List of FIFA World Cup broadcasters

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The FIFA World Cup was first broadcast on television in 1954 and is now the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. [1] 715.2 million individuals watched the final match of the 2006 tournament (representing 11 percent of the entire population of the planet). The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers. [2]

Contents

Europe

Albania

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Albanian 1962–1990 RTSH (RTSH Televizioni)
1994–2002RTSH (TVSH)
2006 Top Channel, SuperSport
2010RTSH (TVSH and TVSH2), Top Channel and SuperSport
2014RTSH (TVSH, TVSH2 and RTSH Sport), Top Channel and SuperSport
2018–presentRTSH (RTSH1, RTSH2, RTSH3 and RTSH Sport)

Andorra

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1954–1962 RTF
1966–1974 ORTF
1978–1986 TF1
1978–1990 Antenne 2, FR3
1994–1998, 2010 France Télévisions
1998, 2006–2010 Canal+
2002–2006 Eurosport France
2006 M6
2014–present beIN Sports
Spanish 1962–1998, 2022–present TVE
2002 Antena 3 and Vía Digital
2006 laSexta
2006–2010 Digital+
2006–2018 Cuatro
2010–2018 Telecinco
2014 Gol Televisión
2018Be Mad TV

Armenia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Armenian 1994 Armenian Television (Channel 1 and Channel 2)
1998Armenian Television (Armenia 1 and Nork TV)
2002 Public Television Company of Armenia (Armenia 1)
2006Public Television Company of Armenia (Armenia 1 and Nor Alik)
2010Public Television Company of Armenia (Armenia 1 and Ararat TV)
2014–2026Public Television Company of Armenia (Armenia 1)

Austria

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
German 1958 ORF (ORF Fernsehen)
1962–1966ORF (ORF Fernsehen and ORF Versuchsprogramm)
1970–1990ORF (ORF Fernsehen 1 and ORF Fernsehen 2)
1994ORF (ORF 1 and ORF 2)
1998ORF (ORF 1, ORF 2, TW1 and ORF SAT)
2002ORF (ORF 1, ORF 2 and TW1)
2006–2010ORF (ORF 1, ORF 2 and ORF Sport Plus)
2014–2018ORF (ORF eins, ORF 2, ORF III, ORF Sport +)
2022–present ORF (ORF 1 (39 matches)); ServusTV (25 matches)

Azerbaijan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Azerbaijani 1994–1998, 2014–present Azerbaijan Television
2002–2010 Lider TV
2014–present İTV
2022–presentCBC Sport

Belarus

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Belarusian 1994–present BTRC

Belgium and Luxembourg

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1954–present La Une
Tipik
RTBF
Dutch VRT
Sporza
Ketnet
Canvas
VRT Max
Eén

Bosnia and Herzegovina

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Bosnian 1994RTV BiH
1998BHT
2002–present BHRT

Bulgaria

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Bulgarian 1962–present BNT
2022 Diema, Gong.bg, NOVA

Burundi

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 2018–present SuperSport

Croatia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Croatian 1994–present HRT pol

Cyprus

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Greek 1962–present CyBC

Czech Republic

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Czech 1994–present ČT
2022 TV Nova

Denmark

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Danish 1954–present DR
2002–present TV 2

Estonia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Estonian 1994–present ETV

Finland

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Finnish 1962–present Yle
1994–1998 MTV3

France

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1954–1962 RTF
1966–1974 ORTF
1978–present TF1
1978–1990 Antenne 2, FR3
1994–1998, 2010 France Télévisions
1998, 2006–2010 Canal+
2002–2006 Eurosport France
2006 M6
2014–present beIN Sports

Germany

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
German 1994–present ARD and ZDF
2002–2010Premiere/Sky
2010 RTL
2014–2018 Sky Sport
2022–present Deutsche Telekom

Georgia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Georgian 1994–present GPB

Greece

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Greek 1966–2010 ERT
2014 NERIT
2018 ERT
2022 ANT1

Hungary

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Hungarian 1958–2002 and 2010–present MTV
2006 RTL Klub

Iceland

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Icelandic 1970–2002 and 2010–present RÚV
2006 Sýn
2010 Stöð 2 Sport

Ireland

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English

Irish

1962–present RTÉ

Italy and San Marino

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Italian 1954–2014, 2022–present RAI
2006–2014 Sky Sport
2018 Mediaset

Kosovo (Serbia)

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Serbian 1994–present RTS1, RTS2

Latvia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Latvian 1994–present LTV

Liechtenstein and Switzerland

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
German, French, Italian, Romansh 1954–present SRG SSR

Lithuania

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Lithuanian 1994–1998, 2006–present LRT
2002 TV4
2010 LNK

Luxemborg

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1954–present RTBF
Dutch VRT

Malta

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Maltese 2006 Melita Sports
2010 PBS (46 matches), Melita Sports (all matches)
2014–present PBS

Moldova

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Romanian 1994–present TRM

Montenegro

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Montenegrin 2006 TV In
2010–present RTCG

Netherlands

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Dutch 1966 NTS
1970–present NOS

North Macedonia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Macedonian 1994–present MRT
Serbian 2022–present Arena Sport

Norway

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Norwegian 1954–present NRK
2002–present: TV 2

Poland

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Polish 1966TP (old TVP name)
1970TP (old TVP name) (final only, on a three-day tape-delay)
1974–1998TVP
2002–2006TVP (12 matches in 2002, 32 matches in 2006) and Polsat Sport (all 64 matches)
2010–present TVP (all 64 matches)

Portugal

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1962–1966 RTP
1970–1974RTP (RTP I Programa and RTP II Programa)
1974–2026 RTP Madeira (in Madeira)
1978–2026 RTP Açores (in Azores)
1978–1986RTP (RTP1 and RTP2)
1990RTP (RTP Canal 1 and RTP Canal 2)
1994RTP (Canal 1 and TV2)
1998RTP (RTP1 and RTP2)
2002
2006
  • RTP (RTP1 and 2)
  • SIC
  • Sport TV
  • PortugalTV
2010–2014
  • RTP (RTP1 and RTP2)
  • Sport TV
  • PortugalTV
  • TVI
2018
  • RTP (RTP1, RTP2 and RTP3)
  • SIC
  • Sport TV
  • PortugalTV
  • TVI
2022–present
  • RTP (RTP1, RTP2 and RTP3)
  • SIC
  • Sport TV
  • TVI

Romania

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Romanian 1958–present TVR

Russia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Russian 1994Channel One Ostankino, Russia-1
1998–2006 Channel One, VGTRK
2010 Channel One (26 matches), VGTRK (38 matches)
2014 Channel One, VGTRK
2018 Channel One, VGTRK, Match TV
2022 Match TV

Serbia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Serbian 1994–present RTS
2022–present Arena Sport

Slovakia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Slovak 1994–2010 STV
2014–present RTVS

Slovenia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Slovene 1994–present: RTVSLO

Spain

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1962–1998, 2022–present TVE
2002 Antena 3 and Vía Digital
2006 laSexta
2006–2010 Digital+
2006–2018 Cuatro
2010–2018 Telecinco
2014; 2022 Gol Televisión (airs on OTT Gol Mundial for 2022)
2018Be Mad TV

Sweden

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Swedish 1958–1978SRTV
1982–present SVT
2006–present TV4

Turkey

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Turkish 1970–2002, 2010–present TRT
2006Kanal 1

Ukraine

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Ukrainian 1994–2002, 2010–present NTU
2006 Inter, ICTV

United Kingdom

Over 100 nations have provided wall-to-wall coverage since the communications satellite launchings allowed for worldwide coverage beginning in 1966. European coverage of the World Cup has been extensive since 1954 (though with the World Cup held in Chile in 1962, much of the Euro coverage that year was tape-delayed).

Broadcasts of the qualification for the World Cup Finals for England is currently held by ITV (terrestrial, home and away matches) with Sky holding rights for home and away matches for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These were previously held by the BBC but BBC have highlights of each home nation in their respective nation so BBC Scotland show Scotland highlights, BBC Wales show Wales highlights and BBC Northern Ireland show NI highlights.

However, coverage of the World Cup Finals is on a government mandated 'protected' list meaning it must be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five) as opposed to satellite or cable television. [3] Although only one broadcaster is required, the two biggest terrestrial operators, the BBC and ITV, have always made a joint bid for coverage with broadcast of the Home Nations matches (particularly England) alternating between the broadcasters up to the later stages of the tournament. This is believed to prevent an extremely expensive bidding war for coverage between the two networks, with the current agreement running until the 2022 tournament.

