{"id":55785,"date":"2026-07-15T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55785\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:42:08","slug":"how-to-watch-argentina-spain-final-closing-ceremony-of-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55785\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Watch Argentina-Spain Final, Closing Ceremony Of World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter 102 games across 16 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> has a final, with defending champion Argentina coming from behind for a 2-1 victory over England in Wednesday\u2019s semifinal to advance to the title game against Spain.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final matchup Sunday, July 19 at New York\/New Jersey Stadium in East Meadowlands, NJ., means one country will win its second World Cup trophy; Spain won in 2010, while Argentina and its star Leo Messi won its first title in 2022 in Qatar.<\/p>\n

\n\tArgentina booked its chance to defend its title after scoring two goals to erase a second-half deficit against England, which once again fell short of playing for a World Cup it won only once \u2014 60 years ago. Messi assisted on both goals today.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpain reached the final with a 2-0 victory over France in the other semifinal Tuesday; the latter country, a pre-tournament favorite, missed out by one game returning to the final for a third consecutive World Cup.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Spain-Argentina matchup pits the defending champions of Europe and South America in a World Cup final for the first time.<\/p>\n

\n\tSunday\u2019s final, on the 39th day of the 48-team tournament, will be celebrated with a closing ceremony ahead of kickoff, and a first-ever halftime show. See how to watch all of it below.<\/p>\n

\t\tThe Game\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final is certain to test viewership records in a tournament that has been a ratings hit<\/a> for U.S. English-language rights holder Fox<\/a>, which will be showing its 70th game on the network, and U.S. Spanish-language rights holder Telemundo<\/a>, which will be showing its 92nd game.<\/p>\n

\n\tFox will begin coverage with its pregame show at 1 p.m. ET\/10 a.m. PT, with kickoff scheduled for 3 p.m. ET\/noon PT. The game will air on Fox, Fox One and the Fox Sports app, and on Telemundo and streaming in Spanish on Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\tClosing Ceremony\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ceremony will take place before the final, with FIFA saying it begins 90 minutes head of kickoff.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo far, the list of performers features Post Malone<\/a>, who was announced July 15 as the headliner. Previously, Tom Cruise<\/a>, Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, Robbie Williams and YouTuber IShowSpeed were revealed as being part of the festivities.<\/p>\n

\n\tJennifer Hudson has been tapped to sing the pregame national anthem.<\/p>\n

\t\tHalftime Show\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a> Final Halftime Show is a first for a halftime show at a World Cup. Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin curated the show, which will be headlined by Madonna<\/a>, Shakira, BTS and Justin Bieber. Characters from The Muppets will also feature.<\/p>\n

\n\tFIFA says more performers will be announced.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show is being produced by Global Citizen in partnership with\u00a0Live Nation and Done\u00a0+\u00a0Dusted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 102 games across 16 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11960,13326,23299,23300,17,23301,23302,369,3003],"class_list":["post-55785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-fox","tag-madonna","tag-peacock","tag-post-malone","tag-spain","tag-telemundo","tag-tom-cruise","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}