MILAN (ITALPRESS) – After the agreement with Fifa for the global transmission of the World Club 2025 and the Fifa+ relaunch planned for the first half of this year, Dazn and Fifa further strengthen their long-term partnership. “This summer, all the 104 games of the 2026 World Championship will be broadcast live only on Dazn in Italy, marking a new chapter in the spread of the great live streaming football – emphasizes a note -. The partnership will ensure a complete coverage on Dazn of the most prestigious football tournament in the world in one of the key markets of the group, Italy, once again consecrating the platform as a reference point for football and sports entertainment”. “Having all the World Championship matches only on Dazn, Italy, represents a historic milestone – explains Stefano Azzi, CEO of Dazn Italia -. The 2026 edition, the first with a record number of 48 teams, inaugurates an exciting era for world football. We are proud to be able to fully tell this event to the Italian public, while still investing in innovation, editorial quality and premium content.”.
“The agreement with Fifa to broadcast the world’s most iconic football tournament in Italy to the many football fans underlines the increasingly central role of Dazn as a reference partner for premium sport globally. We are thrilled that Dazn is the leading player for the entire tournament in Italy”, the commentary by Shay Segev, CEO of the Dazn Group. “The Fifa is fully committed to achieving the most inclusive World Cup ever, with 104 games that will showcase the best of world football – said the general secretary of Fifa, Mattias Grafström –. We are pleased that fans in Italy can follow every moment of the tournament on Dazn. Together with the Club 2025 World Championship, which has already beaten every record, and the continuous development of Fifa+, this represents a further important step in the solid and profitable partnership between Fifa and Dazn”. Mexico-Sudafrica will be the match that will kick off the first edition of the 48-team World Championship, scheduled from 11 June to 19 July with matches that will be played in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The direct elimination phase will start from June 28, while the final is scheduled for Sunday, July 19, 2026 at New York New Jersey Stadium.
SULLA RAI 35 PARTITE IN CHIARO
The Rai ensures a total of 35 games, including the semi-finals and the final. In the package, in case of qualification of the National Team of Gattuso called to exceed the play-offs of late March, also all the races of the blue. “As a result of the competition procedure for the award in Italy of the audiovisual rights of the World Cup Fifa 2026, Rai has won the exclusive rights of multiplatform transmission in clear of a selection of 35 meetings – which include the opening match, all the matches of the Italian National Team, the semi-finals and the final – in addition to the non-exclusive radio rights of all the competitions – informs the Rai in a note -. For the purpose of the maximum exhibition in Italy of the World Cup 2026, Rai will guarantee a wide coverage of the tournament, through the transmission of at least 32 games on Rai 1 and the offer of highlights and clips of all the meetings of the competition in every news, program and sports container (including the official accounts Rai on social media)”.
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