In addition, when matches involved Scotland or Northern Ireland the BBC or ITV franchise holder in that area (Scottish TV, Grampian, Border or Ulster / UTV) would provide their own commentary team and presenters for those games.

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 1966–1982 BBC BBC1, BBC2
ITV
1986–1990 BBC BBC1, BBC Two, S4C
ITV
1994 BBC BBC1, BBC2, S4C
ITV
Eurosport
1998 BBC BBC One, BBC Two, S4C
ITV
2002–2010 BBC BBC One, BBC Two, S4C
ITV ITV1, ITV2, ITV4
2014–present BBC BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, S4C
ITV ITV1, ITV4
YearChannelCommentatorsCo-CommentatorsPresentersPundits
2022 BBC Guy Mowbray
Steve Wilson
Jonathan Pearce
Steve Bower
Robyn Cowen
Pien Meulensteen
Martin Keown
Danny Murphy
Jermaine Jenas
Stephen Warnock
Dion Dublin
Danny Gabbidon
Gary Lineker
Mark Chapman
Gabby Logan
Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand, Jermaine Jenas, Micah Richards, Alex Scott, Ian Rush, Ashley Williams, Vincent Kompany, Didier Drogba, Laura Georges, Jürgen Klinsmann, Mauricio Pochettino, Mark Schwarzer, Gilberto Silva, and Pablo Zabaleta
ITV Sam Matterface
Jon Champion
Clive Tyldesley
Seb Hutchinson
Joe Speight
Tom Gayle
Lee Dixon
Ally McCoist
John Hartson
Andros Townsend
Mark Pougatch
Laura Woods
Seema Jaswal
Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Graeme Souness, Roy Keane, Joe Cole, Nigel de Jong, Hal Robson-Kanu, Nadia Nadim, Eniola Aluko, Karen Carney, and Peter Walton (Rules)
2018 BBC Guy Mowbray
Steve Wilson
Jonathan Pearce
Steve Bower
Simon Brotherton
Vicki Sparks
Martin Keown
Danny Murphy
Mark Lawrenson
Kevin Kilbane
Jermaine Jenas
Gary Lineker
Mark Chapman
Dan Walker
Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand, Jürgen Klinsmann, Alex Scott, Frank Lampard, Jermaine Jenas, Phil Neville, Matt Upson, Cesc Fàbregas, Didier Drogba, and Pablo Zabaleta
ITV Clive Tyldesley
Sam Matterface
Jon Champion
Joe Speight
Glenn Hoddle
Gary Neville
Lee Dixon
Ally McCoist
Iain Dowie
Mark Pougatch
Jacqui Oatley
Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Lee Dixon, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra, Slaven Bilić, Eniola Aluko, Henrik Larsson, Martin O'Neill, and Mark Clattenburg (Rules)
2014 BBC Guy Mowbray
Steve Wilson
Jonathan Pearce
Simon Brotherton
Steve Bower
Mark Lawrenson
Martin Keown
Kevin Kilbane
Phil Neville
Robbie Savage
Gary Lineker
Mark Chapman
Dan Walker
Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer, Danny Murphy, Rio Ferdinand, Juninho Paulista, Chris Waddle, Brad Friedel, Neil Lennon, Clarence Seedorf, and Thierry Henry
ITV Clive Tyldesley
Sam Matterface
Joe Speight
Andy Townsend
Clarke Carlisle
Lee Dixon
Adrian Chiles
Matt Smith
Gus Poyet, Glenn Hoddle, Martin O'Neill, Fabio Cannavaro, Andros Townsend, Lee Dixon, Ian Wright, Gordon Strachan, and Patrick Vieira
2010 BBC Guy Mowbray
Steve Wilson
Jonathan Pearce
Simon Brotherton
Steve Bower
Mark Lawrenson
Mark Bright
Mick McCarthy
Martin Keown
Gary Lineker
Colin Murray
Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer, Lee Dixon, Jürgen Klinsmann, Clarence Seedorf, Roy Hodgson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Gordon Strachan, and Harry Redknapp
ITV Clive Tyldesley
Peter Drury
Jon Champion
Ian Crocker
Andy Townsend
Jim Beglin
Craig Burley
Chris Coleman
Adrian Chiles
Matt Smith
Andy Townsend, Robbie Earle, Gareth Southgate, Lucas Radebe, Francois Pienaar, Marcel Desailly, Edgar Davids, Kevin Keegan, and Patrick Vieira
2006 BBC John Motson
Steve Wilson
Simon Brotherton
Jonathan Pearce
Guy Mowbray
Mark Lawrenson
Mick McCarthy
Gavin Peacock
Mark Bright
Gary Lineker
Ray Stubbs
Adrian Chiles
Manish Bhasin
Alan Hansen, Ian Wright, Lee Dixon, Alan Shearer, Martin O'Neill, Marcel Desailly, Leonardo Araújo, and Gordon Strachan
ITV Clive Tyldesley
Peter Drury
Jon Champion
Peter Brackley
Andy Townsend
Jim Beglin
Gareth Southgate
Clive Allen
Steve Rider
Jim Rosenthal
Matt Smith
Gabby Logan
Ally McCoist, Gareth Southgate, Terry Venables, Ruud Gullit, David Pleat, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley, Stuart Pearce, and Shane Warne
2002 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Steve Wilson
Rob Maclean
Trevor Brooking
Joe Royle
Trevor Steven
Efan Ekoku
Gary Lineker
Ray Stubbs
Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Peter Schmeichel, Jamie Redknapp, Ian Wright, Martin O'Neill, David O'Leary, and Peter Reid
ITV Clive Tyldesley
Peter Drury
Jon Champion
Peter Brackley
Guy Mowbray
Ron Atkinson
Graham Taylor
David Pleat
Jim Beglin
Paul Elliott
Des Lynam
Gabby Logan
Jim Rosenthal
Matt Smith
Bob Wilson
Paul Gascoigne, Gary Neville, Terry Venables, Bobby Robson, Clive Allen, John Barnes, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Andy Townsend, Ally McCoist, Robbie Earle, and Barry Venison
1998 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Jon Champion
Ron Jones
John Murray
Rob Maclean (Scotland)
Trevor Brooking
David Pleat
Chris Waddle
Des Lynam
Gary Lineker
Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Jimmy Hill, David Ginola, Martin O'Neill, and Robbie Williams
ITV Brian Moore
Clive Tyldesley
Peter Drury
Peter Brackley
Garry McNee (Scotland)
Kevin Keegan
Ron Atkinson
Ian St John
Bob Wilson
Jim Rosenthal
Alex Ferguson, Terry Venables, Barry Venison, John Barnes, Ruud Gullit, Ian Wright, David Baddiel, and Frank Skinner
1994 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Gerald Sinstadt
Clive Tyldesley
Trevor Brooking
Liam Brady
John Fashanu
Chris Waddle
Des Lynam
Bob Wilson
Jimmy Hill, Alan Hansen, Terry Venables, Gary Lineker, David O'Leary, Steve Coppell, David Baddiel, and Frank Skinner
ITV Brian Moore
Alan Parry
Peter Brackley
John Helm
Rob Palmer
Ron Atkinson
Kevin Keegan
Trevor Francis
Matthew Lorenzo
Tony Francis
Denis Law, Ray Wilkins, Don Howe, and Jack Charlton
1990 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Gerald Sinstadt
Archie Macpherson (Scotland)
Bobby Charlton
Trevor Brooking
Liam Brady
Gerald Sinstadt
Des Lynam
Bob Wilson
Jimmy Hill and Kenny Dalglish
ITV Brian Moore
Alan Parry
John Helm
Gerry Harrison
Clive Tyldesley
Jock Brown (Scotland)
Ron Atkinson
Ian St John
Trevor Francis
Billy McNeill
Nick Owen
Elton Welsby
Jimmy Greaves, Graham Taylor, Bobby Moore, Charlie Ntamark, Rodney Marsh, Emlyn Hughes, and Ossie Ardiles
1986 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Gerald Sinstadt
Archie MacPherson
David Icke
Jimmy Hill
Trevor Brooking
Bobby Charlton
Des Lynam
Bob Wilson
Terry Venables, Lawrie McMenemy, Emlyn Hughes, Andy Gray, Martin O'Neill, and Alan Mullery
ITV Brian Moore
Martin Tyler
John Helm
Peter Brackley
Gerry Harrison
Jock Brown (Scotland)
Ron Atkinson
David Pleat
Billy McNeill
Brian Moore Brian Clough, Mick Channon, Bryan Hamilton, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan, and Jimmy Greaves
1982 BBC John Motson
Barry Davies
Tony Gubba
Alan Parry
Des Lynam
Archie Macpherson
Bobby Charlton
Bobby Robson
David Coleman
Jimmy Hill
Billy McNeill, Lawrie McMenemy, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Robson, Lou Macari, and Garth Crooks
ITV Martin Tyler
Hugh Johns
Gerry Harrison
Gerald Sinstadt
John Helm
Nick Owen
Jock Brown (Scotland)
Ron Atkinson
Jack Charlton
Brian Clough
Denis Law
Ian St John
Brian Moore John Bond, Jimmy Greaves, George Best, and Mick Channon
1978 BBC David Coleman
Barry Davies
John Motson
Alan Weeks
Archie Macpherson (Scotland)
Frank Bough Jimmy Hill, Jock Stein, Lawrie McMenemy, Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, John Bond, Trevor Brooking, Bob Wilson, Alan Ball, Jack Taylor, Billy Bremner, and Tommy Docherty
ITV Hugh Johns
Gerry Harrison
Gerald Sinstadt
Martin Tyler
Arthur Montford (Scotland)
Jack Charlton
Ian St John
Joe Harper (Scotland)
Brian Moore Kevin Keegan, Pat Crerand, Brian Clough, Andy Gray, Johan Cryuff, Emlyn Hughes, and Peter Taylor
1974 BBC David Coleman
Alan Weeks
Barry Davies
John Motson
Archie Macpherson (Scotland)
Frank Bough Jimmy Hill, Jock Stein, Bill Shankly, Bobby Charlton, Lawrie McMenemy, and Frank McLintock
ITV Hugh Johns
Keith Macklin
Gerry Harrison
Gerald Sinstadt
Arthur Montford (Scotland)
Alf Ramsey Brian Moore Derek Dougan, Bobby Moncur, Pat Crerand, Malcolm Allison, Jack Charlton, and Brian Clough
1970 BBC David Coleman
Alan Weeks
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Barry Davies
Idwal Robling
Frank Bough Joe Mercer, Don Revie, Brian Clough, Noel Cantwell, Ian St John, Ray Wilson, Bob Wilson, Johnny Haynes, Walley Barnes, and Jim Finney
ITV Hugh Johns
Gerry Harrison
Gerald Sinstadt
Roger Malone
Bobby Moore
Billy Wright
Brian Moore
Jimmy Hill
Derek Dougan, Pat Crerand, Malcolm Allison, Bob McNab
1966 BBC Kenneth Wolstenholme
David Coleman
Frank Bough
Walley Barnes
Alan Weeks
David Coleman Johnny Haynes, Danny Blanchflower, Tommy Docherty, Jimmy Hill, Arthur Ellis, Joe Mercer, Billy Wright
ITV Hugh Johns
Barry Davies
Gerry Loftus
John Camkin

