Sports broadcasting contracts in the Netherlands
This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in the Netherlands. For a list of rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Football[]
Leagues[]
- Eredivisie: ESPN All matches live men's[1] All highlights of all matches at NOS.
- Eerste Divisie: ESPN All Friday games on a switch program and a selection of 2/3 matches a round live.
- Vrouwen Eredivisie: ESPN Sunday match live plus highlights of all games. Highlights also on NOS.
- Premier League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport. From the 2022/-23 season onwards to Viaplay.[2]
- Bundesliga:Viaplay.[3]
- 2. Bundesliga:Viaplay.[3]
- La Liga: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Serie A: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Ligue 1: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Belgian Pro League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport Important matches only
- Primeira Liga: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport Important matches only
- Scottish Premiership: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport Important matches only
- Eliteserien: Discovery+
- Major League Soccer: ESPN
- FA Women's Super League: Viaplay[4]
- Frauen-Bundesliga: Viaplay[4]
- Serie A Femminile: Viaplay[4]
- Primera Iberdrola: Viaplay[4]
- Damallsvenskan: Viaplay [4]
- Elitedivisionen: Viaplay[4]
Domestic Cups[]
- KNVB Beker: ESPN & FOX All matches live plus late evening match live at free-to-air channel Fox
- Johan Cruijff Shield: ESPN
- Beker van België: Ziggo Sport
- English FA Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- FA Community Shield: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Football League Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- DFB-Pokal: OneFootball[5]
- DFL-Supercup: From 2022 onwards on Viaplay.[3]
- Coupe de France: Viaplay
- Trophée des Champions: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Taça de Portugal: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport (final only)
- Copa del Rey: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport (through 2022)
- Coppa Italia: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
International Club Competitions[]
- UEFA Champions League: RTL7 (1 Game LIVE on Tuesday & Wednesday), Ziggo Sport Totaal (Selection of live games) & Ziggo Sport (Switch program with action from all matches in the group stage, live full matches first knockout round onwards). Highlights of all games on RTL7. RTL7 has first choice for the live games.
- UEFA Europa League: ESPN and Veronica Dutch club(s) LIVE on both Veronica and ESPN and a selection of top games on ESPN.
- UEFA Europa Conference League: ESPN and SBS6. All Dutch clubs LIVE on ESPN,1 or 2 Dutch clubs on SBS6 and a selection of top matches on ESPN.
- UEFA Super Cup: RTL7 & Ziggo Sport
- UEFA Youth League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport (through 2021)
- UEFA Women's Champions League: Ziggo Sport Big matches only
- Copa Libertadores: ESPN[6]
- Copa Sudamericana: ESPN
- International Champions Cup: ESPN
International Matches[]
- Netherlands national football team: Nations League, Qualification, and Friendly matches LIVE on NOS through 2022.[7]
- Other countries (exclude the Netherlands team): Ziggo Sport Totaal, Ziggo Sport & ESPN.
- European Qualifiers: NOS (Netherlands matches only), Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport. (all matches, exclude the Netherlands team) (through 2022)
- Netherlands women's national football team: NOS
International Tournaments[]
- FIFA: NOS
- FIFA World Cup (all 64 matches live)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- FIFA U-17 World Cup
- FIFA Women's World Cup (all 52 matches live) Dutch National Team and Evening matches in Group Stage and all knockout matches LIVE. Other Group stage games live at nos.nl
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- UEFA European Championship: NOS all matches live
- UEFA Nations League: NOS (Up to 7 matches (including Netherlands matches and final)), Ziggo Sport Totaal, & Ziggo Sport. (all matches, exclude the Netherlands group stage matches) (through 2021)
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: NOS (up to all 22 matches live)
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: NOS & YouTube
- UEFA Women's Championship: NOS
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: NOS & YouTube
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 NOS Netherlands matches, selected others, and every game from semi-final onwards.
- Copa América: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Africa Cup of Nations: ESPN
Cycling[]
- Tour de France: NOS & Eurosport
- Giro d'Italia: Eurosport
- Vuelta a España: NOS (Only weekend stages live) & Eurosport
- UCI ProTour: NOS & Eurosport
- BinckBank Tour: Ziggo Sport and Eurosport
- UCI Road World Championships: NOS
- UCI Track Champions League: Eurosport, RTL7 & Videoland
- Cyclo-cross All competitions live at Eurosport Selected UCI Cyclocross World Cup races and World Championships live at NOS (mostly online at nos.nl).
