Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 TV Schedule

Senegal viewers can follow every World Cup kickoff in GMT, with New World TV leading the local route as Les Lions open Group I against France.

Arshad Sial By Arshad Sial

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Senegal has a clear World Cup 2026 route because New World TV is the main confirmed broadcaster in the local market. FIFA's Sub-Saharan rights deal puts Senegal inside the New World TV package, and the existing Senegal broadcasting coverage already points viewers to that route for television and digital access. The Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 TV schedule matters because Les Lions open with one of the most watched African fixtures of the group stage. One local page now keeps the channels, kickoffs, and full tournament table together.

France vs Senegal starts at 7:00 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, June 16. Norway vs Senegal follows at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Tuesday, June 23, and Senegal vs Iraq closes the group at 7:00 p.m. GMT on Friday, June 26. Those dates are easier to track with the FIFA World Cup 2026 match schedule. One Senegal schedule now answers the local TV question without another search.

Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 — Quick Facts

Key InfoDetail
Official broadcasterNew World TV
TV channelNew World TV (main official route in Senegal, with the regional free-match window still checked match by match)
Streaming platformOfficial New World TV digital platforms
Free or paidMixed access — selected free matches in the regional package, with wider tournament coverage through New World TV
Matches coveredAll 104 matches
Commentary languageFrench and selected local-language feeds
Opening match kickoffJune 11, 2026 — Mexico vs South Africa — 7:00 p.m. GMT — Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City
World Cup FinalJuly 19, 2026 — 7:00 p.m. GMT — New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford
Senegal team qualifiedYes
Senegal team groupGroup I

How to Watch FIFA World Cup 2026 in Senegal — TV and Online

On TV — New World TV

New World TV is the television route Senegal viewers should check first for World Cup 2026. The wider rights picture is already clear because Senegal sits inside FIFA's confirmed Sub-Saharan package, yet the daily free-match allocation still needs checking before each fixture. That leaves one main broadcaster and one practical habit. Open the official listing before kickoff instead of assuming every major match is free.

Online and Mobile — Official New World TV digital platforms

Official New World TV digital access is the main online answer for Senegal viewers on phones, tablets, browsers, and connected screens. That matters because the Norway match starts at 12:00 a.m. GMT and is harder to manage without a stable mobile or streaming route. Test the app or login before France vs Senegal because opening-night traffic should be heavy. Early checks also make it easier to switch screens when the schedule tightens.

Senegal FIFA World Cup 2026 Full Match Schedule

All times use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Matches run from June 11 to July 19, 2026.

