{"id":55872,"date":"2026-07-16T02:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55872\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:09:08","slug":"how-to-watch-argentina-spain-final-closing-ceremony-of-world-cup-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55872\/","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 Spain could win its second World Cup after triumphing in 2010, while Argentina and its star Leo Messi could defend the title they won in 2022 in Qatar. Argentina also won in 1986 and 1978.<\/p>\n

\n\tArgentina booked its chance to defend its title after scoring two late goals, including one in stoppage time, to erase a deficit against England, which again fell short of playing for a World Cup it won only once \u2014 60 years ago. Messi assisted on both goals in the game.<\/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

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\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\tRELATED: World Cup Ratings Were Supposed To Be Big, But Thi<\/a>s<\/a> Big?! Fox & Telemundo Execs On The Secrets To The Surge<\/a><\/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 ahead 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\tRELATED: USMNT\u2019s World Cup Exit Scores Historic Ratings With 33M Viewers \u2013 Update<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tJennifer Hudson has been tapped to sing the pregame U.S. 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 also will 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

\n\tRELATED: Jayden Adams Dies: South African Soccer Pro Who Played 2026 FIFA World Cup Was 25<\/a><\/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-55872","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\/55872","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=55872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55872\/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=55872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}