Notes

Former nations

Czechoslovakia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Czech
Slovak
1954–1990 ČST

East Germany

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
German 1954–1970, 1990 DFF
1974–1986DDR-FS

Soviet Union

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Russian
Ukrainian
Belarusian
Uzbek
Kazakh
Georgian
Azerbaijani
Lithuanian
Moldavian
Latvian
Kyrgyz
Tajik
Armenian
Turkmen
Estonian
1958–1966 Central Television of the USSR CT USSR Programme 1, CT USSR Programme 2, CT USSR Programme 3

Armenian Television Channel 1, Baku Television Studio

1970–1978 Central Television of the USSR CT USSR Programme 1, CT USSR Programme 2, CT USSR Programme 3

Armenian Television Channel 1, Azerbaijan Television

1982–1990 Central Television of the USSR CT USSR Programme 1, CT USSR Programme 2, CT USSR Moscow Programme

Armenian Television Channel 1, Azerbaijan Television

West Germany

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
German 1966–1990 ZDF
1954–1986 DF

Yugoslavia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
Macedonian
1958–1990 JRT

Asia

Afghanistan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Pashto
English
1982–2002 Radio Television Afghanistan
2006–2010 Ariana Television Network
2014 Ariana Television Network, Sony SIX, Seven3
2018–2026 Ariana Television Network

Bahrain

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic
English
1974–2014 Bahrain TV
2018–2026 beIN Sports

Bangladesh

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Bengali
English
1974–present Bangladesh Television
2014–2018 Maasranga Television
2022 BTV, T Sports, GTV, Toffee Live

Bhutan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Dzongkha
English
2002–2010 ESPN Star Sports
2014–2018 Sony Six
2018 Sony ESPN
2022–present Sports18

Brunei

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Malay
English
1978–present Radio Televisyen Brunei through RTB Perdana and RTB Aneka
1986–1998 TV3 (all matches)
1998 NTV7 (all matches)
2006–present Astro (all matches)

Cambodia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
1970 Télévision Royale Khmère (TVRK)
1974 Télévision de la République Khmère (TVREK)
1978–1982none due to Khmer Rouge
1986–2002 TVK
2006–2014 CTN
2018–present CBS

China PR

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Chinese 1962–1974 Beijing Television
1974Beijing Television 2
1978–present CCTV (all matches in HD, full matches live on CCTV-1, CCTV-5 and CCTV-5+)
1982–1990CCTV-2
1986–1994CCTV-3
1990–presentCCTV-1
1994–2006CCTV-4
2006–presentCCTV-5
2010CCTV-HD
2014–presentCCTV-5+
2018–presentCCTV-4K
2022–presentCCTV-16, CCTV-8K, Migu

East Timor

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese
Tetum
2006–2014 RTTL
2018–presentETO Telco

Hong Kong

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English (free-to-air)
Cantonese (pay subscription)
1970 TVB Pearl (selected matches)
1974–1978 TVB Pearl and RTV-2 (selected matches in live telecast)
1982–1986 TVB Pearl (all matches in live telecast)
1990–1998 ATV World and TVB Pearl (all matches in live telecast)
1998 Cantonese: TVB Jade (all matches in live telecast)
English: TVB Pearl (all matches in live telecast)
2002 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): ATV World (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals) and TVB Pearl (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (Cable):Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches in live telecast)
2006 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): ATV World (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals), TVB (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (Cable):Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches in live telecast)
2010 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): ATV World (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals), TVB Pearl (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (Cable):Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches in live telecast)
2014 TVB (all matches in live telecast) (22 matches in free-to-air terrestrial television; all matches in pay television)
2018-2022 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): ViuTVsix (nineteen matches in live telecast)
Subscription/Pay (IPTV): Now TV (all matches in live telecast)

India

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Hindi
English
Bengali
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
1982–present Doordarshan
1994–2010 ESPN Asia, Star Sports
2014–2018 Sony Pictures Sports Networks India
2022–present Viacom 18

Indonesia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
1970 TVRI (black-and-white, recorded broadcast, selected delayed telecast on final) [5]
1974TVRI (black-and-white, recorded broadcast, selected delayed telecast on final) [5]
1978TVRI (black-and-white, recorded broadcast, selected delayed telecast on final) [5]
1982TVRI (colour, recorded broadcast, selected delayed telecast on opening match) [5]
1986TVRI (recorded broadcast, selected delayed telecast on semifinal and final) [5]
1990TVRI (10-matches) and RCTI (all matches live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
1994TVRI (16-matches), TPI (16-matches), RCTI (12-matches) and SCTV (8-matches) (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
1998TVRI (15-matches), RCTI (15-matches), SCTV (15-matches), TPI (14-matches), ANteve (15-matches) and Indosiar (15-matches) (all matches live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
2002RCTI (64 matches includes 45 live telecast and 19 taped group stage matches)
2006SCTV (64 matches includes 56 live telecast and 8 taped group stage matches)
2010RCTI (46-matches) and Global TV (20-matches) (all matches live telecast), Telkomsel (all matches livestreaming) and MNC Vision (all matches pay television)
2014 Visi Media Asia (ANTV (56-matches [lower-alpha 2] ), tvOne (56-matches [lower-alpha 2] ) and viva+ (all matches)), IndiHome (both broadcast all matches pay television respectively), Domikado and Genflix (both broadcast all matches in livestreaming respectively), K-Vision (all matches pay television) and Telkomsel (all matches livestreaming)
2018 Trans Media (Trans TV (56-matches), Trans7 (16-matches) and Transvision (all matches)), Klix TV and IndiHome (all matches live telecast, pay television and livestreaming respectively), MNC Vision (all matches pay television), Telkomsel (all matches livestreaming) and K-Vision (all matches pay television)
2022 Emtek (SCTV (56-matches), Indosiar (16-matches [lower-alpha 3] ), Moji and Mentari TV (selected group stage matches), Champions TV, Nex Parabola and Vidio (all matches)) (all matches live telecast, pay television and livestreaming respectively) [6] [7]

