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World Cup 2018 UK TV schedule: Kick off times and channel to watch every match

Gary Lineker will be hosting the BBC's coverage of the World Cup in Russia  - 2017 FIFA
Gary Lineker will be hosting the BBC's coverage of the World Cup in Russia - 2017 FIFA

Television coverage of this year's World Cup is set to bigger and better than ever, with ITV and BBC both announcing a stellar line up of pundits.

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

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

Regular BBC contributors Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard will also be joined by fresh additions of Didier Drogba and Pablo Zabaleta.

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

Gary Neville - Credit: Sky Sports 
Gary Neville will be 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 

Thurs June 16: Russia v Saudi Arabia (Group A), 4pm - ITV1 

Fri June 15: Egypt v Uruguay (Group A), 1pm - BBC One

Fri June 15: Morocco v Iran (Group B), 4pm - ITV1

Fri June 15: Portugal v Spain (Group B), 7pm - BBC One

Sat June 16: France v Australia (Group C), 11am - BBC One 

Sat June 16: Argentina v Iceland (Group D), 2pm - ITV1

Sat June 16: Peru v Denmark (Group C), 5pm - BBC One

Sat June 16: Croatia v Nigeria (Group D), 8pm - ITV1

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