The women’s World Cup soccer tournament attracted 22% more advertisers than four year ago, according to a report from iSpot TV.

Despite the early exit of the U.S. team, losing to Sweden in the knockout stage, the World Cup has generated 1.05 billion ad impressions so far for the 294 advertisers.

Games the U.S. played in generated 18.8% of all of the TV ad impressions.

With the matches being played in Australia, more impressions (22%) are coming in primetime. Four years ago, when the World Cup took place in France, just 4% of impressions were in primetime.

The other side of that coin is that 15.5% of impressions were delivered during overnight time periods, compared to just 2.7% four years ago.

The most prominent advertisers, ranked by share of impressions, have been Volkswagen, Google Pixel, State Farm, Truly Hard Seltzer and NerdWallet, iSpot said.

Utilizing World Cup players paid off for numerous brands, iSpot said. Dick’s Sporting Goods’s spot with Alex Morgan was 16% more likable than industry norms. Frito-Lay’s spot with numerous animated players garnered 12% more attention than the norm. 

FIFA Women’s World Cup coverage and the launch of the new Premier League season highlight this weekend’s list of live Tv sports telecasts.

The Women’s World Cup continues Saturday on Fox with quarter-final round action featuring the Australia-France and England-Colombia matches. The winners will join Sweden and Spain in the semi-final round next weekend. 

The 2023-24 Premiere League season kicks off with NBC, USA and Peacock offering eight live games throughout the weekend. 

In the boxing ring, ESPN on Saturday will televise the junior welterweight championship bout between titleholder Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez, while DAZN distributes the heavyweight fight between former champion Anthony Joshua and Robert Helenius. Also Saturday, Showtime will air the Emmanuel Rodriguez-Melvin Lopez bantamweight championship fight. 

In the octagon, ESPN will televise a UFC Fight Night card headlined by the Vincente Luque-Rafael Dos Anjos bout. 

On the track, USA on Saturday will televise the IndyCar Gallagher Grand Prix and the Xfinity Pennzoil 150 races. On Sunday, NBC will televise the NASCAR Cup Verizon 200 at the Brickyard race. 

On the links, CBS and the Golf Channel will provide weekend coverage of the PGA FedEx St. Jude Championship tournament, while USA offers coverage of the Women’s British Open tournament.  

On the basketball court, ESPN on Sunday will televise the WNBA matchup between the New York Liberty and the Indiana Fever, while CBS offers week eight action from the Big3 league. 

On the baseball field, Peacock on Sunday will stream the Detroit Tigers-Boston Red Sox game, while ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball game features National League East rivals Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.

Fox Sports is hoping to continue to ride the on-the-field success of the U.S. Women’s National Team heading into Sunday’s (August 6) knockout round match against Sweden.

Fox has averaged 4.3 million viewers for its three US Team Group Stage telecasts, a record for USWNT Women’s World Cup English-language telecasts, according to Nielsen numbers supplied by Fox Sports. The viewership is up 11% from the 2019 USWNT Group Stage average from France. 

Fox Sports president of insights and analytics Mike Mulvihill said Fox’s ratings numbers will continue to build alongside the U.S. Team’s success in seeking an unprecedented tournament three-peat.  

“The viewership for the three U.S. matches have so far been record-setting,” Mulvihill told Multichannel News. “We love the way that the country is responding to the national team and the ratings are a payoff for the team’s sustained success.”

Overall, Fox and FS1 averaged a combined 610,000 viewers for the first 46 games of the Women’s World Cup tournament, down 37% compared to the 2019 tournament’s group stage performance and down 33% compared to the 2015 tournament. This year's Women's World Cup viewership is up 9% and 143% compared to the 2011 and 2007 Women’s World Cup tournaments, respectively, according to Nielsen.   

While the U.S. Team is fueling Fox Sports’ Women's World Cup ratings, Mulvihill is confident that viewers will continue to tune into the tournament even if the U.S. Team doesn’t make it to the finals. He pointed to the strong performance of the 2022 men’s World Cup finals sans the U.S. team as an example of the overall appeal of international soccer tournament play on television. 

