Tunisia 2026 Schedule & Game Calendar
View or download the complete 2026 Tunisia World Cup season schedule: all games, scores, venues, and broadcast info.
Tunisia 2026 Schedule & Results
Buy Tunisia Tickets (opens Ticketmaster in a new tab)The Tunisia 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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Tunisia's Group F task after a rough opener
Tunisia start their 2026 FIFA World Cup in Group F, drawn with Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands. As the lone CAF side in the section, Tunisia face two UEFA teams in Sweden and the Netherlands plus Japan from the AFC. The schedule keeps Tunisia largely in one place: two of their three group games are at Monterrey Stadium in Mexico, with the finale in the United States at Kansas City. The opener did not go their way. Tunisia lost 5-1 to Sweden in Monterrey on June 14, a 10:00 PM ET kickoff in which they were the away team. That leaves ground to recover. Next is Japan, back in Monterrey on June 21, a 12:00 AM ET start where Tunisia are the home side, followed by the Netherlands in Kansas City on June 25, a 7:00 PM ET kickoff and another home listing. Tunisia have never won the World Cup, so there is no title behind them, only the climb back into the group. The format leaves the door open: across 12 groups of four, the top two advance and the eight best third-placed teams complete a 32-team knockout stage. After the Sweden defeat, the Japan and Netherlands games are must-watch for Tunisia. The kickoff times sit at the late end, a 10:00 PM ET opener and a 12:00 AM ET middle game before the 7:00 PM ET finale, so two of the three are night matches on the US Eastern clock. As the home side for both the Japan and Netherlands fixtures, Tunisia at least carry the nominal home tag into the games that matter most. The whole group falls inside the tournament window of June 11 to July 19, the first World Cup of 48 teams and the first shared by three host countries.
Every Tunisia group game, date by date
Tunisia's group plays out over 12 days, mostly in Monterrey before a closing trip into the United States, and the kickoff times are all listed in US Eastern. First was Sweden on Sunday, June 14 at Monterrey Stadium, a 10:00 PM ET start that ended in a 5-1 loss for Tunisia, who were the away team. That result puts them on the back foot from the off. Japan are next on Sunday, June 21, again at Monterrey Stadium, a 12:00 AM ET kickoff and Tunisia's first home listing of the group. The group then closes against the Netherlands on Thursday, June 25 in Kansas City, a 7:00 PM ET start where Tunisia are again at home. Two games in Monterrey, one in the United States, and a recovery job to manage. The spacing gives Tunisia a week between the Sweden and Japan games, then four days before the Netherlands finale, which lands at the same 7:00 PM ET slot as the other Group F fixture between Japan and Sweden. That simultaneity in the final round means Tunisia will know exactly what result they need by kickoff. Each fixture below shows the venue, the host city, and the kickoff in US Eastern, and the page updates by itself if any of those times move.
Tunisia's group opponents up close
Group F sets Tunisia three contrasting challenges. Sweden, a UEFA side, were the opener and ran out 5-1 winners in Monterrey, the toughest possible introduction to the group. Japan, from the AFC, come next, also in Monterrey, and that fixture shapes up as the one Tunisia most need to get right if they are to climb back into contention. The Netherlands, the other UEFA team in the section, close the group in Kansas City, and as Tunisia are the home team there the stakes will depend on what the Japan result has done to the table. For Tunisia the read after one round is blunt: the heavy defeat to Sweden means points and goals are both needed from the Japan and Netherlands games. With two automatic places and the best third-placed teams also going through, Tunisia must win to drag their goal difference back and keep a knockout place in sight. The order helps a little: the Japan game comes before the Netherlands one, so Tunisia get their most winnable-looking fixture while the group is still open. A result there would change the whole complexion of the final round. Lose it, though, and the closing game against the Netherlands risks becoming a formality rather than a shootout for a place.
The longer road if Tunisia recover
Reaching the knockout stage is a tall order from here, but the format keeps it alive. The 2026 World Cup expands to 48 teams and 104 matches, and it adds a Round of 32 ahead of the Round of 16 that older editions began with, so qualifying from the group is only the first step of several. Should Tunisia top Group F they take a bracket place kept for group winners. Finish second, or come through as one of the eight best third-placed teams, and the draw can break differently. From the Round of 32 it is knockout football all the way: Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final on July 19, with a third-place match for the beaten semifinalists. The expanded field does cut Tunisia some slack here, because the eight best third-placed teams advancing means a perfect group return is not required, only enough points and goals to climb among them. Tunisia's knockout opponent cannot be known until all 12 groups finish their last fixtures, so the bracket only fills in the final days of the group stage. If Tunisia get there, the tie will appear on this page with its date, venue, and kickoff.
Tunisia’s group picture at the 2026 World Cup
Tunisia come to the 2026 World Cup with no title behind them, the same as most of the 48-team field this time around. No trophy to defend, no record to protect, just a group to fight through, and after the opening round that fight got harder. The draw put Tunisia in Group F with Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands, and the three games run across Mexico and the United States between June 14 and June 25.
The opener stung. Tunisia lost 5-1 to Sweden at Monterrey Stadium on June 14, a result that leaves them bottom of the early reckoning on goal difference as much as points. From there the calendar keeps Tunisia in Monterrey for Japan on June 21, then sends them to Kansas City for the Netherlands on June 25. Two games in one Mexican city, a closing fixture on US soil, and a clear need to turn the campaign around quickly.
