for anyone planning around it. Each fixture below carries its venue, host city, and kickoff in US Eastern, and the listing updates by itself whenever a time is moved.
The opponents lined up against Jordan in Group J
Group J hands Jordan a UEFA side, a CAF side, and a CONMEBOL side, a full sweep across the 48-team field. Austria, the European entry, were the opening opponent and won 3-1 in San Francisco. Algeria, from the African confederation, are next in the Bay Area and shape up as Jordan's most even matchup, the game where a single goal can swing the standings. Argentina, the South American side, close the group in Dallas and carry the heaviest pedigree in Group J with three World Cup titles, making that the steepest assignment of the three. For Jordan the group comes down to results rather than names: with two teams from every group advancing and the best third-placed sides also going through, goal difference can split teams level on points, so every goal in the Algeria game and the Argentina finale carries weight beyond the result itself.
Jordan's view of the knockout rounds
Push out of Group J and Jordan would face a bracket built unlike any World Cup before it. The 2026 tournament runs to 104 matches and begins its knockout phase with a Round of 32, a round introduced when the field expanded to 48 teams. From there it moves through the Round of 16, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the final on July 19, with a third-place match for the losing semifinalists. The part of the draw Jordan would enter hinges on whether they finish as a group winner, a runner-up, or one of the eight best third-placed teams, and each of those routes leads somewhere different. The extra Round of 32 means a side needs four knockout wins to reach the final on July 19, one more than earlier formats required. None of it is decided yet. Knockout pairings only fall into place once all 12 groups have played their last round and the third-place rankings are final, so Jordan's first elimination opponent stays open until then. When it is confirmed, the matchup, date, host city, venue, and kickoff in US Eastern all land on this page and in any synced calendar.
Jordan’s first steps in Group J at the 2026 World Cup
Jordan come to the 2026 World Cup among the AFC’s qualifiers, and the draw set a demanding test. Group J placed them with Austria, Algeria, and Argentina, three teams from three different confederations, and opened their campaign against a European side. The three group games run from June 17 to June 27 across San Francisco and Dallas, every kickoff slotted into the US Eastern time zone, which keeps the dates simple to follow from anywhere in the Americas.
The opening night did not break their way. Jordan lost 3-1 to Austria at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on June 17, leaving them at the foot of the group with no points on the board. The schedule then turns toward two home fixtures: Algeria at the same Bay Area stadium on June 22, and Argentina in Dallas on June 27. Two host cities, three matches, and a clear idea of what now needs to happen.
The expanded format does leave Jordan a way back. Two teams from every group advance straight to the knockout phase, and the eight best third-placed sides across the 12 groups also reach the Round of 32. After the loss to Austria, Jordan’s most realistic aim is that third-place route, and getting there means taking points from the Algeria and Argentina games still to come. The full group table, and the way the third-place places sort out, sits on the 2026 World Cup overview.
Jordan’s three group games, one at a time
The opener pitted Jordan against the kind of side they needed a clean night to handle, and it slipped away. Playing Austria on Wednesday, June 17 at a kickoff logged as 12:00 AM EDT, Jordan went down 3-1 as the away team at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium. One game gone, no points, and an immediate need to respond.
That puts the focus squarely on the Algeria match. Jordan host Algeria on Monday, June 22 at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, an 11:00 PM EDT kickoff and their first home game of the group. This is the fixture Jordan’s campaign most likely hinges on, because both teams will treat it as the most winnable of their three. A home win keeps Jordan in the qualifying conversation; anything less leaves them needing a near-impossible result in the final round.
The group then closes against the toughest opponent of all. Jordan meet Argentina at Dallas Stadium on Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 PM EDT, again as the home side on paper. By the time it kicks off, Jordan’s fate may already be sealed, or there could still be a route through if results elsewhere align and goal difference falls their way. Whatever the scenario, June 27 in Dallas is where Jordan’s group stage comes to an end.
How the 48-team knockout bracket would work for Jordan
Should Jordan find a way through, the road ahead looks like no World Cup before it. The 2026 edition is the first with 48 teams and 104 matches, and it places a Round of 32 at the head of the knockout bracket, a stage earlier tournaments never had. Group winners and runners-up are joined there by the eight best third-placed teams, so a side can keep playing without having topped its group.
For Jordan, the spot they earn out of Group J decides which side of the bracket they enter. From the Round of 32 the path continues to the Round of 16, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the final on July 19, with a third-place match for the beaten semifinalists. The opponent at each stage cannot be named ahead of time, because the pairings come from final group positions and the ranked third-placed teams.
That is simply how the draw is built, not a missing detail. The knockout bracket only fills once all 12 groups have finished their final round and the third-place standings are locked, which means Jordan’s Round of 32 opponent stays unknown until the group stage is complete. The moment Jordan’s group position is settled and the pairing is confirmed, this page shows the matchup, the host city, and the kickoff in US Eastern.
What Jordan need from their last two group games
The picture after one round is unforgiving but not closed. Jordan have lost their opener and sit on zero points, while two teams in the group already have three. With two games left, a top-two finish would now demand close to a perfect return and some help elsewhere. The route that stays genuinely open is the third-place lane, the one reserved for the eight best third-placed teams across the 12 groups, and it begins with the home game against Algeria on June 22.
That third-place ranking is the detail worth understanding. The teams that finish third are compared against one another on points first, then goal difference, then goals scored, and only the top eight go through to the Round of 32. For Jordan it means a win over Algeria is essential, but the size of it could matter too. The Austria defeat was by 3-1, so Jordan carry a goal-difference deficit into the Bay Area, and clawing that back, then bettering it, is part of the job across the final two matches.
It also frames the Argentina finale on June 27 in a particular way. Even if a top-two place is gone by then, a strong showing at Dallas Stadium could still feed into the third-place comparison, so the match need not be meaningless. That is the quirk of a 48-team World Cup: a side can lose its first game and still have a path worth fighting for two rounds later. Jordan’s task is to win at home against Algeria, score as freely as they can, and keep the Argentina game live as a chance to improve their standing rather than a formality.
Saving Jordan’s fixtures to your calendar
You will not need to keep returning here to track when Jordan play. The download button on the schedule above hands you the full Group J set as an ICS file, a CSV spreadsheet, or a printable PDF, and you can take the whole campaign or just one match if a single date is what you came for.
The ICS file tends to be the easiest option. Bring it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and Jordan’s three group games turn up with kickoff times already converted to your own zone, each one tagged with its venue and host city. The feed runs off live tournament data, so a moved kickoff or a confirmed knockout opponent updates the entry on its own, with no need to reimport anything.
Keeping tabs on more than one team this June? The same downloads cover every nation at the 2026 World Cup, so Jordan’s matches can sit beside another side’s on a single calendar and give you the full tournament in one view. Set the three Jordan dates first, June 17, June 22, and June 27, then let any knockout fixture slot in once the group standings are final.
Jordan World Cup FAQ
Which group is Jordan in at the 2026 World Cup?
Jordan is in Group J at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside Austria, Algeria, and Argentina.
When does Jordan play at the 2026 World Cup?
Jordan's group-stage matches are vs Austria on June 17, vs Algeria on June 22, and vs Argentina on June 27, with kickoff times shown above in your timezone. Knockout fixtures are added once their opponents are decided.
How do I download Jordan's World Cup schedule?
Use the download button on the schedule above to save Jordan's fixtures as an ICS calendar, CSV, or printable PDF, then sync to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
Add Jordan's World Cup fixtures to your calendar
Bring every Jordan fixture, from the Group J games to any knockout match they reach, onto your calendar as an ICS, CSV, or printable PDF. Sync it once and the dates look after themselves.