{"id":1403934,"date":"2026-06-11T15:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/2026-world-cup-opening-ceremony-start-time-and-where-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:43:52","slug":"2026-world-cup-opening-ceremony-start-time-and-where-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/2026-world-cup-opening-ceremony-start-time-and-where-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup Opening Ceremony: Start Time and Where to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"1104\"><strong>The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first ever tournament to feature 48 teams, kicks off today, June 11. The official opening ceremony will be held before the opening match between Mexico and South Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1297\"> The main show will be held at the legendary Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The ceremony will start at 8:30 p.m. Kyiv time, and its main star will be Shakira.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1415\"> The first match of the tournament will start at 10:00 PM, in which the hosts of the championship &#8211; the Mexican national team &#8211; will play against the South African team.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1561\"> Ukrainian fans will be able to watch both the opening ceremony and the opening match on the <strong>MEGOGO<\/strong> platform, which broadcasts the World Cup in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1734\"> The 2026 World Cup will be the largest World Cup in football history. The tournament will be hosted by three countries &#8211; Mexico, the United States and Canada, and fans will see a total of 104 matches.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1933\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> This will also be the first time FIFA will hold three opening ceremonies, one in each host country, but the Mexico City show will be the main event of the tournament. <\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"1012\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first ever tournament to feature 48 teams, kicks off today, June 11. The official opening ceremony will be held before the opening match between Mexico and South Africa. The main show will be held at the legendary Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The ceremony will start at 8:30 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1403922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76895,77323],"class_list":["post-1403934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-sports","category-fifa-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1403922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}