Morocco

Morocco fans watch the 2026 World Cup from Casablanca (WET, UTC+1 in summer). Their Group C matches kick off between 23:00 and 00:00 local time, placing all three fixtures at the edge of midnight throughout the group stage.

What the schedule means for Moroccan fans

Morocco observes Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+1) during the summer months. Casablanca and Rabat sit 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time in June. The New York, Boston, and Atlanta East Coast venues translate their afternoon and evening US kickoffs into late-night Moroccan windows.

Group C local kickoff times in Casablanca

• June 13: vs Brazil at New York. 23:00 (Casablanca)
• June 19: vs Scotland at Boston. 23:00 (Casablanca)
• June 24: vs Haiti at Atlanta. 00:00 June 25 (Casablanca)

Late-night football for a country that knows midnight celebrations

Morocco’s 2022 World Cup campaign in Qatar produced late-night celebrations of a magnitude the country had never seen, as the Atlas Lions became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal. Cities across the country erupted after each victory regardless of the local hour. The 23:00 and midnight kickoffs in 2026 land in a country already primed for that kind of late-evening gathering.

Morocco’s enormous diaspora in France, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands watches from CEST, which is identical to Moroccan summer time. Every match at 23:00 in Casablanca is also 23:00 in Paris and Brussels, meaning the diaspora and home fans share the same late-night viewing window simultaneously.

Sub-Saharan African fans following Morocco from Lagos and Abidjan (both UTC+1 in summer) also watch at the same hours. Nairobi fans at UTC+3 face 01:00 and 02:00 starts.

Check Morocco time for live conversions throughout the tournament. For full match previews and analysis, see whensport.com.