TV4 wins Sweden World Cup qualifying rights

Swedish broadcaster TV4 has secured the TV rights to all of Sweden’s World Cup qualifying matches for the 2014 tournament.

The broadcaster had already won rights to broadcast Sweden’s home matches from September next year but will now also air the team’s away games. Sweden has been drawn against Germany, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Kazakhstan in the qualifying stages of the tournament. The finals take place in Brazil in 2014.