Netflix is serious aboutsoccer.
The streaming service announced Tuesday, Oct. 13 that it added the broadcast rights to the men's 2030 World Cup for Spain to its portfolio. La Roja will host the tournament in an attempt to defend its title from this summer's World Cup.
Netflix will stream all 104 matches to fans in the host nation and its neighboring country, Andorra, for the tournament, which marks the 100th anniversary of the World Cup. Morocco and Portugal are also host nations after the United States, Mexico and Canada shared the duties at this summer's World Cup in the first tournament hosted by three countries.
The streaming service will have "full live coverage," including pregame, postgame and halftime shows and daily recap programming.
This deal comes after Netflix secured the rights to the women's 2027 and 2031 World Cupsfor audiences in the United States and Canada. Rebecca Lowe will lead coverage for the 2027 tournament, which will be hosted by Brazil. The 2031 competition is expected to be anotherjoint-deal for the U.S., this one with Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica. FIFA is expected to award the bid next month, per the Associated Press.
The United States broadcast rights for the 2030 World Cup have yet to be revealed, but Netflix is among the top contenders.
Who are the host nations for the 2030 World Cup?
The 2030 men's World Cupwill be co-hosted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal.
This comes after the 2026 World Cup was the first tournament to be hosted by multiple nations. The United States, Mexico and Canada shared duties.
Spain previously hosted the 1982 World Cup when Italy won the championship by beating West Germany 3-1.
La Roja will be the defending champion on their home turf after beating Lionel Messi and Argentina in the final of this summer's World Cup.
Who had the broadcast rights for the 2026 World Cup?
FOX and Telemundo held the broadcast rights for this summer's men's World Cup. There were a record 104 matches with the field expanded to 48 teams.
The semifinals and final match set viewership records with Lionel Messi and Argentina playing in both landmark matches. The semifinal against England saw an average of 15.063 million fans, according to FOX, with a peak viewership of 22.177 million. It was the largest audience for a World Cup semifinals English-language telecast in United States broadcast history.
The final against Spain broke the viewership record on both FOX and Telemundo.The English-language broadcast had an average of 38.937 million fans tuning in and was the most-watched non-NFL event since 2016. The Spanish-language program and saw 23.9 million in Total Audience Delivery.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Netflix awarded broadcast rights to 2030 World Cup for fans in Spain
