Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia

Association Football

Football

Leagues

• A-League:
• *Fox Sports : Live coverage of every game.
• *ABC : One game every Saturday at 5:00 PM, plus all finals and grand final delayed.
• W-League:
• *Fox Sports : Live coverage of every game.
• *ABC : One live game per week every Sunday afternoon game, plus all finals and grand final live.
• Chinese Super League: OVO Mobile
• J-League : these channels also have the highlights of all three leagues.
• *Optus Sport: Four J1 live matches per week.
• *YouTube: Up to two J2 live matches per week.
• K-League:
• *Optus Sport: Two matches live per week.
• English Premier League:
• *Optus Sport : All matches live and exclusive
• English Football League Championship: beIN Sports
• English Football League One:beIN Sports
• English Football League Two: beIN Sports
• Spanish La Liga: beIN Sports
• Spanish La Liga 2:
• *: regular season
• *beIN Sports: play-offs
• French Ligue 1: beIN Sports
• German Bundesliga: beIN Sports,
• Italian Serie A: beIN Sports, Rai Italia
• Russian Premier League:
• Scottish Premiership: beIN Sports
• Superleague Greece: Antenna Pacific
• Turkish Super Lig: beIN Sports
• Major League Soccer: beIN Sports, ESPN
• Argentine Primera División: Fanatiz
• Brazilian League: YouTube

  Domestic Cups

• FFA Cup: TBD
• English FA Cup: ESPN
• English Football League : beIN Sports
• FA Community Shield: ESPN
• Coppa Italia: Rai Italia, SBS
• Supercoppa Italiana: Rai Italia, YouTube
• DFB-Pokal: YouTube
• DFL-Supercup: beIN Sports
• Trophée des Champions: beIN Sports
• Scottish Cup: beIN Sports
• Scottish League Cup: beIN Sports
• Greek Cup: Antenna Pacific
• ÖFB Cup: beIN Sports
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup''': ESPN

  International Club Competitions/Tournaments

• AFC Champions League: Fox Sports games featuring Australian teams only.
• CONMEBOL Libertadores:
• *beIN Sports All matches live and exclusive.
• CONMEBOL Sudamericana:
• *beIN Sports All matches live and exclusive.
• CONMEBOL Recopa:
• *beIN Sports both matches live and exclusive
• UEFA Super Cup:
• *Optus Sport: live and exclusive
• UEFA Champions League:
• *Optus Sport: All matches live and exclusive.
• UEFA Europa League:
• *Optus Sport: All matches live and exclusive.
• UEFA Women's Champions League:
• *SBS: final only.
• *beIN Sports: PSG matches only, exclude final.
• OFC Champions League: NITV
• FIFA Club World Cup: Optus Sport All Matches live and exclusive.
• International Champions Cup:
• *SBS
• *beIN Sports

  Club channel coverage

• Arsenal TV: beIN Sports
• Barça TV: beIN Sports
• Celtic TV: beIN Sports
• Chelsea TV: beIN Sports
• Citytv: beIN Sports
• FCBtv: beIN Sports
• Inter Channel: beIN Sports
• Juventus Channel: beIN Sports
• LFC TV: beIN Sports
• Milan Channel: beIN Sports
• MUTV: beIN Sports
• Rangers TV: beIN Sports
• Real Madrid TV: beIN Sports
• Spurs TV: beIN Sports

  International Matches

• Australian National Men's Team matches:
• *ABC Live coverage of Socceroos all friendlies and five World Cup qualifiers second round.
• *SBS: Live coverage of Socceroos both away World Cup qualifiers second round.
• *Fox Sports: Live coverage of every Socceroos Asian-World Cup qualifiers and friendlies.
• Australian Youth: SBS
• Australian Women's Team matches:
• *ABC
• *Fox Sports:
• Germany Men's U-21 and Women's Internationals : YouTube
• FIFA World Cup qualification : Optus Sport
• FIFA World Cup qualification : beIN Sports
• FIFA World Cup qualification :
• FIFA World Cup qualification :
• FIFA World Cup qualification : ABC, SBS:, Fox Sports
• UEFA European Championship qualifying: Optus Sport
• UEFA Internationals: Optus Sport
• Other International Matches: SBS

