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World Cup 2018 TV schedule: How to watch the games on BBC or ITV

A Somali family get in on the TV-watching act for the opening match - AFP
A Somali family get in on the TV-watching act for the opening match - AFP

It's the 2018 World Cup and this one is bigger and better than ever for England fans, with ITV and BBC assembling a stellar line-up of pundits for their TV coverage.

The two channels are once again sharing the rights to show the competition to UK audiences, with all 64 matches shown live.

Former World Cup Golden Boot winner Gary Lineker is fronting the BBC's coverage of the event while Mark Pougatch is the face of ITV's offering. 

Regular BBC contributors Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard are joined by fresh additions in Didier Drogba and Pablo Zabaleta.

Telegraph Sport columnist Alex Scott is a pundit, while Cesc Fabregas has also been added.

ITV also have a stellar line up including former Manchester United players Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs. 

Gary Neville - Credit: Sky Sports 
Gary Neville is part of ITV's coverage of the 2018 World Cup Credit: Sky Sports

Here's a full rundown of which channel will be showing which match. 

Group Stages 

Sun June 17: Costa Rica v Serbia (Group E), 1pm - ITV1

Sun June 17: Germany v Mexico (Group F), 4pm - BBC One

Sun June 17: Brazil v Switzerland (Group E), 7pm - ITV1

Mon June 18: Sweden v South Korea (Group F), 1pm - ITV1

Mon June 18: Belgium v Panama (Group G), 4pm - BBC One

Mon June 18: Tunisia v England (Group G), 7pm - BBC One

Tues June 19: Colombia v Japan (Group H), 1pm - BBC One

Tues June 19: Poland v Senegal (Group H), 4pm - BBC One

Tues June 19: Russia v Egypt (Group A) - St Petersburg, 7pm - BBC One

Wed June 20: Portugal v Morocco (Group B), 1pm - BBC One

Wed June 20: Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Group A), 4pm - BBC One

Wed June 20: Iran v Spain (Group B), 7pm - ITV1

Thu June 21: Denmark v Australia (Group C), 1pm - ITV1

Thu June 21: France v Peru (Group C) - Ekaterinburg, 4pm - ITV1

Thu June 21: Argentina v Croatia (Group D),7pm - BBC One

Fri June 22: Brazil v Costa Rica (Group E), 1pm - ITV1

Fri June 22: Nigeria v Iceland (Group D), 4pm - BBC One

Fri June 22: Serbia v Switzerland (Group E), 7pm - BBC One

Sat June 23: Belgium v Tunisia (Group G), 1pm - BBC One

Sat June 23: South Korea v Mexico (Group F), 4pm - ITV1 

Sat June 23: Germany v Sweden (Group F), 7pm - ITV1

Sun June 24: England v Panama (Group G), 1pm - BBC One

Sun June 24: Japan v Senegal (Group H) 4pm - BBC One

Sun June 24: Poland v Colombia (Group H) 7pm - ITV1

Mon June 25: Uruguay v Russia (Group A), 3pm - ITV1

Mon June 25: Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Group A), 3pm - ITV4

Mon June 25: Spain v Morocco (Group B), 7pm - BBC One

Mon June 25: Iran v Portugal (Group B), 7pm - BBC One

Tues June 26: Denmark v France (Group C) 3pm - ITV1

Tues June 26: Australia v Peru (Group C), 3pm - ITV4 

Tues June 26: Nigeria v Argentina (Group D), 7pm - BBC One

Tues June 26: Iceland v Croatia (Group D), 7pm - BBC Two

Wed June 27: South Korea v Germany (Group F), 3pm - BBC One

Wed June 27: Mexico v Sweden (Group F), 3pm - BBC Two

Wed June 27: Serbia v Brazil (Group E), 7pm - ITV1

Wed June 27: Switzerland v Costa Rica (Group E), 7pm - ITV4

Thu June 28: Japan v Poland (Group H), 3pm - BBC One

Thu June 28: Senegal v Colombia (Group H), 3pm - BBC Two

Thu June 28: England v Belgium (Group G), 7pm - ITV1

Thu June 28: Panama v Tunisia (Group G), 7pm - ITV4

Round of 16

Sat June 30: Winner C v Runner-up D, 3pm - ITV1

Sat June 30: Winner A v Runner-up B, 7pm - ITV1

Sun July 1: Winner B v Runner-up A, 3pm - BBC One

Sun July 1: Winner D v Runner-up C, 7pm - ITV1

Mon July 2: Winner E v Runner-up F, 3pm - BBC One

Mon July 2: Winner G v Runner-up H, 7pm - BBC One

Tues July 3: Winner F v Runner-up E, 3pm - ITV1 

Tues July 3: Winner H v Runner-up G, 7pm - BBC One

Quarter-finals 

Fri July 6: Quarter-final one, 3pm - BBC One

Fri July 6: Quarter-final two, 7pm - BBC One 

Saturday July 7: Quarter-final three, 3pm - ITV1

Saturday July 7: Quarter-final four, 7pm - ITV1

Semi-finals

Tues July 10: Semi-final one, 7pm - ITV1 

Weds July 11: Semi-final two, 7pm - BBC One 

Sat July 14: Third place play-off: Losers of two semi-finals, 3pm - ITV1

Final

Sun July 15: World Cup final, 4pm ITV1 and BBC One

World Cup 2018 | The best of the Telegraph's coverage
World Cup 2018 | The best of the Telegraph's coverage
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