Iran

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Persian 1962–present IRIB 3
2002–2006 ART Sport
2010 Al-Jazeera Sport
2014–present beIN Sports

Japan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Japanese 1970–1974 TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)
1978–1998 NHK General TV (JOAK-TV)
1986–1990 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), Nippon Television (JOAX-TV), TBS (JOKR-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-TV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)

JAITS CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) NHK BS1, NHK BS2

1994–1998 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), Nippon Television (JOAX-TV), TBS (JOKR-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-TV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)

JAITS MX-TV (JOMX-TV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, NHK BS1, NHK BS2, NHK Hi-Vision

2002 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), Nippon Television (JOAX-TV), TBS (JORX-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-TV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)

JAITS Tokyo MX Television (JOMX-TV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, SKY PerfecTV!, NHK BS1, NHK BS2, NHK BS hi

2006 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), Nippon Television (JOAX-TV), TBS Television (JORX-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-TV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)

JAITS Tokyo MX (JOMX-TV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, SKY PerfecTV!, NHK BS1, NHK BS2, NHK BS hi

2010 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), Nippon Television (JOAX-TV), TBS Television (JORX-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-TV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-TV)

JAITS Tokyo MX (JOMX-TV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, SKY PerfecTV!, NHK BS1, NHK BS2, NHK BS hi

2014 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-DTV), Fuji Television (JOCX-DTV), Nippon Television (JOAX-DTV), TBS Television (JORX-DTV), TV Asahi (JOEX-DTV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-DTV)

JAITS Tokyo MX (JOMX-DTV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, NHK BS1, NHK BS Premium

2018 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-DTV), Fuji Television (JOCX-DTV), Nippon Television (JOAX-DTV), TBS Television (JORX-DTV), TV Asahi (JOEX-DTV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-DTV)

JAITS Tokyo MX (JOMX-DTV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, NHK BS1, NHK BS Premium, NHK BS4K, NHK BS8K

2022 Abema (all matches in live streaming for free); DAZN (3-minutes highlights of all matches), [8] [9] NHK General TV (JOAK-TV), Fuji Television (JOCX-TV), TV Asahi (JOEX-DTV)
2026 Japan Consortium NHK General TV (JOAK-DTV), Fuji Television (JOCX-DTV), Nippon Television (JOAX-DTV), TBS Television (JORX-DTV), TV Asahi (JOEX-DTV), TV Tokyo (JOTX-DTV)

JAITS Tokyo MX (JOMX-DTV), CTC (CL), GBS (ZF), GTV (ML), Sun Television (UH), tvk (KM), KBS (BR), MTV (MH), TVN (NM), TVS (US), GYT (GY), BBC (BL), WTV (OM) WOWOW, NHK BS1, NHK BS2K, NHK BS4K, NHK BS8K

Kazakhstan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Kazakh 1998–present Qazsport

Kyrgyzstan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Kyrgyz 1994–2010, 2018–present KTRK
2014NTS

Laos

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Lao 1986–2018 LNTV
2014TVLAO

Macau

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1986–present TDM

Malaysia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Malay
English
1966 Televisyen Malaysia Black and White (all matches)
1970–1978 Radio Televisyen Malaysia Rangkaian Pertama, Rangkaian Kedua, RTM Network One and Network Two Black and White (all matches)
1982 Radio Televisyen Malaysia RTM 1, RTM 2 (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively for 1982–2002)
1986–1990 Radio Televisyen Malaysia RTM 1, RTM 2, TV3 (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
1994 Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1, TV2, TV3
1998 Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7 (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
2002 Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7
2006 Radio Televisyen Malaysia RTM1, RTM2 and NTV7 (47 matches [10] ), Astro (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
2010–2014 Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1, TV2 (35 matches [11] [12] ), Astro
2018 Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1, TV2, RTM HD Sports, TV Okey (41 matches [13] ), Astro (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)
2022–present Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV2, TV Okey, Sukan RTM (27-matches live and 14-matches delayed [14] ), Astro (all matches in live telecast and highest full matches respectively)

Maldives

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Dhivehi
English
1982–2014 TVM
2014–present Sony Pictures Networks

Myanmar

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Burmese 1982–present MRTV (all matches for 1982–2010, 16 matches for 2014 and 2018 [15] )
2014–present Skynet Sports (ALL MATCHES)

Nepal

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Nepali 1986-2018 Sony, NTV, Kantipur Television, Action Sports
2022Himalaya Tv Premium, Himalaya TV

Pakistan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Urdu
English
2014 PTV Sports
Ten Sports
2018 PTV Sports
Ten Sports
2022 A Sports

Philippines

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Filipino
English
1970–2006 RPN
2010 Studio 23 (all matches)
2010–2014 Balls (all matches)
2014–2018 ABS-CBN Sports and Action (all matches)
2022–present TAP Sports (all matches)

Saudi Arabia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic 2002–2006 ART Sport
2010 Al-Jazeera Sport
2014–present beIN Sports

Singapore

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 1966–1974 Channel 5 Black and White (all matches)
1974 Final Channel 5 Colour
1978 Channel 5 (all matches)
1982 Channel 8 (opening match, delayed telecast in Mandarin and Tamil) and Channel 5 (final, recorded broadcast in English and Malay)
1986–1994 Channel 12 (all matches)
1998 Premiere 12 (all matches)
2002 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): Channel 5 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (Cable): Singapore Cable Vision (all matches in live telecast)
2006 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): Channel 5 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (Cable): StarHub Cable Vision (all matches in live telecast)
2010 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): HD5 (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (IPTV): Singtel TV (all matches in live telecast)
Subscription/Pay (Cable): StarHub TV (all matches in live telecast)
2014 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): Sports on Okto (four matches includes opening matches, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (IPTV): Singtel TV (all matches in live telecast)
Subscription/Pay (Cable): StarHub TV (all matches in live telecast)
2018 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): Sports on Okto (nine matches includes six group stage, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (IPTV): Singtel TV / StarHub TV (all matches in live telecast)
2022 Free-to-air (Terrestrial): Channel 5 (nine matches includes six group stage, semi-finals and finals)
Subscription/Pay (IPTV): Singtel TV / StarHub TV (all matches in live telecast)

Sri Lanka

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Sinhala 1986–present MTV Channel
2014–2018 Sony Pictures Networks
2022 MTV Channel

South Korea

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Korean 1994–present SBS (all matches)
1986–2006, 2014–present KBS (all matches)
1986–2006, 2014–present MBC (all matches)

Taiwan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Chinese 2002–2014 Era Television
2010–2018 ELTA TV [16]

Tajikistan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Tajik 1994–2014 TVT
2018–presentVarzish TV and Futbol TV (all matches in live telecast)

Thailand

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Thai
English
1970–1998 Television Pool of Thailand (Analog Terrestrial Black and White Television: Channel 4, Channel 7; Colour: Channel 3, Channel 5 (7 in BWTV), Channel 7, Channel 9 (4 in BWTV)) (all matches in live telecast)
2002–2006 Dhospaak Communication Agency Company Limited; subsidiary company of Thai Beverages PCL. (Analog Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV (Channel 9), Channel 11) (all matches in live telecast)
2010–2014 RS Public Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV, NBT (Channel 11); Satellite: RS Sunbox) (all matches in live telecast)
2018 Channel 5 HD, Amarin TV, True4U and True Sport (all matches in live telecast)
2022–present SAT, NTBC and TrueVisions (all matches in live telecast)

Uzbekistan

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Uzbek
Russian
1994–2014 NTRCU (all matches in live telecast)
2018UzReport TV and Futbol TV (all matches in live telecast)

Vietnam

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Vietnamese 1974 THVN9 (final only)
1978–2010 and 2018 HTV
1982–present VTV
2006–2010 VTC

Oceania

Australia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 1970–1986 ABC
1970 Seven Network
1986–present SBS
2002 Nine Network
2010 ESPN
2014 SBS
2018 Optus Sport
2022 SBS

New Zealand

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 2002–present Sky
1998–2014 TVNZ

Africa

Whole of Africa

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 2018 Kwesé Sports
2022 SuperSport
French 2022New World TV

Algeria

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic
French
1966–1982RTA
1986–1998ENTV
2014–present EPTV

Angola

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1978–2026 Televisão Pública de Angola
1998–present RTP África
2018–present Kwesé Sports, Canal+ Afrique, SuperSport, StarTimes, Girassol TV

Botswana

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 2018–present SuperSport
Sepedi 2022 BTV

Benin & Burkina Faso

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 2022 Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin
Radio Télévision du Burkina

Burundi

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Kirundi
French
Swahili
English
1986–present RTNB

Cape Verde

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1978–1986 TEVEC
1990–1994 TNCV
1998–present RTC and RTP África