  International Tournaments

• AFC Asian Cup:
• *Fox Sports: All matches exclusively live in 2019.
• Copa América
• *Optus Sport All matches live
• FIFA World Cup:
• *SBS : 25 Matches Live including the first pick per matchday and all Socceroos' fixtures
• * Optus : All matches Live
• *SBS : All matches Live
• UEFA European Championship:
• * Optus Sport
• UEFA Nations League: Optus Sport : Live and exclusive
• Other FIFA Tournaments: SBS
• African Cup of Nations: beIN Sports
• WAFU Nations Cup: ESPN
• Toulon Tournament: ESPN
• Florida Cup: beIN Sports

  Other

• National Premier Leagues Victoria: Channel 31 Melbourne
• SBS shows a football fixture as part of their Sunday afternoon football show The World Game. This is often a game from one of a number of South American/European or Asian leagues.
• Aurora has a one-hour highlights program showing highlights from Australia's various amateur leagues each week, called the Australian Premier League Highlights Show.

  Futsal

International Tournaments

• FIFA Futsal World Cup: TBA
• Africa Futsal Cup of Nations: beIN Sports

  International Club Competitions/Tournaments

• UEFA Futsal Champions League: SBS

  Athletics

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics: TBA
• IAAF Diamond League: Eurosport
• European Athletics Championships: Eurosport
• Grenada Invitational: ESPN
• Australian Athletics Tour: Fox Sports & Kayo Sports
• Stawell Gift: Channel Seven
• Nitro Athletics: Channel Seven

  Australian rules football

• Australian Football League:
• *Seven Network: 3-4 matches per round live nationally. Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Further 11 games on public holidays / eve. Between 5-6 Thursday night games. Local teams replace broadcast into local markets every week of the season in SA, WA, QLD & NSW. 3 games each season in SA & WA featuring a local team broadcast on delayed basis.
• ** Finals Series: Every match live nationally including the Grand Final.
• * Fox Footy: 6 matches per round, live nationally. They also simulcast the remaining 3 matches from Seven Network therefore broadcasting 9 matches per round, live nationally.
• ** Finals Series: Every match live nationally except the Grand Final.
• Australian Football League: Pre-season JLT Community Series
• * Fox Footy:
• ** Exclusive broadcast of all JLT Community Series matches.
• AFL Women's:
• *Fox Footy: Every Match Live including the Grand Final.
• * Seven Network: Two games a round plus the non-Victorian matches on Free to Air. In 2020 Three matches on Seven.
• Brownlow Medal:
• * Seven Network: Exclusive coverage.

  State Leagues

• Victorian Football League: Seven Network ;
• * 1 live game each Saturday or Sunday afternoon, most finals and Grand Final live.
• South Australian National Football League: Seven Network in Adelaide.
• West Australian Football League: Seven Network in Perth
• North East Australian Football League: NITV
• Queensland Australian Football League: Fox Footy

  Others

• E. J. Whitten Legends Game: Seven Network
• AFL Under 18 Championships: Fox Footy

  Badminton

• BWF: OVO Mobile
• * All World Tour tournaments
• * All World Championships :
• **Individuals
• ** Teams :
• *** Thomas and Uber cups
• *** Sudirman Cup

  Baseball

• Major League Baseball: ESPN
• * Postseason - ESPN
• * World Series: ESPN
• College baseball: ESPN
• Little League World Series: ESPN
• World Baseball Classic: ESPN
• Women's Baseball World Cup: ESPN
• USA Softball International Cup: ESPN
• Australian Baseball League: Abl.tv, YouTube & Fox Sports

  Basketball

• National Basketball League:
• * SBS Viceland 67 regular season games live, plus postseason and finals
• * ESPN 59 regular season games live, plus postseason and finals
• Women's National Basketball League:
• * SBS Viceland One match live including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
• National Basketball Association:
• *ESPN Up to 188 regular-season games including five Boxing Day games back-to-back; up to 53 playoff games including the entirety of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals and every game of the NBA Finals; NBA All-Star, including the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge, State Farm All-Star Saturday Night and the NBA All-Star Game; and 20 NBA Summer League games.
• *SBS Viceland Two matches live per week.
• Women's National Basketball Association:
• * ESPN
• * SBS Viceland One match live per week, including playoffs.

