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How to watch England-Spain Women’s World Cup final on TV in Spain

Want to watch the Spain-England final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup from Spain? Here are the Spanish TV channels and big screens being set up outdoors across Spain's cities that will show the match for free.

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This is how to watch the 2023 Women's World Cup final if you are in Spain, Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP

Spain play England in the final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup at 12pm (midday) Spanish time on Sunday August 20th.

It’s a highly anticipated match as it’s the first time that either national side has reached the final stage of the Women’s World Cup. 

This comes after England’s Lionesses beat Australia 3-1 in Wednesday’s semi-final, and La Roja inched past Sweden 2-1 in extra time in the other semi-final on Tuesday.

The last time the two teams met in an official competition, England beat Spain 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Euros. 

If you are in Spain on Sunday August 20th and want to watch the Women’s World Cup final on television, all you will need to do is tune into Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE, who will show the game live on their main channel La 1. 

La 1, ‘The One’ in English, is the first channel on most TV sets and is available regardless of whether you have a digital or terrestrial setup. 

Below is an image of La 1’s logo to help you find the channel. 

You will also be able to watch the final live on RTVE’s website if you’re in Spain, or on the Fifa website

If you’d rather enjoy the excitement outdoors as a spectator in the company of Spaniards and most likely a few England supporters, you can expect pretty much all bars with a TV in Spain to have the match on. 

There will also be big screens in Madrid’s WiZink Center, Barcelona’s Centro Deportivo Municipal Olímpics Vall d’Hebron and the main squares (plaza mayor) of Gijón, Burgos, Segovia, Pontevedra and A Coruña (María Pita Square).

The third-place playoff match between Sweden and Australia will also be available to watch for free on La 1, RTVE’s online platform and their sports channel Teledeporte. The match is at 10am Spanish time on Saturday August 19th. 

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CORRUPTION

World Cup winner Del Bosque to watch over Spain’s scandal-hit federation

Former Spain coach Vicente del Bosque will lead the committee overseeing the country's trouble-ridden football federation, the Spanish government said Tuesday.

World Cup winner Del Bosque to watch over Spain's scandal-hit federation

The retired 73-year-old led La Roja to the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship titles, as well as taking Real Madrid to two Champions League triumphs.

“I’m proud to announce that the person presiding over the committee and representing it… is Vicente del Bosque,” said Pilar Alegría, the minister for Education and Sports.

“Del Bosque will be the face and representation of Spanish football.”

Last week Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) created a committee to “oversee” the federation (RFEF) and try to pull it out of crisis.

Former president Luis Rubiales resigned in disgrace after forcibly kissing Women’s World Cup star Jenni Hermoso last year, while he and new president Pedro Rocha are under investigation in a graft probe.

“I believe that (Del Bosque) is the clearest representation of a good person of great human quality and, above all, an example of honesty and respect,” added Alegría.

The RFEF took decisions “beyond its remit” after Rubiales stepped down in December according to a report from the country’s leading sports court, resulting in the CSD creating the committee.

World and European football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA subsequently issued a statement expressing “great concern” at the situation around the RFEF.

“FIFA and UEFA will seek additional information to assess the extent to which the CSD’s appointment (of the committee) … may affect the RFEF’s obligation to manage its affairs independently and without undue government interference,” they said.

Spain is due to host the 2030 World Cup along with Portugal and Morocco.

The court report on the RFEF interim committee overstepping its bounds also raised the possibility the CSD may provisionally suspend Rocha, who was elected as Rubiales’ replacement on Friday, and other RFEF directors.

A CSD meeting Tuesday over potential punishments for these alleged infringements was put on hold after the sports court asked for more documentation, CSD sources told AFP.

The sources said the CSD plans to meet again in the coming days.

One decision allegedly beyond the remit of the RFEF was the renewal of current Spain coach Luis de la Fuente’s contract in February.

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