New Posts For Thread: World Cup KO times in 2026https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026If scheduled for 7pm local time in say California, then who's going to get up at 3am in the morning to watch England games ?^I mean you could use the "work" principle for anytime an England game has aired during working hours and yet they still draw many millions of viewers, and working hours today are more flexible than they've ever been in the past. In terms of school nhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564836619#564836619^I mean you could use the "work" principle for anytime an England game has aired during working hours and yet they still draw many millions of viewers, and working hours today are more flexible than they've ever been in the past. In terms of school nMon, 07 Jul 2025 12:24:43 -0500I mean you could use the "work" principle for anytime an England game has aired during working hours and yet they still draw many millions of viewers, and working hours today are more flexible than they've ever been in the past. In terms of school nihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564836617#564836617I mean you could use the "work" principle for anytime an England game has aired during working hours and yet they still draw many millions of viewers, and working hours today are more flexible than they've ever been in the past. In terms of school niMon, 07 Jul 2025 12:24:36 -0500Haven't they literally always done that, or at least in the last 20+ years that's how it's worked.FIFA won't care about heat concerns, they only care about what makes the most money.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564836613#564836613Haven't they literally always done that, or at least in the last 20+ years that's how it's worked.FIFA won't care about heat concerns, they only care about what makes the most money.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:21:39 -0500I feel it highly unlikely they will have games that will draw big TV audiences playing at unreasonable times for the home audience. They'll find a way to fudge it around so it'll be the likes of Ecuador v Uzbekistan playing at 3am our time.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564836563#564836563I feel it highly unlikely they will have games that will draw big TV audiences playing at unreasonable times for the home audience. They'll find a way to fudge it around so it'll be the likes of Ecuador v Uzbekistan playing at 3am our time.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:03:47 -0500https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/match-schedule-fixtures-results-teams-stadiums..No times yet of course, likely fitted aroundgroups when known, and then teamscan avoid venues etc by winningor losing grouphttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835737#564835737https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/match-schedule-fixtures-results-teams-stadiums..No times yet of course, likely fitted aroundgroups when known, and then teamscan avoid venues etc by winningor losing groupMon, 07 Jul 2025 06:40:46 -0500The fact that very few non US are going to go as a spectators (why would anyone risk arrest/deportation on entry due to posting a pic of an orange or whatever) means this could be the lowest viewed wc for a while. Imagine if FIFA lost money on this?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835491#564835491The fact that very few non US are going to go as a spectators (why would anyone risk arrest/deportation on entry due to posting a pic of an orange or whatever) means this could be the lowest viewed wc for a while. Imagine if FIFA lost money on this?Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:10:04 -05005 mil on a Monday night with people having to either get up for work or go to school......at 3am!because it's an expanded world cup with a lot more games, they going to have to find new slots, especially with heat and humdity concerns off of the bachttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835483#5648354835 mil on a Monday night with people having to either get up for work or go to school......at 3am!because it's an expanded world cup with a lot more games, they going to have to find new slots, especially with heat and humdity concerns off of the bacMon, 07 Jul 2025 04:05:26 -0500Higher than 1m, probably 4-5m if England actually played at 3am, but 3am is like the absolute worst possible time. My assumption like other is games won't air that late, I suspect around 1am will be the latest KO time. I mean an 8pm local time KO onhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835455#564835455Higher than 1m, probably 4-5m if England actually played at 3am, but 3am is like the absolute worst possible time. My assumption like other is games won't air that late, I suspect around 1am will be the latest KO time. I mean an 8pm local time KO onMon, 07 Jul 2025 03:27:34 -0500but what does plenty of people mean ?normally over 20 mil would watch an England game at a knockout tournament3 O'clock in the morning and I'm guessing it's less than 1 million especially if on a school night.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835441#564835441but what does plenty of people mean ?normally over 20 mil would watch an England game at a knockout tournament3 O'clock in the morning and I'm guessing it's less than 1 million especially if on a school night.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 03:22:57 -0500Plenty of people would stay up if England were on at 3am, albeit I'm not sure how many England games will be at that time. I suspect the bulk of games will be somewhere between 5-1am.It's not like it's the first World Cup to be like this, Japan/Southhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878465/world-cup-ko-times-in-2026?post_id=564835421#564835421Plenty of people would stay up if England were on at 3am, albeit I'm not sure how many England games will be at that time. I suspect the bulk of games will be somewhere between 5-1am.It's not like it's the first World Cup to be like this, Japan/SouthMon, 07 Jul 2025 03:13:01 -0500