SBS has secured the Australian radio rights for World Cup 2026 football coverage in Australia.
Along with the television rights has also come the audio rights, and SBS Radio has taken advantage of that by launching a DAB soccer pop up channel called The Kick Off. The channel is also available on the SBS Audio app and the SBS website.
When there is no live call on air the channel plays music, ‘football anthems to keep you pumped’ and sports talk shows.
Exhorbitant ticket prices, politics and immigration restrictions have been the talking points in the lead up to the competition, but now that games have begun the focus is on the football.
Matches began on 11 June and will continue until 18 July. Australia’s first match, against Türkiye, takes place on in Vancouver, heard in Australia on Sunday 14 June June at 2pm Sydney time.
Click the graphic to download a pdf of the full schedule.
Other channels are also covering the competition. For a catch up of the mood in Mexico during the opening ceremony, ABC’s Amanda Shalala was on the streets reporting on the party atmosphere and also the deeper issues and opinions in Mexico about hosting the World Cup.
The World Cup is being hosted across three countries in the Americas: Mexico, America and Canada. Time zone conversions for Australia are below.
A range of podcasts are also available for World Cup fans, including ABC Radio’s dedicated World Cup podcast, hosted by Patrick Stack and featuring Socceroos legend Mark Schwarzer and ABC voice of soccer Ned Hall with crosses to Amanda Shalala. talkSPORT’s World Cup Shootout podcast is also available, with Andy Harperat Sasso and Teo Pellizzeri, joined by former Socceroos players and talkSPORT’s experts with the network.
The SBS Audio app is available here.
Schedule of World Cup soccer matches in Australian time, with thanks to Andy K
FIFA World Cup 2026
All 104 matches • 11 June – 19 July • USA / Canada / Mexico
FIFA World Cup 2026 schedule with all 104 matches including group stage and knockout rounds.
Fri 12 Jun
A5:00am 
Mexico v South Africa 
2 – 0FTMexico City
A12:00pm 
South Korea v Czechia 
2 – 1FTGuadalajara
Sat 13 Jun
B5:00am 
Canada v Bosnia & Herz. 
1 – 1FTToronto
D11:00am 
USA v Paraguay 
Los Angeles
Sun 14 Jun
B5:00am 
Qatar v Switzerland 
San Francisco
C8:00am 
Brazil v Morocco 
New York/NJ
C11:00am 
Haiti v Scotland 
Boston
D2:00pm 
Australia v Turkiye 
Vancouver
Mon 15 Jun
E3:00am 
Germany v Curacao 
Houston
F6:00am 
Netherlands v Japan 
Dallas
E9:00am 
Ivory Coast v Ecuador 
Philadelphia
F12:00pm 
Sweden v Tunisia 
Monterrey
Tue 16 Jun
H2:00am 
Spain v Cape Verde 
Atlanta
G5:00am 
Belgium v Egypt 
Seattle
H8:00am 
Saudi Arabia v Uruguay 
Miami
G11:00am 
Iran v New Zealand 
Los Angeles
Wed 17 Jun
I5:00am 
France v Senegal 
New York/NJ
I8:00am 
Iraq v Norway 
Boston
J11:00am 
Argentina v Algeria 
Kansas City
J2:00pm 
Austria v Jordan 
San Francisco
Thu 18 Jun
K3:00am 
Portugal v Congo DR 
Houston
L6:00am 
England v Croatia 
Dallas
L9:00am 
Ghana v Panama 
Toronto
K12:00pm 
Uzbekistan v Colombia 
Mexico City
Fri 19 Jun
A2:00am Czechia v South Africa Atlanta
B5:00am Switzerland v Bosnia Los Angeles
B8:00am Canada v Qatar Vancouver
A11:00am Mexico v South Korea Guadalajara
Sat 20 Jun
D5:00am USA v Australia Seattle
