2021 FIFA Arab Cup Broadcasting TV Channels: The 10th edition of the Arab Cup is going to a sponsored by in none other than FIFA. 16 men’s National teams will be competing against each other in this tournament from two different confederations. This might not be a very widespread tournament but is perfect for setting up the hype for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Starting from 30 November, these matches for declaring the winner of this tournament will take place till 18th December which is the day of the final.
All the football fans are not only excited about the fact that it is a prelude to the World Cup but also fans around the world who want to know what FIFA does to the tournament. This is the first time that FIFA is sponsoring the Arab Cup and that too, in Qatar. FIFA Cup broadcasting TV channels will also be revealed as the time comes closer. More information about it is in the article below.
FIFA Arab Cup 2021
This is an Arab Cup that is happening after 9 years and all of a sudden, a tournament is dragged from nowhere and made relevant again. Everybody is talking about the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 live streaming and how historic Arab Cup matches have been in past. Arab Cup have had never gathered so many eyes as this time.
A total of 16 teams from two different confederations are featured in the tournament. It is going to be held in around 6 venues in 4 cities. The 16 confirmed teams that are going to be playing for the tournament in Qatar are inclusive of the 9 teams that were already selected and the Seven teams who qualified through qualifier rounds. The 7 teams qualifying from the qualifier rounds are:
- Sudan
- Oman
- Jordan
- Mauritiana
- Lebanon
- Palestine
- Bahrain
The other 9 teams that were already selected according to the FIFA 2021 April World Rankings:
- Qatar
- Tunisia
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
- Iraq
- United Arab Emirates
- Syria
Without a doubt, these 16 teams will deliver great performance in the tournament and all the fans are really excited about it.
FIFA Arab Cup Broadcasting TV Channels
The action that the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 promises made many fans go head over heels for the tournament. This is also being treated as a great prelim for the FIFA World Cup 2022. The Arab Cup is rejuvenated in what way! Now that FIFA has taken over the tournament!’s rights, even the FIFA Arab Cup broadcasting TV channels will be more in number. None of the channels are confirmed as of now. Full matches of the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 qualifier are on their YouTube channel, FIFA TV.
A few of the live FIFA Arab Cup broadcasting TV channels are Ziggo Sport Voetbal in Germany, V Sport Premium in Kuwait. In Portugal, Sports TV is going to be one of the FIFA Arab Cup broadcasting TV channels.
Many people would also want to live to stream the entire match and that will also be available later. In India, we can hope to have the tournament on Disney+ Hotstar or Sony Liv as they are the two most popular sports broadcasting services on the internet.
| COUNTRY | TV CHANNELS |
| United Kingdom | BBC, ITV (both networks set to share 2018 world coverage in the UK) |
| Ireland | RTE (exclusive coverage rights for all world cup matches on TV, Radio and online) |
| Australia | SBS, Optus Sport (Australia matches on SBS while other matches on SBS’s subscription channel Optus) |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport (exclusively on SkySports, all matches live, repeat and highlights) |
| Oceania Countries | Sky Pacific (Sky NZ will also provide coverage to adjacent iceland countries.) |
| France | TF1, beIN Sports (France matches on TF1 while other games on beIN Sports) |
| USA | FoxSports (exclusive English rights in the US), Telemundo (Spanish coverage) |
| Canada | CTV, RDS, TSN |
| Mexico | Televisa, TV Azteca, SKY México |
| Costa Rica | Teletica, Sky, Movistar |
| Panama | Sky, Movistar |
| India & South Asia | Sony Pictures Network (Sony has exclusive rights in south asia and sub continent countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afgahanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives etc) |
| Middle-East & North Africa | beIN Sports (exclusive rights in middle-east and some north african countries) |
| South Africa & Other African countries | SuperSports (South African based network, SuperSports has live rights in South Africa and some of the other african countries.) Participating countries in World Cup will have their matches on their national channels. |
| Germany | ARD, ZDF (Coverage to be shared between ARD and ZDF) |
| European Countries | EBU (most of the european countries will have live coverage on Free to air local channels, specially the matches involving the nation team of that country) |
| Portugal | RTP, SIC, SportTV |
| Spain | Mediaset España |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Ireland | RTE |
| Italy | MediaSet |
| Belgium | VRT, RTBF |
| Austria | ORF |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Sweden | SVT, TV4 |
| Finland | YLE |
| Denmark | DR, TV 2 |
| Norway | NRK, TV 2 |
| Poland | TVP |
| Czech Republic | CT |
| Ukraine | Inter |
| Russia | Perviy Kanal, VGTRK, Match TV |
| Turkey | TRT |
| Greece | ERT |
| South American Countries | Unlike the previous world cups, every South American country has seperate deals with FIFA and below is the list of channels broadcasting in latin countries. |
| Brazil | Globo, SporTV, Fox Sports |
| Argentina | TV Pública, Telefe, DirecTV, TyC Sports |
| Uruguay | Monte Carlo, Canal 10, Teledoce, TyC, DirecTV |
| Colombia | Caracol TV, RCN TV, DirecTV |
| Chile | Canal 13, TVN, Mega, DirecTV, Movistar |
| Ecuador | RTS, DirecTV |
| Paraguay | SNT, Telefuturo, TyC, DirecTV |
| Peru | Latina, DirecTV |