  International

• Australian Boomers matches: SBS Viceland and Fox Sports
• Australian Opals matches: SBS Viceland and Fox Sports
• FIBA Asia Cup: Fox Sports
• FIBA Asia Women's Cup: Fox Sports
• FIBA EuroBasket: Eurosport
• FIBA Basketball World Cup: Fox Sports
• FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: Fox Sports
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch
• EuroLeague: Fox Sports, NBL TV
• EuroCup: NBL TV

  Other

• NCAA:
• * ESPN
• * Fox Sports: 21 Pac-12 games annually.
• NBA Summer League: ESPN
• NBA G League: ESPN
• The Basketball Tournament: ESPN

  Combat Sports

• Other Boxing: Fox Sports, Main Event
• Premier Boxing Champions: Fox Sports, Main Event
• Matchroom Boxing: Fox Sports, Main Event
• Ultimate Fighting Championship: ESPN, Main Event, Fetch TV, Network Ten
• ONE Championship: FITE TV
• BRACE: Australasia's Mixed Martial Arts Event:
• Bellator MMA: Spike
• Cage Warriors: UFC Fight Pass

  Cricket

International

• Test Cricket in Australia: Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• Women's Test Cricket in Australia: Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• One-day International Cricket in Australia: Fox Cricket
• Twenty20 International Cricket in Australia: Fox Cricket
• Overseas Test cricket :
• * Fox Cricket covers most international series, all that involve Australia, except the 2019 Ashes in England.
• * Nine Network covering The Ashes in England
• * Rabbitholebd covers international series hosted by Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe not involving Australia.
• Overseas One-day International Cricket:
• * Fox Cricket covers most games, all that involve Australia, except the 2018 ODI series in England.
• * Nine Network covering the Australian cricket team in England against England
• * Rabbitholebd covers international series hosted by Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe not involving Australia.
• Overseas Twenty20 International Cricket:
• * Fox Cricket covers most games, all that involve Australia.
• * Rabbitholebd covers international series hosted by Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe not involving Australia.
• Cricket World Cup: Nine Network, Fox Cricket
• ICC World Twenty20: Nine Network, Fox Cricket
• ICC Women's World Twenty20: Nine Network, Fox Cricket
• ICC Champions Trophy: Fox Cricket

  Domestic/Club

• Sheffield Shield: Cricket Network, Fox Cricket
• JLT Cup: Cricket Network, Fox Cricket
• Big Bash League: Seven Network 43 games, Fox Cricket 59 games
• Women's Big Bash League: Seven Network, Fox Cricket 23 games only, the rest of the season matches are streamed via Cricket Network
• Prime Minister's XI: Fox Cricket
• Governor-General's XI: Fox Cricket
• Indian Premier League: Fox Cricket
• Caribbean Premier League: Fox Cricket
• Bangladesh Premier League: Fox Cricket
• Pakistan Super League: beIN Sports

  Exhibition/Other

• Allan Border Medal: Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• ICC Awards: Fox Cricket

  Cycling

• Australian National Road Race Championships - SBS
• Tour Down Under - Seven Network
• Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Seven Network
• Herald Sun Tour - SBS
• Paris–Nice - SBS
• Milan-San Remo - Eurosport
• Tour of Flanders - SBS
• Paris-Roubaix - SBS, Eurosport
• Amstel Gold Race - SBS, Eurosport
• Liège–Bastogne–Liège - SBS, Eurosport
• Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz - SBS
• Giro d'Italia - Eurosport
• Tour of California - SBS
• Critérium du Dauphiné - SBS
• Tour de France - SBS
• Vuelta a España - SBS, Eurosport
• Giro di Lombardia - Eurosport
• UCI Road World Championships - SBS
• Cape Epic - SBS
• UCI Mountain Bike World Championships - SBS
• Australian National Track Championships - SBS

eSports

• Esports Gfinity Elite Series Australia: 10 Peach
• Madden Club Championship: ESPN
• Madden Bowl: ESPN
• EXP Pro-Am APEX Legends: ESPN
• EXP Invitational APEX Legends at X Games: ESPN
• ELEAGUE: EDGEsport
• NBA 2K League: ESPN, eGG Network

  Extreme Sports

• X Games: ESPN & 7mate

  Field Hockey

• Men's and Women's World Cups: TBA
• Men's and Women's Pro Leagues: Fox Sports
• Australia Kookaburras matches: Fox Sports
• Australia Hockeyroos matches: Fox Sports