“We’ve seen on the men’s World Cup side what happens when the US Team is eliminated,” Mulvihill said. “There is a certain moderation of viewers [without the US team], but I think the numbers that we’ve seen for non-US games so far have actually been pretty good, and I think we will continue to see some interest in some of the stronger countries that would go on, whether that’s France, Sweden or whomever it might be. We would still be optimistic.” 

The schedule of live sports events for the first weekend of August begins on the soccer field as the FIFA Women’s World Cup enters its round of 16.

The US Soccer Team will continue its quest for a three-peat in the tournament Sunday morning when it faces Sweden on Fox. On Saturday, Fox will televise the Netherlands-South Africa match while FS1 airs the Switzerland-Spain and Japan-Norway games. 

In the ring, DAZN Saturday night will distribute a pay-per-view boxing match between YouTube star Jake Paul and former UFC champion Nate Diaz. In the octagon, ESPN will air a UFC Fight Night contest between Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font.

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On the racetrack track NBC on Saturday will air the NASCAR Xfinity Series Cabo Wabo 250 race, while on Sunday the network will telecast the IndyCar Music City Grand Prix event. USA will air a pair of races Sunday including the IMSA SportsCar Weekend and the NASCAR Cup FireKeepers Casino 400.

On the baseball field, Peacock on Sunday will stream the Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Indians game, while ESPN will televise the Los Angeles Dodgers-San Diego Padres matchup as part of its Sunday Night Baseball telecast. 

On the court, ABC on Sunday will air the Las Vegas Aces-New York Liberty game, while CBS on Saturday will provide week seven coverage of the Big3 basketball league.

FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer action and auto-racing events highlighted last week's sports ratings landscape. 

Fox’s July 26 coverage of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s draw against the Netherlands was the top viewed live sports event for the week of July 24-30 with an average of 6.43 million viewers, according to Nielsen numbers published by SportsMedia Watch. Telemundo’s Spanish-language telecast of the match also made the top 10 most-watched events for the week with 1.16 million viewers.

According to Fox Sports, Fox averaged a record 4.3 million viewers for its three U.S. Women’s soccer team telecasts during the Group Stage event, up 19 percent from 2019. 

Auto racing events secured four of the top 10 positions on the live sports viewership chart, with USA Network's July 30 live race and pre-race coverage of the NASCAR Cup series Cook Out 400 playoff event finishing third and fourth for the week, while NBC’s July 29th NASCAR Xfinity Road America 180 race and ESPN’s July 30 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix pulled into sixth and ninth place, respectively. ESPN said the 1.16 million viewers for its Belgian Grand Prix telecast was the race's largest audience on record in the U.S. 

The U.S. Women's soccer team’s first World Cup match was the most-watched live sports event last week.

Fox Sports’ telecast of the July 21 U.S.-Vietnam Women’s World Cup event averaged 5.26 million viewers to top all events, according to Nielsen numbers published by SportsMedia Watch. Overall, Fox Sports posted two Women’s World Cup telecasts in the top 10, including its July 20 match between Nigeria and Canada. 

NBC’s coverage of golf’s Open Championship — often referred to in the U.S. as the British Open — drew three top 10 slots last week, including a second-place finish for the July 23 final round that drew 3.35 million viewers. 

USA Network’s July 23 coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series Pocono 400 averaged 2.8 million viewers to draw a third-place ratings finish. The performance was up 8% from last year’s race and was NBC Sports’ most-watched Cup Series race on cable since 2019. 

Also finishing in the top 10 was Univision’s July 21 coverage of international soccer star Lionel Messi’s Major League Soccer debut with Inter Miami, which averaged 1.75 million viewers. The game was the biggest MLS single-network audience since 2004, according to SportsMedia Watch.

The Women’s World Cup kicks into full gear this weekend during an otherwise light schedule of live sports telecasts 

Fox and FS1 will combine to televise all 64 games of the soccer tournament as the United States looks for its third consecutive win. Telemundo and Peacock will offer Spanish-language coverage. 

