Guide to Watch Live World Cup 2022 from Australia
Guide to Watch Live World Cup 2022 from Australia

In Australia, How to Watch All Matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup?

Qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is well underway. Every team, including Australian Team, besides the host nation is required to qualify. There are a huge 211 nations eligible for the competition. The catch, though, is only 32 teams are allowed in the tournament.

Broadcasting rights for Australian football and its related competitions have been won by Channel 10, its US owner ViacomCBS, and its new streaming service Paramount Plus, which launched in Australia in August.

2022 World Cup Qualifiers and how do we watch them? Up until now, games have been available to watch on Kayo Sports Freebies and on ABC TV, this will shift over to new streaming service Paramount+ Australia now. You can sign up for a free 7-day trial, with a full subscription starting from $8.99 per month.

How to Watch Live, Stream the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in Australia?

Australia's football broadcast landcape has undergone a huge change with Network Ten-affiliated Paramount Plus winning the exclusive rights to most domestic football - including Socceroos and Matildas matches.

The Socceroos matches in September will be shown only on Network Ten at this stage with Paramount Plus not set to stream football until late October.

Paramount+ costs $8.99 a month and also includes Australian football such as the A-League, W-League and the FFA Cup. It is available on desktop, iOS app, Android app, Apple TV 4, Android TV, Chromecast, Fetch and Telstra TV.

Paramount Plus officially launched in Australia on 11 August and costs $8.99 a month and comes with a 7-day free trial.

The new service will be the home of Australian football, encompassing the media rights for all national teams (Socceroos, Westfield Matildas, Young Socceroos, Young Matildas, Joeys and Junior Matildas) as well as AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar, AFC Asian Cups and, other AFC tournaments until 31 December 2024.

Watch Live South American World Cup Qualifiers From Australia

Qualifying is also rolling along for teams in South America. At the time of writing, Brazil is sitting well clear on the table with a perfect 6 wins from as many matches. The rights to these matches featuring Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and the best of South America are held by beIN SPORTS. That means beIN SPORTS CONNECT, Kayo Sports, Foxtel and Foxtel Now are all options for catching these high-stakes clashes.

We have a full guide for the South American World Cup qualifiers, which are all part of the federation known as the CONMEBOL.

How to Watch Live European World Cup qualifiers From Australia

Optus Sport had the rights to the delayed 2020 European Championships and shows the English Premier League. Added to that list are the UEFA World Cup qualifiers. While it no longer has a free trial, Optus Sport is available to everyone, regardless of whether they are existing Optus customers. That means you can easily catch games involving England, Spain, Portugal, reigning World Cup champions France and the rest on Optus Sport.

Best Ways to watch the FIFA World Cup in Australia

When it comes to tuning into the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the easiest place to do that will be through SBS who will be airing games live and free.

Oh, and if you’re wondering about the Women’s World Cup, we have some details for you in that space, too.

In major sporting news for Australia and New Zealand, it’s been confirmed that our nations will be the homes of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.

The first match will kick off at Auckland’s Eden Park on 20 July 2023, and the comp will close at Sydney’s Stadium Australia. If you’re wondering where you can watch that event, Optus Sport will stream all 64 World Cup matches live.

Australian Socceroos World Cup Qualifiers: Schedule, TV Channel, Stadium

Thursday, October 7: Time TBC

Australia vs Oman

Tuesday, October 12: Time TBC

Australia vs Japan

Thursday, November 11: Time TBC

Australia vs Saudi Arabia

Tuesday, November 16: Time TBC

Australia vs China PR

Thursday, January 27: Time TBC

Australia vs Vietnam

Tuesday, February 1: Time TBC

Australia vs Oman

Thursday, March 24: Time TBC

Australia vs Japan

Tuesday, March 29: Time TBC

Australia vs Saudi Arabia

Date Time (AEST) Match Stadium Broadcast
Thu Sep 7 10.00pm Vietnam v Australia My Dinh Stadium Channel 10, 10 Bold (in SA+WA), 10 Play
Thu Oct 7 TBA Australia v Oman TBA Network Ten, 10 Play
Tue Oct 12 TBA Japan v Australia Saitama Stadium Network Ten, 10 Play
Thu Nov 11 TBA Australia v Saudi Arabia TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play
Tue Nov 16 TBA China v Australia TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play
Thu Jan 27 TBA Australia v Vietnam TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play
Tue Feb 1 TBA Oman v Australia TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play
Thu Mar 24 TBA Australia v Japan TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play
Tue Mar 29 TBA Saudi Arabia v Australia TBA Paramount+, Network Ten, 10 Play

Australia Team at 2002 World Cup from third round of qualifying

The top two teams from Australia's group will get direct qualification to the World Cup.

The third-place team in the group will playoff against the third-place team in Group A across a single match, with the winner to take on a team from another confederation for a ticket to Qatar.

Failure to finish in the top three means there will be no chance of earning qualification to football's showpiece event.

The Socceroos meet Japan, Saudi Arabia, China, Oman and Vietnam in the final round of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification.

Australia's first match, against China, finished in a 3-0 win for the Socceroos in Doha. Australia's final match, again at a venue and kick-off time to be confirmed, is against Saudi Arabia on 29 March 2022.

Australia must finish either first or second in Group B, which includes 10 matches from September 2021 to March 2022, to qualify directly. A third-place finish would send the Socceroos to a playoff against the third-place team from Group A, followed by an intercontinental playoff.

Matches will be played across Channel 10 platforms, including Paramount Plus.

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