The forthcoming football World Cup in Qatar will be accompanied by multimedia on all platforms by ARD – with live broadcasts, exciting experts and a critical view.
The 2022 World Cup begins in Qatar on November 20. ARD will broadcast a total of 24 games live on all playout channels, including Germany versus Japan on Wednesday, November 23 (2 p.m.) and the last and perhaps decisive German group game against Costa Rica. In addition, three round of 16 matches, a quarter-final, a semi-final and the final can be seen live on the first channel, on sportschau.de and in the ARD media library.
Cooperation between ARD and ZDF
As with previous major sporting events, ARD and ZDF are working closely together, especially in the area of production. The public broadcasters rely on a smart production concept with no OB vans and editing suites on site, remote editing in Germany and modern mobile transmission technology.
From the strong broadcasting center of ARD and ZDF with the joint studio in Mainz, Alexander Bommes leads through the transmissions in the first.
He receives support from a diverse group of experts with strong opinions: national goalkeeper Almuth Schult, former world champion Sami Khedira and Thomas Hitzlsperger, who was already an expert for ARD at the 2018 World Cup, observe and analyze the games and the events in Qatar. Julia Scharf and expert Thomas Broich report on the early games on the first four days of ARD broadcasting.
“Match of the day” live from Qatar
Esther Sedlaczek and Bastian Schweinsteiger present the “Match of the Day” live from Qatar. In addition, Lea Wagner is on site as a national team reporter. ARD also has a top-class cast in the commentary positions on TV. In addition to final reporters Tom Bartels, Gerd Gottlob and Florian Naß, Christina Graf is the first woman to comment on ARD games at a football World Cup.
Four times during the soccer World Cup, Jessy Wellmer and her guests will also take a look at Qatar in the “Sportschau Thema” and discuss and discuss the most important topics relating to this major event in the desert state. It starts on the day of the opening game in Qatar (Sunday, November 20) at 7.15 p.m., further editions will follow on November 25 and December 1 after the live broadcasts on the first.
Reporting in digital
ARD also offers extensive live and time-delayed coverage of the World Cup in digital form and on the radio. In the ARD media library and on sportschau.de, all ARD games are offered live in stream and re-live. There are also game summaries of various lengths, interviews, studio talks, background reports, live tickers and much more available there and via social media.
Audio reporting
ARD radio broadcasts all matches of the German national team and all games from the quarter-finals live in full length. In addition, there is radio coverage of all 64 games live from the stadiums and a “Match of the Day” every day on sportschau.de and in the ARD audio library. Julia Metzner is also the first woman to comment on a World Cup final on radio. To round off the comprehensive offer, the podcast “Sportschau daily – the FIFA World Cup update” will be published daily during the World Cup.
Critical background reporting
The comprehensive, varied and high-quality ARD program during the football World Cup in Qatar not only shows emotional and exciting sport, but also extensive background and investigative reporting.
Already on November 14 there is the ARD theme day, including two critical documentaries in the first: “Thomas Hitzlsperger: Qatar – why only?” (8:15 p.m.) and “The story in the first: World Cup of lies – how FIFA puts a nice spin on Qatar” (10:50 p.m.). ARD correspondent Ramin Sina and investigative journalist Philipp Sohmer are also on site during the football World Cup – they take a very close look at the events, developments and conditions outside of sport in Qatar.
Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is responsible for the ARD broadcasts from the football World Cup in Qatar.