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as low as 9 yuan! iqiyi will charge for live broadcast of tonight's china vs. japan match, cctv will not broadcast it, the latest response is here →

2024-09-05

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at 18:35 on september 5, the chinese men's football team played away against japan in the first match of the world cup asian qualifiers round of 18. the first half of the game had just ended and the chinese team was temporarily behind 0:2.

at 18:00 on september 5, @cctv sports released a statement:he said that although he was well aware that the top 18 matches were a crucial stage in the chinese men's football team's bid for the 2026 world cup and an important event that the whole country was watching, he was still in active communication because the copyright holders of the event had offered extremely high prices, striving to obtain the copyright for the matches in which the chinese team would participate as soon as possible and broadcast the matches in a timely manner.
cctv said,as the national radio and television station, cgtn adheres to the principle of putting national interests first and resolutely resists the efforts of domestic and foreign capital to disrupt the sports copyright market.
at the same time, cctv also stated thatat present, they are still communicating with all parties, striving to obtain the copyright of the matches in which the chinese team will participate as soon as possible and broadcast the matches in a timely manner.
iqiyi, the only domestic broadcasting platform: not free live broadcast
earlier, the chinese football association announced the broadcasting platform for tonight's world cup qualifying round of 18 match between the chinese men's football team and the japanese team.the only domestic broadcasting platform is iqiyi sports.
the iqiyi app shows that the match was not broadcast live for free. iqiyi offers two payment options: 318 yuan for a "football love annual pass" or 9 yuan to unlock the match.
some netizens posted complaints saying that they spent 9 yuan but could not watch the live broadcast and it took a long time before they could see the picture.

the starting lineup is released


on september 5, the first match of the third stage of the 2026 world cup asian qualifiers, the chinese team played away against the japanese team. head coach ivankovic arranged a 442 starting lineup.the forward line consists of captain wu lei and zhang yuning; the midfielders li yuanyi and jiang shenglong form a double defensive midfielder, with xu haoyang and xie wenneng on the left and right respectively; the back line from left to right is liu yang, zhu chenjie, jiang guangtai and yang zexiang; the goalkeeper is wang dalei.

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xinmin evening news (xmwb1929)@chinese football team, beijing daily
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