Egypt

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic 2002–2006 ART Sport
Arabic
English
2010 Al-Jazeera Sport
2014–present beIN Sports

Equatorial Guinea

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese
Spanish
1998–present RTP África

Ghana

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 1974–presentGTV
2018Startimes

Guinea-Bissau

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1998–2026 RTP África

Libya

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic 1970–1998 LJBC

Mali

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1986–present ORTM

Morocco

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic
Tamazight
1958–1961RTM1
1962–present SNRT Arryadia, Tamazight TV, Al Aoula [17]

Mozambique

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1998–2026 RTP África

Namibia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 1994–present NBC

Niger

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1970–present ORTN

São Tomé and Príncipe

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1998–present RTP África

Senegal

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1966–present RTS1

South Africa

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Afrikaans
Amharic
English
Pidgin
Swahili
Portuguese
Sotho
Xhosa
Zulu
2002–present SuperSport
English
Afrikaans
Nguni
Sotho
2002 e.tv
English 1978–1998

2006–present

SABC

Togo

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
French 1974–present TVT

Tunisia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Arabic 1970–1986RTT
1990–1998 ERTT

North America

Canada

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English
French
Portuguese
Italian
Cantonese
Chinese
Mandarin
Spanish
1954–1986 CBC Sports CBC Television/Télévision de Radio-Canada
1990–2002 TSN
2006 CTV , TSN , Omni Television
2010 CBC Sports CBC Television/Radio-Canada Télévision, Telelatino, TLN en Español
2014 CBC Sports CBC Television/Radio-Canada Télévision, TVA, Telelatino, TLN en Español, Fairchild TV, Talentvision
2018–present CTV, TSN/RDS TSN1, TSN2, TSN3, TSN4, TSN5, RDS, RDS2, RDS Info

English-language television

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentators ReportersStudio HostsStudio Analysts
2022 CTV
TSN
Luke Wileman (Canada matches ONLY)
English world feed (all other matches)
Steven Caldwell (Canada matches ONLY)
English world feed (all other matches)
In Qatar:
Matthew Scianitti
Daniel Zakrzewski
In Scarborough, Ontario:
Corwin McCallum (social media)
In Doha, Qatar:
Luke Wileman (lead)
James Duthie
Lindsay Hamilton
In Scarborough, Ontario:
Kelcey Brade
Jennifer Hedger (Highlights Show and prime time rebroadcasts)
Marissa Roberto (Instagram)
Raegan Subban (Instagram)
In Doha, Qatar:
Steven Caldwell
Kevin Kilbane
Julian de Guzman
Tosaint Ricketts
Janine Beckie
In Scarborough, Ontario:
Carmelina Moscato
Joe Fletcher (rules analyst)
2018 English World FeedLuke Wileman
Andi Petrillo (Highlights Show)
Kristian Jack
Steven Caldwell
2014 CBC Brenda Irving
David Amber
Scott Russell
Andi Petrillo
Craig Forrest
Nigel Reed
Lloyd Barker
John Herdman
2010 Brenda Irving
Kim Brunhuber
Scott Russell
Mitch Peacock
Jason de Vos
Nigel Reed
Bob Lenarduzzi
John Collins

Notes

  • CTV and TSN used their own announcers for all Canadian games during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. For all other matches they used the English World Feed.

French-language television

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentators ReportersStudio HostsStudio Analysts
2026 RDS
2022 In Montréal, Quebec:
Claudine Douville (lead)
Olivier Brett
In Montréal, Quebec:
Jean Gounelle (lead)
Patrick Leduc
In Qatar:
Antonin Besner
Meeker Guerrier
Nicolas Landry
In Montréal, Quebec:
Olivier Brett (lead)
François-Etienne Corbin
Émilie Duquette
Sydney Fowo (social media)
Jasmin Leroux (social media)
In Montréal, Quebec:
Patrice Bernier (lead)
Wandrille Lefèvre
Valmie Ouellet
Laurent Ciman
Marinette Pichon
Alexandre Da Rocha
Marc Cassivi
Amy Walsh
Nick De Santis
Jonathan Bourgault
Philippe Eulaffroy
Sonia Denoncourt (rules analyst)
2018 Claudine Douville
Olivier Brett
Jean Gounelle
Patrick Leduc
Olivier Brett Patrick Leduc
Valmie Ouellet

Mexico

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1958–1966 TSM XEW-TV Canal 2, XHGC-TV Canal 5
1970 TSM XEW-TV Canal 2, XHGC-TV Canal 5, TIM XHTM-TV Canal 8
1974–1982 Televisa XEW-TV Canal 2, XHGC-TV Canal 5, XHTM-TV Canal 8, TRM Canal 13
1986–1990 Televisa El Canal de las Estrellas, XHGC-TV Canal 5, XEQ-TV Canal 9, Imevisión Red Nacional 13, Red Nacional 7
1994 Televisa El Canal de las Estrellas, XHGC-TV Canal 5, XEQ-TV Canal 9, TV Azteca Canal Trece, TV 7
1998 Televisa El Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, XEQ-TV Canal 9, TV Azteca TV 13, El 7 de Azteca, CNI CNI Canal 40, DirecTV
2002 Televisa El Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, Galavisión, TV Azteca Azteca Trece, Azteca Siete, CNI CNI Canal 40, DirecTV
2006 Televisa Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, Galavisión, TV Azteca Azteca Trece, Azteca Siete, Proyecto 40, Sky
2010 Televisa Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, Galavisión, TDN, TV Azteca Azteca Trece, Azteca Siete, Proyecto 40, Sky
2014 Televisa Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, Gala TV, TDN, TV Azteca Azteca Trece, Azteca Siete, Proyecto 40, Sky
2018 Televisa Las Estrellas, Canal 5*, GalaTV, TDN, Univision TDN, TV Azteca Azteca Uno, Azteca Siete, ADN 40, A+, Sky
2022–present Televisa Las Estrellas, Canal 5*, NU9VE, TUDN, TV Azteca Azteca Uno, Azteca Siete, ADN 40, A Más, Sky

United States

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English
Spanish
1966 NBC
1970 ABC, SIN
1974 CBS, SIN
1978 SIN
1982 ABC, ESPN, PBS, SIN
1986 NBC, ESPN, SIN
1990 TNT, Univision, Galavisión
1994–1998 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Univision, Galavisión
2002–2010 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Univision, TeleFutura, Galavisión
2014 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Univision, UniMás, Galavisión, Univision Deportes
2018 Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo
2022–2026 Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo, Peacock
2030TBA

English-language television

Finals

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Reporters(s)Studio host(s)Studio analyst(s)
2026 Fox
2022 John Strong Stuart Holden Jenny Taft and Geoff Shreeves Rob Stone Alexi Lalas, Clint Dempsey, and Landon Donovan
Joe Machnik (rules analyst)
2018 John Strong Stuart Holden Jenny Taft and Geoff Shreeves Rob Stone and Kate Abdo Alexi Lalas, Kelly Smith, Clarence Seedorf, and Guus Hiddink
Joe Machnik (rules analyst)
2014 ABC Ian Darke Steve McManaman Jeremy Schaap Mike Tirico and Bob Ley Alexi Lalas, Santiago Solari, Michael Ballack, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gilberto Silva, Alejandro Moreno, Taylor Twellman, and Kasey Keller
2010 Martin Tyler Efan Ekoku Chris Fowler and Bob Ley Alexi Lalas, Steve McManaman, and Ruud Gullit
2006 Dave O'Brien Marcelo Balboa Brent Musburger Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy
2002 Jack Edwards Ty Keough Terry Gannon Eric Wynalda and Giorgio Chinaglia
1998 Bob Ley Seamus Malin Brent Musburger Eric Wynalda
1994 Roger Twibell Seamus Malin and Rick Davis Jim McKay Desmond Armstrong
1990 TNT Bob Neal Mick Luckhurst Ernie Johnson Rick Davis
1986 NBC Charlie Jones Rick Davis and Paul Gardner Don Criqui Seamus Malin
1982 ABC Jim McKay Mario Machado and Paul Gardner Jack Whitaker Giorgio Chinaglia
1974 CBS (used BBC's feed) David Coleman
1970 ABC Jim McKay
1966 NBC Jim Simpson

