In sub-Saharan Africa, free-to-air subscribers will broadcast all the same matches: they have acquired the rights to the 28 best matches covering the group stage and then the knockout matches.
So for the first round, the 48 matches are already known and scheduled.
Of these 48 matches, 18 will be broadcast on free-to-air channels (one or two matches per day):
The opening match
The nine matches involving teams from sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon), including SENEGAL-NETHERLANDS on November 21, a key match for first place in the group that will be played at the very beginning of the competition, and GHANA-URUGUAY and BRAZIL-CAMEROON, which will be played on December 2 and will be the last matches of the first round, decisive for the rest of the competition.
The three matches involving the French team, the reigning world champions,
and five matches involving the tournament favorites: Spain , Germany, England, and Belgium (Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Uruguay are all in a group that includes an African team)
Nine teams will not be broadcast on free-to-air channels in the first round:
Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Croatia, the United States, Iran, Mexico, Morocco, and Poland.
We will have to wait until the round of 16 and possible qualification to see these teams on free-to-air channels, which will broadcast one match per day of competition, particularly the semi-finals, the third-place match, and the final.