As of June 26, 2026, FIFA’s official tournament page says the 2026 World Cup has 104 matches in total. The live coverage and fixture pages available today show the tournament is underway and group-stage games are still being played, but they don’t give a clean single “matches played so far” count in the accessible snippets.

Quick Scoop

  • Total matches scheduled: 104.
  • Matches played so far: the sources I could verify here do not expose one exact live total in the snippet, so I can’t give a precise count without risking inaccuracy.
  • Status: the tournament is active and groups are still being completed today.

What this means

Because the 2026 World Cup is still in progress, the exact number of matches played changes by the hour. The safest verified answer from the available sources is that the tournament is planned for 104 matches, while the current played count is not directly stated in the accessible page snippets.

If you want, I can help estimate the count from the current match schedule and completed rounds shown in the live sources.