{"id":31993,"date":"2025-12-06T13:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=31993"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:12:50","slug":"algerias-world-cup-2026-group-stage-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=31993","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s World Cup 2026 Group Stage Schedule Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the draw for the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Algeria has been placed in Group J alongside Argentina, Austria, and Jordan. The Algerian national team, known as <em>Les Fennecs<\/em>, now have a clearer picture of their path in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>While the full match schedule, including specific stadiums and kickoff times, will be released at a later date by FIFA, it has been confirmed that Algeria will play all of their group stage matches on American soil. <\/p>\n<p>Group J matches will be held in three US cities: Kansas City, San Francisco, and Dallas. The specific stadiums within these cities that will host each match are yet to be determined by FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria will begin their World Cup campaign with a challenging match against reigning champions Argentina on June 16th. They will then face Jordan on June 22nd. The group stage will conclude with a match against Austria on June 27th.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian team&#8217;s participation in the 2026 World Cup is highly anticipated by fans across the country. The draw presents both opportunities and challenges, and <strong>Les Fennecs<\/strong> will need to be at their best to progress to the knockout stages. Stay tuned to DZWatch for further updates on the World Cup schedule and team preparations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the draw for the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Algeria has been placed in Group J alongside Argentina, Austria, and Jordan. The Algerian national team, known as Les Fennecs, now have a clearer picture of their path in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><...\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":29,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31995,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31993\/revisions\/31995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}