Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup Broadcast Partners

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The Heineken Cup enjoys extensive television coverage from the tournaments’ broadcast partners across Europe and in over 100 countries worldwide.   

This includes up to nine live games per European weekend with additional games broadcast delayed live as well as highlights coverage. This is complimented by comprehensive magazine and news coverage of all the action.   

The ercrrugby.com broadcast section offers fans a guide to all the live and delayed live games being broadcast in Europe. 

The international broadcast section offers information on where fans outside of Europe can watch Heineken Cup games.  Click through to the broadcasters website for the latest information on upcoming fixtures. 

The European Challenge Cup has received a major boost this season by securing live coverage from Sky Sports, France 4 and Eurosport France with a minimum of two games per weekend being broadcast live.

Please note in the table below, **  = TV Highlights *  = Delayed Transmission.

	Sky Sports broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Heineken Cup throughout the UK and Ireland.  Fans can enjoy up to six live games for each Pool weekend with additional games shown as delayed live. Sky Sports will also carry all knock-out games live including the Heineken Cup final and one European Challenge Cup game each weekend. Sky’s extensive European club rugby coverage includes the Rugby Club on Thursday evening and European Rugby Special on Sunday evenings which features highlights of the weekend’s Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup action.
	ERC’s French broadcast partners, France Televisions, broadcast comprehensive coverage of the Heineken Cup which includes one live game on Saturday and one live game on Sunday on the terrestrial France 2 channel.  Additional Heineken Cup  and European Challenge Cup games are also broadcast on France 4.  See schedule for details. As well as the extensive live action, highlights and news coverage on France 2 and France 3, France Televisions’ Heineken Cup coverage includes the weekly “XV/15” magazine programme on Sundays.
	Canal Groupe in France have partnered up with France Televisions and broadcast up to three live games each Heineken Cup weekend with matches being shown on the premium Canal +, Canal + Sport and on Sports +.
	RTE Television in Ireland broadcast full delayed coverage of Heineken Cup games involving Munster and Leinster throughout the season.  RTE’s Heineken Cup coverage also includes the “Against the Head” rugby magazine on Monday’s and the “Heineken Cup Road Show with Hook and Pope” on Wednesdays of Heineken Cup weeks broadcast from rugby clubs throughout Ireland. RTE Radio are the exclusive national radiobroadcasters for the Heineken Cup in Ireland and offer live coverage of all games involving the Irish teams in the tournament.
	S4C, the Welsh language broadcaster carry extensive highlights of Heineken Cup action during European weekends including comprehensive coverage of games involving the three Welsh regions.  S4C’s coverage also includes the Y Clwb Rygbi magazine programme.
	Eurosport France are partners to the European Challenge Cup and broadcast at least one match live each weekend on Saturday evenings.

International Heineken Cup Broadcasters

Middle East and Maghreb Countries*: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Africa*:

Supersport: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, St Helena, Seychelles.

Canal Plus: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Brazaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conarky, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe.

Asia Eurosport*: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Cook Islands, East Timor, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kiribati Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nepal, Niue, North Korea, North Nariana Islands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna Islands.

Latin America*: Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile. Columbia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guinea, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico,. Montserrat, Nevis, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela