Argentina vs Benin kickoff time in Egypt
Argentina vs Benin kicks off at 2:00am on Wednesday, 7 October 2026 in Egypt. That is Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). The friendly starts at 20:00 on Tuesday, 6 October at the Más Monumental in Buenos Aires, which is 23:00 UTC. Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan are on the same clock.
| Date in Egypt | Wednesday, 7 October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | 2:00am |
| Timezone | Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3 |
| Venue | Estadio Más Monumental, Buenos Aires |
| Competition | International friendly |
The hour, without the 11:00pm chart
11:00pm Cairo time is the figure that has been printed with this farewell, and it is wrong. Add three hours to 23:00 UTC and you land at 02:00. You do not land at 23:00 local. Egypt is still on summer time on this night. The clocks go back later in October, after the match, so a winter offset of UTC+2 would show 1:00am and would also be wrong. Use 2:00am.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine are on the same 2:00am line for this date. The UAE is an hour later, at 3:00am. Turkey is also 2:00am, but for a different reason: Turkey stays on UTC+3 all year and does not use a summer clock. The number matches. The rule does not.
One country, one alarm
Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan do not need separate alarms. Egypt has one civil time. Set the phone to local time, not to Argentina time, or you will be three hours out and on the wrong day. Tuesday evening in Cairo is still Tuesday afternoon in Buenos Aires. The match does not start until Wednesday morning. Put the phone down the night before. 2:00am is early enough to sleep through, and 11:00pm will wake you for a whistle that has not happened.
Where that sits next to the live stream
A channel can start a studio before the whistle. That earlier time is not kick-off. The live stream in Egypt should be read against 2:00am, not against 11:00pm. After the match begins, the Argentina vs Benin live score is the place for the score, and only once it is real. No television channel in Egypt changes the kick-off. The kick-off is the referee, not the broadcast.
Worked from 23:00 UTC
Take Tuesday 6 October, 23:00 UTC. Egypt is UTC+3, so the local time is 02:00 on Wednesday. There is no second conversion for Alexandria or Aswan. People who start from 21:00 in Buenos Aires are using the Bolivia and Burkina Faso hour. Those matches were listed an hour later. Benin is the 20:00 match. Do the sum again if a friend sends 11:00pm. The UTC line does not move.
A studio or a highlights package can begin before the referee. None of those is kick-off. Lionel Messi was named for this friendly rather than the earlier ones, and that still does not move the whistle. If Argentina changes the published hour, this page follows that change. Until then, save 2:00am. The Bolivia and Burkina Faso friendlies were the 21:00 matches in Buenos Aires. Benin is 20:00. In Egypt that one-hour gap is the difference between 3:00am and 2:00am. A chat that says the farewell is the same time as the other two is using the wrong night.
Conclusion
Keep 2:00am on Wednesday, 7 October 2026. Write it down as Wednesday morning, not Tuesday at 11:00pm. The stadium clock is still 20:00 on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, 23:00 UTC. One alarm covers Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan.
Questions people ask
What time does Argentina vs Benin start in Egypt?
2:00am on Wednesday, 7 October 2026. The zone is Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). Buenos Aires is 20:00 on Tuesday, 23:00 UTC.
Do Cairo and Aswan differ?
No. Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan share 2:00am.
Why do some pages say 11:00pm?
That clock does not match 23:00 UTC. In Egypt the right hour is 2:00am on Wednesday.
Does the live stream start at the same time?
The match does. A studio can start earlier. Build-up is not kick-off.
Check also: Argentina vs Benin kickoff time in Turkey.
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