November 2026 Sports Calendar: Key Dates, GEOs, and Campaign Timing

November in betting feels like the last minutes of a match: everything gets decided now. The Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana each crown a champion in a single match, the first Rugby Nations Championship plays its final, and League of Legends picks its world champion in New York.

The last four MotoGP rounds, worth 148 points with sprints, run from October 30 to November 29, so the riders' title is settled this month.

On top of that, November has two Champions League matchdays, the ATP Finals, the Davis Cup, Thanksgiving week in the NFL, and India's tour of New Zealand. There's traffic for everyone. The winners will be the ones who don't spread their budget thin.

From November 9 to 17 the FIFA window stops the top European leagues: there are no Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A or Bundesliga rounds from the 9th to the 19th. Football doesn't disappear, though. The Nations League plays its last league-phase rounds, with Italy vs. France on the 12th, Spain vs. England on the 15th and Germany vs. Netherlands on the 16th.

For these days, move European volume to national teams and plan around the break the way you did in September and October. Bring club campaigns back on November 20 and 21.

For the U.S. and Canada, start with the clock. On November 1 the U.S. switches to standard time and the usual gap with Europe returns. Check your ad schedules and automated rules: anything tied to local time can shift by an hour.

Then comes Thanksgiving week: the Packers at the Rams on Wednesday night, three games on Thursday, and the Broncos at the Steelers on Friday, plus NBA Cup nights on the 24th, 25th and 27th. Last year's Thanksgiving game between the Chiefs and the Cowboys drew 57.23 million viewers, the most-watched regular-season game in NFL history.

Split campaigns by league and by day, and remember that the 8:20 p.m. ET Thursday game starts after 1:00 a.m. UTC.

In Latin America the two finals come a week apart. Boca Juniors play Atlético Mineiro for the Sudamericana in Barranquilla on November 21, and Palmeiras play Estudiantes for the Libertadores in Montevideo on November 28. The Superclásico between Boca and River opens the month on November 1, the Argentine playoffs start on the 21st, and the Liga MX Liguilla on the 25th.

Treat the first final as reconnaissance, as in October: check CTR, CR and cost per conversion on November 21 and carry the findings into the 28th.

Australia has the densest betting calendar of the month. It starts with the Melbourne Cup on November 3, when punters bet a record A$247.4 million on the race last year. Then come the Rugby League World Cup semifinals on November 7 and 8, the final in Brisbane on the 15th, and the white-ball series against England from the 13th.

India plays eight matches in New Zealand, a T20I, five ODIs and two Tests, while the Abu Dhabi T10 runs from November 7 to 20.

For esports, the League of Legends Worlds final is on November 14, and Counter-Strike has IEM Beijing at the start of the month and the PGL Major in Singapore from November 24.

In Africa, the international window brings the AFCON 2027 qualifiers. South Africa host Kenya in Soweto on November 13 and travel to Nairobi on the 17th, and Nigeria play Tanzania twice. The CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup group stages start over the weekend of November 27 to 29.

The weekend of the month: November 27 to 29. In three days you get the Libertadores final, the Qatar Grand Prix, the MotoGP finale in Valencia, the Davis Cup final, the Rugby Nations Championship final at Twickenham, the Japan Cup, Arsenal vs. Manchester City, Michigan at Ohio State and the first CAF group matchday.

Set aside part of your scaling budget in advance: you'll need it that weekend.

If you want to run ads during matches and races, Youtarget offers banners with live scores. The data updates as the event unfolds, so the creative stays tied to what is happening right now.

Below are the major sporting events of November 2026, grouped by sport, followed by a GEO cheat sheet.

The sports calendar for November 2026

Football in Europe

Football in Latin America, Africa and Asia

US sports

Motorsport

Cricket

Rugby

Tennis

Esports

Horse racing, combat sports and darts

GEO cheat sheet: what matters in November

The GEO column shows where an event drives betting interest. Betting ads aren't allowed everywhere: Brazil and India ban them, and in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE betting itself is illegal. Check the local rules before you launch.

If you are launching a campaign in the dashboard for the first time, read the step by step walkthrough. The previous issue of the calendar, for October, is here.