On the links, NBC, USA Network, and Golf Channel will air weekend coverage of the 151st Open Championship — or, as it’s often called in the U.S., the British Open — while CBS on Saturday offers final round coverage of the LPGA Tour Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

In the boxing ring, ESPN on Saturday will televise a lightweight bout between George Kambosos Jr. and Maxi Hughes. In the octagon, ESPN will air a Saturday afternoon UFC Fight Night mixed martial arts card headlined by the Tom Aspinall-Marcin Tybura heavyweight bout. 

On the racetrack, NBC on Saturday will televise the IndyCar Series Hy-Vee Homefront 250 auto race, while USA Network airs the Xfinity Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 race.

On the basketball court, ESPN on Saturday will air a WNBA doubleheader featuring the Connecticut Sun-Atlanta Dream and Las Vegas Aces-Minnesota Lynx games. CBS on Sunday will air Phoenix Mercury-Washington Mystics.  

On Sunday, Peacock will stream the San Diego Padres-Detroit Tigers baseball game, while ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball game will feature the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox. 

Fox Sports will kick off coverage of the month-long soccer Women’s World Cup Thursday (July 20) from Australia and New Zealand, looking to build on the momentum generated by the two-time defending champion United States team as well as from last fall’s Men’s World Cup. 

Fox and FS1 will offer English-language coverage for all 64 World Cup matches while Telemundo, Universo and Peacock provide Spanish-language coverage of the games. The U.S. women’s team will take the field July 21 against Vietnam, followed by the Netherlands on July 26 and Portugal on August 1. 

The Women’s World Cup final will take place on August 20 from Australia, according to Fox Sports. 

Fox Sports hopes its World Cup ratings success from the 2022 men’s tournament in Qatar, which posted a 30% audience increase over the 2018 Men’s World Cup tournament from Russia. The Argentina-France final set a record for a Men's World Cup English-language telecast with more than 16 million viewers tuning in across Fox and Fox Sports streaming services, Nielsen reported.

Fox Sports president of production and operations/executive producer Brad Zager spoke with Multichannel News about the upcoming Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, a lightly edited version of which appears below.   

MCN: What are the advantages of the Australian venue for the Women’s World Cup?

Brad Zager: The advantage is you're in one of the prettiest, amazing sites to be able to host the Women’s World Cup. We feel like that will definitely come across to the viewers at home from our location at Campbells Cove with the iconic Sydney Opera House behind us. We’re excited about showcasing Sydney through our coverage as well as the other venues including New Zealand where most of the early U.S. team matches will be.

MCN: Will the time differences between the U.S. and the World Cup venues serve as a detriment to viewership?

BZ: When you sign up for the World Cup, you know that is part of it, so you just go with it. The first couple of matches have the U.S. team in New Zealand, and that two-hour difference with Sydney does help us, especially on the East Coast. Hopefully we'll get off to a great start and gain momentum. The U.S. team is such a big story and I think it'll transcend any time zone issue. That’s a story everybody likes to get behind in this country, no matter what time they’re playing.

MCN: How much momentum does women's soccer have going into the World Cup?

BZ: I can’t imagine any more momentum than the U.S. team going for a three-peat. This is just an amazing group of athletes representing the U.S., and nobody has any less expectations than another win, so I think there’s a ton of momentum. Then you have the fact that the men’s World Cup soccer tournament just played this past fall, so there hasn’t been a huge gap between the momentum created for soccer by the amazing World Cup final in the fall and the beginning of the Women’s World Cup tournament.

Fox Sports scored 14.27 million viewers across its TV and streaming services for its coverage of Sunday's USA-Netherlands FIFA Women's World Cup Soccer Final from France, making it the most watched English-language televised soccer match since the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final, according to Nielsen. 

The game, in which the U.S. defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to repeat as Women's World Cup champions, was down from the 22 million viewers generated by the USA’s win against Japan in 2015 -- a record audience for an English-language soccer telecast -- but was up 22% over the 11.4 million viewers for the 2018 men’s FIFA World Cup final, according to Nielsen.