Date Kickoff (GMT) Match Venue Group / Stage TV Channel
— GROUP STAGE (June 11 – June 27, 2026) —
Thursday, June 11 7:00 PM GMT Mexico vs South Africa Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City Group A New World TV
Friday, June 12 2:00 AM GMT Korea Republic vs Czechia Guadalajara Stadium, Guadalajara Group A New World TV
Friday, June 12 7:00 PM GMT Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Toronto Stadium, Toronto Group B New World TV
Saturday, June 13 1:00 AM GMT USA vs Paraguay Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Group D New World TV
Saturday, June 13 7:00 PM GMT Qatar vs Switzerland San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Group B New World TV
Saturday, June 13 10:00 PM GMT Brazil vs Morocco New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Group C New World TV
Sunday, June 14 1:00 AM GMT Haiti vs Scotland Boston Stadium, Foxborough Group C New World TV
Sunday, June 14 4:00 AM GMT Australia vs Türkiye BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Group D New World TV
Sunday, June 14 5:00 PM GMT Germany vs Curaçao Houston Stadium, Houston Group E New World TV
Sunday, June 14 8:00 PM GMT Netherlands vs Japan Dallas Stadium, Dallas Group F New World TV
Sunday, June 14 11:00 PM GMT Côte d'Ivoire vs Ecuador Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Group E New World TV
Monday, June 15 2:00 AM GMT Sweden vs Tunisia Monterrey Stadium, Monterrey Group F New World TV
Monday, June 15 4:00 PM GMT Spain vs Cabo Verde Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Group H New World TV
Monday, June 15 7:00 PM GMT Belgium vs Egypt Seattle Stadium, Seattle Group G New World TV
Monday, June 15 10:00 PM GMT Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Miami Stadium, Miami Group H New World TV
Tuesday, June 16 1:00 AM GMT IR Iran vs New Zealand Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Group G New World TV
Tuesday, June 16 7:00 PM GMT France vs Senegal New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Group I New World TV
Tuesday, June 16 10:00 PM GMT Iraq vs Norway Boston Stadium, Foxborough Group I New World TV
Wednesday, June 17 1:00 AM GMT Argentina vs Algeria Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Group J New World TV
Wednesday, June 17 4:00 AM GMT Austria vs Jordan San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Group J New World TV
Wednesday, June 17 5:00 PM GMT Portugal vs Congo DR Houston Stadium, Houston Group K New World TV
Wednesday, June 17 8:00 PM GMT England vs Croatia Dallas Stadium, Dallas Group L New World TV
Wednesday, June 17 11:00 PM GMT Ghana vs Panama Toronto Stadium, Toronto Group L New World TV
Thursday, June 18 2:00 AM GMT Uzbekistan vs Colombia Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City Group K New World TV
Thursday, June 18 4:00 PM GMT Czechia vs South Africa Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Group A New World TV
Thursday, June 18 7:00 PM GMT Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Group B New World TV
Thursday, June 18 10:00 PM GMT Canada vs Qatar BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Group B New World TV
Friday, June 19 1:00 AM GMT Mexico vs Korea Republic Guadalajara Stadium, Guadalajara Group A New World TV
Friday, June 19 7:00 PM GMT USA vs Australia Seattle Stadium, Seattle Group D New World TV
Friday, June 19 10:00 PM GMT Scotland vs Morocco Boston Stadium, Foxborough Group C New World TV
Saturday, June 20 12:30 AM GMT Brazil vs Haiti Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Group C New World TV
Saturday, June 20 3:00 AM GMT Türkiye vs Paraguay San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Group D New World TV
Saturday, June 20 5:00 PM GMT Netherlands vs Sweden Houston Stadium, Houston Group F New World TV
Saturday, June 20 8:00 PM GMT Germany vs Côte d'Ivoire Toronto Stadium, Toronto Group E New World TV
Sunday, June 21 12:00 AM GMT Ecuador vs Curaçao Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Group E New World TV
Sunday, June 21 4:00 AM GMT Tunisia vs Japan Monterrey Stadium, Monterrey Group F New World TV
Sunday, June 21 4:00 PM GMT Spain vs Saudi Arabia Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Group H New World TV
Sunday, June 21 7:00 PM GMT Belgium vs IR Iran Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Group G New World TV
Sunday, June 21 10:00 PM GMT Uruguay vs Cabo Verde Miami Stadium, Miami Group H New World TV
Monday, June 22 1:00 AM GMT New Zealand vs Egypt BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Group G New World TV
Monday, June 22 5:00 PM GMT Argentina vs Austria Dallas Stadium, Dallas Group J New World TV
Monday, June 22 9:00 PM GMT France vs Iraq Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Group I New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 12:00 AM GMT Norway vs Senegal New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Group I New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 3:00 AM GMT Jordan vs Algeria San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Group J New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 5:00 PM GMT Portugal vs Uzbekistan Houston Stadium, Houston Group K New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 8:00 PM GMT England vs Ghana Boston Stadium, Foxborough Group L New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 11:00 PM GMT Panama vs Croatia Toronto Stadium, Toronto Group L New World TV
Wednesday, June 24 2:00 AM GMT Colombia vs Congo DR Guadalajara Stadium, Guadalajara Group K New World TV
Wednesday, June 24 7:00 PM GMT Switzerland vs Canada BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Group B New World TV
Wednesday, June 24 7:00 PM GMT Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Qatar Seattle Stadium, Seattle Group B New World TV
Wednesday, June 24 10:00 PM GMT Scotland vs Brazil Miami Stadium, Miami Group C New World TV
Wednesday, June 24 10:00 PM GMT Morocco vs Haiti Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Group C New World TV
Thursday, June 25 1:00 AM GMT Czechia vs Mexico Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City Group A New World TV
Thursday, June 25 1:00 AM GMT South Africa vs Korea Republic Monterrey Stadium, Monterrey Group A New World TV
Thursday, June 25 8:00 PM GMT Curaçao vs Côte d'Ivoire Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Group E New World TV
