International Broadcasts Wiki


The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.

The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month.

The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France, and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.

The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.

Results[]

Year Hosts Champions Score & Venue Runners-up Notes
1930 Uruguay Uruguay 4–2
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Argentina
1934 Italy Italy 2–1
Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome
Czechoslovakia Finals match was won by Italy during extra time.
1938 France Italy 4–2
Stade de Colombes, Paris
Hungary
1942 Not held because of World War II
1946
1950 Brazil Uruguay 2–1
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil The final stage in 1950 was a round-robin group of four teams. Coincidentally, one of the last two matches pitted together the top two teams (and the only two who could win the title), and the other was between the bottom two teams. Uruguay v Brazil is often considered the de facto final of the 1950 World Cup.
1954 Switzerland West Germany 3–2
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Hungary
1958 Sweden Brazil 5–2
Råsundastadion, Solna
Sweden
1962 Chile Brazil 3–1
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Czechoslovakia
1966 England England 4–2
Wembley Stadium, London
West Germany Finals match was won by England during extra time.
1970 Mexico Brazil 4–1
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Italy
1974 West Germany West Germany 2–1
Olympiastadion, Munich
Netherlands
1978 Argentina Argentina 3–1
Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires
Netherlands Finals match was won by Argentina during extra time.
1982 Spain Italy 3–1
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
West Germany
1986 Mexico Argentina 3–2
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
West Germany
1990 Italy West Germany 1–0
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Argentina
1994 United States Brazil 0–0
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Italy Finals match score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Brazil won the penalty shoot-out 3–2.
1998 France France 3–0
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Brazil
2002 South Korea
Japan
Brazil 2–0
International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
Germany
2006 Germany Italy 1–1
Olympiastadion, Berlin
France Finals match score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Italy won the penalty shoot-out 5–3.
2010 South Africa Spain 1–0
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Netherlands Finals match was won by Spain during extra time.
2014 Brazil Germany 1–0
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Argentina Finals match was won by Germany during extra time.
2018 Russia France 4–2
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Croatia
2022 Qatar Argentina 3–3
Lusail Stadium, Lusail
France Finals match score was 3–3 after 90 minutes and extra time. Argentina won the penalty shoot-out 4–2.
2026 Canada
Mexico
United States
TBD TBD
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States
TBD
2030 Morocco
Portugal
Spain
TBD TBD
TBA
TBD
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
(Anniversary matches)
2034 Saudi Arabia TBD TBD
TBA
TBD

Broadcasters[]

Asia-Pacific[]

