# 2026 in sports

2026 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## Calendar by month
### January

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 19 | American football | 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship | Domestic | |
| 18–February 1 | Tennis | 2026 Australian Open | Domestic | |

### February

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status |
| 6−22 | Winter Olympic Games | 2026 Winter Olympics | International |
| 8 | American football | Super Bowl LX | Domestic |
| 15 | Basketball | 2026 NBA All-Star Game | Domestic |

### March

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status |
| 6−15 | Winter Paralympic Games | 2026 Winter Paralympics | International |
| 17–6 April | Basketball | 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament | Domestic |
| 20–5 April | Basketball | 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament | Domestic |
| 24–29 April | Figure Skating | 2026 World Figure Skating Championships | International |

### April

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 8-12 | Equestrian | 2026 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage) | International | |
| 23–25 | American football | 2026 NFL draft | Domestic | |

### May

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 24–7 June | Tennis | 2026 French Open | Domestic World Cup | |

### June

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status |
| 24–25 | Ice hockey | 2026 NHL entry draft | Domestic |
| 25 | Basketball | 2026 NBA draft | Domestic |
| 11–July 19 | Association Football | 2026 FIFA World Cup | International |

### July

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |

### August

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner |

### September

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |

### October

| Date | Sport | Event/Venue | Status | Winner/s |

### November

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |

### December

| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |

## American football
### National Football League

* February 1: 2026 Pro Bowl Games in TBD
* February 8: Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California
* April 23–25: 2026 NFL draft in TBD

## Association football
### FIFA World Cups

* 11 June–19 July: 2026 FIFA World Cup (co-host United States/ Canada/ Mexico)
* 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland
* 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco
* 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar
* 2026 FIFA Series in TBA
* 2026 Finalissima
* 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup in TBA

### CONMEBOL

* 2026 Superclásico de las Américas in Tokyo, Japan

### Club competitions

* 2026 Copa Libertadores TBA
* 2026 Copa Sudamericana TBA
* 2026 Recopa Sudamericana in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

### AFC

* 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia
* 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup in Indonesia
* 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia

### UEFA

* 20 May: 2026 UEFA Europa League final in Istanbul, Turkey
* 30 May: 2026 UEFA Champions League final in Budapest, Hungary
* 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final in Oslo, Norway
* 2026 UEFA Conference League final in TBA

### Futsal

* TBD: UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 in Latvia and Lithuania

## Baseball

* If the Los Angeles Dodgers are still playing in their current city, they will have been playing in Los Angeles longer than in their original home in Brooklyn.
* 2026 World Baseball Classic ( Japan/ Puerto Rico/ United States)
* 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

## Basketball

* TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey
* TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Czech Republic

### National Basketball Association

* February 15: 2026 NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California
* June 25: 2026 NBA draft
* October 21st, 2025 – April 12th, 2026: 2025–26 NBA season

### National Collegiate Athletic Association

* March 17–April 5: 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
* March 20–April 4: 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

## Cricket

* ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka
* ICC Women's T20 World Cup in England and Wales

## Handball

* 15 January – 1 February 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
* 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey
* 2026 Handball World Club Challenge in Croatia

## Ice hockey
### National Hockey League

* October 2025 – April 2026: 2025–26 NHL season
* March 2026: 2026 National Hockey League All-Star Game

## Multi-sport events

* 6–22 February: 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
* 6–15 March: 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
* 19 September–4 October: 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan
* 23 July-2 August: 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland
* 27 June–5 July: 2026 Gay Games in Valencia, Spain
* 13–22 June: 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto
* 31 October–13 November: 2026 Summer Youth Olympics, in Dakar, Senegal