Thursday, June 25 8:00 PM GMT Ecuador vs Germany New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Group E New World TV
Thursday, June 25 11:00 PM GMT Japan vs Sweden Dallas Stadium, Dallas Group F New World TV
Thursday, June 25 11:00 PM GMT Tunisia vs Netherlands Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Group F New World TV
Friday, June 26 2:00 AM GMT Türkiye vs USA Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Group D New World TV
Friday, June 26 2:00 AM GMT Paraguay vs Australia San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Group D New World TV
Friday, June 26 7:00 PM GMT Norway vs France Boston Stadium, Foxborough Group I New World TV
Friday, June 26 7:00 PM GMT Senegal vs Iraq Toronto Stadium, Toronto Group I New World TV
Saturday, June 27 12:00 AM GMT Cabo Verde vs Saudi Arabia Houston Stadium, Houston Group H New World TV
Saturday, June 27 12:00 AM GMT Uruguay vs Spain Guadalajara Stadium, Guadalajara Group H New World TV
Saturday, June 27 3:00 AM GMT Egypt vs IR Iran Seattle Stadium, Seattle Group G New World TV
Saturday, June 27 3:00 AM GMT New Zealand vs Belgium BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Group G New World TV
Saturday, June 27 9:00 PM GMT Panama vs England New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Group L New World TV
Saturday, June 27 9:00 PM GMT Croatia vs Ghana Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Group L New World TV
Saturday, June 27 11:30 PM GMT Colombia vs Portugal Miami Stadium, Miami Group K New World TV
Saturday, June 27 11:30 PM GMT Congo DR vs Uzbekistan Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Group K New World TV
Sunday, June 28 2:00 AM GMT Algeria vs Austria Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Group J New World TV
Sunday, June 28 2:00 AM GMT Jordan vs Argentina Dallas Stadium, Dallas Group J New World TV
— ROUND OF 32 (June 28 – July 3, 2026) —
Sunday, June 28 7:00 PM GMT Group A runners-up vs Group B runners-up Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Round of 32 New World TV
Monday, June 29 5:00 PM GMT Group C winners vs Group F runners-up Houston Stadium, Houston Round of 32 New World TV
Monday, June 29 8:30 PM GMT Group E winners vs Group A/B/C/D/F third place Boston Stadium, Foxborough Round of 32 New World TV
Tuesday, June 30 1:00 AM GMT Group F winners vs Group C runners-up Monterrey Stadium, Monterrey Round of 32 New World TV
Tuesday, June 30 5:00 PM GMT Group E runners up vs Group I runners-up Dallas Stadium, Dallas Round of 32 New World TV
Tuesday, June 30 9:00 PM GMT Group I winners vs Group C/D/F/G/H third place New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Round of 32 New World TV
Wednesday, July 1 1:00 AM GMT Group A winners vs Group C/E/F/H/I third place Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City Round of 32 New World TV
Wednesday, July 1 4:00 PM GMT Group L winners vs Group E/H/I/J/K third place Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Round of 32 New World TV
Wednesday, July 1 8:00 PM GMT Group G winners vs Group A/E/H/I/J third place Seattle Stadium, Seattle Round of 32 New World TV
Thursday, July 2 12:00 AM GMT Group D winners vs Group B/E/F/I/J third place San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara Round of 32 New World TV
Thursday, July 2 7:00 PM GMT Group H winners vs Group J runners-up Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Round of 32 New World TV
Thursday, July 2 11:00 PM GMT Group K runners-up vs Group L runners-up Toronto Stadium, Toronto Round of 32 New World TV
Friday, July 3 3:00 AM GMT Group B winners vs Group E/F/G/I/J third place BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Round of 32 New World TV
Friday, July 3 6:00 PM GMT Group D runners-up vs Group G runners-up Dallas Stadium, Dallas Round of 32 New World TV
Friday, July 3 10:00 PM GMT Group J winners vs Group H runners-up Miami Stadium, Miami Round of 32 New World TV
Saturday, July 4 1:30 AM GMT Group K winners vs Group D/E/I/J/L third place Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Round of 32 New World TV
— ROUND OF 16 (July 4 – July 7, 2026) —
Saturday, July 4 5:00 PM GMT Winner match 73 vs Winner match 75 Houston Stadium, Houston Round of 16 New World TV
Saturday, July 4 9:00 PM GMT Winner match 74 vs Winner match 77 Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia Round of 16 New World TV
Sunday, July 5 8:00 PM GMT Winner match 76 vs Winner match 78 New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Round of 16 New World TV
Monday, July 6 12:00 AM GMT Winner match 79 vs Winner match 80 Mexico City Stadium, Mexico City Round of 16 New World TV
Monday, July 6 7:00 PM GMT Winner match 83 vs Winner match 84 Dallas Stadium, Dallas Round of 16 New World TV
Tuesday, July 7 12:00 AM GMT Winner match 81 vs Winner match 82 Seattle Stadium, Seattle Round of 16 New World TV
Tuesday, July 7 4:00 PM GMT Winner match 86 vs Winner match 88 Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Round of 16 New World TV
Tuesday, July 7 8:00 PM GMT Winner match 85 vs Winner match 87 BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver Round of 16 New World TV
— QUARTER-FINALS (July 9 – July 11, 2026) —
Thursday, July 9 8:00 PM GMT Winner match 89 vs Winner match 90 Boston Stadium, Foxborough Quarter-final New World TV
Friday, July 10 7:00 PM GMT Winner match 93 vs Winner match 94 Los Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles Quarter-final New World TV
Saturday, July 11 9:00 PM GMT Winner match 91 vs Winner match 92 Miami Stadium, Miami Quarter-final New World TV
Sunday, July 12 1:00 AM GMT Winner match 95 vs Winner match 96 Kansas City Stadium, Kansas City Quarter-final New World TV
— SEMI-FINALS (July 14 – July 15, 2026) —
Tuesday, July 14 7:00 PM GMT Winner match 97 vs Winner match 98 Dallas Stadium, Dallas Semi-final New World TV
Wednesday, July 15 7:00 PM GMT Winner match 99 vs Winner match 100 Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta Semi-final New World TV
— THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF (July 18, 2026) —
Saturday, July 18 9:00 PM GMT Runner-up match 101 vs Runner-up match 102 Miami Stadium, Miami Third-place playoff New World TV
— FINAL (July 19, 2026) —
Sunday, July 19 7:00 PM GMT Winner match 101 vs Winner match 102 New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford Final New World TV

