ENGLAND’s Euro and World Cup qualifying matches, friendlies and Nations League games return to ITV from Friday after the broadcaster wrestled back the live TV rights from Channel 4.
ITV will show all England’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers, all their Euro 2028 qualifiers, all Nations League games and all friendlies.
The four-year deal – struck between ITV and UEFA – covers matches both home and away and starts with Friday’s debut match for new manager Thomas Tuchel against Albania. ALL INTERNATIONAL MATCHES LISTED HERE
It means the end of Channel 4’s two-year spell as the home of England’s friendlies and qualifying games.
ITV’s deal covers at least 40 England matches, working out at about ten matches per season.
The BBC has also secured a TV deal with UEFA to cover all of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s international games between now at next year’s World Cup.
The BBC’s coverage starts with Scotland’s Nations League play-off match on Thursday. The games will be shown on the respective nations’ version on BBC One and on BBC iPlayer with some games also being covered on the main BBC networks too.
The BBC and ITV agreed a deal with FIFA late last year to share the rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups.
ALL England’s home and away World Cup 2026 qualifiers.
ALL England’s home and away Euro 2028 qualifiers.
ALL England’s home and away Nations League games.
ALL England’s home and away friendly internationals
BBC’S HOME NATIONS DEAL
41 live matches over the next 15 months featuring all Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland internationals.
AMAZON PAY-PER-VIEW MATCHES
Amazon Prime are also offering a selection of Nations League matches and European qualifiers for selected nations – including the Republic of Ireland on a pay-per-match basis. See Amazon’s sports section HERE
ITV currently share the live rights with the BBC to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 as well as World Cup 2026.
PREMIER SPORTS has secured the rights to show 20 live Scottish Premiership games a season.
Added to the 60 Sky Sports can show as part of its deal with the SPFL, it means 80 games will be shown from the Scottish top division next season, the most ever broadcast in the league’s history.
Premier Sports’ deal runs for five years from the new season and the SPFL say the broadcaster won the rights as part of a “competitive bidding process which attracted multiple bidders.”
Sky’s contract with the SPFL still gives it the rights to all the Old Firm games, but Premier securing the extra Premiership matches means it can sell itself as an attractive proposition for Scottish football fans also holding the rights to the SPFL’s League Cup – which is branded the Premier Sports Cup – and the Scottish Cup (see below).
SCOTTISH CUP DEAL EXTENDED WITH PREMIER SPORTS & BBC SCOTLAND
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports will remain the home of Scottish Cup TV games after agreeing a new five-year contract with the Scottish FA.
It’s an extension of the current arrangements with Premier and BBC again sharing the rights, although Premier will show an extra game from the fourth and fifth rounds of the competition.
The final is FREE-TO-AIR on BBC Scotland as well as being on Premier Sports. Premier show both semi-finals, although one of them is also screened on BBC Scotland.
