How to watch the Qatar World Cup 2022: Live stream the final from the UK, US or elsewhere

Where is the World Cup 2022 taking place?

The World Cup 2022 will be taking place across the country Qatar, a peninsula country on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula that is around half the size of Wales in the UK.

Where are the stadiums?

There are eight stadiums in five host cities, but due to the small size of Qatar the furthest distance between cities is just 34 miles (55km). The below graphic highlights the location and size of all the stadiums for the World Cup 2022.

Who qualified for the World Cup 2022?

Out of the 210 FIFA member nations that attempted to get to Qatar, 32 teams were left standing. By region, there are six nations from Asia (AFC), five from Africa (CAF), four from North & Central America (Concacaf), four from South America (CONMEBOL), none from Oceania (OFC) and 13 from Europe (UEFA).

These countries were then placed in pots based on their FIFA world ranking while hosts Qatar were automatically placed in Pot 1. On April 1st 2022, the groups for opening matches of the tournament were drawn, where one team from each pot was placed in a group, and it threw up some interesting match ups.

World Cup groups 2022

• Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
• Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales
• Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
• Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
• Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan
• Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
• Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
• Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea

See full fixture list here

How to watch the World Cup in the UK: BBC and ITV

British-based football fans have a familiar duo of free-to-air broadcasters providing coverage of all matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup: BBC and ITV. Every single World Cup 2022 match can be watched live without you paying a jot. Those fixtures have been divvied up equally between the two networks and you can check which channel has which games, as well as all the important dates and times, by clicking here.

Should you not have a TV with access to the BBC or ITV, you can also stream fixtures online via BBC iPlayer or ITVX (the replacement of ITV Hub coming this Autumn) as well as catch up on highlights and any other World Cup adjacent coverage. These streaming services are available on any device, including mobile phones and smart TVs.

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England World Cup 2022 fixtures: Where to watch

As England won Group B, it set up a last-16 match against the runners-up of Group A – Senegal – on Sunday 4 December at 7pm GMT. England came out victorious on the night, winning 3-0, meaning they were to face a quarter-final against France on Saturday 10 December.

Unfortunately for England fans, France were the victorious team on the night, subsequently beating Morocco and earning a place in the World Cup Final.

How to watch the World Cup in the US: Fox Sports

As with the 2018 World Cup, Fox Sports holds the exclusive English-language rights to show every match of the 2022 World Cup. Those games will be split between Fox and FS1 channels – with 35 matches on Fox and 29 on FS1.

The regular Fox channel is free-to-air across most of the US, meaning those games won’t require any spending on your part. However, for FS1, you’ll need a Fox Sports subscription.

You’ve got a few options to get both channels depending on the service you prefer:

• Hulu With Live TV: Fox on broadcast; FS1 available as part of the sole plan.
• Sling TV: Fox on broadcast; FS1 is available on the Sling Blue plan.
• DirecTV Stream: Fox on broadcast; FS1 available on all plans.

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Fox Sports will also stream every match via its apps for mobile, Roku, Android TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV meaning you can watch all the games even if you are on the move.

The Spanish-language rights in the US are held by Telemundo and therefore, the channel will air all the games in Spanish across the United States. This channel is free and available on all the streaming services mentioned above.

United States World Cup 2022 fixtures: Where to watch

After missing out on the 2018 World Cup, the USA Men’s National Team (USMNT) is back and made a strong impact in Qatar ahead of their own joint hosting duties with Mexico and Canada in 2026.

The USMNT qualified for the knockout stages by finishing in second place in Group B meaning they faced The Netherlands in the last-16 round of the competition. Unfortunately, that was the end of the line for the US, as they were beaten 3-1 on the night.

The Netherlands lost in the quarter-final to Argentina on 9 December.

How to watch the World Cup in Canada: The Sports Network (TSN)

In Canada, the official broadcaster for the World Cup 2022 is Bell Media and The Sports Network (TSN) channels it operates. It will cover the whole competition, including Canada’s games, live in English commentary across its channels TSN and TSN2 channels, which are also available to stream online via laptops and mobile devices.

You can get a TSN subscription for $20 CAD/mth (+ tax), which would cover the whole World Cup if you time it correctly. Equally, you can get a 12 month pass for $200 CAD which is the equivalent of two months free, should you know you want a sports subscription all year round.

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Canada World Cup 2022 fixtures: Where to watch

For the first time in 36 years, Canada qualified for the FIFA World Cup after dominating qualification to finish first in the CONCACAF region.

Unfortunately, The Maple Leafs couldn’t make it out of Group F where Morocco and Croatia and their fixtures can be seen below. Still, there are plenty of other World Cup fixtures to follow and you can view the complete full World Cup fixture list by clicking here.

How to watch the World Cup 2022 abroad: Use a good VPN

Unfortunately, when you travel abroad, football fans don’t always have the easiest route to watching matches live. For the World Cup 2022, those normally based in Britain will find that access to the BBC or ITV streams are geo-blocked when you try to access them outside the UK. Likewise, fans who usually live in America will find access to their streaming service of choice to be unavailable when in another territory for Thanksgiving or the Christmas holidays.

The solution to these problems is to use a good Virtual Private Network software, commonly known as a VPN. Using one will mask your own location, encrypt your data and instead show your device’s IP address to be in whatever location you set it to – in this instance, you’ll want to connect to the place where you have a stream you want to watch like the UK or America. That way, you can bypass those geo-blockers and watch live streams of all the World Cup match-ups you’d otherwise have missed.

To make sure you can though, you’ll need a pretty good one as many aren’t up to scratch. We’ll give you a run-down of our two favourite services and let you decide what you prefer.

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World Cup 2022 fixture schedule