Find a Free World Cup Live Stream

The FIFA World Cup is perhaps the most highly anticipated sporting event around the globe. When it arrives every 4 years, soccer fans everywhere slip into their teams’ colors and cheer as loudly in front of television screens as they would sitting in stadiums.

But what if you don’t have a TV that’s airing World Cup matches? You need to find a World Cup live stream as quickly as possible, and it would be nice to find one that’s free.

The good news is that there are several ways to watch the 2018 World Cup, and you may even be able to stream games for free on your phone or tablet. Here’s a guide to World Cup live streaming for free with tips on how to watch in different places and in different languages.

Unlock the Power of a VPN

If you live in the United States and you don’t have cable or a monthly streaming subscription, it may be hard to find free World Cup live streaming. That said, countries around the world are streaming games for free — Americans just need access.

A VPN (or “virtual private network”) is a tool that can unlock that access. Many businesses use VPNs to give remote employees access to in-house servers. They are also used to mask surfing and streaming activity so that Internet users have a more secure experience.

The cool thing about a VPN connection is that it routes your activity through servers around the world. So, if you want to unlock free World Cup live streaming available through the United Kingdom’s BBC, just route your connection through a server based in the UK.

You can browse around to find a VPN subscription service. Most VPN providers operate on a monthly subscription plan that costs just a few dollars (far less than cable), and you can typically use that VPN service on several devices — a laptop, tablet and smartphone, for example.

What Countries are Streaming for Free?

OK, now that you have your VPN connection, where do you go for World Cup live streaming? Try the following for different languages:

• English: Try the United Kingdom’s BBC.
• French: Try France’s TF 1 or Belgium’s RTBF.
• Danish: Try Denmark’s DR.
• Spanish: Try Spain’s Mediaset España.
• Portuguese: Try Portugal’s RTP.
• German: Try Germany’s ARD.
• Arabic: Try Morocco’s SNRT.

A VPN connection makes your streaming exponentially more secure than it would be otherwise, and it also gives you access to World Cup live streaming from around the world — all free of charge.

What if You Have Cable?

If you have a cable subscription, getting a World Cup stream on a phone or tablet is incredibly simple. All you need is the Fox Sports GO app, which is your portal for live streaming every single match.

Fox paid a total of $400 million for English-language broadcast rights in the United States for both 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar. That bid started to look like a significant overpay when the Americans failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Still, a huge part of Fox’s broadcast plans is making games available through the Fox Sports GO app.

All you need to sign up and gain access is your cable provider login information. The knockout round is just starting, and, before you know it, it will be time for World Cup final live streaming.

Don’t Forget Your Antenna

In the days before cable television, there were only a handful of channels, and those channels could be accessed with nothing more than a television set and an antenna.

What most people don’t realize is: You can still access networks and local channels with a television and antenna.

If you don’t have cable and you’re looking for a way to watch World Cup games free of charge, simply invest in an antenna. You’ll be able to watch any games that air on Fox and any games that air on Telemundo in Spanish. For games that are broadcast on FS1, though, you’re out of luck — a VPN is your best path to affordable streaming.

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