  Gaelic Games

• International Rules Series in Australia: Seven Network, 7mate
• International Rules Series in the Republic of Ireland: 7mate

  Golf

• Australian Open: Seven Network
• Australian PGA Championship: Seven Network
• U.S. Masters: Fox Sports, Nine Network
• U.S. Open: Fox Sports
• British Open: Fox Sports
• U.S. PGA Championship: Fox Sports
• U.S. LPGA Championship: Fox Sports
• PGA Tour: Fox Sports GolfTV ABC
• World Golf Championships: GolfTV
• Ryder Cup: Fox Sports
• Presidents Cup: Eurosport, Nine Network
• European Tour: Fox Sports
• EurAsia Cup: Fox Sports
• OneAsia Tour: Fox Sports
• Women's Australian Open: ABC

  Gridiron football

• National Football League:
• * ESPN: Five live games per week including Thursday, two Sunday afternoon games, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, NFL RedZone, and all playoffs.
• * Seven Network / 7mate: two Sunday afternoon live games per week.
• Pro Bowl: Seven Network, ESPN
• Super Bowl: Seven Network ESPN
• NCAA:
• * ESPN Australia
• * Fox Sports: 13 Pac-12 games annually.
• Canadian Football League:
• XFL
• *ESPN: Every Game Live

  Handball

• European Men's Handball Championship: beIN Sports

  Horse-racing

• Melbourne Cup Carnival: Network Ten
• Spring Racing Carnival: Seven Network
• Autumn Racing Carnival: Seven Network
• Queensland Winter Racing Carnival: Seven Network
• Magic Millions: Seven Network
• All Victorian race meetings: Racing.com
• All South Australian race meetings: Racing.com
• Other metropolitan, country and international race meetings: Sky Racing
• Dubai World Cup: Racing.com
• English racing: Racing.com, Network Ten

  Ice Hockey

• National Hockey League: ESPN
• Australian Ice Hockey League: Fox Sports
• * CBR Brave:
• * Melbourne Ice:
• * Melbourne Mustangs:
• * Perth Thunder:

  Ironman(Surf lifesaving)

• Australian Club Championship: Seven Network
• Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Nine Network
• Coolangatta Gold
• Summer of Surf Series
• Ocean Thunder'''

  Lacrosse

• Major League Lacrosse: ESPN
• Women's Professional Lacrosse League: ESPN
• World Lacrosse Championship: ESPN

  Motorsports

• Virgin Australia Supercars Championship:
• * Network Ten Seven events live plus highlight packages of all remaining race weekends.
• * Fox Sports All practice, qualifying, top ten shootout and races live.
• * TBA
• FIA Formula One:
• * Network Ten Live coverage of the Australian GP plus highlights of all other races.
• * Fox Sports All practice, qualifying, and races live.
• * TBA
• Motorcycle Grand Prix :
• * Network Ten Main races live. Live coverage of Moto3, Moto2, qualifying and the race held at Phillip Island.
• * Fox Sports Main races live including Moto2 & Moto3 categories and all practice, and qualifying practices.
• NASCAR:
• * NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: NASCAR TrackPass
• * NASCAR Xfinity Series: NASCAR TrackPass
• * NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Fox Sports
• IndyCar Series: Fox Sports
• AMA Supercross Championship: ESPN
• FIA World Rally Championship: Fox Sports, 10 Bold, Red Bull TV
• Australian Rally Championship: 10 Bold
• Australian Superbike Championship: Fox Sports, SBS
• Superbike World Championship: Fox Sports, SBS
• FIA Formula E Championship: Fox Sports
• FIA World Endurance Championship: Eurosport
• 24 Hours of Le Mans: Eurosport
• Bathurst 12 Hour: Seven Network / 7mate

  Multi-discipline events

• Commonwealth Games: TBA
• Summer Olympics: Seven Network, TBA
• Winter Olympics: TBA
• Paralympic Games: Seven Network, TBA
• European Games: Olympic Channel
• Pacific Games: Olympic Channel
• Special Olympics World Games: ESPN
• Invictus Games: ABC
• Aurora Games: ESPN

  Netball

• Suncorp Super Netball:
• * Nine Network : Two games live per round, all games available on demand on 9Now.
• * Telstra TV : Two games live per round, all games available on demand.
• INF Netball World Cup: TBA
• Constellation Cup:
• * Nine Network
• SANZEA Netball Quad Series:
• * Nine Network
• Fast5 Netball World Series
• * Nine Network

