The BBC has revealed substantial digital, TV, and audio coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar for the benefit of fans throughout the world.
According to a statement from the international media, BBC Sport will provide a wide range of digital content that will explore the World Cup from every perspective. This content will include live text commentaries, fixtures, results, previews, post-match reports, and analysis of all 64 matches, as well as stadium guides and video features, all of which will be available on a dedicated World Cup landing page at BBC.com/worldcup.
Jurgen Klinsmann, a former Germany striker and head coach at two World Cups (for the United States in 2014 and Germany in 2006), will contribute to a daily global bulletin called BBC Sports World Cup Briefing: The Daily Jurgen, which informs fans of everything occurring in Qatar.
Sport Today on BBC World News will feature World Cup goals and highlights. The show will broadcast live from Qatar both before and during the competition. A large BBC Sport team, including former World Cup players Didier Drogba and Rio Ferdinand, will provide analysis for the channel while Lucy Hockings covers all the news from Doha for BBC World News.
BBC World News will also air two documentaries during the World Cup: How to Win the World Cup(Saturday, November 26th) is an examination of how France, Germany and Spain won the trophy in the past three tournaments. Messi(Saturday, November 19th) is a look back at the Argentinian superstar’s incredible career and whether he can help his country reclaim the trophy they last won in 1986.
The BBC will also offer a range of special podcasts throughout the tournament available on all major podcast platforms, including World Cup Daily, the special World Cup edition of the popular podcast Football Daily, offering reactions to every single match as well as the latest interviews, insight and analysis; World Football Qatar – a special World Cup edition of the World Football podcast from the World Service will tell the truly global story of the tournament, capturing the colour, drama, sounds and stories from all 32 teams through the eyes of players, coaches, fans and the people of Qatar; 606, the popular football fan phone-in show in podcast form; and a limited run podcast titled Powerplay: The Rise and Fall of Sepp Blatter looking into the controversial former President of FIFA who was banned from the sport following a widespread corruption case in 2015.
The statement urged fans to follow along on social media where BBC Sport will deliver a mix of news stories and videos, as well as a look at the lighter side of the tournament as fans gather in Qatar to watch their team.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled to run from November 20 – December 18, 2022.