Where are you enjoying 2018 World Cup? After 16 national teams are all present through exciting the group state, I modify the last post, 2018 World Cup TV schedule for all 64 matches to watch in Japan, for foreigners who live or stay in Japan during the World Cup. No need to care 6 hour time difference with Russia from now on.
Japan vs Belgium at 3am on July 3
How about your predictions for the group stage? For me, there’re three surprises, Germany’s lost, Russian’s breakthrough, and Japan somehow go through the group stage with shameful lost agains Poland. Honestly, watching the too defensive game to keep 1-0 behind for round of 16 was pretty annoying as one of football fans. Anyway, let’s see the schedule of round of 16!
Round of 16
Note : Japanese TV channels are NHK on channel 1, Nippon TV on channel 4, TV asahi on channel 5, TBS on channel 6, and Fuji TV on channel 8.
Saturday June 30
France vs Argentina – Kazan, 11pm (Match 50) – TBS
Sunday July 1
Uruguay vs Portugal – Sochi, 3am (Match 49) – NHK
Spain vs Russia – Moscow (Luzhniki), 11pm (Match 51) – TBS
Monday July 2
Croatia vs Denmark – Nizhny Novgorod, 3am (Match 52) – TV asahi
Brazil vs Mexico – Samara, 11pm (Match 53) – NHK
Tuesday July 3
Belgium vs Japan – Rostov-on-Don, 3am (Match 54) – NHK
Sweden vs Switzerland – St Petersburg, 11pm (Match 55) – TV asahi
Wednesday July 4
Colombia vs England – Moscow (Spartak), 3am (Match 56) – NHK
Quarter-finals
Friday July 6
Winner match 49 vs Winner match 50 – Nizhny Novgorod, 11pm (Match 57) – TBS
Saturday July 7
Winner match 53 vs Winner match 54 – Kazan, 3am (Match 58) – TBS
Winner match 55 vs Winner match 56 – Samara, 11pm (Match 60) – NHK
Sunday July 8
Winner match 51 vs Winner match 52 – Sochi, 3am (Match 59) – NHK
Semi-finals
Wednesday July 11
Winner match 57 vs Winner match 58 – St Petersburg, 3am (Match 61) – TV asahi
Thursday July 12
Winner match 59 vs Winner match 60 – Moscow (Luzhniki), 3am (Match 62) – NHK
Third place play-off
Saturday July 14
Loser match 61 vs Loser match 62 – St Petersburg, 11pm – TV asahi
Final
Monday July 16
Moscow (Luzhniki), 12am – NHK
As one of great matches on round of 16, we watch France vs Argentina tonight which starts from 11pm on Japan time. Wherever we are in the world, let’s enjoy the fantastic 90 minutes!
