Updated October 26, 2026. The 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony is scheduled for Monday, October 26, at the London Palladium Theatre. The ceremony itself begins at 8:00 p.m. London time, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+00:00), which is 20:00 UTC and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−04:00) in the United States. DAZN is the announced global stream, and its press release says the event will be live and free in 200 markets. Here is the time conversion and the practical choice for watching live or catching up on official results.
UEFA’s event guide lists the ceremony for 8:00 p.m. GMT on October 26 at the London Palladium Theatre in London, England. That is the scheduled start of the ceremony, not a generic “local time” estimate. London is on GMT (UTC+00:00) on this date because the United Kingdom’s clocks went back on October 25. Most U.S. locations are still observing daylight time on October 26; the 2026 U.S. daylight saving period ends November 1. That one-week gap makes the London-to-U.S. difference smaller than it will be later in the fall.
Use the row for your city or time zone. All listed U.S. times fall on Monday, October 26.
| Location | Time zone and offset on October 26 | Scheduled start |
|---|---|---|
| London, England | GMT (UTC+00:00) | 8:00 p.m. |
| New York, Eastern U.S. | EDT (UTC−04:00) | 4:00 p.m. |
| Chicago, Central U.S. | CDT (UTC−05:00) | 3:00 p.m. |
| Denver, Mountain U.S. | MDT (UTC−06:00) | 2:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles, Pacific U.S. | PDT (UTC−07:00) | 1:00 p.m. |
| Anchorage, Alaska | AKDT (UTC−08:00) | Noon |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | HST (UTC−10:00) | 10:00 a.m. |
| Phoenix, Arizona | MST (UTC−07:00) | 1:00 p.m. |
Phoenix is shown separately because most of Arizona does not switch to daylight time; the Navajo Nation is an exception. If you are outside the cities above, use the offset for your own location rather than assuming one time applies across the entire United States. The official schedule’s 20:00 GMT is the stable reference.
DAZN’s announcement says it will stream the Ballon d’Or live and free in 200 markets. Its listed excluded territories do not include the United States. UEFA’s broadcast-partner guide names DAZN as the global option outside the countries listed separately. Taken together, those official listings point U.S. viewers to DAZN for the live stream.
Before kickoff time, open the Ballon d’Or event listing in DAZN and confirm that it appears for your account and device. DAZN describes the stream as free, but its announcement does not spell out every U.S. sign-in, account, or app requirement. The DAZN release also promises dedicated build-up coverage, but the official sources reviewed do not give a separate U.S. start time for that coverage. If you want arrivals or pre-show material, check the event tile earlier in the afternoon; if you only want the ceremony, set a reminder for 4:00 p.m. EDT.
UEFA’s partner list is a useful check if you are watching while traveling. Some countries have their own named broadcaster rather than the global DAZN listing, so a U.S. account or a U.S. time conversion does not guarantee the same access abroad. Follow the country-specific partner shown on UEFA’s page when you are outside the United States.
Watching live is the right fit if you want the announcements, speeches, and reactions as they happen. Set aside the full evening only if you want the whole event; UEFA confirms the 8:00 p.m. London start, but its schedule does not give a finish time or a minute-by-minute order for individual awards. Joining at the scheduled start is the clearest choice if your priority is the ceremony rather than pre-show coverage.
If work or the afternoon schedule makes a live stream impractical, use UEFA’s official ceremony page for the confirmed award list and event reporting after the show. That avoids committing to a live window, but it is not the same experience and may reveal winners immediately. The official listings reviewed here confirm a live DAZN broadcast; they do not confirm how long a replay will remain available. Check DAZN after the event if you need an on-demand version instead of assuming one is included.
The London ceremony marks the Ballon d’Or’s 70th anniversary and its first staging in London. UEFA says the host city honors the award’s inaugural winner, England’s Stanley Matthews. The program includes the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or, young talent and goalkeeper awards, coach and club awards, striker awards, and the Sócrates Award. Those categories give viewers more than one result to follow, while the official program page provides the full list of nominees and award details.
The safest quick plan is straightforward: for the main ceremony, tune in to DAZN at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 26 (or the matching time in the table); check the DAZN event tile earlier if you want the build-up; and use UEFA’s page to verify the venue, time, and local broadcast partner. UEFA lists London Palladium Theatre and 20:00 GMT, while DAZN confirms its global live stream and free-to-view announcement. Those are the confirmed details to plan around.
For the official venue, schedule, and ceremony overview, read UEFA’s 2026 Ballon d’Or guide. The time-zone conversion above uses the U.K. clock-change calendar from GOV.UK and the U.S. 2026 daylight-saving dates published by NIST.
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