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World Cup 2026 Group I draw: Updated teams, match schedule, fixtures, stadiums and odds

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is closer than ever, and the final preparations are underway for the biggest World Cup in history.

The tournament will quite literally be bigger than ever before, as the field has expanded from 32 teams in 2022 to 48 in 2026. The knockout stage is now made up of 32 teams, and the tournament as a whole features more than 100 matches.

Six of those matches will take place inside Group I, with as little as two and as many as three of the group's four teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Here's a complete guide to Group I's four teams and match schedule for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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World Cup Group I schedule

Group I table

Pos	Team	PTS	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
1.	I1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	I2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	I3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	I4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group I fixtures

Date	Time (ET)	Match	Location
Tue, June 16			MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Tue, June 16			Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
Mon, June 22			MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Mon, June 22			Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, PA)
Fri, June 26			Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
Fri, June 26			BMO Field (Toronto, CAN)

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World Cup Group I teams

This section will be updated when the draw is complete and the teams are revealed.

World Cup Group I odds and predictions

Here are the odds for each team in Group I to win and qualify from the group, with odds courtesy of DraftKings. These odds will be updated once the draw is complete.

Team	Group Winner	To Qualify	Win title
I1
I2
I3
I4

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World Cup 2026 bracket for Group I

The winner of Group I will enter the knockout stage bracket on the top half, scheduled to take on a third-place qualifier from either Group C, D, F, G or H.

The Group I runner-up enters the bottom half of the bracket and will meet the Group E runner-up.

The third-place finisher in Group I has six potential landing spots in the bracket, but only eight groups will have a third-place qualifier for the knockout stage.

Until all third-place qualifiers are known, it is impossible to predict where or when they could potentially play because there are 495 mathematical combinations of third place qualifiers. 330 of them involve a team from Group I. All of these have been spelled out in advance, and every potential outcome can be found in Annex C (pg. 80) of the 2026 FIFA World Cup regulations.

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Round of 32

Date	Match	Location
Sun, Jun. 28	M1: 2nd, Group A vs. 2nd, Group B	SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA)
Mon, Jun. 29	M2: 1st, Group E vs. 3rd place finisher	Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA)
Mon, Jun. 29	M3: 1st, Group F vs. 2nd, Group C	Estadio BBVA (Guadalupe, MEX)
Mon, Jun. 29	M4: 1st, Group C vs. 2nd, Group F	NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)
Tue, Jun. 30	M5: 1st, Group I vs. 3rd place finisher	MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Tue, Jun. 30	M6: 2nd, Group E vs. 2nd, Group I	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
Tue, Jun. 30	M7: 1st, Group A vs. 3rd place finisher	Estadio Azteca (Mexico City, MEX)
Wed, Jul. 1	M8: 1st, Group L vs. 3rd place finisher	Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Wed, Jul. 1	M9: 1st, Group D vs. 3rd place finisher	Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, CA)
Wed, Jul. 1	M10: 1st, Group G vs. 3rd place finisher	Lumen Field (Seattle, WA)
Thu, Jul. 2	M11: 2nd, Group K vs. 2nd, Group L	BMO Field (Toronto, CAN)
Thu, Jul. 2	M12: 1st, Group H vs. 2nd, Group J	SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA)
Thu, Jul. 2	M13: 1st, Group B vs. 3rd place finisher	BC Place (Vancouver, CAN)
Fri, Jul. 3	M14: 1st, Group J vs. 2nd, Group H	Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL)
Fri, Jul. 3	M15: 1st, Group K vs. 3rd place finisher	Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
Fr, Jul. 3	M16: 2nd, Group D vs. 2nd, Group G	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)

Round of 16

Date	Match	Location
Sat, Jul. 4	M1: Winner, R32 M2 vs. Winner, R32 M5	Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, PA)
Sat, Jul. 4	M2: Winner, R32 M1 vs. Winner, R32 M3	NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)
Sun, Jul. 5	M3: Winner, R32 M4 vs. Winner, R32 M6	MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Sun, Jul. 5	M4: Winner, R32 M7 vs. Winner, R32 M8	Estadio Azteca (Mexico City, MEX)
Mon, Jul. 6	M5: Winner, R32 M11 vs. Winner, R32 M12	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
Mon, Jul. 6	M6: Winner, R32 M9 vs. Winner, R32 M10	Lumen Field (Seattle, WA)
Tue, Jul. 7	M7: Winner, R32 M14 vs. Winner, R32 M16	Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Tue, Jul. 7	M8: Winner, R32 M13 vs. Winner, R32 M15	BC Place (Vancouver, CAN)

Quarterfinals

Date	Match	Location
Thu, Jul. 9	QF1: Winner, R16 M1 vs. Winner, R16 M2	Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA)
Fri, Jul. 10	QF2: Winner, R16 M5 vs. Winner, R16 M6	SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA)
Sat, Jul. 11	QF3: Winner, R16 M3 vs. Winner, R16 M4	Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL)
Sat, Jul. 11	QF4: Winner, R16 M7 vs. Winner, R16 M8	Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO)

Semifinals

Date	Match	Location
Tue, Jul. 14	SF1: Winner, QF1 vs. Winner, QF2	AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
Wed, Jul. 15	SF2: Winner, QF3 vs. Winner, QF4	Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)

Third place match

Date	Match	Location
Sat, Jul. 18	Loser, SF1 vs. Loser, SF2	Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL)

Final

Date	Match	Location
Sun, Jul. 19	Winner, SF1 vs. Winner, SF2	MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)