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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup: guide

SBS will have all Socceroos games, semi-final and final from Russia.

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The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup held in Russia, will run from Saturday 17 June through to Monday, 3 July as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

SBS will have all Australian matches, plus the semi-final and final from the Confederations Cup live from Monday, 19 June.

With three time defending champion and 2016 Olympic gold medallist, Brazil, failing to qualify for this year’s edition, the 8 team tournament is anyone’s to win.

The countries that have qualified and are competing in this year’s tournament include; making their debut to the Confederations Cup and host country, Russia; 2014 World Cup Champion, Germany; 2015 Asian Cup winner, Australia; also making their debut and Copa America titleholder, Chile; 2015 CONCACAF Cup victor, Mexico; 2016 OFC Nation Cup champion, New Zealand; first-timers and UEFA Euro 2016 winner, Portugal and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations titleholder, Cameroon.

The pre and post-match coverage will include SBS’s most experienced football pundits including SBS Chief Football Analyst and former Socceroo, Craig Foster, former Socceroo and 2001 Confederations Cup bronze medallist, David Zdrilic, former Premier League player Michael Bridges, former Spanish superstar, Luis Garcia and football commentator, Richard Bayliss.

Lucy Zelic will be on the ground in Russia, covering the Socceroos performance, along with player interviews and all the action and highlights from this year’s tournament.

Catch all Socceroos matches from the 2017 Confederations Cup Russia live and free from 19 June on SBS.

Matches will also be live streamed on theworldgame.sbs.com.au and The World Game app*, which is available from the iTunes store now.

SBS Match Schedule:
Monday 19th June (into Tuesday 20th June)
Match: Australia v Germany
Time: 12.30am – 3.30am (kick off 1.00am) AEST **Live to All**

Thursday 22nd June (into Friday 23rd June)
Match: Cameroon v Australia
Time: 12.30am – 3.30am (kick off 1.00am) AEST **Live to All**

Sunday 25th June (into Monday 26th June)
Match: Chile v Australia
Time: 12.30am – 3.30am (kick off 1.00am) AEST **Live to All**

Thursday 29th June
Match: Semi-Final 1 (teams TBC)
Time: 3.30am – 6.30am* (kick off 4.00am) AEST **Live to All**
*Extra Time and Penalties Apply

Friday 30th June
Match: Semi-Final 2 (teams TBC)
Time: 3.30am – 6.30am* (kick off 4.00am) AEST **Live to All**
*Extra Time and Penalties Apply

Monday 3rd July
Match: FIFA Confederations Cup Final (teams TBC)
Time: 3.30am – 6.30am* (kick off 4.00am) AEST **Live to All**
*Extra Time and Penalties Apply

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  1. Hi David, I think the way Fetch TV works; they just broadcast what has been arranged. So, to know what is coming up on the Optus Sport channels, you’d have to contact Optus about that. And both Optus and Fetch rely on a 3rd party company that provides the data for the EPG, used in both the phone apps and set top boxes.

  2. Every match of the Confederations Cup will be shown live on Optus Sport for eligible subscribers. Basically, if you can watch English Premier League on your mobile or Fetch TV, you can watch Confederations Cup as well.

    1. Yes and lets hope they fix the Socceroos team series tag on the fetch box. As I mentioned on the tv lounge yesterday it did not activate for yesterdays match when it by right should activate for any match that involves the Socceroos on any channel.

        1. Yes it would be good if fetch tv and optus sport gave you info on what’s going on with them from time to time. There are channels on fetch tv that aren’t available on Foxtel so how are viewers to know? Fetch’s website isn’t very good. I used to get some info from fetch TV’s facebook page by looking it up in a browser but now they’ve blocked that too and you require an account. They sometimes put info on the home screen on the box but it ain’t that easy to navigate and who can be bothered when you just want to watch something. It shouldn’t be that hard to get information.

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