Senegal Team at FIFA World Cup 2026

Senegal sit in Group I — FIFA World Cup 2026 with France, Norway, and Iraq. The Senegal squad open in East Rutherford against France, return to the same stadium for Norway, and close in Toronto against Iraq. That order gives Senegal two strong chances to shape the group before the last matchday pressure fully arrives. Group I should still stay live deep into June 26.

Date Kickoff (GMT) Match Venue TV Channel
Tuesday, June 16 7:00 p.m. GMT France vs Senegal New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford New World TV
Tuesday, June 23 12:00 a.m. GMT Norway vs Senegal New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford New World TV
Friday, June 26 7:00 p.m. GMT Senegal vs Iraq Toronto Stadium, Toronto New World TV

The local watch pattern is friendly twice and awkward once. France vs Senegal and Senegal vs Iraq both land at 7:00 p.m. GMT, which is a clean same-evening slot in Dakar. Norway vs Senegal is the only strain because it starts at 12:00 a.m. GMT. That means one late night in the middle of two easier prime-time windows.

Is FIFA World Cup 2026 Free in Senegal?

Senegal should be treated as a mixed World Cup 2026 market rather than a fully free one. FIFA confirms a 34-match free-to-air package across the Sub-Saharan agreement, yet the final Senegal match list still needs fixture-by-fixture confirmation. So some legal free coverage is expected, but the full 104-match tournament should not be assumed free.

If you mainly want Senegal matches, monitor the official daily listing closely because those fixtures are the most likely to attract local free-window demand. If you want broader day-to-day tournament access, keep New World TV's full route ready as well. The rights answer is already clear. The practical question is which matches sit inside the free daily selection.

FAQs

Where can I watch FIFA World Cup 2026 in Senegal?

Senegal viewers can watch World Cup 2026 through New World TV, with official digital access also tied to the same rights package.

Is FIFA World Cup 2026 free in Senegal?

Senegal has a partial free-match route because FIFA confirms a 34-match regional free package, but the full tournament should not be treated as completely free.

What time does Senegal play at World Cup 2026?

Senegal's group matches are set for 7:00 p.m. GMT on June 16, 12:00 a.m. GMT on June 23, and 7:00 p.m. GMT on June 26. Those fixtures are against France, Norway, and Iraq.

Which channel shows France vs Senegal on June 16?

France vs Senegal is part of the Senegal World Cup 2026 coverage led by New World TV, so local viewers should check that broadcaster's final listing before kickoff.

Can I stream FIFA World Cup 2026 on my phone in Senegal?

Yes, Senegal viewers should use the official New World TV digital route on mobile devices before each kickoff.

Senegal viewers already have a clear World Cup 2026 route because New World TV leads the local television and digital setup. Check the final listing before France vs Senegal and confirm the late Norway slot ahead of midnight kickoff. Use FIFA World Cup 2026 for the full Senegal schedule, confirmed GMT kickoffs, and live Group I tracking.

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