The FA Cup, or Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout competition in men’s domestic English football. It is the world’s oldest national football competition, beginning in the 1871-72 season. It is organized and named after The Football Association. It has been known as The Emirates FA Cup since 2015, after its headline sponsor. The Women’s FA Cup is a concurrent women’s tournament.
In this guide, I am going to tell you how you can stream live the FA Cup from anywhere in the world.
Also Read: How to Watch FA Cup online in USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia & New Zealand
Live Stream FA Cup online for Free (BBC iPlayer, ITV & 10Play)
Yes you might be shocked to hear that you can stream live FA Cup limited matches for free at all.
Stream FA Cup on BBC iPlayer for free
If you live in UK BBC iPlayer is the best choice to stream FA Cup games live online. BBC will broadcast 18 games per season. This also includes the six matches from the first and second round and the FA Cup Final.
But you must do some activity if you want to watch out-of-market games. For example, it might be possible that your favorite club matches are not available on BBC iPlayer, so you will have to go for an alternative. While there is a dominant possibility that you may require a VPN to access any streaming network that is unavailable locally.
However, if you are outside the UK and your club’s match is already on BBC, you can use a VPN to access it no matter where you are currently residing.
Watch FA Cup online on ITV for free
ITV is one of the best options other than BBC as it has more games than that. ITV has 20 games per season, including the FA Cup finals. If you have an ITV subscription, you can get ITV Hub for free and stream your favorite games online.
Again, this facility is only available for the residents of the UK only. ITV is a UK-based streaming network accessible only in the UK (and some other jurisdictions of UK). So if you are abroad and want to watch ITV, a VPN will be the right choice for you.
FA Cup Shows for free on 10Play Australia
10Play is an Australian-based streaming service where you can stream FA Cup shows, draws, previews, and highlights for free. Remember, if you are in Australia, it’s a free gig for you. If you are anywhere outside that territory, you are in trouble. 10Play is blocked outside Australia. Again, you would need a VPN to unblock this Network’s 10 streaming services.
Watch FA Cup on ESPN+
If you have money in the bag and want to watch many FA Cup games, ESPN+ (10 USD/month or 100 USD/year) is the right option. In the US, ESPN has the FA Cup broadcasting rights. On top of that, ESPN+ is also available in a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu’s on-demand service for 14 USD/month for a full entertainment package of live sports, movies, and TV.
If you have problems accessing ESPN, you may choose a VPN to change your location to the US and then access the channel on any of your smart devices. ESPN is a geo-blocked service that only works in the USA; outside that territory, you either have to look at other streaming services or take the aid of a VPN.
Live Stream FA Cup on Paramount Plus
You can stream FA Cup live in Australia at just 9 AUD/month or 90 AUD/year. Paramount has all the FA Cup games from the first round to the finals. So if you don’t want to miss out on any game, get Paramount Plus anywhere in the world.
How long does the FA Cup Last?
The FA Cup 2022-23 edition begins with the preliminary rounds on August 6, 2022, and concludes with the final on June 3, 2023. The semifinals and final will be played at Wembley Stadium in London, as is customary.
FA Cup Schedule 2022-23
| Round and Date | Details |
| Extra Preliminary Round: August 6, 2022 | Includes 300+ clubs from levels 8-10 of the pyramid of English football leagues. In the 2021-22 FA Cup, this was 174 games. |
| Preliminary Round: August 20, 2022 | The rest of level 8 enter for a total of around 300 clubs and 150 games. |
| 1st Round Qualifying: September 3, 2022 | More than 80 clubs from level 7 enter for a total of around 230 clubs and 115 games. |
| 2nd Round Qualifying: September 17, 2022 | For this round, 48 National League North and South clubs, tier 6 of the pyramid, enter the competition. This will be approximately 160 clubs playing 80 games. |
| 3rd Round Qualifying: October 1, 2022 | There are no new entries for this round, just the approximately 80 winners from the previous round playing 40 games. |
| 4th Round Qualifying: October 15, 2022 | Here the 24 clubs from the National League at tier 5 enter with the 40 winners from before, for a total of 64 clubs playing 32 games. |
| 1st Round Proper: November 5, 2022 | The 48 entirely professional clubs from League One and League Two — tiers 3 and 4 — come in. This is a fun weekend when some amateur clubs have survived long enough to take on a Football League club. Eighty clubs play 40 games. |
| 2nd Round Proper: November 26, 2022 | No new clubs for this round, just the 40 winners playing 20 games. |
| 3rd Round Proper: January 7, 2023 | This is the fun one, when all the 44 clubs from the Premier League and Championship, the top two tiers, enter and often wind up facing some really small clubs. Sixty-four teams play 32 games. |
| 4th Round Proper: January 28, 2023 | With no more clubs to enter the rest of the way, this is the round of 32, a total of 16 games. Again, the Premier League takes this weekend off — but not the Championship. |
| 5th Round Proper: March 1, 2023 | This is the round of 16, held on a midweek to not interfere with league schedules. March 1 is a Wednesday. A total of eight games will be played. |
| Quarterfinals: March 18, 2023 | This is a crucial week because the Premier League and Championship will also play this weekend. This means league games scheduled for this weekend will be moved to another week entirely, should either team qualify for this round — and that won’t be known until about March 2! |
| Semifinals: April 22 and 23, 2023 | Both semifinals are played at Wembley Stadium in London this weekend. Again, this will interfere with league schedules, as the Premier League and Championship will schedule games for this weekend. |
| 2023 FA Cup Final: June 3, 2023 | Due to ongoing changes to the schedule from Covid-19, the 2023 FA Cup Final will be held on June 3. As always, it will be held at Wembley Stadium in London. |
