1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of the 1998 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.

Television broadcasters

Listed below are confirmed to have screened some or all of the matches, with a total of 64-matches that were played in 10-stadiums located across 10-different host cities. The opening ceremony/opening match was between Brazil and Scotland and the closing ceremony/final tournament was won by France who beat Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title becoming the seventh nation to win a 1998 FIFA World Cup at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. In Free TV Networks of South America are broadcast live some main matches. In Pay TV are broadcast live 64 matches vía Prime Sports in Cable Television and DIRECTV Sports in Satellite Television.

Country	Broadcaster	Television
Argentina	El Trece, Telefe, América TV, Canal 9 Libertad, ATC, TyC Sports, TyC Sports Plus, Cable Sport, Cable Sport Plus and América Sports; VCC, Cablevisión and Multicanal (delayed)	Channel 13, Channel 11, Channel 2, Channel 9, Channel 7, Channel 17 of Cablevisión, Channel 17 of Multicanal and Channel 3 of VCC
Australia	SBS
Austria	ORF	TV1 and TV2
Arab League	Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)
Belgium	Dutch: VRT	Dutch: VRT1 and VRT2
Belgium	French: RTBF	French: RTBF1 and RTBF2
Bolivia	TV Boliviana
Brazil	Globo, Manchete, Band, SBT, Record, SporTV and ESPN Brasil	Channel 10, Channel 12, Channel 2, Channel 9, Channel 7, Channel 15 of NET Cable Television and Channel 16 of TVA
Brunei	STMB	TV3
Bulgaria	BNT	Channel 1 and Efir 2
Cambodia	TVK	Channel 7
Canada	English: CBC	English: CBC Television
Canada	French: Société Radio-Canada	French: Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Chile	TVN, Chilevisión, Megavisión and UCTV
People's Republic of China	CCTV	CCTV-1, CCTV-2, CCTV-5 and CCTV-7
Colombia	RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión, OTI	RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión, OTI (Canal Uno, Canal A: RTI Producciones, Producciones JES, Producciones PUNCH, Datos y Mensajes)
Czech Republic	ČT	ČT1 and ČT2
Denmark	DR	DR1 and DR2
Ecuador	Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, Telesistema, TC Televisión, Gamavisión and SíTV
Finland	YLE, MTV3	YLE TV2
France²	1998 FIFA World Cup TV²	1998 FIFA World Cup TV1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)²
Germany	ARD and ZDF	Das Erste and ZDF
Greece	ERT	TV1, TV2 and TV3
Hungary	MTV	MTV1 and MTV2
Holy See	RAI	RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Hong Kong	TVB	Cantonese: TVB Jade
Hong Kong	TVB	English: TVB Pearl
India	Doordarshan	Doordarshan National Channel
Indonesia¹	RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANTeve and Indosiar (all matches in live television)¹
Iran	IRIB	Channel 1 and Channel 2
Ireland	RTÉ	RTÉ One and RTÉ Two
Israel	IBA	Hebrew: Channel 1
Israel	IBA	Arabic: Channel 33
Italy	RAI	RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Japan	NHK, Fuji Television, TBS, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo	NHK General TV, Fuji Television, TBS Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo
Laos	LNTV
Macau	TVB	Cantonese: TVB Jade
Macau	TVB	English: TVB Pearl
Latin America	Prime Sports and DirecTV	Channel 32 of Cablevisión in Argentina, Channel 33 of PCC in Paraguay, Channel 17 of TCC in Uruguay and Channel 16 of Univisa in Ecuador Channels 610 and 612 of DirecTV
Malaysia²	STMB	TV3
Mexico	Televisa, TV Azteca	Canal de las Estrellas, XHDF-TDT
Monaco²	1998 FIFA World Cup TV²	1998 FIFA World Cup TV1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)²
Myanmar	MRTV	Channel 5
Netherlands	NPO	Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3
New Zealand	TVNZ	TV1 and TV2
North Korea	KBS
Norway	NRK	NRK1 and NRK2
Paraguay	Telefuturo, SNT, Red Guaraní, Canal 13 RPC, PTC, Tigo Sports, Tigo Sports Plus, One Sports, One Sports Plus and Personal Sports; Mi Cable, PCC and CVC (delayed)	Channel 4, Channel 9, Channel 2, Channel 13, Channel 14, Channel 17 of PCC, Channel 17 of CVC and Channel 15 of Mi Cable
Peru	América Televisión and Panamericana Televisión.
Philippines	GMA Network and Sky Cable
Poland	TVP	TVP1 and TVP2
Portugal	RTP	RTP1 and RTP2
Republic of China	TTV, CTV, CTS and FTV
Russia	VGTRK	Rossiya 1
San Marino	RAI	RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3
Singapore	STMB	TV3
Slovakia	STV	STV1 and STV2
South Africa	SABC	SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3
South Korea	KBS
Spain	RTVE	TVE (TV1 and TV2)
Sweden	SVT	SVT1 and SVT2
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SF 1 (German), TSR 2 (French), TSI 2 (Italian)
Thailand	BEC-TERO	Channel 3
Turkey	TRT	TRT 1, TRT 2 and TRT 3
United Kingdom	BBC and ITV	BBC Television (BBC One and BBC Two) and ITV (Carlton/LWT)
United States	ABC, ESPN (English), Univision (Spanish)
Uruguay	Monte Carlo TV, Canal 10, Teledoce and VTV	Channel 4, Channel 10, Channel 12 and Channel 6 of TVC (now Cablevisión)
Vietnam	Vietnam Television	VTV1
Venezuela	Venevisión, RCTV, VTV

Notes:

^ Republic of Indonesia screened delayed telecasts in the 1998 FIFA World Cup simulcast via 6-national free-to-air terrestrial television stations. It was broadcast simulcast by 1-national state-owned government public free-to-air terrestrial television station's and was also simulcast by the 5-national private commercial free-to-air terrestrial television station's RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANTeve and Indosiar provided Indonesian sports commentary on all 64-matches.
^ It is a joint venture of France 1, France 2, France 3, France 4, TV5Monde and France Ô a subsidiary of France Télévisions. Its functions are the same as the 1998 FIFA World Cup TV.

References

FIFA World Cup
Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea/Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 2026 2030
Qualification	1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Seedings	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Bids	2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030
Records and statistics	All-time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat-tricks own goals Penalty shoot-outs Player appearances Red cards Referees Team appearances Teams with no appearances
Miscellaneous	Awards Balls Economics Final draw History Hosts Mascots Official films Official songs Organisers Trophy Video games
Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

1998 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Qualification Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Final
General information	Seeding Squads Matches Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Discipline Officials Broadcasting Sponsorship Terror plot

1998 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	France
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Netherlands
Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Argentina Denmark Germany Italy
Eliminated in the round of 16	Chile England Mexico Nigeria Norway Paraguay Romania FR Yugoslavia
Eliminated in the group stage	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cameroon Colombia Iran Jamaica Japan Morocco Saudi Arabia Scotland South Africa South Korea Spain Tunisia United States
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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