You can watch the 2026 World Cup for free on YouTube in Brazil – 104 matches – from June 11 to the final on July 19. The free coverage includes commentary and analysis as well as full replays of all 104 fixtures.
It seems too good to be true, especially in what appears to be the most commercially voracious World Cup ever, but seeing is believing.
How to watch the World Cup on YouTube from anywhere? Can you also get the free YouTube stream of the World Cup in USA and Canada? And on which devices is YouTube available?
Here’s our complete (and quick) guide on how to watch the 2026 World Cup on YouTube for free…
How to watch the World Cup on YouTube and the YouTube app
Brazilian channel CazéTV has made all of its World Cup coverage available live and free on YouTube.
To watch YouTube: visit the YouTube website or download it YouTube app (iOS/Android).
YouTube is free – and you don’t need an account to use it.
OUTSIDE BRAZIL? ACCESS YOUTUBE FROM ANYWHERE WITH NORTON VPN
How to watch the World Cup on YouTube from anywhere
Even though YouTube is available almost everywhere, free coverage of the World Cup is limited to Brazil.
Football fans traveling or working outside of Brazil will need to use a VPN to access free World Cup streams on YouTube.
We use NortonVPN. Here’s why:
It’s very easy to use a VPN to watch the 2026 World Cup on YouTube.
1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we said, NortonVPN is the best choice.
2. Choose the location you want to connect to in the VPN app. For example, if you are visiting the United States and want to watch your free YouTube stream in Brazil, you would select “São Paulo”.
3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Go to the CazéTV channel, log in and watch the World Cup for free on YouTube.
What will YouTube’s World Cup coverage include? Every match?
The 104 World Cup matches are broadcast unencrypted on the CazéTV YouTube channel.
Full replays of the game are also posted on the channel.
YouTube also lets you quickly and easily enable notifications for upcoming games, saving you the hassle of manually adding them to your calendar.
On which devices can I watch the World Cup on YouTube?
You can use YouTube on all of the following devices and platforms:
Amazon Fire TV (select models)
Android devices (Android 6.0 and later)
Android TV (select models)
Apple TV (4th generation and 4K)
Chromecast
Hisense Smart TVs (select models)
iOS devices (iOS 12 and later)
LG Smart TVs (2016 and up models only)
Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max
Nintendo Switch
Nvidia Shield (select models)
PlayStation 5 Pro, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 Pro, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3
Roku TVs (all models)
Samsung Smart TVs (2017 and up models only)
Sharp Smart TVs (select models)
Sony Smart TVs (select models)
TiVo
Vizio SmartCast TVs (select models)
Web
Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox One, Xbox 360
Is YouTube a good way to watch the World Cup?
There are pros and cons to using CazéTV’s free YouTube channel to follow World Cup coverage.
The positives: You don’t need an account to log in, most people are familiar with the UI, and every game is streamed in one place.
However, the coverage is exclusively in Portuguesewhich is ideal if you’re fluent in the language or want to learn it – not so much otherwise.
Free English-language coverage of every World Cup match is available via SBS on demand in Australia, BBC iPlayer And ITVX in the United Kingdom, and RTE player in Ireland.
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