Your complete data hub for World Cup 2026 — football's biggest-ever tournament, in one place. TotalOver brings together the new format, the full schedule in UTC, the groups, the host cities and stadiums, and the statistics that explain every match. The format. World Cup 2026 is the first edition with 48 teams, drawn into 12 groups of four. Each side plays three group matches; the top two from every group, plus the eight best third-placed teams, go through to a brand-new Round of 32. From there the competition is single-elimination — Round of 32, Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final — so the eventual winners play eight matches in all. Knockout ties cannot end level: if the scores are tied after 90 minutes, the match goes to extra time and, if still level, a penalty shoot-out. When it happens (UTC). The group stage runs from 11 to 27 June 2026. The knockout stage opens with the Round of 32 on 28 June, the Round of 16 from 4 July, the quarter-finals from 9 July and the semi-finals on 14–15 July, before the final on 19 July 2026. All dates are shown in UTC; because the matches are played across North American time zones, every fixture has its own exact UTC kick-off time, which TotalOver lists match by match. You can also see the countdown to the opening game. Where it happens. Three nations share hosting duties — the United States, Canada and Mexico — across 16 host cities. The group stage is spread over all three countries, while the later knockout rounds and the final are staged in the United States. TotalOver maps each fixture to its host city and stadium, so you can follow the tournament's geography stage by stage. The favourites. Going into the tournament, Spain and France are the co-favourites, with England and Portugal the other leading European challengers and Brazil the strongest side from outside Europe. The defending champions, Argentina, sit just behind that group, while the three co-hosts are rated as mid-tier outsiders. Instead of tips, TotalOver frames the contenders through the numbers — form, expected goals (xG) and head-to-head records — so you can weigh them up on the data. Once the action starts, follow live scores, results and group tables as they happen. We pair every match with expected goals (xG), form, head-to-head records and predicted lineups, so each fixture comes with clear, data-led match analysis. That same depth of statistics runs across our coverage of 2,000+ football competitions worldwide. The statistics and analysis on this page can also support fantasy football decisions, where fans draw on the same form, lineup and expected-goals data to build their squads. TotalOver is a statistics and analytics service only — we don't take bets, we aren't a betting operator, and nothing here is a recommendation to wager real money. We simply publish the data, probabilities and analysis so you can follow World Cup 2026 your way.