FIFA sells the World Cup's media rights territory by territory, so the channel showing a given match depends on where you are watching. The breakdown below covers the main free-to-air and pay-TV broadcasters in the largest markets, alongside FIFA's own streaming products. Kickoff times across this site auto-convert to your local timezone, so the only outstanding question is which broadcaster carries the game.
North America
United States
English-language coverage runs on the Fox Sports family (Fox, FS1) and streams via the Fox Sports app and Tubi. Spanish-language rights belong to Telemundo and its sister streaming service Peacock, which together carry every match.
Canada
Bell Media's CTV and TSN handle the English broadcast in Canada. French-language coverage is carried by TVA Sports across the country and on the tva+ app.
Mexico
Mexican viewers get full free-to-air coverage on Televisa's Canal 5 and TUDN, with a parallel feed on TV Azteca's Azteca 7. Streaming is available through ViX and Azteca Deportes.
Europe
United Kingdom
The BBC and ITV share the tournament. The opening match, England's group fixtures and the Final are typically split between the two networks; both stream their matches for free on BBC iPlayer and ITVX.
Netherlands
Public broadcaster NOS carries the Dutch coverage on NPO 1 and NPO 3, with every match also available on the NPO Start streaming service.
Germany, France, Spain, Italy
ARD and ZDF rotate the German broadcast. TF1 and beIN Sports cover France, with M6 sharing free-to-air matches. La 1 and Telecinco have Spain's rights between them, while RAI 1 carries the tournament in Italy.
Asia-Pacific and rest of the world
Australia and New Zealand
SBS holds free-to-air rights in Australia, with selected matches on SBS Viceland and full coverage on SBS On Demand. Sky Sport carries the tournament in New Zealand, with Three free-to-air for the New Zealand national team's matches and the Final.
Middle East and North Africa
beIN Sports holds the pan-regional rights and broadcasts in Arabic, English and French across more than twenty countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia
SuperSport carries the tournament across Sub-Saharan Africa. In East and Southeast Asia rights are split between national broadcasters such as NHK and TV Asahi in Japan, KBS, MBC and SBS in South Korea, and CCTV in China.
FIFA+ and streaming-only options
FIFA+ does not stream live World Cup matches in most markets, where rights are held exclusively by the national broadcaster. It does, however, offer match highlights, archive content and a free Match Centre with live data. Where local rights deals allow, FIFA may make a small number of matches available directly via FIFA+; check the platform close to kickoff for territory-specific availability.
Whatever broadcaster you use, the schedule on this site converts every kickoff to your browser timezone, so you can line up the right time of day before tuning in.