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.
ENGLAND’s Euro and World Cup qualifying matches, friendlies and Nations League games are to return to ITV after the broadcaster wrestled back the live TV rights from Channel 4.
From September next year 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.
It means Channel 4’s two-year spell as the home of England’s friendlies and qualifying games will come to end next summer.
ITV’s deal covers at least 40 England matches, working out at about ten matches per season.
It’s not clear yet who will claim the UK rights to the same matches for Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. UEFA currently have a deal with pay TV channel Viaplay Sports, but it is set to shut down its UK operation leaving the rights up for grabs.
ITV’S LIVE ENGLAND DEAL 2024 TO JUNE 2028
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
ITV currently share the live rights with the BBC to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 as well as World Cup 2026.
CHANNEL 4 has struck a last-minute deal with UEFA to show England U-21s in the final of the European Championships on Saturday (July 8).
Games so far have been shown only on UEFA’s own streaming service as no UK broadcaster agreed a deal to show the competition.
England will take on Spain’s U-21s in the match which kicks off at 5pm.
Channel 4’s coverage is expected to start at 4.45pm and will be hosted by Jules Breach with commentary from Steve Bower. Both Breach and Bower perform the same roles in the broadcaster’s coverage of England’s senior men’s team.
The game will also be on 4’s streaming service.
ENGLAND U-21S V SPAIN U-21S | UEFA 2023 European Championship Final|5pm (Saturday) |Channel 4
