Brazil 2014: TV Schedule for Last Stages of the World Cup
With just 8 games left in the tournament the UK TV companies, BBC and ITV, have decided which games they will be showing live, with the exception of the two semi-final games. Who is covering those two games should be known next week.
Viewing figures for the World Cup have been high, and an estimated 900 million viewers across the world are expected to watch the final on Sunday 13th July.
The schedule:
| Friday 4th July 2014 | ||||
| France v Germany | Quarter Final | 5pm | BBC 1 | Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janerio |
| Brazil v Colombia | Quarter Final | 9pm | ITV | Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza |
| Saturday 5th July 2014 | ||||
| Argentina v Belgium | Quarter Final | 5pm | ITV | Estadio Nacional, Brasilia |
| Netherlands v Costa Rica | Quarter Final | 9pm | BBC 1 | Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador |
| Tuesday 8th July 2014 | ||||
| Winner Quarter Final 1 v Winner Quarter Final 2 | Semi Final | 9pm | To be confirmed | Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte |
| Wednesday 9th July 2014 | ||||
| Winner Quarter Final 3 v Winner Quarter Final 4 | Semi Final | 9pm | To be confirmed | Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo |
| Saturday 12th July 2014 | ||||
| Loser Semi Final 1 v Loser Semi Final 2 | Third Place Play Off | 9pm | ITV | Estadio Nacional, Brasilia |
| Sunday 13th July 2014 | ||||
| Winner Semi Final 1 v Winner Semi Final 2 | Final | 8pm | BBC 1 and ITV | Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janerio |
FIFA are reporting some of the key Television viewing figures from the Group Stages include:
- USA: Portugal game was most watched football match ever on US TV, higher than any of NBA Finals and higher than average of 2013 World Series 2013 (ESPN, UNIVISION: 24.7 million combined)
- Brazil: Croatia match drew highest 2014 TV sports broadcast (TV Globo, Bandeirantes: 47.4 million combined)
- France: Switzerland game reached largest TV audience since 2007 (TF1: 16.7 million)
- Netherlands: Chile match reached biggest TV audience since 2010 FIFA World Cup Final™ (Ned 1: 8.1 million)
- Germany: USA match attracted biggest TV audience in 2 years (ZDF: 27.3 million)
- Italy: Uruguay game watched by biggest TV audience in 2 years (RAI 1, Sky Mondiale, RAI Sport: 19.3 million combined)
- UK: Uruguay game drew biggest TV audience in 2 years (ITV: 17.9 million)
- Spain: Chile match attracted biggest TV audience for 2 years (Telecinco: 13.2 million)