Notes

Other rounds

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentator(s)ReportersStudio hostsStudio analysts
2026 Fox
FS1
2022 John Strong (lead)
Ian Darke (on loan from ESPN/ABC)
Derek Rae (on loan from ESPN/ABC)
JP Dellacamera
Jacqui Oatley
Stuart Holden (lead)
Landon Donovan
Aly Wagner
Cobi Jones
Warren Barton
Maurice Edu
Geoff Shreeves (on loan from Sky Sports UK)
Tom Rinaldi
Rodolfo Landeros
Jenny Taft
Melissa Ortiz (World Cup Now on Twitter)
Rob Stone
Tom Rinaldi
Jenny Taft
Kate Abdo (World Cup Tonight) [18]
Jimmy Conrad (World Cup Now on Twitter)
Alexi Lalas, Carli Lloyd, Clint Dempsey, [19] Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Aly Wagner, Stuart Holden, Kelly Smith, and Eniola Aluko
Mark Clattenburg and Dr. Joe Machnik (rules analyst)
Maurice Edu and Chad Johnson (World Cup Tonight)
DaMarcus Beasley, Sacha Kljestan, Melissa Ortiz, Cobi Jones, Warren Barton, Derek Rae and Maurice Edu (World Cup Now on Twitter)
2018 In Russia:
John Strong
JP Dellacamera
Derek Rae (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
In Los Angeles:
Derek Rae (group stage)
Glenn Davis
Mark Followill
Jorge Pérez-Navarro (on loan from ESPN Deportes)
In Russia:
Stuart Holden
Tony Meola
Aly Wagner (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
In Los Angeles:
Aly Wagner (group stage)
Cobi Jones
Warren Barton
Mariano Trujillo
Geoff Shreeves (on loan from Sky Sports UK)
Rachel Bonnetta (Digital)
Sergey Gordeev(National Geographic)
Maria Komandnaya
Rodolfo Landeros
Jenny Taft
Grant Wahl (at-large)
Rob Stone (in Moscow)
Kate Abdo (in Moscow)
Fernando Fiore (World Cup Tonight, in Moscow)
Ian Joy (in Los Angeles)
Alexi Lalas, Hernán Crespo, Clarence Seedorf, Moisés Muñoz, Fernando Fiore, Martin O'Neill, Guus Hiddink, Kelly Smith, and Ian Wright (in Moscow)
Dr. Joe Machnik (rules analyst)
Warren Barton, Cobi Jones, Mariano Trujillo and Aly Wagner (in Los Angeles)
2014 ESPN
ESPN2
ABC
Ian Darke
Jon Champion
Derek Rae
Adrian Healey
Daniel Mann
Fernando Palomo
Steve McManaman
Taylor Twellman
Stewart Robson
Efan Ekoku
Kasey Keller
Alejandro Moreno
Roberto Martínez
Craig Burley
Jeremy Schaap
Julie Foudy
John Sutcliffe
Bob Woodruff
Rubens Pozzi
Mike Tirico
Bob Ley
Lynsey Hipgrave
Alexi Lalas, Steve McManaman, Michael Ballack, Alejandro Moreno, Kasey Keller, Gilberto Silva, Santiago Solari, Roberto Martínez, Taylor Twellman, and Ruud van Nistelrooy
2010 Martin Tyler
Ian Darke
Derek Rae
Adrian Healey
Jim Proudfoot
Efan Ekoku
John Harkes
Robbie Mustoe
Ally McCoist
Roberto Martínez
Jeremy Schaap
Julie Foudy
Darrell Currie
Allen Hopkins
Rob Stone
Selema Masekela
ESPN International:
Andrew Orsatti (Australia)
John Sutcliffe(Mexico)
Dan Williams(South Africa)
Chris Fowler
Mike Tirico
Bob Ley
Alexi Lalas, Jürgen Klinsmann, Ruud Gullit, Steve McManaman, Shaun Bartlett, Tommy Smyth, and Roberto Martínez
2006 Dave O'Brien
JP Dellacamera
Rob Stone
Glenn Davis
Adrian Healey
Marcelo Balboa
John Harkes
Robin Fraser
Shep Messing
Tommy Smyth
Brent Musburger
Rece Davis
Dave Revsine
Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda, Giorgio Chinaglia, Julie Foudy, and Heather Mitts
2002 Jack Edwards
JP Dellacamera
Mike Hill
Glenn Davis
Ty Keough
Tommy Smyth
Seamus Malin
Shep Messing
Lisa Salters
Veronica Paysee
Terry Gannon
Rob Stone
Eric Wynalda and Giorgio Chinaglia
1998 Bob Ley
Roger Twibell
JP Dellacamera
Derek Rae
Phil Schoen
Seamus Malin
Mike Hill
Bill McDermott
Tommy Smyth
Ty Keough
Brent Musburger Eric Wynalda
1994 Roger Twibell
Al Trautwig
Bob Carpenter
Bob Ley
Ian Darke
Randy Hahn
Jim Donovan
Seamus Malin
Rick Davis
Clive Charles
Ty Keough
Peter Vermes
Ron Newman
Bill McDermott
Jim McKay (ABC only)
Al Trautwig (ABC's round of 16 only)
Sharlene Hawkes (ESPN World Cup Tonight only)
Desmond Armstrong (ABC only)
Alexi Lalas (quarterfinals)
Mike Hill (ESPN World Cup Tonight only)
1990 TNT Bob Neal
JP Dellacamera
Randy Hahn
Mick Luckhurst
Rick Davis
Ty Keough
Craig Sager
Paul Ryden
Ernie Johnson
1986 NBC Charlie Jones Rick Davis and Paul Gardner Don Criqui Seamus Malin
ESPN JP Dellacamera
Bob Ley
Seamus Malin
Shep Messing
1982 PBS Toby Charles
ESPN Bob Ley Seamus Malin

Notes

  • In 1982, PBS and ESPN provided the first thorough American television coverage of the FIFA World Cup. ABC aired the first live telecast of the final. ABC aired commercials during the live action. Meanwhile, PBS aired same day highlights of the top game of the day.
  • 1986 marked the first time that the World Cup had extensive live cable and network television coverage in the United States. ESPN carried most of the weekday matches while NBC did weekend games. To be more specific, NBC aired seven matches, including the "Hand of God" quarterfinal, with broadcasters on-site. NBC's theme music for their 1986 coverage was Herb Alpert's "1980", from his 1979 album Rise . It was originally a cue meant for the ill-fated 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics broadcasts. Meanwhile, ESPN aired about 25 matches that year, all with broadcasters calling matches "off tube" (off monitor) from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Broadcasting Centre on 25 John Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • In 1990, the World Cup was covered exclusively by cable television on TNT in the United States and had many features about the host country, Italy.
  • The 1994 American coverage had many firsts: The first with all of the matches televised, the first with no commercial interruptions during live action, and the first to feature an on-screen score & time box.
  • In 1998, all of the matches were televised in the United States live for the first time.
  • The 2002 American coverage had 59 matches live, and 5 rebroadcasts on ABC, with coverage from Japan and South Korea carried live in the American late night graveyard slot.
  • The 2006 coverage from Germany was fully live as well.
    • Dave O'Brien joined Marcelo Balboa on the primary broadcast team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup coverage on ESPN and ABC Sports, despite having no experience calling soccer matches prior to that year. Because The Walt Disney Company, owner of both television outlets, retained control over on-air talent, the appointment of O'Brien as the main play-by-play voice was made over the objections of Soccer United Marketing, who wanted JP Dellacamera to continue in that role. Disney stated that their broadcast strategy was intended, in voice and style, to target the vast majority of Americans who do not follow the sport on a regular basis. Mispronunciation and incorrect addressing of names, misuse of soccer terminology, and lack of insight into tactics and history plagued the telecasts, resulting in heavy criticism from English-speaking soccer fans, many of whom ended up watching the games on Univision instead. [20] [21]
  • The 2010 coverage from South Africa introduced ESPN 3D for 25 matches.
  • The 2014 coverage was available on mobile devices and tablets via the WatchESPN application, as well as on Xbox 360 and Xbox One video game consoles, live and on-demand, via the ESPN on Xbox Live application.
  • Starting in 2018, coverage is available on connected TVs, mobile devices and tablets via the Fox Sports App.