C8:00am Scotland v Morocco Boston
C10:30am Brazil v Haiti Philadelphia
D1:00pm Turkiye v Paraguay San Francisco
Sun 21 Jun
F3:00am Netherlands v Sweden Houston
E6:00am Germany v Ivory Coast Toronto
E10:00am Ecuador v Curacao Kansas City
F2:00pm Tunisia v Japan Monterrey
Mon 22 Jun
H2:00am Spain v Saudi Arabia Atlanta
G5:00am Belgium v Iran Los Angeles
H8:00am Uruguay v Cape Verde Miami
G11:00am New Zealand v Egypt Vancouver
Tue 23 Jun
J3:00am Argentina v Austria Dallas
I7:00am France v Iraq Philadelphia
I10:00am Norway v Senegal New York/NJ
J1:00pm Jordan v Algeria San Francisco
Wed 24 Jun
K3:00am Portugal v Uzbekistan Houston
L6:00am England v Ghana Boston
L9:00am Panama v Croatia Toronto
K12:00pm Colombia v Congo DR Guadalajara
Thu 25 Jun
B5:00am Switzerland v Canada Vancouver
B5:00am Bosnia v Qatar Seattle
C8:00am Scotland v Brazil Miami
C8:00am Morocco v Haiti Atlanta
A11:00am Czechia v Mexico Mexico City
A11:00am South Africa v South Korea Monterrey
Fri 26 Jun
E6:00am Curacao v Ivory Coast Philadelphia
E6:00am Ecuador v Germany New York/NJ
F9:00am Japan v Sweden Dallas
F9:00am Tunisia v Netherlands Kansas City
D12:00pm Turkiye v USA Los Angeles
D12:00pm Paraguay v Australia San Francisco
Sat 27 Jun
I5:00am Norway v France Boston
I5:00am Senegal v Iraq Toronto
H10:00am Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia Houston
H10:00am Uruguay v Spain Guadalajara
G1:00pm Egypt v Iran Seattle
G1:00pm New Zealand v Belgium Vancouver
Sun 28 Jun
L7:00am Panama v England New York/NJ
L7:00am Croatia v Ghana Philadelphia
K9:30am Colombia v Portugal Miami
K9:30am Congo DR v Uzbekistan Atlanta
J12:00pm Jordan v Argentina Dallas
J12:00pm Algeria v Austria Kansas City
Knockout Stage
Round of 32 • R16 • QF • SF • Final
Mon 29 Jun R32 M735:00am2nd A v 2nd BLos Angeles
Tue 30 Jun
R32 M763:00amWin C v 2nd FHouston
R32 M746:30amWin E v 3rd A/B/C/D/FBoston
R32 M7511:00amWin F v 2nd CMonterrey
Wed 1 Jul
R32 M783:00am2nd E v 2nd IDallas
R32 M777:00amWin I v 3rd C/D/F/G/HNew York/NJ
R32 M7911:00amWin A v 3rd C/E/F/H/IMexico City
Thu 2 Jul
R32 M802:00amWin L v 3rd E/H/I/J/KAtlanta
R32 M826:00amWin G v 3rd A/E/H/I/JSeattle
R32 M8110:00amWin D v 3rd B/E/F/I/JSan Francisco
Fri 3 Jul
R32 M845:00amWin H v 2nd JLos Angeles
R32 M839:00am2nd K v 2nd LToronto
R32 M851:00pmWin B v 3rd E/F/G/I/JVancouver
Sat 4 Jul
R32 M884:00am2nd D v 2nd GDallas
R32 M868:00amWin J v 2nd HMiami
R32 M8711:30amWin K v 3rd D/E/I/J/LKansas City
Sun 5 Jul
R16 M893:00amWin M74 v Win M77Philadelphia
R16 M907:00amWin M73 v Win M75Houston
Mon 6 Jul
R16 M916:00amWin M76 v Win M78New York/NJ
R16 M9210:00amWin M79 v Win M80Mexico City
Tue 7 Jul
R16 M93 5:00am Win M83 v Win M84Dallas
R16 M94 10:00am Win M81 v Win M82Seattle
Wed 8 Jul
R16 M95 2:00am Win M86 v Win M88 Atlanta
R16 M96 6:00amWin M85 v Win M87 Vancouver
Fri 10 Jul QF M97 6:00amWin M89 v Win M90 Boston
Sat11 Jul QF M98 5:00amWin M93 v Win M94 Los Angeles
Sun 12 Jul QF M99 7:00amWin M91 v Win M92 Miami
QF M100 11:00amWin M95 v Win M96 Kansas City
Wed 15 Jul SF M101 5:00amWin M97 v Win M98 Dallas
Thu 16 Jul SF M102 5:00amWin M99 v Win M100 Atlanta
Sun 19 Jul 3rd M103 7:00amLoss M101 v Loss M102 Miami
Mon 20 Jul Final M104 5:00am FINAL: Win M101 v Win M102 New York/NJ
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