MOTD Live: FIFA World Cup 2026

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

4:50 AM to 7:15 AM

Wednesday 17 June

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Austria v Jordan (Kick-off 5.00am). Coverage of the Group J match at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium in the USA, as both sides make their tournament bow. Austria have reached their first World Cup finals since 1998 after finishing top of their qualifying group, winning six and drawing one of their eight matches, beating the likes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Cyprus to an automatic place at this tournament. Their opponents are appearing at the finals for the first time in their history after they came through two qualifying sections to secure their place, first topping a group that included Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Pakistan, before earning a second-place finish in another group behind South Korea