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Levi's Stadium • San Francisco
16 Jun
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Levi's Stadium • San Francisco
22 Jun
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AT&T Stadium • Arlington
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Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City
16 Jun
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Levi's Stadium • San Francisco
22 Jun
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Levi's Stadium • San Francisco
27 Jun
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•9:00pm
AT&T Stadium • Arlington
Austria come into this Austria–Jordan showdown with a clear Central European identity: coordinated pressing, compact lines, quality on the ball and strict tactical discipline. It’s a style that has allowed them to go toe to toe with Europe’s heavyweights at recent Euros and in the Nations League. Jordan, meanwhile, embody the Asian national team that has earned respect through intensity, physicality and lightning-quick transitions, backed by the technical progress that has made them competitive at the Asian Cup against the continent’s traditional powerhouses. They’ve never faced each other at a World Cup, so the Levi’s Stadium will witness the birth of a brand-new rivalry: Europe vs Asia, tactics vs raw energy. In a World Cup group stage, one mistake can cost you a place in the last 16; every 50–50 ball in Santa Clara could be worth its weight in gold.
Austria missed out on Qatar 2022, but they arrive off the back of a strong cycle in Europe: an eye-catching run at Euro 2020 and demanding qualifiers, built around top-level names such as David Alaba, the leader at the back and in the build-up, Marcel Sabitzer and Konrad Laimer driving the midfield engine room, and the proven goalscoring instinct of Marko Arnautović. Jordan, for their part, have established themselves as one of Asia’s most awkward opponents, with notable performances at the Asian Cup and a generation led in attack by stars like Musa Al-Taamari and Yazan Al-Naimat. Seeing these two footballing worlds collide at a World Cup is the kind of chance that doesn’t come around often: either you live it from the stands, or you hear about it afterwards.
The Levi’s Stadium, in the San Francisco Bay Area, offers around 68,000 seats and a cutting-edge design, with two large tiers and a low stand that brings you right up close to the pitch, comparable to the best Champions venues. The lower side stands are the ideal “coaching box” if you want to follow the match like a manager; the ends are where the fan bases crank up the atmosphere, and the upper tier gives you a perfect panoramic view to watch how the teams’ lines shift and move. For now, FIFA has not yet definitively published the detailed price breakdown by zone for each stadium at the 2026 World Cup, but based on recent editions, it’s reasonable to expect more affordable categories starting in the tens of euros, and central or premium seats climbing into several hundred euros. In any case, the final price will depend on demand, the opponent and your exact location inside the stadium.