Sports broadcasting contracts in Germany

This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Germany. For a list of rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.

Football

FIFA

• FIFA World Cup
  • ARD (1954–present), ZDF (1966–present)^[1] (broadcast respectively)
  • RTL (2006–2010)
• FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA):
  • RTL (only national team, 2016–2022), RTL Nitro (some matches (exclude the national team), 2016–2022)
  • DAZN (all games, 2016-2022)
  • SKY (2016–2017)

UEFA

• European Football Championships
  • ARD (1960–present), ZDF (1964–present) (broadcast respectively)
  • Sat.1 (2016)
• UEFA European Championship Qualifiers
  • RTL (only national team, 2014–2020), RTL Nitro (some matches (exclude the national team), 2014–2020)
  • DAZN (all games, 2019-2020)
• UEFA Nations League
  • DAZN (all games (exclude national team), 2018-2021)
  • ARD, ZDF (only national team, broadcast respectively, 2018-2021)
• 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)
  • DAZN (all games, 2018-2021)
• UEFA Europa League
  • SKY (2003–2018)
  • 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, 2018-2021)
  • DAZN (all games, 2018-2021)

CONMEBOL

• Copa América Centenario: kabel eins, Sat.1

National team

• Germany national football team
  • ARD, ZDF (only UEFA Nations League matches, broadcast respectively, 2018-2021)
  • RTL Television (Qualifiers of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, 2014–2022, and friendly matches, 2018-2022)
• Germany national under-21 football team: ARD, ZDF (UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2015 and 2017), Eurosport (most qualifiers and friendly matches)

German competitions

• Bundesliga: SKY (live broadcast of most games), Eurosport Player (Friday and Monday Night Games, 5 Sunday Afternoon Games) ARD (Highlights), ZDF (Opening match live, highlights), RTL Nitro, Sport1 (highlights)
• 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: SKY (live broadcast of all games), Sky Sport News (highlights on Friday & Sunday) and ARD (highlights on Saturday)
• DFB-Pokal: SKY, ARD

National leagues

• Premier League: DAZN (2016-2019)
• FA Cup: Eurosport (2015-2018)
• La Liga: DAZN (2016-2019)
• Serie A: DAZN (2015-2018)
• Ligue 1: DAZN (2015-2019)
• Eredivisie: Sportdigital & DAZN (2015-2018)
• Belgian Pro League: Sportdigital, DAZN, Sport1+ (2015-2018)
• Portuguese Primeira Liga: Sportdigital & DAZN (2015-2018)
• Scottish Premiership: Sportdigital, DAZN, Sport1+ (2015-2018)
• Russian Football Premier League: Sportdigital & DAZN (2015-2018)
• Argentine Primera División: DAZN & Sport 1+ (2015-2018)
• Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A: DAZN & Sport 1+ (2015-2018)
• A-League: Sportdigital & DAZN (2015-2018)
• Chinese Super League: Sportdigital & DAZN (2017–)
• J. League: DAZN (2017-)
• Major Soccer League: Eurosport (2015-2019)

American Football

• NFL: Sport 1 US (2013-2015), Sat.1 (2015-2017), ProSieben Maxx (since 2015), DAZN (since 2016), ProSieben (since 2017)
• Super Bowl:
  • since 2018: ProSieben (Free-TV)
  • since 2017: DAZN (Pay-Stream)
  • 2014-2015: Sport 1 US (Pay-TV)
  • 2006-2011: ARD (Free-TV)
  • 1999-2003, 2012-2017: Sat.1 (Free-TV)
  • 1992-1998, 2000-2005: Premiere (Pay-TV)
  • 1990-1991: Tele 5 (Free-TV)
  • 1990: Screensport (Free-TV)
• College Football: Sport 1 US (since 2012) & DAZN (since 2016)

Basketball

• Basketball Bundesliga: Telekom Basketball (all games), Sport 1 (1 game per week)
• Euroleague: Telekom Basketball
• NBA: DAZN, Telekom Basketball , Sport 1 US
• German national team:Telekom Basketball (Qualifiers of FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2017-2019), Sport 1
• FIBA World Championship: Sport 1
• FIBA World Championship for Women: Sport 1
• EuroBasket: ARD
• College Basketball: Sport 1 US

