Qiu Tian Xia reported on November 14 that at 22:00 Beijing time tonight, the Chinese men’s football team will play away against Bahrain in the World Cup preliminaries. However, this key battle of the national football team still cannot be watched live on CCTV.
CCTV still won’t broadcast national football team vs. Bahrain
In the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the national football team successfully qualified in the second stage after stumbling. After entering the third stage of the top 18, the national football team has played four rounds of group matches. However, CCTV, as the “official platform”, has been unable to broadcast the national football team’s group matches. Fans can only watch the national football games through online platforms. .
In the first four rounds of the group stage, the Chinese men’s football team lost to Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia, and only scored a thrilling 3 points against Indonesia in the fourth round. Currently, the Chinese men’s football team has 1 win, 3 losses and 3 points in the group stage, tied for bottom with Indonesia. In the fifth round of the group stage, they faced fourth-ranked Bahrain. If the national football team wants to retain the possibility of qualifying for the World Cup, they must win against Bahrain. Otherwise, they will be completely passive and their morale will be greatly affected.
However, CCTV, as the official platform, still does not broadcast such key games. It is reported that CCTV5 will broadcast the 2024 Men’s Tennis Masters Finals group stage during the national football match, followed by the video broadcast of the Swimming World Cup, while CCTV5+ will broadcast the German leg of the World Table Tennis Federation Championship during the national football match. Although table tennis and tennis also receive relatively high attention, football is the world’s largest sport, and the broadcast of such a key game of the national football team cannot be watched on TV.
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