Sunday, December 18, 2022, the France team faces Argentina in the final of the World Cup. Several cities have decided to broadcast the meeting on a giant screen. Here are which ones.
This had been the subject of lively debate before the start of the competition: whether or not it was necessary to organize fan zones to allow French supporters to follow the matches of the French team and recreate the popular momentum of 2018 behind Didier Deschamps’ men? The majority of municipalities had decided: no, no giant screen would be installed in the major cities of France. Refusals for various reasons, between boycotting the World Cup because of the country where it takes place, energy sobriety to apply government instructions or, quite simply, financial savings. Everyone went there with their arguments.
Except that since the great political speeches, the France team has climbed to the final of the World Cup. And the Blues are a hit on TV: more than 20 million people watched the Les Tricolores semi-final against Morocco. Never such a score had been achieved since the 2006 World Cup. What push some municipalities to change their tune? Nay, at least for the main ones.
Is the World Cup final broadcast in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and in major cities?
None of the top ten cities in France will broadcast the final on a giant screen. In Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Bordeaux or Lille, French supporters will have to either organize a match afternoon in their living room or try to find a place in a bar broadcasting the meeting.
Where will a giant screen be installed to broadcast Argentina – France?
However, several municipalities elsewhere in France have still decided to install a giant screen or, at the very least, to organize a broadcast of the World Cup final by bringing together their inhabitants. Thus, Linternaute has identified at least 33 municipalities having announced a retransmission of this Argentina – France. These cities are identified by the green dot on our map, which also mentions the largest cities that refused to broadcast the final (red dot). The list is intended to be as exhaustive as possible.
In alphabetical order, here is the list of municipalities organizing a broadcast of the World Cup final between France and Argentina:
- Agen
- Albi
- Beziers
- Bonneuil-sur-Marne
- walking sticks
- Chalon-sur-Saone
- Chateauroux
- Colombier-Fontaine
- Condom
- Dijon
- Dolé
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- Forcalquier
- Frejus
- Goussainville
- Illkirch-Graffenstaden
- Issoire
- The Baule
- Le Cannet
- Herbaria
- Mason
- Mende
- Montereau-Fault-Yonne
- Nevers
- Puppet
- Paul
- Poissy
- Pontarlier
- Saint-Lo
- Saint Nazaire
- Toulon
- Troyes
- Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
In 2018, for the World Cup final between France and Croatia, 230 fan zones were identified throughout France, including Paris, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier, Marseille and Rennes. .