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FIFA International Match Calendar

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The FIFA International Match Calendar (sometimes abbreviated as the FIFA Calendar) is an outline agreement between FIFA, the six continental football confederations, the European Club Association, and FIFPro,[1] which sets out which dates can be used for "official" and "friendly" international matches. Individual periods of these dates are commonly referred to as "international breaks".

The current dates are within five windows: in March, June, September, October, and November. The match calendar also determines when international competitions such as the AFC Asian Cup, Africa Cup of Nations, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, OFC Nations Cup, UEFA European Championship, FIFA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics can take place.

Official matches have a release period of four days, which means that players can take up to four days away from club duties to partake in national team duties. If a player participates in an official match on a different continent from his or her club's, the release period is five days. Friendly matches are deemed less important and the release period is 48 hours.[2]

FIFA insist that official and friendly matches take precedence over domestic matches. However, they state that international friendlies that take place outside the designated dates do not.[2]

The calendar was first used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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Men's International Match Calendar

More information Dates, Matches or tournaments ...
Dates[3]Matches or tournaments
2–10 June 20252
14 June – 6 July 20252025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1–9 September 20252
6–14 October 20252
10–18 November 20252
21 December 2025 – 18 January 20262025 Africa Cup of Nations
23–31 March 20262
1–9 June 20262[a]
11 June – 19 July 20262026 FIFA World Cup
21 September – 6 October 20264
9–17 November 20262
15 January – 8 February 20272027 AFC Asian Cup
22–30 March 20272
7–15 June 20272
June – July 20272027 CONCACAF Gold Cup
20 September – 5 October 20274
8–16 November 20272
20–28 March 20282
29 May – 6 June 20282
June – July 20282028 OFC Men's Nations Cup
2028 Copa América
UEFA Euro 2028
18 September – 3 October 20284
13–21 November 20282
19–27 March 20292
4–12 June 20292
June – July 20292029 CONCACAF Gold Cup
24 September – 9 October 20294
12–20 November 20292
18–26 March 20302
3–11 June 20302[a]
June – July 20302030 FIFA World Cup
23 September – 8 October 20304
11–19 November 20302
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Women's International Match Calendar

The women's international match calendar sets out which dates can be used for "official" and "friendly" women's international matches.

The current dates are within six windows: in February or March, April, June or July, September, October, and November.[4][5]

More information Dates, Window type ...
Dates[4]Window type[b]Number of matches
26 May – 3 June 2025Type I2
23 June – 5 July 2025Type I (all), II (except UEFA), or
III (only AFC)		2 or 3 or 4
2–27 July 2025UEFA Women's Euro 2025
4–19 July 20252025 OFC Women's Nations Cup
5–26 July 20252025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
12 July – 2 August 20252025 Copa América Femenina
20–29 October 2025Type I (all) or II (except UEFA)2 or 3
24 November – 2 December 2025Type I2
23 February – 5 April 2026Blocked period[c]
24 February – 7 March 2026Type II3
1–21 March 20262026 AFC Women's Asian Cup
7–18 April 2026Type II3
1–9 June 2026Type I2
5–13 October 2026Type I2
24 November – 5 December 2026Type II3
23 February – 6 March 2027Type II3
13–24 April 2027Type II3
7–15 June 2027Type I2
24 June – 25 July 20272027 FIFA Women's World Cup
4–12 October 2027Type I2
23 November – 4 December 2027Type II3
21 February – 2 April 2028Blocked period[c] (except UEFA)
22 February – 4 March 2028Type II3
4–15 April 2028Type II3
29 May – 6 June 2028Type I2
10–30 July 2028Women's Olympic Football Tournament
2–10 October 2028Type I2
21 November – 2 December 2028Type II3
22 January – 4 March 2029Blocked period[c] (except UEFA)
20 February – 3 March 2029Type II3
10–21 April 2029Type II3
June 2029Type I2
4 June – 29 July 2029Blocked period[c]
15–23 October 2029Type I2
27 November – 8 December 2029Type II3
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Notes

  1. Reserved for friendlies in preparation for the subsequent FIFA World Cup
  2. In 2025, players are released to national associations from Monday to either Tuesday night (Type I), Wednesday night (Type II), or Saturday night (Type III) of the following week.[4] Starting in 2026, players are released to national associations either from Monday to Tuesday night of the following week (Type I) or from Tuesday to Saturday night of the following week (Type II).[5]
  3. Final competition of the championships for women’s “A” representative teams of the confederations (including release period)

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