Netflix has won the rights to live stream the 2030 FIFA World Cup in Spain, a significant move for the streaming platform’s push into men’s football.
The American streaming platform will show all 104 matches of the tournament to Spanish audiences as Morocco, Spain and Portugal jointly host the competition, with Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina staging selected games to mark the World Cup’s centenary.
The deal means one game per matchday will be available free-to-air on Netflix in Spain. In addition to the games on Netflix, select matches, including all Spain games, the semi-finals and final, will be broadcast on a national free-to-air television station.
This will be Netflix’s first deal to air the men’s World Cup, as the streamer previously bought exclusive rights for the 2027 and 2031 Women’s World Cups in the US and Canada.
NBC Sports has been steadily growing its live sports portfolio in recent years, including acquiring rights to live NFL games and announcing plans to stream the December 11 heavyweight boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
It also leverages the partnership the site has with FIFA after it launched the official FIFA World Cup Launch Edition game on the platform back in June.
Spain will start the 2030 event as defending champions, having claimed a second World Cup crown – and the first since 2010 – by beating Argentina in July.
