Semi-final · Match 102
W99 vs W100
3:00 PM EDT · Mercedes-Benz Stadium · Atlanta
W99 vs W100 kicks off at 3:00 PM EDT on July 15, 2026 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
The second semi-final of the FIFA World Cup 2026 takes place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (71,000 capacity) in Atlanta on July 15, 2026, with kickoff at 3:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) as the winners of quarter-finals 3 and 4 compete for a place in the World Cup final.
The day after the Dallas semi-final, the second finalist is decided. Atlanta hosts the match that completes the final lineup, and by 3:00 PM EDT on July 15, the tournament has its two participants for MetLife Stadium on July 19. The winner of today’s match will have four days to prepare for the most watched single sporting event on the planet. The loser will be in Miami on July 18 for the third-place match, which is its own specific psychological challenge: a meaningful fixture that is not the one they came here to play.
Atlanta’s World Cup began as a debut. Mercedes-Benz Stadium was new to FIFA tournament football; the city itself had not hosted a men’s World Cup match. Now, at the semi-final, Atlanta hosts its most significant football occasion. The aperture roof opens and closes on a stadium that has become, across six weeks of the 2026 tournament, one of its most important locations. Five group stage matches, a round of 32, a round of 16, and now a semi-final: eight matches, the joint-highest in the competition, the final fixture being the one that decides half of the July 19 final.
When is this match? A 3:00 PM EDT kickoff means 8:00 PM BST in London, 9:00 PM CEST in Paris, 4:00 AM JST the following morning in Tokyo, 5:00 AM AEST in Sydney, 4:00 PM BRT in Sao Paulo, and 12:30 AM IST in Mumbai. European viewers get a Wednesday prime-time semi-final. Check Atlanta time for local scheduling.
The winner of quarter-final 3 came through Kansas City. The winner of quarter-final 4 came through Los Angeles. These teams have had five days of recovery since their quarter-finals, the longest rest period of the entire tournament. By July 15, the squads that managed their fitness across six weeks of competition separate themselves from those who spent everything earlier.
Second semi-final of the 2026 World Cup: Atlanta closing the final lineup, 71,000 inside, and two nations playing the match that determines whether they go to New York or Miami.