Fifa escapes disaster. Thursday, on the eve of the draw for the group stage of the 2025 Club World Cup (Thursday 7 p.m.), the international body formalized the sale of TV rights for the competition to DAZN. The British group, which has broadcast eight of the nine Ligue 1 matches since this season, bought the TV rights to this Club World Cup with 32 participants for a billion dollars. Above all, the retransmission will be free! The PSG matches (which are among the top seeds in the draw) will be followed without a subscription!
“We are delighted to announce that DAZN will be the exclusive global broadcaster of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025 (June 15 – July 13, 2025). Football fans around the world will be able to stream every match live on DAZN for free! Coverage of the event begins this Thursday, December 5 with the draw for the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup, broadcast live on DAZN at 7 p.m. »rejoiced the DAZN France X account.
DAZN, Saudi Arabia’s move?
Fifa had been negotiating for a while with Apple, which would have offered the Club World Cup on its Apple TV+ service (via a paid option like MLS), but DAZN turned everything upside down. As imagine The Parisianthe media group created by businessman Len Blavatnik (a Ukrainian based in London, former oligarch close to Vladimir Putin) could be bought by Saudi Arabia. The ambitious kingdom of MBS (Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman) would suddenly own a sports broadcasting giant to rival beIN Sports.
“I’m delighted to announce that Fifa, in partnership with DAZN and Fifa+, will bring the best of club football around the world for free. This means that every football fan around the world will be able to watch the best players from the top 32 clubs compete in the new Fifa Club World Cup to become the first official Fifa Club World Champions.rejoiced Fifa President Gianni Infantino.