The U.S.-Netherlands game was played at 11 a.m. ET compared to the 2015 USA-Japan game, which was played in primetime.

Overall, household ratings for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 were up 2% over full tournament ratings for 2015 and were up +11% over the full 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, according to Nielsen.

On Spanish-language network Telemundo, the game averaged a total audience delivery of 1.6 million viewers, up 22% from the 2015 final, according to the network. 

During the tournament, Fox's U.S.-France telecast was the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinal ever, and its coverage of the USA’s win over Chile was the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup group stage match ever, said Fox Sports. 

Fox Sports has scored some big audience numbers for its Women's World Cup tournament coverage heading into Sunday's USA-The Netherlands finals match.

Fox Sports is averaging 1.4 million viewers across Fox broadcast, FS1 and FS2 through the semifinals of its 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup coverage from France, up 6% through semifinal coverage of the 2015 tournament across Fox networks, according to Nielsen. 

The numbers include a whopping 7.0 million viewers who tuned into Tuesday's USA-England semifinal match. Overall, the game -- won by the USA 2-1 to catapult the team into the finals -- drew 7.3 million viewers across Fox and streaming services, according to Fox Sports officials. 

Wednesday's Netherlands -Sweden game delivered 2.3 million viewers on FS1, making it the most watched, non-US Women's World Cup semifinal on record, according to Fox Sports. 

Sunday's USA-Netherlands contest starts at 11 a.m. and can be viewed on Fox broadcasting network and Spanish-language network Telemundo. 

The USA women’s soccer team will continue its run toward the Women’s World Cup finals today (July 2) with an afternoon semi-final match against England.

The game, which begins at 3 PM (ET), will be carried live on Fox broadcasting and on Spanish-language broadcast network Telemundo. The game will also be live streamed on Fox Sports Go and the Telemundo Deportes app.

Team USA’s last game -- a 2-1 victory against France on June 28 -- averaged 6.1 million viewers on Fox, making it the most watched Women’s World Cup quarterfinal match on record and the most watched, English-language television soccer match since last year’s men’s World Cup final, according to Fox Sports.

Overall through quarterfinals, Fox Sports is averaging  1.2 million viewers, up 10 % vs. 2015 Women's World Cup (1.1 million) and 51% vs. 2011 (804,000), according to Nielsen Media Research.

On Spanish-language network Telemundo, The Women’s World Cup quarterfinals averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 331,000 viewers across Telemundo’s platforms – a 41% increase over the 2015 Women’s World Cup quarterfinals (235,000 average viewers). Also, the USA-France match was the second most live streamed Women’s World Cup match in the history of the network, said Telemundo officials.

A USA victory today would propel the team to the July 7 finals match against the winner of tomorrow’s match between Sweden and the Netherlands, which will air live on FS1 at 3 PM. 

Fox Sports and Telemundo have kicked off their coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, hoping to score ratings goals at least equivalent to their successful 2015 campaigns.

The month-long Women’s World Cup tournament began Friday (June 7) in Paris, France, with the U.S. Women’s National Team eager to defend its title against an improved slate of international teams. Fox Sports hopes viewers will be drawn to the tournament on the level of 2015’s edition in Canada, in which the United States team’s cup-winning final game against Japan drew 25.4 million viewers, a U.S. viewing record for a soccer match.

Fox and NBCUniversal-owned Telemundo (Spanish language) have World Cup rights in the United States through 2026.

The Fox broadcast network will offer 22 live World Cup games — up from 15 in 2015 — including the U.S.’s first game against Thailand in Reims on June 11, with the tournament’s other 52 games shown live on FS1 (27) and FS2. The tournament final, in Lyon, on Sunday, July 7, at 11 a.m. ET will be on Fox.

No Time Zone Concerns

While the six-hour time difference between France and the East Coast could pose some ratings challenges, David Neal, executive producer of FIFA World Cup on Fox and Fox Sports vice president of production, said interest in the U.S. team and the growing appeal of women’s soccer should help propel ratings.