Golf[]
- Ryder Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- PGA Tour: Discovery+
- PGA European Tour: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Asian Tour: Ziggo Sport Totaal
- LPGA: Ziggo Sport Totaal
- Men's major golf championships: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- World Golf Championships: Ziggo Sport Totaal
Darts[]
Basketball[]
- NBA: ESPN 6 matches per week
- NCAA College Basketball: ESPN
- BNXT League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Euroleague: Ziggo Sport Totaal
- Eurocup Basketball: Eurosport
- FIBA Europe Cup: Ziggo Sport
American Football[]
Australian Football[]
Baseball[]
Ice Hockey[]
- NHL: ESPN 3 games per week
- Stanley Cup: ESPN
- Ice Hockey World Championships: ESPN
Field Hockey[]
- Dutch Men's and Women's Hoofdklasse: Ziggo Sport 1 match at sunday afternoon, highlights of all matches. NOS Highlights
- FIH Men's and Women's Pro League: Ziggo Sport[9]
Motor racing[]
- 24 hours of Le Mans: RTL 7 & Eurosport
- FIA World Endurance Championship: Eurosport, RTL7 and Videoland.
- Dakar Rally: RTL 7 1 hour highlight show.
- Formula One: Viaplay.[3] All races live, Highlights and six races live Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport, Dutch GP and extended highlights on NOS.
- Formula Two: Viaplay.
- Formula Three: Viaplay and Ziggo Sport.
- Formula E: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport, and Eurosport.
- DTM: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- World Touring Car Championship: Eurosport
- Porsche Supercup: Viaplay and Ziggo Sport.
- IndyCar Series: Ziggo Sport Totaal Highlights Ziggo Sport
- NASCAR: Ziggo Sport Totaal Highlights Ziggo Sport
- MotoGP: Ziggo Sport & Ziggo Sport Totaal & NOS (Dutch GP only and highlights of other races).
- World Superbike Championship: Eurosport
- Motocross World Championship: Eurosport & NOS
- Motocross des Nations: Eurosport & NOS
- FIA World Rallycross Championship: Ziggo Sport Totaal
- European Rally Championship: Eurosport
Multi-discipline events[]
- Olympic Games: Eurosport & NOS Eurosport has full rights, NOS has the rights for 1 sport at the same time.
Track & Field[]
- IAAF Diamond League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics: NOS
Tennis[]
- Wimbledon: Eurosport & Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport. Eurosport holds the exclusive rights for the Dutch players.
- Australian Open: Eurosport
- French Open: Eurosport
- US Open: Eurosport
- ATP Finals: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- ATP Tour Masters 1000: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- ATP Tour 500: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- ATP Tour 250: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- WTA Finals: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- WTA 1000: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- WTA 500: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- WTA 250: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Davis Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Fed Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
Rugby[]
- Six Nations Championship: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Rugby World Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Rugby World Cup Sevens: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
- Aviva Premiership Rugby: ESPN
Fishing[]
- Fish'O'Mania: RTL7
Fighting[]
- UFC: Discovery+ (all events live) & Eurosport (selection of events live and highlights of all-)
- Glory: Spike[10]
- Bellator MMA: Spike
- PFL: Eurosport[11]
- World Fighting League: Spike
- ONE Championship: YouTube
- KSW: Viaplay (when launched Q1 2022)[12]
- EFC: Extreme Sports Channel
- A1WCC: RTL7
- WWE: Veronica & KIJK streaming service.[13]
Volleyball[]
- FIVB World Championship|Fivb World Championship: Ziggo Sport Totaal
- European Volleyball Championship: Ziggo Sports Totaal
- CEV Champions League: Ziggo Sports Totaal
- Volleyball Nations League: Ziggo Sports Totaal
- CEV Cup: Ziggo Sports Totaal
Winter sports[]
- International Biathlon Union: Eurosport
- International Ski Federation: Eurosport
- International Skating Union: Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Speed skating & Short Track Speed Skating, Eurosport Figure Skating
Snooker[]
- Tour Championship: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport.[8]
- Champion of Champions: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport. From 2022 onwards to Viaplay.[8]
- All other TV Events: Eurosport
References[]
- ^ "Fox wins US television rights to Dutch Eredivisie soccer league". philly.com. 2012-11-30.
- ^ "NENT Group wins Premier League rights in the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 2022 to 2028". NENTgroup.com. 2021-07-07.
- ^ a b c d "NENT Group to launch Viaplay in the Netherlands with exclusive Formula 1® and Bundesliga rights". nentgroup.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "Viaplay to show OBOS Damallsvenskan football in 10 countries until 2026". NENTgroup.com. 2021-11-17.
- ^ "OneFootball brings DFB-Pokal to fans in France, Italy, UK and Netherlands". dfb.de. 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Fox lands MLS and Copa Libertadores rights in the Netherlands | News | Sportcal". sportcal.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "Over de NOS - Nieuws over de NOS". over.nos.nl. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ a b c "NENT Group's Viaplay to show PDC darts in the Netherlands from 2022". nentgroup.com.
- ^ "FIH Pro League". Women's. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "GLORY is terug bij Spike". spiketv.nl. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "Vechtsport, Dit is alles wat je moet weten over de PFL!". eurosport.nl. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Viaplay secures exclusive KSW rights in 10 countries". nentgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ "TALPA brengt WWE terug op TV en online in Nederland". vechtsportinfo.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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