  Poker

• World Series of Poker: ESPN

  Rugby League

• National Rugby League:
• * Nine Network Three games per round. Thursday night, Friday night and Sunday afternoon. 1 additional game per round on Saturday night for the last 5 rounds of the season simulcast with Fox League
• ** Finals series: Every game of the finals series including the Grand Final.
• * Fox League 5 games per round, live and exclusive nationally, with the other 3 matches simulcast with nine.
• ** Finals Series: Every game live nationally not the Grand Final, which airs replay coverage.
• State of Origin:
• * Nine Network :
• * Fox League: Replay coverage.
• NRL Women's: Nine Network
• Queensland Cup: Nine Network
• New South Wales Cup: Nine Network & Fox League
• Super League: Fox League
• Challenge Cup: Fox League
• Rugby League World Cup: TBA
• Women's Rugby League World Cup: TBA
• Four Nations: Nine Network
• Other Tests: Nine Network
• NRL Touch Premiership: Fox League
• Auckland Nines: Fox Sports
• Rugby League European Championship: Fox League

  Rugby Union

• Rugby World Cup:
• *Network Ten : 10 matches
• *Fox Sports : All 48 matches
• The Rugby Championship:
• *Network Ten : Wallabies games
• * Fox Sports : Every game
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet: Every game live
• Bledisloe Cup:
• *Fox Sports
• * Network Ten
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet
• Wallabies Rugby Internationals:
• *Network Ten : Home internationals
• * Fox Sports
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet
• Wallabies Spring Tour:
• * SBS: Home internationals
• * beIN Sports: All Matches Exclusively Live
• All Blacks Internationals:
• * Fox Sports
• * beIN Sports: Spring Tour
• Super W:
• *Fox Sports: Every match live
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet: Every game live
• Super Rugby:
• *Fox Sports: Every match live
• * Network Ten: One delayed match every Sunday morning, and delayed coverage of finals matches which involve Australian teams
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet: Every game live
• National Rugby Championship:
• *Fox Sports
• *Optus Sport : Every game live
• Shute Shield:
• *7TWO
• *Optus Sport Deal not officially signed yet
• Currie Cup: Fox Sports
• Brisbane Global Rugby Tens: Fox Sports
• Heineken Cup: RugbyPass
• Mitre 10 Cup : Fox Sports
• Six Nations Championship: beIN Sports
• English Premiership: Fox Sports
• Pro14: RugbyPass
• European Challenge Cup: RugbyPass
• Anglo-Welsh Cup: Fox Sports
• England home internationals: beIN Sports

  Sailing

• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: Seven Network
• America's Cup: Fox Sports

  Swimming

• Australian Swimming Championships: Seven Network
• FINA World Aquatics Championships: Seven Network

  Ten-pin bowling

• World Tenpin Masters: Fox Sports

  Tennis

• Australian Open Series
• *Australian Open: Nine Network
• * Brisbane International: Nine Network
• * Hobart International: Nine Network
• * Kooyong Classic: SBS
• French Open: Fox Sports SBS
• Wimbledon: Seven Network, Fox Sports
• U.S. Open: ESPN / SBS Live coverage of quarter-finals night sessions, semi-finals and finals.
• Davis Cup: Nine Network and beIN Sports
• Fed Cup: Nine Network and beIN Sports
• ATP
• *ATP Cup: Nine Network
• *ATP Tour
• **ATP Tour Finals: ESPN
• **ATP Tour Masters 1000: ESPN
• **ATP Tour 500: ESPN
• **ATP Tour 250: Fox Sports, Eurosport, beIN Sports
• **Next Generation ATP Finals: ESPN
• Laver Cup: ESPN, Nine Network
• WTA Tour
• * WTA Finals: beIN Sports
• * WTA Elite Trophy: beIN Sports
• * WTA Premier tournaments: beIN Sports
• * WTA International tournaments: beIN Sports
• Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Fox Sports

  Volleyball

• FIVB:
• *Men's and Women's Nations Leagues: Fox Sports and Volleyballworld.TV
• *Men's and Women's World Championships: Volleyballworld.TV
• CEV:
• *Men's and Women's World Championships: L'Équipe

  Wrestling

• WWE Series:
• * Fox8
• * 9Go!