United States
FOX and FS1 hold the English-language rights to all 104 matches, Telemundo and Universo carry Spanish, and Peacock streams every match in Spanish. See our full USA watch guide.
FIFA has sold the 2026 World Cup to broadcasters in more than 175 territories, so wherever you are, there is an official way to watch all 104 matches. This guide maps the rights holder in every major market: who carries the tournament free to air, who sits behind a paywall, and which countries, like the UK, Australia and Mexico, show every game for free.
There is no single global broadcaster for the World Cup. FIFA licenses the tournament market by market, and each territory is won by whichever broadcaster bids successfully, public or private.
That is why the viewing experience varies so much. In some countries every match is free to air on a public service broadcaster. In others the whole tournament sits behind a pay-TV or streaming subscription. And in a growing number of markets there is a hybrid: a free-to-air package of selected matches, including the showpiece games, alongside a separate rights holder that carries all 104 for subscribers. The list below covers the major markets and the big pan-regional deals.
The three host countries each have comprehensive coverage, with all 104 matches available in every market.
FOX and FS1 hold the English-language rights to all 104 matches, Telemundo and Universo carry Spanish, and Peacock streams every match in Spanish. See our full USA watch guide.
Bell Media holds the Canadian rights, with English coverage on CTV and TSN and French coverage on RDS. See our Canada watch guide.
Co-host Mexico has all 104 matches free, split between TelevisaUnivision and TV Azteca, with streaming on ViX. See our Mexico watch guide.
Europe is a mix of fully free-to-air markets and hybrid deals where a public broadcaster shares the spotlight with an all-matches pay holder.
In Germany, Telekom's Magenta Sport carries all 104 matches, with ARD and ZDF showing roughly 30 each free. In France, TF1 and M6 split a free package while beIN Sports has the lot. Spain and Italy follow the same pattern, with RTVE and RAI carrying the marquee fixtures free, including the semi-finals and the final, and DAZN holding every match for subscribers.
The two CONMEBOL heavyweights both have generous free coverage of their national teams and the wider tournament.
Grupo Globo leads coverage across TV Globo and SporTV, CazeTV streams the tournament free on YouTube, and SBT and N Sports add further free-to-air matches. Brazilian fans face few barriers to all 104 games.
Free-to-air coverage of the defending champions runs on Telefe and TV Publica, with TyC Sports and DSports carrying matches on pay. See the Argentina squad guide.
Asia and the Pacific span everything from a fully free national broadcaster to a state media giant in 4K and 8K.
SBS holds the exclusive Australian rights and shows all 104 matches live and free across SBS, SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand. See our Australia watch guide.
Zee carries the tournament on its Unite8 Sports channels and streams on ZEE5 across the Indian subcontinent. See our India watch guide.
China Media Group, the parent of state broadcaster CCTV, holds free-to-air, pay, streaming and mobile rights for mainland China, with selected matches in 4K and 8K.
Japanese coverage is shared across public broadcaster NHK, commercial networks Nippon TV and Fuji TV, and streaming on DAZN. See the Japan squad guide.
Two of the largest pan-regional agreements cover the Arab world and Sub-Saharan Africa.
For the four African qualifiers in the spotlight, read our guides to Morocco, Senegal, Egypt and debutants Cape Verde.
Now you know who has the rights, here is how to plan your viewing:
Kickoff times across every region, the offset math, and the best viewing windows wherever you are.
Read the time zone guide ›How the daily match windows work, the prime-time slate, and planning around double and triple headers.
Read the schedule guide ›FOX, FS1, Telemundo, Universo and Peacock, the apps, the free options and US kickoff times.
Read the USA guide ›All 104 fixtures across 16 host cities, filterable to your team and time zone.
Open the schedule ›This guide was hand-written from the following reporting and reference pages, used to confirm the 2026 World Cup broadcast rights by market:
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