Sources / caveats
Fixture and UK broadcast split extracted 7 Jun 2026 from Radio Times’ live World Cup 2026 fixture guide, cross-checked against BBC Media Centre coverage notes. Knockout scores and matchups updated 14 Jul 2026 from FIFA and Yahoo Sports fixture/result pages. Semi-final UK TV picks updated 12 Jul 2026 from BBC Sport and ESPN. Fixtures are subject to change.
Group-stage, Round of 32, and listed Round of 16 broadcaster picks are explicit where available. Later knockout fixtures marked BBC/ITV TBC are listed as undecided until broadcaster allocation is confirmed. The final is listed on both BBC iPlayer and ITVX.
German rights checked 7 Jun 2026: MagentaTV carries all matches; ARD/ZDF carry 60 free-to-air matches. Fixture cards include German pills: MagentaTV for every match, known ARD/ZDF picks for Germany group matches, and ARD/ZDF TBC where the free-to-air pick is not yet encoded.
Radio Times fixture source · Sky Sports bracket source · Yahoo Sports schedule source · BBC knockout TV schedule · Live Football On TV UK listings · BBC viewing source · Spiegel German TV overview · MagentaTV rights source