The route back is narrow but real. Two of the four teams in Group F advance automatically, and the eight best third-placed sides across the 12 groups also reach the Round of 32. The defeat to Sweden means Tunisia are chasing from the front, so the Japan and Netherlands fixtures are not just about points, they are about repairing a goal difference that took a four-goal hit on day one. Win both and Tunisia put themselves right back in the conversation. Anything less and the margin for a third-place place shrinks fast.
Tunisia’s three fixtures, venue by venue
Tunisia opened their World Cup on Sunday, June 14 at 10:00 PM ET against Sweden in Monterrey. Monterrey Stadium staged it, Tunisia were the away team, and the 5-1 result is the sort of scoreline that forces a reset. One game gone, no points, and a goal difference to climb out of. It was the first of two Tunisia matches in Monterrey.
The second game brings Japan back to Monterrey Stadium on Sunday, June 21, and the kickoff sits at 12:00 AM ET, the after-midnight slot for anyone watching in the Eastern zone. Tunisia are the home team this time, and given how the Sweden game went, this is the fixture they cannot afford to lose. It looks like the pivot of Tunisia’s whole campaign: a win keeps them alive, while a defeat would all but settle their group fate with a round to spare.
Group F ends for Tunisia on Thursday, June 25 against the Netherlands in Kansas City, a 7:00 PM ET start and another home listing. By then Tunisia may be playing for survival or, if the Japan result lands well, for a knockout place outright. Either way Kansas City is the date that closes their group, and depending on results elsewhere it could come down to this game and goal difference, so it is worth keeping free.
The recovery job facing Tunisia in Group F
The 5-1 opener does two kinds of damage, and both are worth understanding. The obvious one is points: Tunisia leave the first round with none, while Sweden bank three. The quieter one is goal difference, which is the first tiebreaker when teams finish level on points, and a four-goal deficit is a hole that takes real effort to climb out of. In a group where third place can still send a team through, those goals conceded could end up costing Tunisia a Round of 32 place even if the points add up.
That is why the Japan game in Monterrey looms so large. It is not enough for Tunisia to win it narrowly; a comfortable margin would start to repair the goal difference as well as the points tally. The same logic carries into the closing fixture against the Netherlands in Kansas City, where Tunisia hold the home tag but face a side that drew its opener and will be pushing for the knockouts too.
There is a route, even from here. The 48-team format means the eight best third-placed teams across the 12 groups join the group winners and runners-up in the Round of 32, so Tunisia do not necessarily need to finish in the top two. What they need is a points-and-goals swing across the Japan and Netherlands games, and a close eye on how the other third-placed sides around the tournament are doing. It is a steep ask after one round, but the maths is not closed.
What a knockout berth would mean for Tunisia
Climb out of Group F and the expanded format takes hold. The 2026 World Cup runs to 104 matches and opens the knockout phase with a Round of 32, a round absent from the old 32-team format, which means one more elimination game to win than at any World Cup before it. Group winners and runners-up are joined by the eight best third-placed teams, and the path then runs Round of 32, Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final on July 19, with a third-place match for the losing semifinalists.
Any knockout opponent for Tunisia is unknown for now and stays that way until all 12 groups have completed their final fixtures. The bracket assembles from the top as group placings are confirmed, so a Tunisia Round of 32 tie would only take shape in the closing days of the group stage. You can follow the whole picture, every group and the bracket as it forms, on the 2026 World Cup overview.
For a nation still without a World Cup, simply reaching the knockouts would be a marker, and from here it would take two wins to get there. A recovery in the group counts for nothing if the first elimination game then slips away, and the longer bracket asks for an extra round on the way to the final. That is the context behind every remaining group result. The points and goals Tunisia chase now are seeding for the games that decide the trophy.
Saving the Tunisia schedule to your calendar
Every Tunisia fixture on this page can be sent straight to your own calendar. Tap the download button on the schedule above and take the full set as an ICS file, a CSV spreadsheet, or a printable PDF, choosing the whole campaign or just a single match if that is all you want.
The ICS file is the option that suits most. Bring it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and Tunisia’s group games show up with kickoff times already converted to your zone, plus the venue and host city. Because the feed is built on live tournament data, it keeps itself right: if a kickoff time moves, or once a Tunisia knockout opponent is confirmed, those entries update without any effort from you.
Watching the rest of the group too? The same downloads cover every nation at the 2026 World Cup, so you can set Tunisia’s fixtures next to another side and follow Group F on a single calendar. Pin the three Tunisia dates first, June 14, June 21, and June 25, then let any knockout match drop in once the bracket takes shape.
Tunisia World Cup FAQ
Which group is Tunisia in at the 2026 World Cup?
Tunisia is in Group F at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, alongside Sweden, Japan, and Netherlands.
When does Tunisia play at the 2026 World Cup?
Tunisia's group-stage matches are vs Sweden on June 14, vs Japan on June 21, and vs Netherlands on June 25, with kickoff times shown above in your timezone. Knockout fixtures are added once their opponents are decided.
How do I download Tunisia's World Cup schedule?
Use the download button on the schedule above to save Tunisia's fixtures as an ICS calendar, CSV, or printable PDF, then sync to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
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