“We’re going into the tournament with the task of living up to our own achievements four years ago,” he said. “I think our prospects are good … we’ll see what the numbers end up being, but we’re ready to take on challenges regardless of what the time zone is.”

Overall, Fox Sports will offer more than 800 hours of coverage across linear and digital platforms. With women’s soccer as popular as it’s ever been, Neal is confident the tournament will deliver positive ratings returns for Fox.

“This is a signature moment for women’s soccer worldwide,” he said. “Four years ago, the U.S. was one of four teams that you could make a case for having a legitimate shot at winning. This year, there are at least eight teams that could win the whole thing, so whoever wins this one will take a huge step forward for women’s football.”

Telemundo has the Spanish-language U.S. rights and will also telecast all 52 contests, with 21 matches on Telemundo — double what the broadcast network aired in 2015 — and 24 matches on Universo. Seven games will be shown exclusively on Telemundo digital platforms.

Telemundo Deportes president Ray Warren is aiming for success akin to the 2018 FIFA men’s World Cup in Russia, when Telemundo drew an 80% bilingual audience to its tournament coverage.

Telemundo Deportes also has the annual Copa America tournament, which runs from June 14 through July 7, providing what Warren called a strong one-two punch of daily soccer coverage over most of the next month.

“We’ll have this kind of feeder system for both events where we’ll be promoting Copa América during the Women’s World Cup, and the World Cup in Copa América,” Warren said. “We feel like we have a great opportunity to get this virtuous circle of promotion for both events.”

U.S. Success, or Lack, Will Be Vital

Sports analyst Lee Berke said both Fox and Telemundo could have strong ratings runs for the Women’s World Cup provided that the United States — which also won the tournaments in 1999 and 2003 — progresses well.

“We’ve seen during prior World Cup tournaments that if the men’s and women’s teams make the quarterfinals, the semis and eventually the finals, the ratings go up exponentially,” said Berke. “The women’s team has a great track record for that, and Americans want to follow their national team when its successful. If that happens this year, there’s every reason to believe that [Fox and Telemundo] will have a successful run in the upcoming tournament.”

On the flip side, if the U.S. women should stumble early, it will be very difficult for the networks to generate big audiences due to the lack of high-profile, global female soccer stars.

“What you have going for the men is that there is an increasing awareness of some international players playing for their international team,” Berke added. “On the women’s side, there’s a relatively limited amount of awareness of other top women soccer players in the U.S.”

The U.S. Women’s National Team continues to kick up big ratings for Fox Sports 1.

Last night’s USA-Columbia Women’s World Cup game, which the USA won 2-0 to move on to face China this Friday, drew 4.7 million viewers, a FS1 record audience for a soccer game, the network said Tuesday.

The game upended the 3.3 million viewers FS1 garnered with its USA-Australia game last week in finishing as the most watched soccer match on cable since last year’s World Cup, said network officials.

Overall the game is the third most-watched program in FOX Sports 1 history, trailing only Game 4 (5.1 million) and Game 5 (4.9 million) of the 2014 National League Championship Series featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, said the network.

On the digital front, the USA - Colombia game delivered FOX Sports GO over 120,000 unique streamers, making it the highest viewed simulcast in the app’s history, besting the 2014 World Series Game 7 simulcast by +17% (103,000 uniques), said Fox Sports.

Fox Sports continues to kick up record ratings for its 2015 Women’s World Cup coverage, drawing 5 million viewers for last night’s USA-Nigeria telecast.

The game, which the USA Women's National Team won 1-0 over Nigeria to advance to the round of 16, was the most watched FIFA Women’s World Cup Group Stage match ever, and the most-watched soccer match ever on the network, according to Nielsen. The game outpointed Friday’s USA-Sweden game by 11%, said Fox.

The 5 million viewers for the USA-Nigeria match was up 285% over the third USA Women’s World Cup Group Stage match on ESPN in 2011, which drew 1.3 million viewers.

