World Cup Matches Today UK Time: Every team playing on June 25, kick off times, and where to watch live

The USA will play Turkey in Los Angeles, with the host nation already the Group D winner while Turkey has already been eliminated from the competition. That leaves Australia and Paraguay’s match to declare the runner up for the group.

Germany has already won Group E, while Tunisia is already out for Group F, with the place for other nations in each group still to be decided.

With six matches on today, here is every team playing in the World Cup on Thursday, June 25 - including UK kick off times and TV channels.

Who is playing in the World Cup today?

Already there have been a couple of matches played in the wee hours of the morning, with plenty more action still to come.

This will include Japan vs Sweden and Ecuador vs Germany, as well as two games which technically take place tomorrow UK times.

Here are all of the World Cup games on today, and where each will be played:

• Curacao vs Ivory Coast, Philadelphia Stadium
• Ecuador vs Germany, New York New Jersey Stadium
• Japan vs Sweden, Dallas Stadium
• Tunisia vs Netherlands, Kansas City Stadium
• Paraguay vs Australia, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
• Turkey vs USA, Los Angeles Stadium

Here is the UK kick off time for every World Cup game on Thursday, June 25

Even though there are many matches on today, there are just three kick off times you will need to know with two matches beginning at the same time across the country.

Curacao vs Ivory Coast and Ecuador vs Germany will both kick off at 4pm local, while Japan vs Sweden and Tunisia vs Netherlands will be a few hours behind at 6pm local. Then Paraguay vs Australia and Turkey vs USA will both kick off at 7pm local time, which is around 3am on Friday morning in the UK.

Here is the UK kick off time for each World Cup group match on today:

• Curacao vs Ivory Coast — Kick off at 9pm
• Ecuador vs Germany — Kick off at 9pm
• Japan vs Sweden — Kick off at midnight
• Tunisia vs Netherlands — Kick off at midnight
• Paraguay vs Australia — Kick off at 3am (Friday, June 26)
• Turkey vs USA — Kick off at 3am (Friday, June 26)

These matches all follow Czechia vs Mexico and South Africa vs South Korea which took place in the early hours of the morning.

Where can I watch the World Cup in the UK?

As per usual, the broadcast rights for all World Cup matches on today have been split with the majority airing on BBC today, with the exception of the early morning matches which will be on ITV or ITVX.

Here is where you can watch each of today’s World Cup games in the UK:

• Ecuador vs Germany — Live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8.30pm.
• Curacao vs Ivory Coast — Live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 8.50pm.
• Japan vs Sweden — Live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 11.50pm
• Tunisia vs Netherlands — Live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 11.50pm or on BBC One Scotland from 11.55pm.
• Turkey vs USA —Live on ITV1 and ITVX or on STV and STV Player from 2.30am.
• Paraguay vs Australia — Live on ITV4 and ITVX or STV Player from 2.30am.

You can also tune into BBC Radio 5 Live for coverage of the various Group E , F and D matches.

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World Cup 2026: The full list of remaining group fixtures

If you want to plan which matches to watch, here is the full list of group stage fixtures which have yet to be played:

Friday, June 26

• Norway vs France — Kick off at 8pm, Foxborough, USA [Group I]
• Senegal vs Iraq — Kick off at 8pm, Toronto, Canada [Group I]

Saturday, June 27

• Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia — Kick off at 1am, Houston, USA [Group H]
• Uruguay vs Spain — Kick off at 1am, Zapopan, Mexico [Group H]
• New Zealand vs Belgium — Kick off at 4am, Vancouver, Canada [Group G]
• Egypt vs Iran — Kick off at 4am, Seattle, USA [Group G]
• Panama vs England — Kick off at 10pm, New Jersey, USA [Group L]
• Croatia vs Ghana — Kick off at 10pm, Philadelphia, USA [Group L]

Sunday, June 28

• Colombia vs Portugal — Kick off at 12.30am, Miami, USA [Group K]
• DR Congo vs Uzbekistan — Kick off at 12.30am, Atlanta, USA [Group K]
• Algeria vs Austria — Kick off at 3am, Kansas City, USA [Group J]
• Jordan vs Argentina — Kick off at 3am, Arlington, USA [Group J]

The full list of matches and more information can be found on the official FIFA website.