2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

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FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup .

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Host broadcaster

On February 12, 2015, FIFA renewed the U.S. and Canadian broadcasting rights contracts for Fox (U.S. English), NBCUniversal (U.S. Spanish), and Bell Media (Canada) to cover 2026, without accepting any other bids. A report in The New York Times asserted that this extension was intended as compensation for the rescheduling of the 2022 World Cup to November–December rather than its traditional June–July scheduling, as it created considerable conflicts with major professional sports leagues that are normally in their offseasons during the World Cup. [1] [2] [3]

The International Broadcast Center (IBC) will be located at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. [4] [5] [6]

Broadcasters

IMG secures the rights for the inflight and cruise ship markets. [7]

Country/RegionBroadcasterRef.
Afghanistan Ariana Television Network (ATN)
Albania TV Klan [8]
Andorra M6 [9]
Argentina
 [9] [10] [11]
Australia SBS [12]
Austria
 [13] [14]
Bolivia
 [9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Sport [9]
Brazil
 [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
Bulgaria BNT [20]
Cambodia Hang Meas HDTV [9]
Canada Bell Media [21]
Chile Chilevisión [22]
Colombia
 [9]
Costa Rica Teletica [9]
Croatia HRT [20]
Czech Republic ČT [20]
Denmark
 [23]
Ecuador Teleamazonas [24]
El Salvador TCS [9]
Europe EBU [25]
Finland
 [26]
France M6 [27]
Germany Deutsche Telekom ZDF ARD (Broadcaster) Sat.1 Pro7 [28] [29]
GuatemalaChapín TV [30]
Honduras Televicentro [9]
Hungary MTVA [20]
Japan TBS Television (Japan) , TV Asahi , Fuji Television , TV Tokyo , Nippon Television [9]
KazakhstanSaran Media [9]
KyrgyzstanNormaden Media [9]
Korea JTBC TV Chosun Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation [31]
Latin America Vrio Corp. [9]
MENA beIN Sports [9]
Mexico TelevisaUnivision [9]
MongoliaMME [9]
Montenegro Arena Sport [9]
Netherlands NOS [32]
New Zealand TVNZ [33]
NicaraguaTelevideo [9]
North Macedonia Arena Sport [9]
Norway
 [34]
Panama
 [9]
Paraguay
 [9] [35]
Peru América Televisión [36]
Poland TVP [9]
Romania Antena [9]
Russia Match TV [9]
Serbia Arena Sport [9]
Slovakia TV JOJ [9]
Slovenia Arena Sport [9]
Spain
 [37]
Sub-Saharan Africa
[9] [38]
Sweden
 [26] [9]
Switzerland SRG SSR [9]
TaiwanELTA [9]
Turkey TRT [9]
TurkmenistanQuest Media [9]
TajikistanSaran Media [9]
United Kingdom
 [39]
United States
 [40]
UzbekistanZo‘r TV [41]
Venezuela Televen [9]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA grants Fox, Telemundo U.S. TV rights for World Cup through 2026". Sports Illustrated. February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Why FIFA Made Deal With Fox for 2026 Cup". The New York Times. February 26, 2015. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ "FIFA extending TV deals through 2026 World Cup with CTV, TSN and RDS". The Globe and Mail . February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dallas approves $15 million spending to serve as media hub for the 2026 FIFA World Cup". CBS. December 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "2026 FIFA World Cup International Broadcast Center will be in Dallas". FOX. December 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ "FIFA World Cup 26™ International Broadcast Centre to be hosted in Dallas". inside.fifa.com. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ "IMG Secures Rights to Broadcast FIFA World Cup 26 on Sport 24". Sport 24 Business. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "TV Klan siguron të drejtat e Kupës së Botës 2026" (in Albanian). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 FIFA (4 March 2025). "FIFA World Cup 26 Media Partners" (PDF).
  10. ↑ La Scaloneta juega en la pantalla líder de Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025– via mitelefe.com.
