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This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Germany . For a list of contracts in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts .
[ ] FIFA FIFA World Cup
ARD (1954–2022), ZDF (1966–2022)[1] Magenta TV (2022)FIFA World Cup Qualifiers :
UEFA
RTL (only national team, 2016–2022)DAZN (all games, delayed matches for national team (2021–2022), 2016–2022) FIFA Women's World Cup
ARD , ZDF DAZN (26 of 52 live matches, plus highlights of all other matches (include national team) in 2019)[2] FIFA Club World Cup
UEFA UEFA European Championship
ARD (1960–2024), ZDF (1964–2024) (broadcast respectively)Magenta TV (2021–2024)RTL (2024)UEFA European Championship qualifiers
RTL (only national team, 2014–2020)DAZN (all games live, delayed matches for national team, 2019–2020)UEFA Nations League (2018–2021) finals coverage on both public broadcaster for 2020–21 will be announced soon
DAZN (all matches (exclude national team group fixtures), 2018–2021)ARD (in 2018–19 aired last both pick national team group matches only, in 2020–21 aired the both October and a second November (last) pick matches (total three or four matches))ZDF (three live matches (first both pick national team group matches, plus a final) in 2018–19, in 2020–21 aired the both September and a first November pick matches (total three or four matches))UEFA European Under-21 Championship :
UEFA Youth Championships : Sport1
UEFA Champions League
RTL (1994–1999, 2000–2003)tm3 (1999–2000)SKY (2000–2021)Sat.1 (1 game on Wednesday, 2003–2012)ZDF (1 game on Wednesday, 2012–2018, returned again from 2020–2024 but only broadcast a final match (include or exclude 2021 if the German clubs involved))[3] DAZN (all games, 2018–2024)Amazon Prime Video (2021–2024)[4] UEFA Europa League
SKY (2000–2018)ProSieben (1 game on Wednesday, 2007)Sat.1 (1 game on Wednesday, 2007–2012)kabel eins (1 game live, 2010–2015)Sport1 (1 game live, 2015–2018)RTL (1 game live on free-TV in 2018–2024, all games exclusively live from 2021–2024)DAZN (all games, 2018–2021)UEFA Europa Conference League
RTL (all games exclusively live from 2021–2024 with 1 game live on free-TV)UEFA Super Cup
SKY (2000–2020)DAZN (2018–2020)Amazon Prime Video (2021–2023)UEFA Youth League (2015–2021)[5] UEFA Women's Champions League
Sport1 (selected matches, exclude final until 2017 and include final from 2018–2021)Eurosport (selected matches, include final until 2017 and exclude final from 2017–18) (Bayern Munich matches only, exclude final) AFC CONMEBOL
DAZN Copa América CONMEBOL Libertadores (through 2022)CONMEBOL Sudamericana (through 2022)Recopa Sudamericana (2020–2022)CONCACAF National team Germany national football team
ARD (both October and a second November (last) pick matches (in 2018 aired last two matches)), ZDF ((in 2018 aired first two matches)) (six UEFA Nations League matches only respectively (in 2018 only four matches), 2018–2021) both public broadcasters aired the friendly matches until the first half of 2018 (before World Cup finals)RTL Television (Qualifiers of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship , 2014–2022, plus friendly matches, 2018–2022)DAZN (delayed matches, 2019–2022)Germany national under-21 football team :
German competitions Bundesliga : SKY (live broadcast of most games), DAZN (Friday and Monday Night Games, 5 Sunday Afternoon Games (all sublicensed from Eurosport ), plus highlights) ARD (Highlights), ZDF (Opening match live, highlights).2. Bundesliga : SKY (live broadcast of all games), Sky Sport News & Sport1 (highlights on Friday & Sunday), DAZN (Highlights of other matches, plus live coverage of relegation play-offs) and ARD (highlights on Saturday)Frauen-Bundesliga : Regional channels, Magenta Sport , Eurosport , and DFB-TV (until 2021–22)DFB-Pokal : ARD (including both semi-finals and a final), Sport1 (exclude semi-finals and a final) (one match per round respectively, total two matches, plus highlights of other matches), and SKY Other leagues and cups [ ] National Football League
ProSieben Maxx (free-to-air, since 2015)ProSieben (free-to-air, since 2017)DAZN (subscription streaming, since 2016)Super Bowl
ProSieben (free-to-air, since 2018)DAZN (subscription streaming, since 2017)Pro Bowl
ProSieben Maxx (free-to-air, since 2016)DAZN (subscription streaming, since 2017)College football
ProSieben Maxx (free-to-air, since 2019)DAZN (subscription streaming, since 2016)XFL
ran.de (streaming, since 2020)European League of Football
German Football League
German Bowl
Eurobowl
Basketball [ ] Boxing [ ] Cycling [ ] Field Hockey [ ] Golf [ ] Handball [ ] World Men's Handball Championship : Sky (live in 2015 and Germany team news report in 2019), ARD and ZDF (Germany matches only, with highlights of all other matches respectively in 2019), Eurosport (15 matches live, exclude Germany team in 2019), Sportdeutschland.tv (all 96 matches exclusively live and free in 2019), RTL (non-Germany team news report in 201 9), and Welt (Germany team news report only in 2019)World Women's Handball Championship : Sport 1 EHF