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Australia ABC 1974, 1978 (three live matches and 13 delayed matches), 1982–1986
Seven Network 1974
SBS 1986–1998, 2002 (48 matches), 2006–present
Nine Network 2002 (16 matches)
ESPN 2010
Optus Sport 2018
Bangladesh Maasranga Television 1974–2018
Bangladesh Television
Sony Pictures Networks 2014
Brunei RTB (RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka) 1978–present
TV3 1990–2002 (all matches)
NTV7 1998, 2006 (all matches)
Astro 2006–present (all matches)
Cambodia TVRK 1970
TVREK 1974
No broadcast from 1978 to 1982 due to Khmer Rouge
TVK 1986–2002
CTN 2006–2014
CBS 2018–present
China CCTV (CCTV-1, CCTV-5, CCTV 5+) 1978–present (all matches, live)
East Timor RTTL 2006–2014
ETO Telco 2018
Hong Kong TVB 1970 (selected matches), 1974–1978 (selected matches, live), 1982–1998 (all matches, live), 2002–2010 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals), 2014 (22 matches in free-to-air terrestrial television and all matches in pay television, live)
RTV 1974–1978 (selected matches, live)
ATV 1990–1998 (all matches, live), 2002–2010 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Cable TV Hong Kong 2002–2010 (all matches, live)
ViuTV 2018 (nineteen matches, live)
NowTV 2018 (all matches, live)
India Doordarshan 1986–present
ESPN, Star Sports 1994–2010
Sony Pictures Sports Networks 2014–2018
Viacom18 2022
Indonesia TVRI 1970–1986 (recorded, finals match partly delayed), 1990 (10 matches), 1994 (16 matches, live), 1998 (15 matches, live)
RCTI 1990 & 2002 (all matches, live), 1994 (12 matches, live), 1998 (15 matches, live), 2010 (46 matches, live)
TPI 1994 (16 matches, live), 1998 (14 matches, live)
SCTV 1994 (8 matches, live), 1998 (15 matches, live), 2006 (all matches, live), 2022 (56 matches, live)
antv 1998 (15 matches, live), 2014 (56 matches, live)
Indosiar 1998 (15 matches, live), 2022 (16 matches, live)
Global TV 2010 (20 matches, live)
MNC Vision 2010 & 2018 (all matches, live)
Telkomsel 2010–2018 (all matches, live)
K-Vision 2014–2018 (all matches, live)
tvOne 2014 (all matches, live)
Trans TV, Trans7, Transvision, Klik TV, IndiHome 2018 (all matches, live)
Nex Parabola and Vidio 2022 (all matches, live)
Iran IRIB 3 1962–present
ART Sport 2002–2006
Al Jazeera Sport 2010
beIN Sports 2014–present
Japan TV Tokyo 1970 & 1994
NHK 1978–1998
SKY PerfecTV! 2002–2010
Japan Consortium (Fuji TV, NHK General TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo) 2002–present (all matches, live)
Abema 2022
Kyrgyzstan KTRK 1994–2010, 2018–present
NTS 2014
Laos LNTV 1986–2010
TVLAO 2014
Macau TDM 1986–present
Malaysia Television Malaysia Black and White 1966 (all matches)
RTM (TV1, TV2) 1970–1978 (all matches), 1982–2002 (all matches, live), 2006 (47 matches), 2010–2014 (35 matches), 2018-2022 (41 matches)
TV3 1986–1998 (all matches, live)
NTV7 1998 (all matches, live)
Astro 2006–present (all matches, live)
Maldives TVM 1982–2014
Sony Pictures Networks 2014–present
Myanmar MRTV 1982–2010 (all matches), 2014–present (16 matches)
Skynet Sports 2014–present (all matches)
Nepal Nepal Television, Kantipur, Sony Pictures Networks 2018
Pakistan PTV Sports, Ten Sports 2018
Philippines GMA Network 1974–1998 (all matches)
Net 25 2002–present (all matches)
NBN-4 2002 (all matches)
RPN-9, Solar Sports 2006 (all matches)
Balls 2010–2014 (all matches)
ABS-CBN Sports and Action 2014–2018 (all matches)
TAP DMV 2022 (all matches)
Singapore Channel 5 1966–1978, 1986 (all matches), 1982 (semi-final and final, live), 2002–2010 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Channel 8 1982 (opening match, delayed)
Channel 12 1986, 1990–1994 (all matches)
Premiere 12 1998 (all matches)
StarHub TV 2002–2022 (all matches, live)
SingTel TV 2010–2022 (all matches, live)
Sports on Okto 2014 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals), 2018 (nine matches includes six group stage, semi-finals and finals)
meWATCH (formerly Toggle Sports) 2018-2022 (all matches, live)
Sri Lanka SLRC 1986–present
Sony Pictures Networks 2014–present
South Korea SBS 1994–present (all matches)
KBS 1994–2006, 2014–present (all matches)
MBC 2006, 2014–present (all matches)
Taiwan Era Television 2002–2014
ELTA TV 2010–2018
Tajikistan TVT 1994–2014
Varzish TV, Futbol TV 2018–present (all matches, live)
Thailand Television Pool of Thailand (Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 5, Channel 7, Channel 9) 1970–1998 (all matches, live)
Dhospaak Communication Agency Company Limited (Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV, Channel 11) 2002–2006 (all matches, live)
RS Public Company Limited (Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV, NBT Channel 11, RS Sunbox) 2010–2014 (all matches, live)
Channel 5 HD, Amarin TV, True4U, True Sport 2018 (all matches, live)
Uzbekistan NTRCU 1994–2014 (all matches, live)
UzReport TV, Futbol TV 2018 (all matches, live)
Vietnam THVN9 1974 (final only)
VTV 1982–present
VTC 2006–2010
HTV 1994–2010, 2018

Europe[]

Country names in italics are former nations.

