Sports broadcasting contracts in the Netherlands

Sports broadcasting contracts in the Netherlands include:

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: Viaplay
EFL Championship: Viaplay
Bundesliga:Viaplay
2. Bundesliga:Viaplay
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
Süper Lig: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport^[2]
Eliteserien: Discovery+
Major League Soccer: Apple TV Plus^[3]
National Women's Soccer League: DAZN^[4]
A-Leagues: YouTube
J.League: YouTube
K League: K League TV
FA Women's Super League: Viaplay^[5]
Frauen-Bundesliga: Viaplay^[5]
Serie A Femminile: Viaplay^[5]
Liga F: DAZN
Damallsvenskan: Viaplay^[5]
Elitedivisionen: Viaplay^[5]

Domestic Cups

KNVB Beker: ESPN & FOX 2 games live in the earlier rounds, in the later stages all games are broadcast live. The late-evening game is also broadcast live on 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: Viaplay
Scottish Cup: Viaplay
DFB-Pokal: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
DFL-Supercup: Viaplay
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 2029)
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 during group stage, all games live during the play-off round in the qualifications and during the knock-out rounds) & Ziggo Sport (Switch program with action from all matches in the group stage, live full matches first knockout round onwards and in the play-off round during qualifications). Highlights of all games on RTL7. RTL7 has first choice for the live games. Ziggo Sport will have the exclusive rights starting in 2024/2025.
UEFA Europa League: ESPN and Veronica Dutch club(s) LIVE on both Veronica and ESPN and a selection of top games on ESPN. Veronica has the first choice for live games. From the 2024/2025 season onwards, the exclusive rights switch to Ziggo Sport.
UEFA Europa Conference League: ESPN and SBS6. All Dutch clubs LIVE on ESPN,1 or 2 Dutch clubs on Veronica and a selection of top matches on ESPN. Veronica has the first choice for live games. If 2 Dutch clubs play in the UEL that matchday, Veronica doesn't show the UECL games. From the 2024/2025 season onwards, the exclusive rights switch to Ziggo Sport.
UEFA Super Cup: RTL7 & Ziggo Sport
UEFA Youth League: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport (through 2021)
UEFA Women's Champions League: DAZN (through 2025)
Copa Libertadores: ESPN^[6]
Copa Sudamericana: ESPN
Recopa Sudamericana: ESPN
CONCACAF Champions Cup: ESPN
AFC Champions League: Triller TV

International Matches

Netherlands national football team: Nations League, Qualification, and Friendly matches LIVE on NOS through 2028. Broadcasts are usually on NPO 1 or NPO 3. ^[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 2028).
Netherlands women's national football team: NOS & ESPN

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 on NPO 1. Other Group stage games live at nos.nl and in the NOS app.
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

UEFA
- 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. (selection of live matches, with a switch program with action from all games on the Ziggo Sport and Ziggo Sport Select channels, exclude the Netherlands group matches) (through 2027)
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: NOS (Netherlands games and final live)
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: NOS & YouTube
- UEFA Women's Championship: NOS All games live
- 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: ESPN
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
- CONCACAF Nations League (final four only)
Africa Cup of Nations: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport

Cycling

Tour de France: NOS & Eurosport
Giro d'Italia: Eurosport
Vuelta a España: NOS (Only weekend stages live) & Eurosport
All RCS races: Eurosport
BinckBank Tour: Eurosport
UCI Road World Championships: NOS
UCI Track Champions League: Eurosport, RTL7 & Videoland
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Eurosport (all rounds live and NOS (selected races live)
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Eurosport (all races live) and NOS (men and women elite races live)

Golf

Ryder Cup: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
PGA Tour: Discovery+
LIV Golf: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport
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

PDC: Viaplay.^[8]
European Tour events: Viaplay.
Floor events: PDC.tv
WDF: Eurosport

Basketball

NBA: ESPN 6 matches per week
WNBA: Prime Video
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

NFL: ESPN
NCAA College Football: ESPN

Australian Football

AFL: Eurosport & Discovery+

Baseball

MLB: ESPN 10 games per week
KBO: ESPN
Holland Series: NOS Important matches only.

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: Viaplay all games live. NOS selected games live and 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 (Le Mans only) and Videoland.
Dakar Rally: RTL 7 1 hour highlight show.
Formula One: Viaplay^[10] all races live, Dutch GP and extended highlights on NOS. Also extended highlights on Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport.
Formula Two: Viaplay.
Formula Three: Viaplay
Formula E: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport, and Eurosport.
DTM: Viaplay
World Touring Car Championship: Eurosport
Porsche Supercup: Viaplay, Eurosport 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 2 live feeds starting in Paris 2024. Eurosport presents a switch program on their main channel, and a live event on the second channel. All live events are available on the premium Discovery+ service.

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: Viaplay

Fighting

Bellator MMA: Videoland: May 12th 2023
Bushido MMA: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
Cage Warriors: Discovery+
CAGE MMA: Viaplay
Dream Boxing: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
Enfusion: Viaplay
EFC: Extreme Sports Channel
Glory: Videoland
Golden Boy: DAZN
Invicta FC: Viaplay
King of Kings: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
KSW: Viaplay^[11]
Matchroom: DAZN
ONE Championship: YouTube
PFL: Viaplay
Top Rank Boxing: Ziggo Sport Totaal & Ziggo Sport^[12]
UFC: Discovery+ (all events live) & Eurosport (selection of events live and highlights of all-)
World Fighting League: Paramount Network
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 & Ziggo Sport (Freestyle & Cross)
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: Viaplay.^[8]
Championship League: Viaplay
All other TV Events: Eurosport

Pool

Mosconi Cup: Viaplay
U.S. Open Pool Championship: Viaplay
World Cup of Pool: Viaplay
World Pool Championship: Viaplay
World Pool Masters: Viaplay

References

^ "Fox wins US television rights to Dutch Eredivisie soccer league". philly.com. 2012-11-30.
^ "Ziggo adds Turkish Süper Lig to football rights portfolio". 16 August 2022.
^ "MLS Season Pass is now available worldwide on the Apple TV app". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ Lucia, Joe (24 March 2023). "NWSL launches international streaming service with Endeavor, also strikes deal with DAZN". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Viaplay to show OBOS Damallsvenskan football in 10 countries until 2026". NENTgroup.com. 2021-11-17.
^ "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.
^ "NENT Group to launch Viaplay in the Netherlands with exclusive Formula 1® and Bundesliga rights". nentgroup.com.
^ "Viaplay secures exclusive KSW rights in 10 countries". nentgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
^ "Ziggo Sport stoot raak met uitzendrechten Top Rank Boxing". vodafoneziggo.nl. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
^ "TALPA brengt WWE terug op TV en online in Nederland". vechtsportinfo.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-07.