25 Best Sports Bars for the World Cup in NSW, Victoria, ACT and South Australia (2026 Edition)

A three-level George Street sports bar that has run in its current form for more than 25 years, with 21 to 26 screens across the venue and a stated plan to show every game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It is open 24 hours, which covers every kick-off time regardless of the North American schedule. I’ll be watching the Socceroos here versus the US team in the 2nd match (Seattle, US) starting at 5am AEST.

One of Sydney’s largest sports bars, built around a 34m² LED screen with six further mega screens and more than 50 LCD TVs. The venue runs sport live no matter the time of day, which suits the full spread of World Cup kick-off times.

One of Sydney’s largest dedicated craft beer venues, set inside the heritage Locomotive Workshop in the South Eveleigh precinct, with room for 720 people indoors and another 190 in the communal beer garden. BrewDog beer was sold to a cannabis company, so hopefully they move the pub to a good chain.

A heritage-listed Eastern Suburbs pub and one of Sydney’s best-known beer gardens, long established as a large-group venue in Double Bay. This is the best venue in Double Bay, but there are several solid other locations in the area including the Royal Oak Hotel which is jammin’ in the evenings and weekends for sports viewing.

A Coogee institution across the road from the beach, with a dedicated Sports Bar carrying more than 15 screens including two giant screens, plus a big outdoor screen in one of the largest beer gardens in Australia. The venue runs live sport around the clock and draws a strong British and Irish crowd for football. One of my favs for a local crowd and location.

The Sydney outpost of the national Sporting Globe chain, on the King Street Wharf promenade overlooking Darling Harbour, with more than 50 screens carrying match action across the room and 4 Pines beer on tap.

A Merivale sports bar upstairs at Hotel CBD on the corner of York and King Streets, with 20 screens, two in 3D, and bookable leather booths that seat up to eight, each with its own LED screen and table service.

An iconic Art Deco Eastern Suburbs institution on the corner of Oxford Street and Jersey Road, built around a 103-inch plasma in the public bar with further screens, and a weekly TV schedule posted online so fans know what is on before they arrive.

An Eastern Suburbs sports bar built around a large 4K LED screen wall, open from 6:00am until the early hours seven days a week. It screens every live game it can source, including late-night English Premier League and Champions League football, which lines up with the overnight World Cup windows. This is a great sports bar (biased as I lived down the street during Covid), but excellent staff, all the games and a diverse crowd over their near 24/7 hours.

A long-running Irish pub in the heart of the CBD that screens a deep schedule of live sport, including the Premier League and European football, in traditional surroundings with Guinness, Kilkenny and a dozen-plus draught beers.

A long-standing Melbourne CBD sports pub on Bourke Street, with one of the city’s established big-game setups and a rooftop bar overlooking Parliament House.

A multi-level Flinders Lane landmark that can host more than 800 people, built around a tiered beer garden that anchors big-crowd events.

Billed as Melbourne’s oldest licensed pub, on Flinders Street opposite The Forum and a short walk from the MCG, Federation Square and Flinders Street Station.

A Fitzroy institution and long-running football pub, with a rooftop that suits the afternoon and lunchtime Socceroos fixtures during this World Cup.

An inner-north Melbourne pub operating since 1866, with 20 screens and a two-level beer garden that gives it one of the suburb’s strongest World Cup setups.

A Swan Street pub built in the late 1800s in Richmond, one of Australia’s most sport-focused suburbs, now spread across a public bar, beer garden, dining room and rooftop with skyline views.

A Southbank beer bar with 30 taps, including batches from its in-house microbrewery, set on a riverside terrace with city views.

Crown runs three sports venues, The Pub, Sports Bar and Jackpot Bar, and has published a dedicated 2026 FIFA World Cup program confirming all 104 matches across the complex. The Sports Bar alone carries 18 screens with TAB facilities.

A St Kilda East institution licensed since 1859, with a 2.8m mega-screen and multiple big screens across the bar and the dog-friendly beer garden, including an outdoor screen. It carries football alongside the AFL, NRL, UFC and rugby on its Foxtel feeds. Really enjoy this place and their Canadian-native owner who loves both Australian sports as well as, of course, hockey.

St Kilda’s much-loved Irish pub on Fitzroy Street, run by Irish owners since 2014 and reopened in 2024 with a whiskey bar, a large beer garden and an upgraded sound system. It shows the big games on the public-bar screens and is a regular spot for UK and European football and Irish events.

A westside Adelaide pub with an art-deco feel, screens throughout the venue and a brand-new beer garden, close to the CBD and Thebarton.

An eastside Adelaide tavern with a Sports Bar built for big games, with wall-to-wall TVs, big-screen viewing and clear sound.

A northern Adelaide venue with a newly upgraded Sports Bar built around bigger screens, booming sound and sightlines designed so no seat misses the match. Sports Setup: A newly upgraded Sports Bar with bigger screens, strong sound and clear sightlines across the room.

First licensed in 1847, a Hindmarsh pub with heritage front-bar character, a refreshed bistro and beer garden, near the Entertainment Centre.

Adelaide’s largest casino sports bar, built around a 20m video wall with a Pirate Life brewery on site, the first working brewery inside an Australian casino. The District has published a dedicated program to screen the Soccer World Cup live, alongside regular EPL, FA Cup and Champions League coverage.