Overall, Fox Sports’ Women’s World Cup coverage is averaging 1,044,000 viewers, up 87% over the  559,000 viewers averaged on ESPN and ESPN2 in 2011 during Group Stage play, according to Fox.

Swiss authorities arrested 14 FIFA officials for bribery and corruption charges on Wednesday morning.

The arrests were conducted during an early morning raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich, where the soccer governing body was getting ready to hold its next presidential election.  

The officials will be extradited to the United States on federal corruption charges. Those arrested include two current FIFA VPs and the current and former presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). FIFA president Sepp Blatter was not among those arrested. 

The U.S. Justice Department unsealed a 47-count indictment that charged the 14 defendants (nine FIFA officials, five corporate executives) with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, “in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer.”

“The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” said Attorney General Loretta Lynch. “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

“Many of the individuals and organizations…were entrusted with keeping soccer open and accessible to all,” Lynch added. “They held important responsibilities at every level, from building soccer fields for children in developing countries to organizing the World Cup.  \They were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest, and protect the integrity of the game. Instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and enrich themselves. This Department of Justice is determined to end these practices; to root out corruption; and to bring wrongdoers to justice."

The full statement from the DOJ can be read here.

The arrests, which came following a three-year investigation, came a few days before the organization was to hold its presidential election. Blatter, who has run FIFA since 1998, is widely expected to win another term, even though his tenure has been riddled with scandal including accusations of corruption and bribery.

Read more at broadcastingcable.com.

 Fox Sports has laid out its programming schedule for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup, running from June 6 to July 5, a tournament the U.S. team is a contender to win after taking the title in 1999 and 2003. Sixteen of the 52 matches will air on the Fox broadcast network, while the cable channels Fox Sports 1 will air 29 matches (including all eight of the round-of-16 phase) and Fox Sports 2 will show seven games. All matches will be streamed (for verified subscribers) on the Fox Sports Go app and online at FoxSportsGo.com.

For more on Fox's extensive Women's World Cup plans, see this article in May 18's Next TV section in Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable. Pictured above: a rendering of the new Fox Sports Women's World Cup studio set. 

Spanish-language telecasts of the tournament will be on NBCUniversal's Telemundo and NBC Universo.

Here is the Fox Sports television schedule:

FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2015 GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

Group AGroup B

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton                           Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa

Canada                                                                         Côte D’Ivoire*

China PR                                                                      Germany

Netherlands*                                                                 Norway

New Zealand                                                                Thailand*

Group CGroup D

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia                     Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cameroon*                                                                 Australia

Ecuador*                                                                    Nigeria

Japan                                                                        Sweden

Switzerland*                                                               USA

Group EGroup F

Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec                         Moncton Stadium, Moncton, New Brunswick

Brazil                                                                         Colombia

Costa Rica*                                                                England

Korea Republic                                                           France

Spain*                                                                       Mexico

*Denote countries making first appearance in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.

FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2015 MATCH TELECAST SCHEDULE

FOX, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2

(All times ET; Subject to change)

Day/Date           Time (ET)    Group       Match                                       Location           Network

Sat., June 6          6 PM          A          Canada vs China PR                  Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

                           9 PM           A          New Zealand vs Netherlands      Edmonton         FOX Sports 2

Sun., June 7        1 PM           B          Norway vs Thailand                   Ottawa              FOX

                           4 PM           B          Germany vs Côte d'Ivoire           Ottawa              FOX

Mon., June 8       4 PM            D          Sweden vs Nigeria                     Winnipeg          FOX

                          7 PM            C          Cameroon vs Ecuador               Vancouver        FOX Sports 2

                          7:30 PM       D          USA vs Australia                       Winnipeg          FOX Sports 1

                         10 PM           C          Japan vs Switzerland                 Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 9       1 PM             F          France vs England                    Moncton           FOX

                         4 PM             F          Colombia vs Mexico                  Moncton           FOX

                         4 PM             E          Spain vs Costa Rica                  Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                         7 PM             E          Brazil vs Korea Republic            Montreal           FOX Sports 1

