From November 20, the Football World Cup (November 20-December 18) begins in Qatar, where the French team will defend its title. The 64 matches of the event will be broadcast on two channels: beIN Sports and TF1.
As since 2014, the entire competition will be available on beIN Sports’ pay channels. TF1, for its part, will broadcast in particular all the meetings of the French team as well as theth opening game. In all, 28 matches will be accessible in the clear on the channel, including five round of 16 matches, three quarter-final matches, the semi-finals and the final.
The opening game
TF1 and beIN Sports will broadcast the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, Sunday November 20, at 5 p.m. VSAs has been the tradition since 2006, this is the first meeting of the host country, Qatar, which will launch the competition.
The match between Senegal and the Netherlands (Group A), the meetings between England and Iran and the United States against Wales (Group B), will take place the following day.
Blues matches
The France team will begin its World Cup on Tuesday November 22 at 8 p.m. against Australia. This meeting as well as the matches of the Blues against Denmark (Saturday November 26 at 5 p.m.) and Tunisia (Wednesday November 30 at 4 p.m.) will be broadcast both on TF1 and beIN Sports.
If the men of Didier Deschamps continue their journey in the knockout phase, the matches of the Blues will also be accessible in the clear on the first French channel.
The new 20h of TF1
TF1 will broadcast a total of 28 posters, mostly at 8 p.m., moving its newspaper for the occasion. Among the latter: United States-Wales (Monday November 21), Belgium-Canada (Wednesday November 23), Brazil-Serbia (Thursday November 24), England-United States (Friday November 25), Argentina-Mexico ( Saturday November 26), Spain-Germany (Sunday November 27), Portugal-Uruguay (Monday November 28), Wales-England (Tuesday November 29), Poland-Argentina (Wednesday November 30), Japan-Spain (Thursday December 1 ) as well as Cameroon-Brazil (Friday, December 2). The only exceptions for the first channel: the team’s last two matches and France and Belgium-Morocco, broadcast at 2 p.m. on November 27,
Before the knockout stage, from the round of 16, up to four matches can be scheduled per day with kick-offs between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The final will take place on December 18, at 4 p.m., and will be broadcast by TF1 and BeIN Sports.