If you're looking for how to watch France vs Spain in the 2026 World Cup, hello! Everything you need to know is right here.

Get your popcorn ready because this semi-final, the first of two, is going to be a thriller. France have been on excellent form in the World Cup so far, blasting through the knockout rounds; Kylian Mbappé, widely considered one of the best footballers in the world, has racked up eight goals, second only to Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race. Mbappé plays for Spain's Real Madrid, but don't expect him to go easy on the Spanish team this week.

Spain got off to a slower start in this, its first World Cup since South Africa 2010, but they've become more confident as the competition has continued, helped in large part by Mikel Merino's late goals against both Portugal and Belgium. Merino's playing in those matches has been described as "extraordinary" and "heroic".

France and Spain's football rivalry goes back a long way: they've faced off against each other 38 times in various tournaments. In their last World Cup encounter in 2006, France beat Spain by three goals to one.

If you look at the numbers for all their encounters including the Nations League and other tournaments, Spain has won more matches against France – but France tends to do better in the really big tournaments such as the World Cup and European championships.

As with other matches the rights for France versus Spain have been split between multiple broadcasters, and in the UK the World Cup coverage has been split further with both the BBC and ITV getting a share of the match rights. This one's an ITV match so it'll be on iTVX.

Here's how to watch France vs Spain on the 14th of July in the US, Canada and UK, and on the 15th of July in Australia.

How to watch France vs Spain free around the world

In many parts of the world, World Cup matches can be streamed for free. In the UK, France vs Spain is one of ITV's matches so you can tune in via the ITVX app or the STV app in Scotland. In Ireland the RTE Player is streaming the match for free, and in Australia the free streaming comes courtesy of SBS On Demand.

Free streaming services are often geo-blocked because the broadcast and streaming rights are sold per country, so for example TSN has the streaming rights in Canada while SBS has the Australian rights. But if you're away from home during the match you can use a VPN app to appear to the streamer as if you're right there at home.

Free streams available in:

• UK: ITVX
• Australia: SBS On Demand
• Ireland: RTE Player

How to watch France vs Spain in the US

There aren't any free live streams for US viewers, sadly, but you can get around that by taking out a free trial with one of several broadcasters and streamers. Unfortunately YouTube TV appears to have closed its 21-day free trial, but it still offers 10 days free on its Sports Plan. After the ten days are up it's discounted from $64.99 to $54.99 per month for the first three months. That Sports Plan subscription also gives you sporting action from ESPN, TNT, the NFL Network and more.

Telemundo has been a huge hit this World Cup in part because its Spanish-language broadcasts of the matches are being served up free to Peacock Premium subscribers. In a world first this is the first major sporting event to be broadcast in both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos thanks to a team-up between Telemundo and Dolby Labs. A Peacock Premium subscription is usually $10.99 a month but there's an even more affordable option: if you're a new customer signing up for Walmart Plus, which bundles Peacock Premium, it's just $1 for 30 days.

Fubo is streaming Fox and FS1 World Cup coverage on its Sports+News package. That's usually $55.99 per month but there's a five-day free trial.

Last but not least, Fox One is streaming World Cup matches in super-sharp 4K on its $19.99/month plan and it offers a short but still useful three days free trial.

The kick-off for France vs Spain is 3pm Eastern Time on Tuesday 14 July.

How to watch France vs Spain in the UK

ITV has the rights to broadcast and stream the France vs Spain semi-final, and it'll be streaming the match live on ITVX. Kick-off is at 8pm UK time on Tuesday 14 July.

If you won't be in the UK and want to watch the match you can still access live streams with a VPN such as Norton VPN, which is our current favourite for streaming video.

How to watch France vs Spain in Canada

TSN+ is the place to stream the World Cup live in Canada: England vs Norway will be streaming on TSN+ at 5pm ET on Tuesday 14 July.

If you'll be away from Canada you might find that you're geoblocked when you try to stream France v Spain in a different country. That's not a problem: use Norton VPN to stream the game as if you were watching at home.

How to watch France vs Spain in Australia

Australian football fans will be used to the early starts by now, and this is another one: the France vs Spain kick-off is at 5am AEST on the morning of Wednesday 15 July. As ever, SBS on Demand will be streaming the match.

If you'll be somewhere that isn't Australia but still want to stream the match from SBS, Norton VPN can deliver the streams you need. It's speedy, rock-solid and easy to use.

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