Uruguay vs Cape Verde kicks off at 6:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) on June 21, 2026 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami. This is a Group H second-matchday fixture at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Kickoff times around the world

Who gets a comfortable window?

Miami’s 6:00 PM EDT Sunday evening kickoff suits the local crowd and the large South American community in South Florida. Montevideo (UTC-3) watches at 7:00 PM local time, excellent for Uruguayan fans. Praia, Cape Verde (UTC-1 in summer) catches kickoff at 9:00 PM local time, a late Sunday evening but fully within reason for Cape Verde’s supporters. London at 11:00 PM BST is late. Paris crosses midnight CEST. Tokyo and Sydney land in the morning, at 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM respectively.

Historical context

Uruguay is a two-time World Cup winner with one of South America’s most passionate football cultures relative to its population size. Matches that fall in comfortable Montevideo evening windows consistently draw high per-capita television ratings. The 7:00 PM Montevideo window here is nearly ideal. Cape Verde, appearing at only their first World Cup, will watch this match in whatever timezone they find themselves: for a debutant nation, the kickoff time is a secondary concern to the historic occasion itself.

Check current time in Montevideo at whatisthetime.now/montevideo and in Praia at whatisthetime.now/praia.

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