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Albania RTSH 1962–2002, 2010–present
Digitalb 2006–2014
Armenia Armenia 1 1994–present
Austria ORF 1958–present
ServusTV 2022
Azerbaijan AzTV 1994–1998, 2014–present
Lider TV 2002–2010
İctimai Television 2014–present
Belarus BTRC 1994–present
Belgium
Luxembourg
RTBF, VRT 1954–present
Bosnia and Herzegovina RTV BiH 1994
BHT 1998
BHRT 2002–present
Bulgaria BNT 1962–present
Croatia HRT 1994–present
Cyprus CyBC 1962–present
Czech Republic ČT 1994–present
ČST 1954–1990 (former Czechoslovakia)
Denmark DR 1954–present
TV 2 2002–present
Estonia ETV 1994–present
Finland Yle 1962–present
MTV3 1994–1998, 2022
France
Andorra
RTF 1954–1962
ORTF 1966–1974
TF1 1978–present
Antenne 2 1978–1990
FR3 1978–1990
France Télévisions 1994–1998, 2010
Canal+ 1998, 2006–2010
Eurosport 2002–2006
M6 2006
beIN Sports 2014–present
Georgia GPB 1994–present
Germany DFF 1954–1970, 1990 (former East Germany)
DDR-FS 1974–1986 (former East Germany)
DF 1954–1986 (former West Germany)
ZDF 1966–1990 (former West Germany), 1994–present
ARD 1994–present
Premiere/Sky 2002–2010
RTL 2010
Sky Sport 2014–2018
Magenta Sport 2022
Greece ERT 1970s–2010, 2018–present
NERIT 2014
Hungary MTV 1958–2002, 2010–present
RTL Klub 2006
Iceland RÚV 1970–2002, 2010–present
Sýn 2006
Stöð 2 Sport 2010
Ireland RTÉ 1962–present
Italy
San Marino
RAI 1954–2014, 2022
Sky Sport 2006–2014
Mediaset 2018
Kosovo Radio Televizioni i Kosovës 2010–present
Latvia LTV 1994–present
Lithuania LRT 1994–1998, 2006–present
TV4 2002
LNK 2010
Malta Melita Sports 2006, 2010 (all matches)
PBS 2010 (46 matches), 2014–present
Moldova TRM 1994–present
Montenegro TV In 2006
RTCG 2010–present
Netherlands NTS 1966
NOS 1970–present
Norway NRK 1954–present
TV 2 2002–present
Poland TP 1966, 1970 (final only, three-day tape-delay)
TVP 1974–1998, 2002 (12 matches), 2006 (32 matches), 2010–present
Polsat Sport 2006 (all matches)
Portugal RTP 1966–present
Sport TV, PortugalTV 2002–present
SIC 2006 (15 matches, live), 2018 (8 matches, live)
Romania TVR 1958–present
Russia Channel One, VGTRK 1994–present
Match TV 2018
Serbia RTS 1994–present
Slovakia ČST 1954–1990 (former Czechoslovakia)
STV 1994–2010
RTVS 2014–present
Slovenia RTVSLO 1994–present
Spain
Andorra
TVE 1962–1998, 2022
Antena 3, Vía Digital 2002
Cuatro 2006–2018
Digital+ 2006–2010
laSexta 2006
Telecinco 2010–2018
Mediapro (Gol Televisión) 2014, 2022
Be Mad TV 2018
Soviet Union Soviet Central Television 1958–1990
Sweden SRTV 1958–1978
SVT 1982–present
TV4 2006–present
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
SRG SSR 1954–present
Turkey TRT 1970–2002, 2010–present
Kanal 1 2006
Ukraine UA:PBC 1994–2002, 2010–present
Inter, ICTV 2006
United Kingdom BBC, ITV 1966–present
Yugoslavia JRT 1958–1990

Africa[]

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Whole of Africa Kwesé Sports 2018
Middle East and North Africa ART Sport 2002–2006
Al Jazeera Sport 2010
beIN Sports 2014–present
Algeria RTA 1966–1982
ENTV 1986–1998
EPTV 2014–present
Burundi RTNB 1986–present
Egypt ERTU 1974–2002
beIN Sports 2014–present
Ghana GTV 1974–present
StarTimes 2018
Libya LJBC 1970–1998
Mali ORTM 1986–present
Morocco RTM 1958
SNRT 1962–1998
Namibia NBC 1994–present
Niger ORTN 1970–present
Senegal RTS1 1966–present
South Africa SABC 1978–1998, 2006–present
e.tv 2002
SuperSport 2002–present
Togo TVT 1974–present
Tunisia RTT 1970–1986
ERTT 1990–1998

North America[]

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Canada CBC 1954–2014
TSN 1990–2006, 2018-2026
CTV 2002–2006, 2018-2026
Sportsnet 2014
RDS 2018-2026
Mexico Telesistema Mexicano 1958–1970 (all matches)
Televisión Independiente de México 1970 (all matches)
Televisa 1974–present (all matches)
Imevisión 1986–1990
TV Azteca 1994–present (all matches)
Sky México 2006–present (all matches)
CNI Canal 40, DirecTV 2002 (all matches)
United States (English) NBC 1966 (finals only), 1986
ABC 1970 (finals only), 1982, 1994–2014
CBS 1974 (finals only, used BBC's feed)
ESPN 1982–1986, 1994–2014
PBS 1982
TNT 1990
ESPN2 1994–2014
Fox, FS1 2018–present
United States (Spanish) SIN 1970–1982 (used Televisa's feed), 1986
Univision, Galavisión, UniMás (formerly Telefutura) 1990–2014
UDN 2014
Telemundo, Universo, NBCSN, Peacock 2018–present (NBCSN: 2018, select games; Peacock: 2022-present, all matches)

Central America[]

