Belgium opens against Egypt on Monday in Seattle at the 2026 World Cup, and the Egypt national football team begins Group G with its hardest-looking assignment. Rudi Garcia’s Red Devils are in the same spot: a first test that could shape the rest of the group.
Mohamed Salah will be the center of the attention on gameday, and the Egypt forward is celebrating his 34th birthday against Belgium. Egypt has still not won a World Cup match, and its 2018 group phase ended with all three games lost.
Rudi Garcia and the Red Devils
Garcia opens his Group G campaign in Seattle with Belgium facing a side that has long struggled on this stage. The matchup is described as perhaps the toughest test both teams will face in this round, which gives Monday’s opener immediate weight before either side has played Iran or New Zealand.
That tension cuts both ways. Belgium is viewed as the team to beat in Group G, yet the opener also carries the most room for error because later matches against Iran and New Zealand remain on the schedule. Even defeat would not end the knockout-round picture if at least four points come from those two games.
TV and viewing options
Viewers in the United States can watch on FOX One for English coverage and on Telemundo for Spanish-language coverage. In Canada, the match is on TSN channels and RDS, while Mexico gets it on ViX.
In the U.K., One and associated digital platforms carry the match. The practical question for readers is simple: pick the platform by country, then be ready for Monday in Seattle, where the Group G opener sets the tone before Belgium and Egypt move on to Iran and New Zealand.
