The Spanish and Argentine national teams will face each other in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday 19 July. The match will take place at the New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, USA, and will kick off at 22:00 Kyiv time. In Ukraine, the match will be broadcast exclusively on the MEGOGO platform.
Briefly about the main points
- The final between Spain and Argentina will take place on 19 July.
- The kick-off will be at 22:00 Kyiv time.
- The match will be held at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford.
- MEGOGO will be the sole broadcaster of the final in Ukraine.
- Slavko Vinčić has been appointed as the referee for the match.
Where and when to watch the match in Ukraine
The final will kick off at 15:00 Eastern Time, which is 22:00 in Kyiv. The match will be held at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. MEGOGO is the only service that will broadcast the match in Ukraine.
The championship’s closing ceremony will begin 90 minutes before the start of the final. During half-time, the first-ever half-time show in the history of the World Cup is scheduled to take place.
How the teams reached the decider
Spain reached the final after beating France 2–0 in the semi-final. Argentina beat England 2–1 in their semi-final. The English team went on to win the bronze medals at the tournament.
The Argentinians go into the match with a 100 per cent record at the World Cup. Should they win, they will become the fifth team to win all their matches in a single World Cup, notes FIFA.
Argentina have scored 19 goals in the tournament, whilst Spain have conceded just one. These statistics point to a final in which the tournament’s highest-scoring attack will face the most solid defence.
Titles, head-to-head record and referee
Argentina are the reigning world champions and will be competing for their fourth title. Spain have won the World Cup once — in 2010. Should they succeed, Spain will become the first country to hold both the men’s and women’s World Cup titles simultaneously.
This is the first time the two teams have met at the World Cup in 60 years. In 1966, Argentina beat Spain 2–1; since then, the two sides have only played each other in friendly matches. The last of these took place in 2010.
FIFA has appointed a 46-year-old Slovenian as the referee for the final Slavka Vinchich. This will be his first World Cup final as head referee.
The final match of the biggest World Cup
The match in East Rutherford will be the 104th and final match of the 2026 World Cup. For the first time, the tournament featured 48 national teams playing across 16 cities in the US, Canada and Mexico.
The teams scored a total of 307 goals in the tournament leading up to the final. The winning team’s federation will receive $51 million in prize money, whilst the losing finalist’s association will receive $34 million, according to the AP.
