ZDF airs Portugal‑Spain World Cup round‑of‑16 match on July 6, 2026

Germany’s public broadcaster ZDF will transmit the Portugal‑Spain round‑of‑16 match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Monday, 6 July, with kickoff at 21:00 CET. The game will be shown free‑to‑air on ZDF and streamed live on ZDF.de. Jochen Breyer hosts the studio programme, joined by analysts Christoph Kramer and Per Mertesacker, while Oliver Schmidt provides commentary. Field reporting and tactical analysis are supplied by a team of experts.

MagentaTV also carries the match from 20:00 in UHD/4K, featuring its own commentary team.

A repeat broadcast is not planned on ZDF’s linear channel, but the full program will be made available later in the ZDF Mediathek for on‑demand viewing.