The BBC and ITV have announced each of the matches that both broadcasters will air during Russia WC 2018. The split will see the first two England games air on BBC, with ITV taking the second two games in the group G matches. In Ireland RTɠhold the World Cup rights, no decision so far has been made to split the games with TV3 as they did in 2016 for the Euros, neither Irish teams made it to Russia.

A draw for each of the groups of the FIFA world cup 2018 has taken place. The World Cup will take place in Russia next year. Both Irish Team failed to make it to the finals. The first match takes place on June 14th 2018 when Russia go up against Saudi Arabia at 6pm at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.