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on the afternoon of the 5th, the chinese football association announced the broadcasting platform for the world cup qualifiers round of 18 match between the chinese men's football team and the japanese team. cctv has confirmed that it will not broadcast it, and the only domestic broadcasting platform is iqiyi sports. according to the broadcaster, the national football team's match is not free. if you want to watch this game, non-member users need to pay 9 yuan to watch it.

as the first 18-team match for the 2026 world cup, the match between china and japan is naturally very important. although the national football team is much weaker than its opponents and it is difficult to score points away from home, the game still attracts a lot of attention. according to everyone's viewing habits, cctv is definitely one of their first choices. it is understood that the afc has negotiated with media platforms such as cctv and migu, but no cooperation has been reached. it is reported that the biggest disagreement between the two sides is the copyright price. the afc has also communicated with media platforms about the paid revenue sharing model, but the negotiations in this regard have only been superficial. in the face of high basic copyright fees, the paid revenue sharing model is not very attractive to media platforms.

finally, iqiyi became the only domestic broadcasting platform, while cctv5's plan for the same time slot was to broadcast the table tennis matches of the paris paralympics and the fifth and sixth place finals between the chinese blind football team and the moroccan team. at the same time, the cctv app showed that the match would be "live broadcasted in real time", and the number of people who had made reservations for the match had exceeded 30,000.

whether to spend money to watch the chinese national football team's game or wait and watch the live broadcast of the statistics, fans will give their answer tonight.

source beijing news sports | reporter li li

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