GRUP MEDIAPRO to Broadcast Every Match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™
GRUP MEDIAPRO will air, exclusively on pay-TV, the entire 2026 FIFA World Cup™, following an agreement with RTVE for the acquisition of media rights to the tournament. To ensure fans don’t miss a single moment of the tournament, GRUP MEDIAPRO will launch a 24/7 channel dedicated to the tournament, offering the most complete coverage across the GolStadium platform, which will be made available to pay-TV operators.
The new channel will air all 104 World Cup matches, 71 of them exclusively — a model similar to that successfully implemented during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ with GOL MUNDIAL. With this move, GRUP MEDIAPRO is reshaping how fans experience football, delivering top-quality programming and making the World Cup more accessible than ever. The World Cup draw will take place later this year, determining the composition of the 12 groups of 4 teams each.
The FIFA World Cup 26™ introduces groundbreaking changes that heighten its global appeal. It will be the longest tournament in history, with 48 national teams from five continents — compared to 32 in previous editions — competing across three host nations: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. From 11 June to 19 July 2026, matches will be played in 11 U.S. cities, 3 in Mexico, and 2 in Canada, totaling 104 matches — 40 more than Qatar 2022™.
Spain has been drawn into Group E in UEFA’s qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup, alongside Turkey, Georgia, and Bulgaria. In the qualifying phase, the top team in each group will earn a direct place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Spanish National Team ended 2024 ranked third in the FIFA World Rankings, behind Argentina and France, and is one of only eight nations ever to have lifted the World Cup trophy — alongside Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, Uruguay, and England since the inaugural edition in 1930.
