The 2026 World Cup schedule at SoFi Stadium is complete after two more teams punched their tickets to the global soccer tournament.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey qualified for the 48-team field Tuesday when six final spots were to be decided in qualifying matches.
Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Italy after 120 minutes and a penalty shootout. The result means the Italians — World Cup champions in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006 — will miss the World Cup for a third straight time.
The 2026 tournament at sites in Canada, the United States and Mexico will be Bosnia and Herzegovina’s second ever appearance in the World Cup and its first since 2014. They will take on Switzerland June 18 in the Group B matchup.
Turkey’s clincher was only slightly less dramatic, a 1-0 victory over Kosovo. Turkey will play at SoFi Stadium June 25 against the United States.
Turkey has two appearances in the World Cup with a third-place finish in 2002.
There are five group stage matches at the stadium in Inglewood.
June 12: USA v. Paraguay
June 15: Iran v. New Zealand
June 18: Switzerland v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 21: Belgium v. Iran
June 25: USA v. Turkey
June 28: Round of 32 match
July 2: Round of 32 match
July 10: Quarterfinal
About the 2026 World Cup
The World Cup begins on June 11, 2026 with Mexico playing the opener in Mexico City and co-hosts USA and Canada hosting their openers in Los Angeles and Toronto a day later.
The group stage lasts until June 27, then the top two teams in each group along with the eight best third-place finishers will advance to the Round of 32 beginning on June 28.
The remaining winning teams will then play in the Round of 16 starting on July 4. The quarterfinals will be held on July 9, and the semifinals will be July 14 and July 15, leading up to the championship match at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Venues and kick-off times for all 104 matches in the 48-team field were announced in December before the revealing of which teams will be in the tournament’s unprecedented 12 groups of four.
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A final match schedule for June and July will be released in March after the remaining six World Cup slots are filled by qualifiers from the FIFA and European playoffs.
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood is one of the venues that will host the international soccer tournament. The sparkling spaceship-like structure opened in 2020 on the site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack. The stadium has a seating capacity of about 70,000, an artificial surface and a fixed roof.
Other U.S. host cities are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Seattle and the Bay Area.
Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey are Mexico’s host cities. Toronto and Vancouver will host matches in Canada.
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