Press release
From June 14 to July 15 Russia will host the 21st FIFA World Cup. Belarusian spectators will be able to see the biggest sporting event together with a multimillion global TV audience. Live broadcasts of all 64 matches will be held by the channels Belarus 5 and Belarus 2.
Russia will host the FIFA World Cup for the first time. It will be held at 12 stadiums in 11 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Sochi and Rostov-on-Don.
32 teams qualified for the final tournament. The current champions - the German national team - will play in the group F. The national teams of Iceland and Panama will participate in the sports forum for the first time.
The first duel will be held on June 14. The teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia will meet at the Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow).
The main media holding of the country - the owner of exclusive rights to organize TV broadcasts of the World Cup - will ensure the widest possible coverage of the largest sports forum.
Every day during the "football month" commentators and specialists will make detailed reviews of past and upcoming matches in special thematic diaries on Belarus 5.
The journalists of the TV News Agency will cover the most interesting and exciting moments of the championship in the programs Panorama and The Main Air.
From June 14 to July 15, Belteleradiocompany invites all sports fans to enjoy the matches of the best football teams together!