Men's and Women's Euros (national teams) : ARD and ZDF (Germany matches only, respectively), Eurosport (all matches, exclude Germany team) (until 2024)Club championships: DAZN (2020–21 until 2025–26)[16] Germany men's national handball team : Sport 1 Bundesliga : SKY All Star Game: SKY
DHB-Pokal : SKY Supercup: SKY Ice hockey [ ] Mixed martial arts [ ]
Competition / Event
Rightsholder / Broadcaster
Broadcast Details
Bellator MMA
DAZN
2018-2022: selected fights[17]
Enfusion Live MMA
ran FIGHTING
since 2018: all fights
GEMMAF Central German Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2020: all fights[18]
GEMMAF German Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2019: all fights
GEMMAF Northern German Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2020: all fights[18]
GEMMAF Southern German Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2020: all fights[18]
GEMMAF Western German Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2020: all fights[18]
German MMA Championship (GMC)
ProSiebenSat.1 Media :
since 2016: all fights (ran FIGHTING)
since 2018: selected fights (ProSieben Maxx)
Hype Fighting Championship (Hype FC)
ran FIGHTING
since 2019: selected fights
NOVA Fighting Championship (NOVA FC)
ran FIGHTING
since 2019: all fights
Mix Fight Championship (MFC)
ran FIGHTING
since 2017: all fights
ONE Championship
ran FIGHTING
since 2019: all fights
Professional Fighters League (PFL)
ran FIGHTING
since 2019: selected fights
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
DAZN
since 2018: all fights[19]
We Love MMA
Bild
since 2017: all fights
Motor racing [ ] Multi-discipline events [ ] Rugby Union [ ] Rugby League [ ] Sailing [ ] Winter Sports [ ] Tennis [ ] Wimbledon : SKY until 2022Australian Open : Eurosport until 2021French Open : Eurosport until 2021U.S. Open : Eurosport until 2022ATP World Tour : SKY until 2023, DAZN for ATP 250 until 2019, ZDF (Gerry Weber Open ) until 2019WTA tour : DAZN Davis Cup : DAZN Fed Cup : Sportdeutschland.TV (free-streaming) (from 2020 qualifiers)[20] Volleyball [ ] Beach Volleyball [ ] European Beach Volleyball Championships : Sport1 (Free-TV, since 2018), (Pay-TV, since 2017)Techniker Beach Tour : ProSieben Maxx (TV, 2018-2019), Sportdeutschland.TV (Stream, 2018-2019)German Beach Volleyball Championships : ProSieben Maxx (TV, 2018-2019), Sportdeutschland.TV (Stream, 2018-2019)Wrestling [ ] Miscellaneous [ ] References [ ]
^ Cushnan, David. "BBC, ITV, ARD and ZDF sign World Cup TV deals" . SportsProMedia.com . Retrieved 24 July 2014 . ^ "DAZN picks up Women's World Cup rights in Germany - SportsPro Media" . www.sportspromedia.com . Retrieved 1 June 2019 .^ "Mega-Ankündigung! Champions-League-Finale im Free-TV - jedoch unter einer Bedingung" . TZ (in German). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020 .^ "Sky loses Champions League rights in Germany" . Daily Nation . Retrieved 12 December 2019 .^ Sport1.de. "UEFA Youth League und Women's Champions League LIVE auf SPORT1" . Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2019 . ^ "Sky reclaims Germany's Premier League rights from DAZN" .^ "Dazn Sichert Sich den Traditionsreichen Fa-Cup für Insgesamt Sechs Spielzeiten" . 18 October 2018.^ "DAZN renews LaLiga rights" . 6 April 2018.^ "DAZN claims Serie A rights in four more markets" .^ "DAZN retains Ligue 1 rights in Germany, Austria" . 8 August 2018.^ "2020 MEIJI YASUDA J.LEAGUE to be broadcasted more overseas：J. LEAGUE.JP" . J. League . Retrieved 2020-07-01 .^ "International Hockey Federation renews agreement with sports streaming company DAZN" . www.insidethegames.biz . January 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-05 .^ "FIH" . 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup . Retrieved 2019-03-06 .^ "Where to watch | FIH" . FIH . Retrieved 2019-03-06 .^ "The EHL KO16 Broadcast Schedule - where to watch the world's best club hockey" . Euro Hockey League . Retrieved 2019-03-05 .^ "DAZN AWARDED EUROPEAN HANDBALL FEDERATION RIGHTS IN FOUR NATIONS" . DAZN Media Centre . 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-09-21 .^ "Bellator läuft ab dem 29. September in Deutschland auf DAZN" . Gnp1.de (in German). June 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .^ a b c d "GEMMAF Partner" . Gemmaf.de (in German). Retrieved January 28, 2020 .^ "DAZN sichert sich die Übertragungsrechte an UFC für die kommenden drei Jahre" . Wrestling-infos.de (in German). October 1, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .^ "WHERE TO WATCH THE FED CUP QUALIFIERS" . Fed Cup . Retrieved 2020-02-05 .^ "Broadcasters - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018" . Retrieved 2018-09-14 .^ "WhereToWatch - FIVB Volleyball World Championship Italy and Bulgaria 2018" . 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-14 .
ARD ZDF ARD & ZDF
3sat arte KiKA phoenix Funk RTL Deutschland
Free-to-air
RTL Nitro RTL Up n-tv VOX (RTL/DCTP) RTL Zwei (RTL/Bauer/TMG/Disney/Burda) Super RTL Pay-TV
ProSiebenSat.1
ViacomCBS
Discovery
Free-to-air Pay-TV
Animal Planet Discovery Channel Eurosport 2 Eurosport 2 Xtra
Disney Germany
Others
Sports broadcasting contracts in Europe
Sovereign states States with limited Dependencies and
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