  11. ↑ "El Gobierno confirmó que la TV Pública transmitirá el Mundial 2026". m1. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "SBS remains home of the FIFA World Cup, secures exclusive FIFA World Cup 2026 rights". SBS Sport. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Nambiar, Rahul (24 November 2023). "ORF to broadcast 106 games of FIFA World Cup 2026 in Austria". Sports Mint Media. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  14. ↑ Donaldson, Alex (5 September 2025). "ORF, ServusTV once again strike World Cup 2026 and Euro 2028 sublicenses". Sportscal. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Karter, Jonathan (19 November 2022). "Globo renova contrato com a Fifa até 2026, mas sem exclusividade". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  16. ↑ Cunningham, Euan (10 April 2024). "LiveMode and FIFA extend World Cup media rights sales partnership". Sportcal. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  17. ↑ Sim, Josh (14 July 2025). "Brazil's CazéTV to broadcast entire 2026 Fifa World Cup on YouTube". SportsPro. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Vaquer, Gabriel (10 September 2025). "SBT encaminha acordo para transmitir Copa do Mundo de 2026 junto com Globo e CazéTV". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Beting, Erich (15 September 2025). "SBT e N Sports se unem para transmitir Copa do Mundo de 2026". Máquina do Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  20. 1 2 3 4 Donaldson, Alex (28 October 2024). "EBU secures 2026, 2030 FIFA World Cup rights in five nations".
  21. ↑ "Bell Media Extends its FIFA World Cup Soccer Package to 2026". Bell Media. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "OFICIAL | La Copa Mundial de Fútbol 2026 será transmitida en EXCLUSIVA por Chilevisión". Chilevisión. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  23. ↑ Ross, Martin (15 December 2020). "TV2 and DR continue major event rights drive with 2026 World Cup deal". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  24. ↑ "La Copa Mundial 2026 de la FIFA se jugará en vivo en la cancha de Teleamazonas". Teleamazonas (in Spanish). 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Union (EBU), European Broadcasting (28 October 2024). "EBU secures rights for FIFA World Cup 2026 & FIFA World Cup 2030". www.ebu.ch.
  26. 1 2 "TV4 to show FIFA World Cup 2026 men's contest with SVT in Sweden, with YLE in Finland". Telecompaper. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  27. ↑ "M6 Official Broadcaster of the Two World Cup : Fifa 2026 and Fifa 2030". Businesswire. March 7, 2024. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  28. ↑ "Deutsche Telekom acquires FIFA Football World Cup 2026 rights". Broadband TV News. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  29. ↑ "Die Fußball WM 2026 bei MagentaTV" (in German). telekom.de. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  30. ↑ Escobar, Daniel (22 August 2024). "Albavisión y Tigo anuncian alianza para transmitir torneos FIFA hasta la Copa Mundial 2026" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  31. ↑ "Korea's JTBC swoops for 2026, 2030 World Cup rights". SportBusiness. 30 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  32. ↑ "WK's voetbal van 2026 en 2030 ook te zien bij de NOS". nos.nl. 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  33. ↑ "'Gamechanger': TVNZ scores exclusive Fifa World Cup rights". 1News. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  34. ↑ "TV2, NRK add to football rights pact with 2026 World Cup deal". SportBusiness. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  35. ↑ Chocos, Por popular.com.py (4 September 2025). "Popu TV, GEN, Unicanal y El Trece serán los canales oficiales del Mundial 2026". popular.com.py (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  36. ↑ Chocos, Por Raúl Bazán (7 November 2024). "América TV confirmó que transmitirá los mundiales de 2026 y 2030: ¿será gratuito? ¿Pasarán partidos por tvGO?". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  37. ↑ Sim, Josh (20 March 2025). "2026 FIFA World Cup rights snapped up by Spain's RTVE for '€55m'".
  38. ↑ "Sub-Saharan Africa media rights for FIFA World Cup 26 and FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 renewed with pan-African broadcaster New World Televisions S.A." FIFA. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  39. ↑ "BBC and ITV agree World Cup deal for 2026 and 2030". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  40. ↑ Parker, Ryan (13 February 2015). "2026 World Cup TV rights awarded without bids; ESPN 'surprised'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
  41. ↑ Mahmudov, Jamshidjon (25 July 2025). "2026-yilgi Jahon chempionatini qaysi telekanal translyatsiya qilishi ma'lum bo'ldi". Daryo (in Uzbek (Latin script)). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
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