England v Brazil playing at the Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro in 2013 – Photo by Mark Hillary (Wikimedia Commons)
The BBC and ITV’s shared coverage split for the FIFA World Cup 2014 has today been announced, listing the complete group stage TV schedule, dates and times. These listings cover the tournaments initial group stages, after which the Beeb get first pick of the last 16 round and semi finals, while ITV have first choice of the quarter final games. The final itself will be shown on both BBC1 and ITV1.
The competitions opening match of Brazil v Croatia will be broadcast live on ITV. Meanwhile the BBC’s coverage will start the following day with the rematch of the 2010 final, Spain v Holland. The England teams first game against Italy will be covered by the BBC, then ITV bring their home nations next two matches against opponents Uruguay and Costa Rica.
These listings take into account the recently updated kick-off times, such as England’s opener against Italy.
Please note the times stated below refer to the match kick-off times, with the TV pre-match buildup starting earlier:
All details correct at time of publication.
Thursday, 12 June
9:00pm ITV Brazil v Croatia
Friday, 13 June
5:00pm ITV Mexico v Cameroon
8:00pm BBC Spain v Netherlands
11:00pm ITV Chile v Australia
Saturday, 14 June
5:00pm BBC Colombia v Greece
8:00pm ITV Uruguay v Costa Rica
11:00pm BBC England v Italy (Originally scheduled for 2:00am kick-off time)
2:00am ITV Ivory Coast v Japan
Sunday, 15 June
5:00pm ITV Switzerland v Ecuador
8:00pm BBC France v Honduras
11:00pm BBC Argentina v Bosnia
Monday, 16 June
5:00pm ITV Germany v Portugal
8:00pm BBC Iran v Nigeria
11:00pm BBC Ghana v USA
Tuesday, 17 June
5:00pm ITV Belgium v Algeria
8:00pm BBC Brazil v Mexico
11:00pm BBC Russia v South Korea
Wednesday, 18 June
5:00pm ITV Australia v Holland
8:00pm BBC Spain v Chile
11:00pm ITV Cameroon v Croatia
Thursday, 19 June
5:00pm BBC Colombia v Ivory Coast
8:00pm ITV England v Uruguay
11:00pm BBC Japan v Greece
Friday, 20 June
5:00pm BBC Italy v Costa Rica
8:00pm ITV France v Switzerland
11:00pm ITV Honduras v Ecuador
Saturday, 21 June
5:00pm ITV Argentina v Iran
8:00pm BBC Germany v Ghana
11:00pm BBC Nigeria v Bosnia
Sunday, 22 June
5:00pm BBC Belgium v Russia
8:00pm ITV South Korea v Algeria
11:00pm BBC USA v Portugal
Monday, 23 June
5:00pm ITV Australia v Spain
5:00pm ITV Holland v Chile
9:00pm ITV Cameroon v Brazil
9:00pm ITV Croatia v Mexico
Tuesday, 24 June
5:00pm ITV England v Costa Rica
5:00pm ITV Italy v Uruguay
9:00pm BBC Japan v Colombia
9:00pm BBC Greece v Ivory Coast
Wednesday, 25 June
5:00pm ITV Nigeria v Argentina
5:00pm ITV Bosnia v Iran
9:00pm BBC Ecuador v France
9:00pm BBC Honduras v Switzerland
Thursday, 26 June
5:00pm BBC USA V Germany
5:00pm BBC Portugal v Ghana
9:00pm ITV South Korea v Belgium
9:00pm ITV Algeria v Russia