Several of our sister cities’ countries are participating in the 
FIFA World Cup 2026; 🇪🇬 Egypt; 🇯🇵 Japan; 🇰🇷 South Korea; and two countries from the Kingdom of the Netherlands : 🇳🇱 The Netherlands and 🇨🇼 Curaçao!
There are several rounds in the World Cup. The first round (the group stage) is June 11- 27, with 48 teams competing in matches. They will be narrowed down to 32 teams who will compete in the knockout phase between June 28-July 3. The remaining 16 teams will compete July 4-7; after that are the quarterfinals July 9-11, semifinals July 14-15, and the final match on July 19.
Group stage matches for our sister countries:
Thursday June 11:
• South Korea vs Czechia – at 10pm ET
Sunday June 14:
• Curaçao vs Germany – at 1pm ET
• Netherlands vs Japan – at 4pm ET
(Watch parties for Netherlands & Curaçao: Elephant & Castle DC – 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, organized by DC Dutch)
Monday June 15:
• Egypt vs Belgium – at 3pm ET
(Watch party: 3pm ET: Fava Pot – The Boro 8350 Broad ST, Tysons, VA 22102)
Thursday June 18:
• South Korea vs Mexico – at 9pm ET
(Watch parties for all South Korea group matches: Messiah Presbyterian Church of Washington in Annandale RSVPs are required.)
Saturday June 20:
• Netherlands vs Sweden – at 1pm ET
• Curaçao vs Ecuador – at 8pm ET
(Watch parties for Netherlands & Curaçao: Elephant & Castle DC – 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, organized by DC Dutch)
Sunday June 21:
• Japan vs Tunisia – at 12am ET
• Egypt vs New Zealand – at 9pm ET
Wednesday June 24:
• South Korea vs South Africa – at 9pm ET
(Watch party: Washington Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville)
Thursday June 25:
• Curaçao vs Côte d’Ivoire – at 4pm ET
• Netherlands vs Tunisia – at 7pm ET
(Watch parties for Netherlands & Curaçao: Elephant & Castle DC – 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, organized by DC Dutch)
• Japan vs Sweden – at 7pm ET
Friday June 26:
• Egypt vs Iran – at 11pm ET
