The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins today, kicking off football’s greatest showcase and the biggest sport tournament in the world.<\/p>\n
The World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 12 to July 20 NZT.<\/p>\n
For those in New Zealand wondering how they can watch the World Cup \u2013 TVNZ has you covered.<\/p>\n
Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening game and ceremony live and free on TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n Every All Whites match will also be available to watch live and free on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+.<\/p>\n In total, 22 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches will also be available for audiences free \u2013 including the tournament’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa and the final game.<\/p>\n For those wanting more action, all 104 matches will also be available to those who purchase a one-off event pass on TVNZ+, available for $44.95.<\/p>\n An event pass can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/p>\n At 5.30am today, TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ started its free broadcast of the opening ceremony, followed by the opening match between Mexico and South Africa.<\/p>\n During the free broadcasts, presenter Chris Chang will host a studio show for TVNZ 1\u2019s matches, including pre-match, half-time and full-time debriefs across the 11 free-to-air games. <\/p>\n Chang will also be joined by football experts to analyse each game-changing moment, including Auckland FC goalkeeper Oli Sail, Wellington Phoenix legend Paul Ifill, football commentator Seamus Marten, and four-time FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup coach Bev Priestman.<\/p>\n The first All Whites game against Iran kicks off at 1pm NZT on Tuesday, June 16.<\/p>\n Watch all matches at the World Cup with an event pass on TVNZ+<\/a> | All Whites games free-to-view on TVNZ1 and TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins today, kicking off football’s greatest showcase and the biggest sport tournament in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2966,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-472626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}