Boxing

• Fight deal with Wilfried Sauerland: ARD (until October 2014); ProSiebenSat.1 (October 2014-2017); Sport1 (since 2018)
• Fights for Vladimir Klitschko and Marco Huck: RTL Television
• World Boxing Super Series: Sat.1 (Free-TV) and ran Fighting (PPV) (in 2017-18); Facebook live (free-streaming) (in 2018-19 season)^[2]

Cycling

• Tour de France: ARD, Eurosport
• Giro d'Italia: Eurosport
• Vuelta a España: Eurosport
• Tour de Suisse: Sport 1+
• UCI Road World Championships: Eurosport
• UCI ProTour: Eurosport

Golf

• Ryder Cup: SKY
• European Tour: SKY, Sport 1
• PGA Tour: SKY

Handball

• Bundesliga: SKY
• All Star Game: SKY
• DHB-Pokal: SKY
• Supercup: SKY
• EHF Champions League: Sky
• World Men's Handball Championship: Sky (in 2015)
• World Women's Handball Championship: Sport 1
• Germany national handball team: Sport 1

Ice hockey

• World Ice Hockey Championships:Sport 1
• Deutsche Eishockey Liga: Telekom Eishockey (all games), Sport 1 (1 game per week)
• National Hockey League: Sport 1 US & DAZN
• Champions Hockey League: Sport 1, DAZN, Laola 1
• Kontinental Hockey League: sportdigital.tv

Mixed martial arts

• Ultimate Fighting Championship: ranFIGHTING

Motor racing

• Formula One: RTL Television, and n-tv
• Formula Two: SKY
• GP3: SKY
• World Rally Championship: RTL Television, Eurosport and Sport 1
• DTM: Sat1, Sport 1
• FIA GT Championship: Sport 1, MotorsTV
• Le Mans 24 Hours: Eurosport
• American Le Mans Series: MotorsTV, Sport 1 (highlights)
• Le Mans Series: Eurosport, Eurosport2, MotorsTV
• IndyCar Series: Sport 1 US
• Porsche Supercup: SKY, MotorsTV (highlights)
• Porsche Carrera Cup: SKY
• Formula 3 Euroseries: SKY, Sport 1
• Formula BMW Europe: SKY
• Seat Leon Supercopa: SKY
• ADAC VW Polo Cup: SKY
• World Touring Car Championship: Eurosport
• International Formula Master: Eurosport
• Seat Leon Eurocup: Eurosport
• NASCAR: Motorvision TV
• MotoGP: Eurosport and Eurosport 2 from 2015 until 2018 all of all events
• Superbike World Championship: Eurosport
• 24 Hours Nürburgring: RTL Nitro (since 2016)

Multi-discipline events

• Olympic Games: ARD, ZDF & Eurosport (2018-2024)
• Paralympic Games: ARD, ZDF & Eurosport; Eurosport (2018-2024)
• World Athletics Championships: ARD, ZDF & Eurosport
• European Athletics Championships: ARD, ZDF & Eurosport
• European Cup: ARD, ZDF & Eurosport
• European Games: Sport1

Rugby Union

• Rugby World Cup: Eurosport

Sailing

• America's Cup: Servus TV
• Louis Vuitton Cup: Servus TV

Winter Sports

• Alpine Skiing World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• Biathlon World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• Ski jumping World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• FIS Nordic Combined World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• FIS Cross-Country World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• FIS Snowboard World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• Luge World Cup: ARD/ZDF, Eurosport
• Skeleton World Cup: ARD/ZDF
• Bobsleigh World Cup: ARD/ZDF

Tennis

• Wimbledon: SKY until 2018
• Australian Open: Eurosport
• French Open: Eurosport
• U.S. Open: Eurosport until 2017
• ATP World Tour : SKY, DAZN for ATP 250, ZDF (Gerry Weber Open)
• IPTL: no broadcaster
• WTA tour: DAZN
• Germany Davis Cup team: DAZN until 2019
• Germany Fed Cup team: DAZN until 2019

Volleyball

• CEV Champions League: Sport 1
• FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League and FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: Sport1 (free-TV) and Sportdeutschland.tv (free-streaming) ^[3]
• FIVB World Championships: SKY (Pay-TV) ^[4] and Sportdeutschland.tv (free-streaming) (2018)

Wrestling

• WWE Monday Night RAW: Tele 5 until March 2017, ProSieben MAXX since April 2017
• WWE SmackDown!: ProSieben MAXX
• NXT: ProSieben MAXX

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