The Football World Cup 2018 will take place in Russia. Here you can find out where you can see the 2018 World Cup live and in a live stream.


Munich - From June 14 to July 15, 2018, 32 nations will play for the FIFA World Cup Trophy. It is probably the dream of every footballer to hold the over six kilogram trophy once in the air. In 2014 Philipp Lahm received this honor. A number of legendary kickers have already climbed the Olympus. Of course, if you can make it in the coming year, you can watch it in front of the local TV - here you will find information on how to watch all 64 games on TV and in the live stream.

World Cup 2018: All games on free TV and live stream

Unsurprisingly, ARD and ZDF are sharing the World Cup in free TV. The opening game shows the ARD. Russia and Saudi Arabia contest the first game of the tournament. The German national team plays against Mexico on 17 June, this match is broadcast by ZDF as well as the last group match against South Korea on 27 June. The encounter against Sweden again shows the ARD on 23 June. The two stations alternate from the round of 16, starting at the first. The final shows then the ZDF.

As with the 2014 European Championship, you can also watch all matches live and in full via the internet. All 64 games of the 2018 World Cup run free in the legal live stream. Lovers of internet streams should remember two sides: sportschau.de and sport.zdf.de. There are all World Cup games in the free and legal live stream. And while you're on the move, you have the opportunity to stay on the ball - via the apps.

In the Google Play Store, you can purchase the Sportschau App as well as in the iTunes Store. The ZDF app is also available in both stores (Google Play Store and iTunes Store).


The apps also have another advantage: you can also watch the games afterwards in the media library if you have missed one.

If you are on vacation during the World Cup, you should not be surprised that the tournament is online only in certain countries. Only in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are the streams transmitted.

Important: Live streams consume a very large amount of data. So make sure you have a stable Wi-Fi connection so that you do not use up your monthly data volume so quickly. The follow-up costs could be very high for you in the worst case.

In the depths of the Internet, they are fed on other sites with live streams. However, the quality and the acoustics are usually poor there. The risk of catching viruses or malware is also higher with these options. Moreover, following a court ruling by the European Court of Justice, the use of these streams is illegal. For this reason, we have created an overview for you, in which you can control with which streams they get no problems.

Worldcup 2018: The information about free TV broadcasting

Through the program you accompany the transmissions to the World Cup 2018 expert Oliver Kahn and moderator Oliver Welke at ZDF. However, the two are not live on site in Russia, but in Baden-Baden. At the 2014 World Cup, the moderator team was still live at the Copacabana in Brazil, but this time, the spectator should not even notice that the presenters are not on site. "I can live well with the ZDF decision to broadcast the 2018 World Cup from Baden-Baden," wrote Oliver Kahn on Twitter.

The ARD will also be stationed in Baden-Baden. However, the expert is not yet determined after the departure of Mehmet Scholls.

Reason for the location in Germany should be savings of the two transmitters. "From Baden-Baden, for the first time ever, the broadcasting of a football World Cup from Germany will be realized. There is the broadcasting center and the joint studios, on site in Russia lean and mobile technology with few staff. This is how we produce contemporary, modern and cost-effective for television, radio and the Internet, "said SWR director Peter Boudgoust about the decision.

The opening match will kick off at 5pm on Thursday, June 14, 2018. In the Olympic Stadium Luschniki, the Russian national team will bring the 21st World Cup rolling. The kick-off times of the group matches are distributed between 12 noon and 9 pm (CEST). From the round of the last sixteen the matches always take place at 4pm or 9pm. The finale will be on July 15th at 5pm.

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Translated from German to English by MikeEMars