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Mexico v South Africa

Thu 11 June · 15:00 ET · Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Peacock/NBC

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Group A Thu 11 June · 15:00 ET
Mexico v South Africa
Estadio Azteca · Mexico City Peacock/NBC
Group A Thu 11 June · 22:00 ET
South Korea v Czechia
Estadio Akron · Zapopan Peacock
Group B Fri 12 June · 15:00 ET
Canada v Bosnia and Herzegovina
BMO Field · Toronto Peacock/NBC
Group D Fri 12 June · 21:00 ET
United States v Paraguay
SoFi Stadium · Inglewood Peacock/NBC
Group B Sat 13 June · 15:00 ET
Qatar v Switzerland
Levi's Stadium · Santa Clara Peacock
Group C Sat 13 June · 18:00 ET
Brazil v Morocco
MetLife Stadium · East Rutherford Peacock
Group D Sat 13 June · 00:00 ET
Australia v Türkiye
BC Place · Vancouver Peacock
Group C Sat 13 June · 21:00 ET
Haiti v Scotland
Gillette Stadium · Foxborough Peacock

Collisions worth your evening

The group-stage games a neutral should circle — for the rivalry, the rematch, or the sheer stakes.
Group C Wed 24 June
Scotland v Brazil

A rematch of their iconic 1998 World Cup opening match in Saint-Denis, where a late Tom Boyd own goal gave Brazil a t...
Group C Sat 13 June
Brazil v Morocco

A rematch of the 1998 World Cup group stage, where Ronaldo inspired a 3-0 Brazil victory in Nantes. Morocco enters Me...
Group C Fri 19 June
Brazil v Haiti

A historic rematch of the 2004 'Peace Match' in Port-au-Prince, where Brazil visited Haiti for a friendly that transc...
Group E Thu 25 June
Ecuador v Germany

Too close to call — Group E could turn on this one.
Group K Sat 27 June
Colombia v Portugal

Too close to call — Group K could turn on this one.
Group H Fri 26 June
Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia

Too close to call — Group H could turn on this one.

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What's changed since the squad lock

The stories moving the needle since squads were finalised on 2 June.
McGree's Wembley hamstring rips a hole in Australia's left as the opener nears Riley McGree was set to start against Türkiye before a hamstring injury in the Hull playoff final at Wembley ended his tournament, leaving Tony Popovic to rebuild the inverted-left role on the fly. Norway are back at a World Cup after 28 years, and Solbakken's squad carries the weight of a nation Unbeaten through qualifying and freshly promoted to Nations League Level A, Norway return to the World Cup for the first time since 1998 with Haaland and Odegaard leading a confident generation. Euro champions arrive with no Real Madrid player for the first time ever — and a few fitness calls to settle De la Fuente's Spain land at the World Cup as Euro 2024 holders, carrying a final 26 built without a single Real Madrid player and anchored on a Barcelona core. Deschamps' farewell tournament opens with Dembélé's fitness the great unknown This is Didier Deschamps' seventh and final tournament after 14 years, and the squad he has chosen reflects an evolution rather than a reset: a four-forward permutation attack built around Mbappé, Dembélé, Olise and a rotating cast. Injuries shape Jordan's first World Cup squad as Sellami leans on the collective Jordan arrives at its maiden World Cup with the camp framed less as a celebration than as a test of selection discipline, the final 26 now locked in after a series of hard cuts. Bushiri's Achilles scare forces a late reshuffle as DR Congo eye their first World Cup in 52 years DR Congo arrive at their first World Cup since Zaire in 1974 with a stable, Europe-heavy squad that Sebastien Desabre has largely kept intact from the campaign that won the CAF playoff route and the inter-confederation playoff over Jamaica.

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