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Nicolas Atkin

Hong Kong soccer fans can start planning their World Cup 2018 parties after Viu TV released its schedule of free-to-air games for this summer’s tournament.
In all, viewers will be able to watch 19 games from Russia on PCCW’s free network, including the opening match of the tournament and the final.




There are some crackers lined up, too, with one of the picks of the whole group stage in Portugal v Spain.
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Hong Kong viewers will also be treated to two round-of-16 matches, two quarter-finals and both semi-finals.
The rest of the matches will be available via paid subscription to Now TV’s World Cup package.
Viu TV’s World Cup schedule:

Group stage
Russia v Saudi Arabia (Group A)
Thursday June 14, 11pm (Hong Kong time)
Egypt v Uruguay (Group A)
Friday June 15, 8pm
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Portugal v Spain (Group B)
Saturday June 16, 2am
Argentina v Iceland (Group D)
Saturday June 16, 9pm


Germany v Mexico (Group F)
Sunday June 17, 11pm
Sweden v South Korea (Group F)
Monday June 18, 8pm
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Colombia v Japan (Group H)
Tuesday June 19, 8pm
Portugal v Morocco (Group B)
Wednesday June 20, 8pm

Denmark v Australia (Group C)
Thursday June 21, 8pm
Brazil v Costa Rica (Group E)
Friday June 22, 8pm
South Korea v Mexico (Group F)
Saturday June 23, 11pm
England v Panama (Group G)
Sunday June 24, 8pm


Round of 16
Group G winner v Group H runner-up
Tuesday July 3, 2am
Group F winner v Group E runner-up
Tuesday July 3, 10pm
Quarter-finals
Quarter-finalist 1 v Quarter-finalist 2
Friday July 6, 10pm
Quarter-finalist 7 v Quarter-finalist 8
Saturday July 7, 10pm

Semi-finals
Semi-finalist 1 v Semi-finalist 2
Wednesday July 11, 2am
Semi-finalist 3 v Semi-finalist 4
Thursday July 12, 2am
Final
Semi-final 1 winner v Semi-final 2 winner
Sunday July 15, 11pm


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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STANISLAS TOUCHOT - This photo taken on April 20, 2018 shows a collectible card of Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) among other collectible cards of football players for the 2018 Russia football World Cup at the Panini Group factory in Modena, northern Italy. The Panini Group holds the rights for the collectible cards of 2018 Russia football World Cup. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO BERTORELLO

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This photo taken on Monday, April 23, 2018, shows an aerial view of the World Cup Luzhniki stadium with the Moscow River and the State University in the background in Moscow, Russia. The Luzhniki stadium will hold the 2018 World Cup final. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

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FILE - In this July 13, 2014 file photo Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 victor over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FIFA is about to make the World Cup a bigger and, it hopes, richer event even at the cost of lower quality soccer. FIFA President Gianni Infantino hopes his ruling Council will agree Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 to expand the 2026 World Cup to 48 nations, playing in 16 groups of three teams. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 filer, Brazil's Neymar, center, fights for the ball with Colombia's Abel Aguilar, left, and James Rodriguez, during a 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

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