ABC Sport
ABC Sport is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's sport's programming broadcast on ABC Television and ABC Local Radio.
Division of: | ABC Television |
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Major broadcasting contracts: | A-League Matildas Internationals Socceroos Internationals W-League |
Parent: | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Website: | ABC Sport |
Television
ABC Television broadcasts significantly less sport than the other free-to-air Australian TV networks.
Current
Sport | Event | Broadcast partner(s) | Date | Notes |
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Association football | A-League[1] | Fox Sports | 2013–2017, 2019– | One match per round live; two finals and grand final delayed |
Matildas Internationals[1] | Fox Sports | 2008–2016, 2019– | All matches live | |
Socceroos Internationals[1] | Fox Sports
SBS (2019–) |
2014–2015, 2019– | All friendlies and five socceroos World Cup qualifiers second round. | |
W-League[1] | Fox Sports | 2008–2016, 2019– | One match per round live; all finals live | |
Golf | PGA Tour | None | 2019– | Highlights |
Past
Sport | Event | Broadcast partner(s) | Date | Reason/subsequent broadcasters |
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Summer Olympics | Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 | Seven Network (1956, 1972, 1976), Nine Network (1956, 1972, 1976) | 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976 | Dropped: Seven Network |
American football | National Football League | 1980s–1990s | Dropped: 7mate, ESPN | |
Super Bowl | 1980s–1990s | Dropped: Seven Network, ESPN | ||
Australian rules | Australian Football League | HSV (1957–1980), GTV (1957–1960s), ATV (1965) | 1957–1980, 1987 | Dropped: Seven Network, Fox Footy |
Northern Territory Football League | 2006–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
South Australian National Football League | Fox Sports (2000s–2008) | 1988–2013 | Dropped: Seven Network | |
Victorian Football League | 1987–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
West Australian Football League | TVW 7 (1960s–1987) | 1987–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | |
Tasmanian State League | 2009–2011 | Dropped: WIN | ||
Tiwi Islands Football League Grand Final | Dropped: TBA | |||
Baseball | Australian Baseball League | Network Ten (1990s–1996) | 1989–1999 | |
Claxton Shield | 1970s–1988 | |||
FIBA Basketball World Cup | 2014 | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
FIBA Oceania Championship | 2013 | Dropped: Nine Network | ||
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women | 2013 | Dropped: Nine Network | ||
FIBA World Championship for Women | 2014 | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
National Basketball Association | 1980s–1991 | Dropped: ESPN | ||
National Basketball League | STW (1982–1987), SAS (1982–1987), TVQ (1979–1986), BTQ (1987), Fox Sports (1998–2001, 2017–2018), SBS (2017–2018) | 1979–2001, 2017–2018 | Dropped: Nine Network, Fox Sports | |
Women's National Basketball League | Network Ten (1992–1997) | 1981–2015 | Dropped: Fox Sports | |
Commonwealth Games | Edmonton 1978, Brisbane 1982, Edinburgh 1986 | Nine Network (Highlights) | 1978, 1982, 1986 | Dropped: Seven Network |
Cricket | Sheffield Shield | 1970s–1990s | Dropped: Cricket Network, Fox Sports (final only) | |
Test cricket | Nine Network | 1960s–1972 | Dropped: Seven Network and Fox Sports | |
Field hockey | Hockey World Cup | 2014 | Dropped: Fox Sports | |
Association football | AFC Asian Cup | 2015 | Dropped: Fox Sports | |
Golf | Australian Ladies Masters | –2017 | ||
British Open | 1970s–1980s | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
Women's Australian Open | –2019 | |||
Lawn Bowls | Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls | 1981–2011 | ||
Netball | Commonwealth Bank Trophy | C7 Sport (1997–2002) | 1997–2007 | |
INF Netball World Cup | 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007 | Dropped: Nine Network 2019 | ||
Netball Test Series | 1990s–2007 | Dropped: Nine Network | ||
Paralympic Games | Paralympic Games | 1970s–2013 | Dropped: Seven Network | |
Rugby league | NSWRL | Network Ten 1981–1991 Nine Network 1983, 1992–1995 | 1973 – 1995 | Dropped: Nine Network & Fox Sports |
Queensland Cup | Fox Sports | 1996–2012 | Dropped: Nine Network & Fox Sports | |
Rugby union | 1987 Rugby World Cup | 1987 | Dropped: Nine Network & Fox Sports | |
British and Irish Lions | 1989 | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
Shute Shield | 2000s–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
Tennis | Hopman Cup | 1995–2010 | Dropped: 7mate |
Radio
ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including Australian Football League, National Rugby League, A-League, Olympics, Australian international cricket games and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.
See also
- Seven Sport
- Nine's Wide World of Sports
- Ten Sport
- SBS Sport
- List of Australian television series
- List of longest running Australian television series
- Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia
References
- "ABC strikes deal with FFA to become free-to-air home of football in Australia". ABC News. 3 October 2019.
External links
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