Spanish-language television

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Reporter(s)Studio host(s)Studio analysts
2026 Telemundo
Universo
NBCSN (simulcast of selected matches, 2018 only)
Peacock (streaming in Spanish; 2022–present)
2022 Andrés Cantor (lead)
Sammy Sadovnik
Copán Álvarez
Jorge D. Calvo
Manuel Sol (lead)
Eduardo Biscayart
Tab Ramos
Claudio Borghi (final match)
Amelia Valverde
Carlos Tenorio
Diego Forlán
Fernando Hierro
Mauro Silva
Maxi Rodríguez
Miguel Herrera
Natalia Astrain
Sebastián Abreu
Juan Pablo Sorín
Diana Rincón (on loan from ESPN South America)
Arantza Fernández
Carlos Yustis
Karim Mendiburu
Pablo Aguabella
Antonella González
Veronica Brunati
In Qatar:
Miguel Gurwitz
Ana Jurka
Carlota Vizmanos
Copán Alvarez
Diana Rincón (on loan from ESPN South America)
In Miami, Florida(Zona Mixta: Edición Mundial):
Daniella López Guajardo (on loan from Fox Deportes)
Verónica Rodríguez
In Qatar:
Carlos Hermosillo
Óscar Pérez
Tab Ramos
Claudio Borghi
Amelia Valverde
Carlos Tenorio
Diego Forlán
Fernando Hierro
Mauro Silva
Maxi Rodríguez
Miguel Herrera
Natalia Astrain
Sebastián Abreu
Juan Pablo Sorín
Diana Rincón (on loan from ESPN South America)
Horacio Elizondo (rules analyst)
Jaime Herrera Garduño (rules analyst)
In Miami, Florida:(Peacock 24/7 channel)
Carmen Bouqín
Diego Arrioja
Piero Menor
Luis Baraldi
Pablo Alsina
Pablo Mariño
María Sánchez
2018 Andrés Cantor
Sammy Sadovnik
Copán Álvarez
Erasmo Provenza
Manuel Sol
Carlos Hermosillo
Eduardo Biscayart
Tab Ramos
Claudio Borghi
Juan Pablo Ángel
Juan Pablo Sorín
Diego Forlán
Viviana Vila
Teófilo Cubillas
Jesús Ramírez
Rolando Fonseca
Carlos Yustis
Carlota Vizmanos
Kaziro Aoyama
Pablo Aguabella
In Moscow:
Miguel Gurwitz
Ana Jurka
In Miami, Florida:
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Karim Mendiburu
Carlos Hermosillo
Claudio Borghi
Juan Pablo Ángel
Juan Pablo Sorín
Diego Forlán
Teófilo Cubillas
Jesús Ramírez
Rolando Fonseca
Horacio Elizondo (rules analyst)
2014 Galavisión
UniMás (Telefutura; 2002–2014)
Univision
UDN (now TUDN; 2014 only)
Pablo Ramirez
Jorge Pérez-Navarro
Luis Omar Tapia
Enrique Bermudez de la Serna
José Luis López Salido
Edgar Martinez
Jesus Bracamontes
Diego Balado
Félix Fernández
Mauro Camoranesi
Marcelo Balboa
Carlos Pavón
Ramón Ramírez
Hristo Stoichkov
Rodolfo Landeros
Jorge Calvo
Diana Alvarado
Fernando Fiore
Alejandro Berry
Ivan Kazansew
Lindsay Casinelli
2010 Pablo Ramirez
Jorge Pérez-Navarro
Jorge Ottati
Jesus Bracamontes
José Luis Chilavert
Diego Balado
Fernando Fiore
2006 Pablo Ramirez
Jorge Pérez-Navarro
Bruno Vain
Jesus Bracamontes
José Luis Chilavert
Enrique Borja
Fernando Fiore
2002 Pablo Ramirez
Jorge Pérez-Navarro
Luis Omar Tapia
Jesus Bracamontes
Carlos Reinoso
Ricardo Mayorga
Fernando Fiore
1998 Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1994 Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1990 Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1986 SIN Tony Tirado Norberto Longo
Jorge Berry
1982 SIN (used Televisa's (Mexico) feed)Gerardo Pena
1978 Tony Tirado Enrique Gratas
1974 Tony Tirado
1970 Tony Tirado

Notes

  • From 2002 to 2010, José Luis Chilavert joined Pablo Ramirez and Jesus Bracamontes on the booth during the Univision broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Final match.
  • Starting in 2018, coverage will be available on connected TVs, mobile devices and tablets via NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes' En Vivo apps respectively, and on home devices and video game consoles such as the Xbox One, PS4, and Roku via the Fox Sports app and Fox Sports Go.

Central America

Costa Rica

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1966 Teletica Canal 7 and Telecentro Canal 6 (Deferred all games in both channels)
1970 Telenac Canal 2
1974–1982 Teletica Canal 7 and Telecentro Canal 6
1986 Teletica Canal 7, Telecentro Canal 6 and TV2 Telenac
1990 Teletica Canal 7, Telecentro Canal 6 and TV2 Univisión
1994 Teletica Canal 7, Telecentro Canal 6 and Canal 2
1998 Repretel Canal 6, Canal 9, Canal 11, Teletica Teletica Canal 7, TV2
2002–2006 Repretel Canal 4, Canal 6, Canal 11
2010–2014 Repretel Canal 4, Canal 6, Canal 11, Teletica Teletica Canal 7, XPERTV
2018–present Teletica Teletica Canal 7, TD Más

El Salvador

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1982 YSR-TV Canal 2
1986–present TCS Canal 4

Guatemala

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1990 Canal 3, Televisiete
1994–2014 Canal 3, Televisiete, Teleonce, Trecevisión
2018 TV Azteca Guate
2022–present TV Azteca Guate, A+ Guate

Honduras

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1966–1994 Canal 5
1998–2006 Televicentro Telesistema, Canal 5, Telecadena 7 y 4
2010–2014 Televicentro Telesistema, Canal 5, Telecadena 7 y 4, Grupo VTV VTV
2018–present Televicentro TSi, Canal 5, Telecadena 7 y 4, Mega Clásicos

Nicaragua

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1994 Televicentro
1998–2018 Televicentro, Canal 10
2022–present Canal 10

Panama

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1966–2002 RPC Televisión, TVN
2006–2010 Medcom RPC Televisión, TVN Media TVN, TVMax
2014–present Medcom RPC Televisión, Telemetro, Cable Onda Sports, TVN Media TVN, TVMax

Caribbean

Dominican Republic

LanguageEditionBroadcasters
Spanish 1962–1982 Rahintel
1986 Color Visión
1990 Color Visión, Radio Televisión Dominicana Canal 4
1994 Telesistema 11
1998 Telesistema 11, DirecTV
2002 Telemicro, Digital 15, DirecTV
2006 CDN 37, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 Telecentro, Red Nacional De Noticias, DirecTV Sports
2014 Grupo de Medios Telemicro Telemicro, Digital 15, DirecTV Sports
2018 Antena 7, Antena 21, DirecTV Sports
2022–present Multimedios del Caribe CDN 37, CDN Deportes

South America

Argentina

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1958 Canal 7
1962 Canal 7, Río de La Plata Televisión Canal 13
1966–1970 Canal 7, Canal 13
1974 Televisión Argentina Canal 7, Canal 13
1978 Argentina 78 Televisión
1982 Canal 2, Argentina Televisora Color, Canal 9, Canal Once, Canal 13
1986 Canal 2, Argentina Televisora Color, Canal 9 Libertad, Canal Once, Canal 13
1990 Argentina Televisora Color
1994 América 2, Argentina Televisora Color, Canal 9 Libertad, Telefe, Canal 13, Telered
1998 América Televisión, Argentina Televisora Color, Canal 9 Libertad, Telefe, Canal 13, DirecTV, TyC Sports, TyC Max, Telered, Canal 13 Multicanal
2002 América Televisión, Canal Siete, Canal Trece, TyC Sports, TyC Max, DirecTV
2006 América Televisión, Canal Siete Argentina, Canal 9, Telefe, Canal Trece, TyC Sports, TyC Max, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 TV Pública Digital, Telefe, El Trece, TyC Sports, TyC Max, DirecTV Sports
2014 TV Pública, TyC Sports, TyC Sports Señal Alternativa, DirecTV Sports
2018 Televisión Pública Argentina, TyC Sports, TyC Sports 2, TyC Sports 3, DirecTV Sports
2022–present Televisión Pública, TyC Sports, TyC Sports 2, TyC Sports 3, DirecTV Sports

Belize

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
English 2022TNC: The National Channel
Spanish 2014–present DirecTV Sports

Bolivia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1982 Canal 7 Televisión Boliviana
1986 Canal 7 Televisión Boliviana, Canal 11 - Unitel Paceña de Televisión Canal 9
1990–1994 Red UNO, Canal 7 Televisión Boliviana, Canal 11 - Unitel, Red ABC, Red ATB
1998 Red UNO, Canal 7 Televisión Boliviana, Canal 11 - Unitel Bolivisión, Red ATB, DirecTV
2002 Red UNO, Televisión Boliviana, Unitel, DirecTV
2006 Red UNO, Televisión Boliviana, Unitel, RTP, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 Red UNO, Bolivia TV, Unitel, Red ATB, DirecTV Sports
2014–present Red UNO, Bolivia TV, Unitel, DirecTV Sports, Tigo Sports