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Costa Rica Teletica Canal 7 1966–1998, 2010–present
Telecentro Canal 6 1966–1994
Canal 2 1970, 1986–1998
Repretel 1998–2014 (Repretel 6 & Repretel 11), 1998 (Repretel 9), 2002–2014 (Repretel 4)
XPERTV 2010–2014
TD Más 2018
Dominican Republic Rahintel 1982
Color Visión 1986–1990
RTVD 1990
Telesistema 11 1994–1998
Telemicro, Digital 15 2002, 2014
CDN 37 2006
Telecentro Canal 13, RNN 27 2010
Antena 7, Antena 21 2018
El Salvador Canal 2 1982
Telecorporación Salvadoreña (Canal 4) 1986–present
Guatemala Canal 3, Televisiete 1970–2014
Teleonce, Trecevisión 1994–2014
TV Azteca Guate 2018-present
Honduras Canal 5 1970–1994
Televicentro (TSi, Canal 5, Telecadena 7/4) 1998–present
VTV 2014
Nicaragua Canal 2 1982–1998

2010-2014

Canal 10 1998–present
Panama RPC-TV, TVN 1966–present
TVMax 2002–present
Telemetro, COS 2014–present

South America[]

Country Broadcasters Year(s)
Argentina Canal 7 1958–1974, 2002–2010
Canal 13 1962–1974
A78TV 1978
Canal 9 1982–1998, 2006
ATC 1982–1998
Canal 2, Canal 11, Canal 13 1982–1986
América TV 1994–2006
Telefe, El Trece 1994–1998, 2006–2010
Canal Treinta, Argenvisión, CVC, TeleRed, TVD 1994–1998
Mi Cable 1994
TyC Sports 1998–2022
NexTV!, RedeTV!, Cable Sports, América Sports, 365 Sports, DeporTV, Cable Visión Luján, One Sports 1998
DirecTV 2002–2022
TV Pública 2014–2022
Bolivia Unitel 1966–2002, 2014–present
Bolivisión 1966–1998
Bolivia TV 1974–present
Red ATB 1986–1998, 2010
Red Uno 1990–present
RTP 2006
Brazil Rede Record 1958-1978, 1986, 1998
Rede Tupi, Rede de Emissoras Independentes 1958–1978
Rede Globo 1966–2022
Rede Bandeirantes 1970–1978, 1986–1998, 2010–2014
Rede Gazeta 1970–1974
TV Cultura 1970–1982
Rede Excelsior 1970
Rede Manchete 1986–1990, 1998
SBT 1986–1998
SporTV 1994–2022
ESPN Brasil 1998, 2006, 2014
BandSports 2006–2014
Fox Sports 2014–2018
CazeTV 2022
Chile Canal 13 1962–1970, 1978–2002, 2014–2018
Canal 9 Universidad de Chile/Teleonce/Universidad de Chile Televisión/RTU/Chilevisión 1962, 1974-1990, 1998, 2022
TVN 1974–2018
Telenorte 1978–1982
UCV Televisión 1986–1998
Megavisión 1990–1998, 2006, 2018
RED Televisión 2006
Colombia Canal Nacional/Primera Cadena/Cadena Uno/Canal Uno 1962–1998
Segunda Cadena/Cadena Dos/Canal A 1974-1998
Caracol Television, RCN TV 1998–present
Ecuador Ecuavisa 1970–1998, 2006
Telecentro 1970–1990
Teleamazonas 1982–2006, 2022
Telecuatro, Canal 13 1982–1986
Telenacional 1982
Gamavisión 1986–1998, 2010–2014
Televisora Nacional Canal 8, Ecuavisa Quito UHF Canal 23, Manavisión 1986
Telesistema 1990–2002
TC Televisión 1994–1998, 2010–2014
RTS 2006, 2018
Oromar Televisión 2014
ECDF 2022
Peru América Televisión 1970–1998
Panamericana Televisión 1978–1998
ATV 2002–2014 (all matches)
DirecTV Sports 2002–2018 (all matches)
Latina Televisión, TV Perú 2018 (all matches)
Paraguay LaTele 1970–1998; 2014–present
Paravisión 1974–1998; 2010–present
Paraguay TV 1974–1998; 2006–present
Red Guaraní, SNT, Canal 13, Telefuturo 1978–1998; 2006–present
CVC, TeleRed 1994–present
Cable Visión Caacupé 1998–present
Uruguay La Quince TV 1970–1998; 2014–present
Uruvisión 1974–1998; 2010–present
Canal 3, Monte Carlo TV, Teledoce, Canal 10, TNU 1974–1998; 2006–present
CVC, TeleRed 1994–present
Cable Visión Canelones 1998–present
Venezuela RCTV 1970–1998, 2006
Venevisión 1974–2018
VTV 1978–1998
Meridiano TV 2002–2018
TVes 2014–2018
TeLeTuya, IVC Network 2018
Televen 2022