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The United States, Canada and Mexico are joint hosts of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
In India, you will be able to watch FIFA World Cup 2026 on TV on ‘United 8 Sports’ and Zee5 app. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) will also officially broadcast the World Cup 2026 and its upcoming editions. Unite 8 Sports is the company’s new sports channel.
The FIFA World Cup will be played jointly by America, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. 48 teams will participate in this tournament and 104 matches will be played.
Indian broadcasters were not interested due to time zone.
Zee Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the media rights to the 2026 and 2030 FIFA Men’s World Cups, the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup and other major FIFA events up to 2034. It also includes documentary-series content for the Indian market.
This announcement of the broadcast rights of FIFA World Cup 2026 has been made less than two weeks before the start of the tournament. Due to time zone differences, the live telecast of most matches in India will start after midnight. Because of this, Indian broadcasters were not interested.
23rd edition of World Cup, matches played in 16 cities
This will be the 23rd edition of the World Cup. Its matches will be played in 16 cities. This time the opening match of the World Cup will be played in Mexico City on 11 June 2026. In this, host countries Mexico and South Africa will face each other. This will be the first time when three countries America, Mexico and Canada are hosting the World Cup.
Senegal and Norway in France’s group
Defending champions Argentina have been drawn in Group J. Spain is in Group H, France in Group I, Germany in Group E, Portugal in Group K and England in Group L. Groups H, I, J, K and L are being considered as the groups of death because they have strong teams. Spain’s group includes teams like Uruguay and Saudi Arabia, who had caused many upsets in the last World Cup. There are good teams like Senegal and Norway in France’s group.
This time four countries will be seen in the World Cup for the first time
Cape Verde (ranked 68), Curaçao (ranked 82), Jordan (ranked 66), Uzbekistan (ranked 50) will play in the World Cup for the first time. Additionally, Haiti comes first since 1974. Austria, Norway and Scotland returning after 1998. At the same time, some playoff teams (Albania, Kosovo, New Caledonia, Suriname) also have a chance to qualify for the first time.
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