Brazil

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Portuguese 1958–1962 TV Tupi, TV Record, TV Rio
1966 Rede Globo, TV Tupi, TV Record, TV Rio, TV Excelsior, TV Continental
1970 Rede Globo, TV Tupi, TV Record, TV Rio, TV Bandeirantes, TV Excelsior, TV Gazeta, TV Continental, TV Cultura
1974 Rede Globo, TV Tupi, TV Record, TV Bandeirantes, TV Gazeta, TV Cultura
1978 Rede Globo, TV Tupi, TV Record, TVS Rio, TV Bandeirantes, TV Gazeta, TV Cultura, TVE
1982 Rede Globo, TV Cultura, TVE
1986 Rede Globo, TV Record, SBT, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete
1990 Rede Globo, SBT, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete
1994 Rede Globo, SBT, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV
1998 Rede Globo, SBT, Rede Record, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete, SporTV, Premiere, ESPN Brasil, DirecTV
2002 Rede Globo, SporTV, Premiere Esportes
2006 Rede Globo, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, BandSports, DirecTV
2010 Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, BandSports
2014 Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, BandSports, Fox Sports
2018 Rede Globo, SporTV, Fox Sports
2022–present TV Globo, SporTV, Grupo Globo

Chile

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1962 Canal 9 de la Universidad de Chile, Canal 13 de la U. C. de Chile
1966 Canal 13 de la U. C. de Chile
1970 Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 de la U. C. de Chile
1974 Televisión Nacional de Chile
1978 Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 - UCTV, Red de Televisión de la U. del N.
1982–1986 Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 - UCTV, Telenorte
1990–1994 Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 - UCTV
1998 TVN, Canal 13 - UCTV, Chilevisión, DirecTV
2002 TVN, Canal 13, DirecTV
2006 TVN, Mega, Red Televisión, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 TVN, DirecTV Sports
2014 TVN, Canal 13, DirecTV Sports
2018 TVN, Mega, Canal 13, DirecTV Sports
2022 Chilevisión, Canal 13, DirecTV Sports
2026–present TVN, Chilevisión, Canal 13, DirecTV Sports

Colombia

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1962 Televisora Nacional de Colombia
1966–1970 Inravisión Canal Nacional
1974–1978 Inravisión Primera Cadena, Inravisión Segunda Cadena, Inravisión Tercera Cadena Color
1982–1990 Inravisión Cadena 1, Inravisión Cadena 2, Inravisión Cadena 3
1994 Inravisión Cadena Uno, Canal A, Inravisión Canal 3
1998 Canal Uno, Canal A, Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, DirecTV
2002 Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, DirecTV
2006 Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, DirecTV Sports
2014–present Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, DirecTV Sports,

Ecuador

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1974 Telecentro
1978 Ecuavisa, Televisora Nacional Canal 8, Teleamazonas, Telecuatro, Telecentro, Telenacional
1982 Ecuavisa, Televisora Nacional Canal 8, Canal 13, Ecuavisa Quito UHF Canal 23, Teleamazonas, Telecuatro, Telecentro, Telenacional
1986 Ecuavisa, Televisora Nacional Canal 8, Canal 13, Ecuavisa Quito UHF Canal 23, Teleamazonas, Telecuatro, Telecentro, Gamavisión, Manavisión
1990 Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, Telesistema TV4, Telecentro, Gamavisión
1994 Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, Telesistema, TC Televisión, Gamavisión, SíTV
1998 Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, Telesistema, TC Televisión, Gamavisión, DirecTV
2002 Teleamazonas, Telesistema, DirecTV
2006 Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas TeVe, RedTeleSistema, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 TC Televisión, Gama TV, DirecTV Sports
2014 TC Televisión, Gama TV, Oromar Televisión, DirecTV Sports
2018 RTS, DirecTV Sports
2022–present Teleamazonas, DirecTV Sports, El Canal del Fútbol

Paraguay

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970 Canal 4, Canal 9, RCC
1974–1978Canal 4 Acción, Canal 9 Cerro Corá
1982 Canal 4 Acción Canal 9 Cerro Corá, Canal 13 RPT, Canal 2 Teledos, SICOM, Canal 5 TV Color, Canal 11 TV Color, Red Nacional de Televisión
1986 Red Telefuturo, Red SNT, Canal 13 RPT, Canal 2 Teledos, SICOM TV, Canal 5 TV Color, Canal 11 TV Color, Red Nacional de Televisión
1990 Red SNT, Canal 13 RPC, Red Nacional de Televisión
1994 Telefuturo 4, SNT 9, Canal 13 RPC, Canal 2 Tevedos, PTC, Canal 5 Paravisión, Red Paraguaya de Televisión
1998 SNT Continental, Telefuturo, Canal 13 RPC, Tevedos, PTC, Canal 5 Paravision, Canal 11 La Tele, Red Paraguaya de Televisión, DirecTV
2002 Red Paraguaya de Televisión, DirecTV
2006 SNT Cerro Corá, Telefuturo, El trece, Red Guaraní, Canal Catorce, Paravisión, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010 SNT Cerro Corá, Telefuturo, El trece, Red Guaraní, TV Pública Paraguay, Paravisión, LaTele, DirecTV Sports
2014 SNT, Telefuturo, El trece, Red Guaraní, Paravisión, LaTele, Paraguay TV, DirecTV Sports, Tigo Sports, Movistar Sports
2018 SNT, Telefuturo, Canal 13, Red Guaraní, Paravisión, LaTele, Paraguay TV, DirecTV Sports, Tigo Sports, Movistar Sports
2022–present SNT, Telefuturo, Trece, Paravisión, LaTele, Paraguay TV, DirecTV Sports, Tigo Sports, Movistar Sports

Peru

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1974 América Televisión
1978–1998 América Televisión, Panamericana Televisión
2002 ATV
2006 ATV, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010–2014 ATV, DirecTV Sports
2018–2022 Latina, DirecTV Sports

Uruguay

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970–1974 Monte Carlo Televisión, Canal 5 SODRE, Tele12, Canal 10
1978 Monte Carlo Televisión, Canal 5 SODRE Televisión, Tele12, Canal 10
1982–1994 Canal 3, Monte Carlo Televisión, SODRE TV, Canal 10, Teledoce Televisora Color, Red Televisión Color
1998 Red Charrúa, Monte Carlo Televisión, Televisión Nacional, Canal 10, Teledoce Televisora Color, Red Televisión Color, DirecTV
2002 Red Uruguaya de Televisión, DirecTV
2006 Red Charrúa, Monte Carlo TV, Televisión Nacional Uruguay, Canal 10, Teledoce, Red Uruguaya de Televisión, Mundial Total DirecTV
2010–2014 Red Charrúa, Monte Carlo TV, Televisión Nacional Uruguay, Canal 10, Teledoce, Red Uruguaya de Televisión, DirecTV Sports
2018 Red Charrúa, Monte Carlo TV, Televisión Nacional Uruguay, Canal 10, Teledoce, La Red, DirecTV Sports
2022–present Canal 4, Canal 5, Canal 10, Teledoce, La Red, DirecTV Sports, Dexary

Venezuela

LanguageEditionsBroadcasters
Spanish 1970 RCTV
1974RCTV and Venevisión
1978–1994RCTV, Venevisión and VTV
1998RCTV, Venevisión, VTV and DirecTV
2002Venevisión, Meridiano Televisión and DirecTV
2006RCTV, Venevisión, Meridiano Televisión and Mundial Total DirecTV
2010Venevisión, Meridiano Televisión and DirecTV Sports
2014Venevisión, Meridiano Televisión, TVes, DirecTV Sports
2018Venevisión, Meridiano Televisión, TVes, La Tele Tuya, IVC and DirecTV Sports
2022–present Televen and DirecTV Sports

English-language World Feed

YearCommentatorsCo-Commentators
2022 Peter Drury (lead)
Daniel Mann
Simon Brotherton
David Stowell
Kevin Keatings
John Roder
Alan Smith (lead)
Andy Townsend
Matt Holland
Lucy Ward
Efan Ekoku
Casey Stoney
2018 Peter Drury (lead)
Ian Darke
John Helm
John Roder
Daniel Mann
Kevin Keatings
Paul Dempsey
Mark Tompkins

Notes

  1. including pre-match, half-time break, and post-match
  2. 1 2 Both ANTV and tvOne air 56 matches but with different studio presentation, except when the last round of each group is scheduled at the same time with ANTV airing the first pick of matches and tvOne airing the second pick.
  3. Indonesian language play-by-play commentary is exclusively used by Indosiar for the 2022 tournament, starting from the Round of 16 to the Final

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