Netflix secures exclusive Spain and Andorra streaming rights to 2030 World Cup

Centre · 1Netflix said on Tuesday 13 October 2026 that it had secured the rights to broadcast the 2030 World Cup to fans in Spain and Andorra. 1 Centre · 1Deadline reports Netflix will stream every game exclusively and live in the two countries. 2 Centre · 3The deal covers all 104 matches of the tournament, according to CNA, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Gulf News and Anadolu Agency; the Hollywood Reporter and Anadolu Agency describe the rights as exclusive. 1 3 4

Centre · 1Netflix said that, as part of the agreement, one match per matchday will be available for free in Spain via a national free-to-air broadcaster. 1 Left · 2Outside the free matches, a package including every Spain match, both semifinals and the final will be offered to a national free-to-air broadcaster; Variety says Netflix has not yet named that partner and that details are expected closer to the tournament. 5 3 Left · 1Financial terms were not disclosed, according to Variety. 5

Left · 2Netflix plans full live coverage with pre-game, half-time and post-game shows, daily round-up programmes on match days and pre-tournament content; Variety says the shows will offer a distinctly Spanish perspective. 3 5 Centre · 1Netflix said it would be its first broadcast of a major men's international tournament in Spain. 1 Centre · 2The 2026 World Cup was broadcast in Spain by the state-owned national channel RTVE. 2 1

Centre · 1Spain is one of three host nations of the 2030 tournament, alongside Morocco and Portugal, and Deadline describes it as the defending 2026 champion. 2 Left · 1The 2030 tournament marks the centenary of the first World Cup; three celebration matches will be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on 8-9 June, before the official opening on 13-14 June, and the final is slated for 21 July, according to FIFA's proposed schedule cited by Variety. 5 Centre · 1Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria said: "Few events unite people like the World Cup," and said they were in the stands this year as Spain lifted the trophy. 2

Left · 1FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström said the shared ambition was to "bring fans closer to the game and enable as many people as possible to share in the excitement of the competition". 5 Mixed · 2Netflix also holds the rights to the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups: CNA describes them as the 2027 edition in Brazil and the 2031 edition in the United States and Canada, while Variety says the 2027 and 2031 rights are for the U.S. and Canada. 1 5 Left · 2Trade coverage presents the deal as a step up in Netflix's live sports push: it already carries NFL and MLB games, WWE, boxing and mixed martial arts, and earlier this year agreed a four-year Concacaf deal to stream the Nations League finals and Gold Cup from 2027. 3 5

Centre · 1Gulf News notes that other markets have separate deals, including Zee Entertainment in India, the BBC and ITV in the UK, Deutsche Telekom in Germany and M6 in France, and that the broadcaster for the UAE and wider Middle East has not been officially confirmed. 6