World Cup 2026 saw its first kick of a football last Thursday, as co-hosts Mexico faced off against South Africa.
Since then, there have been over 50 goals in 18 games, Cape Verde sprung a surprise holding Spain to a goalless draw and the golden boot race has got off to a flying start.
Only three games have seen one goal or fewer, so far making the football World Cup 2026 one of the most entertaining in recent memory.
- Today's Games
- Yesterday's Scores
- World Cup Scores So Far
World Cup Scores So Far
Date |
Group |
Fixture |
Score |
|---|---|---|---|
June 11 |
A |
Mexico vs South Africa |
2-0 |
June 12 |
A |
South Korea vs Czechia |
2-1 |
June 12 |
B |
Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1-1 |
June 13 |
D |
United States vs Paraguay |
4-1 |
June 13 |
B |
Qatar vs Switzerland |
1-1 |
June 13 |
C |
Brazil vs Morocco |
1-1 |
June 14 |
C |
Haiti vs Scotland |
0-1 |
June 14 |
D |
Australia vs Turkiye |
2-0 |
June 14 |
E |
Germany vs Curacao |
7-1 |
June 14 |
F |
Netherlands vs Japan |
2-2 |
June 15 |
E |
Ivory Coast vs Ecuador |
1-0 |
June 15 |
F |
Sweden vs Tunisia |
5-1 |
June 15 |
H |
Spain vs Cape Verde |
0-0 |
June 15 |
G |
Egypt vs Belgium |
1-1 |
June 15 |
H |
Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay |
1-1 |
June 16 |
G |
Iran vs New Zealand |
2-2 |
June 16 |
I |
France vs Senegal |
3-1 |
June 16 |
I |
Iraq vs Norway |
1-4 |
June 17 |
J |
Argentina vs Algeria |
3-0 |
June 17 |
J |
Austria vs Jordan |
3-1 |
June 17 |
K |
Portugal vs DR Congo |
1-1 |
June 17 |
L |
England vs Croatia |
4-2 |
June 17 |
L |
Ghana vs Panama |
1-0 |
June 17 |
K |
Colombia vs Uzbekistan |
3-1 |
Today's Games
World Cup 2026: Today's Results & Upcoming Fixtures
Thursday's games get underway very early on as Colombia and Uzbekistan, phwoar, kick-off at 3am, PHWOAR.
That's followed up by Czechia's second Group A fixture, this time against South Africa at 5pm. Next, the World Cup serves up Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina from 8pm - what a great kick-off time.
Later on, there'll be action from Canada vs Qatar (11pm) and Mexico vs South Korea (Friday, 2am).
Today's fixtures
Colombia 3-1 Uzbekistan, 3am, Group K
Czechia vs South Africa, 5pm, Group A
Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8pm, Group B
Canada vs Qatar, 11pm, Group B
Mexico vs South Korea, Friday 2am, Group A
Yesterday's Scores
Yesterday's World Cup Scores (June 17)
- Portugal 1-1 DR Congo (Group K)
- England 4-2 Croatia (Group L)
- Ghana 1-0 Panama (Group L)
- Colombia 3-1 Uzbekistan (Group K)
When do England play next? Check out our complete England World Cup 2026 Match Schedule & Fixtures
England's next game is on Tuesday, June 23 at 9pm BST.
The Three Lions' opponents will be a Mohammed Kudus-less Ghana. The Black Stars do have the likes of Antoine Semenyo and Inaki Williams, though, so let's not get too complacent.
Ghana took on Panama in their Group L opener, securing a late win through Caleb Yirenkyi, shortly after England had dispatched of Croatia in what was a much more entertaining game.
What has happened at the 2026 World Cup so far?
The tournament's opening clash was an eventful 2-0 win for co-hosts Mexico, with goals from Raul Jiminez and Julian Quinones, two red cards for South Africa and a sending off for the victors.
South Korea vs Czechia followed: with the latter going 1-0 up after 60 minutes, before the South Koreans turned it around to prevail 2-1 with 67th and 80th minute strikes.
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World Cup 2026: The Story So Far
Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina was next. The co-hosts fell to an early Jovo Lukic hammer, a glorious Sead Kolasinac goal-line clearance, then substitute Cyle Larin levelled the score to end Group B's opening fixture in a 1-1 draw.
After drama between ex-USMNT forward Clint Dempsey and Canada boss Jesse Marsch, the final nation of the three co-hosts, USA, delivered the strongest performance of the trio with a 4-1 victory over Paraguay.
Then came Qatar vs Switzerland, ending 1-1 with a late own goal from Swiss left-back Miro Muheim tying the score in the 94th, before Brazil vs Morocco showed what the Africa Cup of Champions were made of, also ending in a 1-1 stalemate with the Moroccans being the dominant force.
John McGinn gave the Tartan Army a night to dream of in Group C, as his 28th minute strike saw Scotland prevail 1-0 over Haiti in their first World Cup victory for 36 years.
Australia vs Turkey in Vancouver gave the Socceroos a 2-0 win in a far closer clash than the scoreline suggested. Nestory Irankunda struck first with a classic World Cup strike, before Connor Metcalfe doubled the lead with 15 minutes remaining.
Germany battered Curacao in what is quickly becoming a staple blow-out World Cup victory for the Germans, prevailing 7-1. They are now responsible for three of the five World Cup games this century in which a team has scored seven or more goals.
Netherlands vs Japan followed with an absolute classic that saw the latter come back from one goal deficits twice to tie the final score at 2-2, before Ivory Coast bagged a late 1-0 win over Ecuador courtesy of a brilliantly instinctive Amad Diallo goal.
In the early hours of Monday morning, goals from Alexander Isak, Viktor Gyokeres, Yasin Ayari and Mattias Svanberg yielded a strong 5-1 victory for Sweden against Tunisia, before Spain were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Cape Verde, which led to the biggest lost bet in 2026 World Cup history so far, and Egypt sprung a dominant performance against Belgium to secure a point for themselves in Group G, ending 1-1.
To complete an evening of draws, Saudi Arabia held two-time champions Uruguay 1-1, before New Zealand – who earned three draws last time they reached the World Cup 16 years ago, and left South Africa unbeaten – were locked in a 2-2 stalemate with Iran.
Yesterday, France defeated Senegal 3-1 thanks to an inspired second half performance, led by Michael Olise. Iraq and Norway returned to the global stage playing out a 4-1 scoreline, in which Erling Haaland, unsurprisingly, netted twice.
But, anything Mbappe and Haaland can do, so can 38-year-old Lionel Messi. The Argentine turned back the clock to any calendar year in the past 20 by netting a first World Cup hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Algeria. Evergreen.
Portugal kicked off their World Cup by taking an early lead against DR Congo but squandered their opportunity to make a fast start. The African nation equalised through Yoane Wissa and that is how it stayed. Cristiano Ronaldo was, predictably, not pleased.
England's defensive display gave their fans kittens, according to FourFourTwo columnist Henry Winter, on location in Dallas for the 4-2 win over Croatia. Goals from Harry Kane (2), Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford did the business for the Three Lions.