Thur., June 11    4 PM             B          Germany vs Norway                  Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                         6 PM             A          China PR vs Netherlands           Edmonton         FOX Sports 2

                         7 PM             B          Côte d'Ivoire vs Thailand            Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                         9 PM            A          Canada vs New Zealand            Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

Fri., June 12       5 PM            D          Australia vs Nigeria                    Winnipeg          FOX Sports 1

                         7 PM            C          Switzerland vs Ecuador             Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                         8 PM            D          USA vs Sweden                        Winnipeg          FOX

                        10 PM           C          Japan vs Cameroon                  Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

Sat., June 13     1 PM            F          France vs Colombia                  Moncton           FOX

                        4 PM            F          England vs Mexico                    Moncton           FOX

                        4 PM            E          Brazil vs Spain                          Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM            E          Korea Republic vs Costa Rica    Montreal           FOX Sports 2

Mon., June 15  4 PM             B          Thailand vs Germany                 Winnipeg          FOX

                       4 PM             B          Côte d'Ivoire vs Norway             Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                       7:30 PM        A          Netherlands vs Canada              Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                       7:30 PM        A          China PR vs New Zealand          Winnipeg          FOX Sports 2

Tue., June 16   5 PM            C          Ecuador vs Japan                     Winnipeg          FOX Sports 1

                       5 PM            C          Switzerland vs Cameroon           Edmonton         FOX Sports 2

                       8 PM            D          Nigeria vs USA                          Vancouver        FOX

                       8 PM            D          Australia vs Sweden                  Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

Wed., June 17  4 PM            F          Mexico vs France                      Ottawa              FOX

                       4 PM            F          England vs Colombia                Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                       7 PM            E          Costa Rica vs Brazil                  Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                       7 PM            E          Korea Republic vs Spain           Ottawa              FOX Sports 2

Sat., June 20    4 PM                        Round of 16                              Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                   Round of 16                              Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

Sun., June 21   1 PM                        Round of 16                              Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM                       Round of 16                              Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                   Round of 16                              Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

Mon., June 22   5 PM                        Round of 16                              Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                        8 PM                        Round of 16                              Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 23    10 PM                      Round of 16                              Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

Fri., June 26      4 PM                       Quarterfinal                               Montreal           FOX

                        7:30 PM                   Quarterfinal                               Ottawa              FOX

Sat., June 27     4 PM                       Quarterfinal                               Edmonton         FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                   Quarterfinal                               Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 30    7 PM                        Semifinal                                  Montreal           FOX

Wed., July 1      7 PM                        Semifinal                                  Edmonton         FOX Sports 1   

Sat., July 4       4 PM                        Third Place Match                      Edmonton         FOX

Sun., July 5      7 PM                        Final                                         Vancouver        FOX

FOX SPORTS’ FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2015 COMPLETE TELECAST SCHEDULE

FOX, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2

(All times ET; Subject to change)

Day/Date           Time (ET)    Group       Program/Match                        Location           Network

Fri., June 5        7:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SPECIAL            FOX Sports 1

Sat., June 6       5 PM                             FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM            A                Canada vs China PR                Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                        8 PM                                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 2

                        9 PM             A          New Zealand vs Netherlands    Edmonton        FOX Sports 2

                        2 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Sun., June 7    12 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                       1 PM            B          Norway vs Thailand                  Ottawa              FOX

                       3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                       4 PM            B          Germany vs Côte d'Ivoire         Ottawa              FOX

                       12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Mon., June 8    3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                       4 PM            D          Sweden vs Nigeria                   Winnipeg         FOX

                       6:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1 & 2

                       7 PM             C          Cameroon vs Ecuador              Vancouver        FOX Sports 2

                       7:30 PM        D          USA vs Australia                      Winnipeg         FOX Sports 1

                       9:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                      10 PM          C          Japan vs Switzerland               Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                       2 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 9    12 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                       1 PM           F          France vs England                   Moncton           FOX

                       3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX & FOX Sports 1

                       4 PM            F          Colombia vs Mexico                 Moncton           FOX

                       4 PM            E          Spain vs Costa Rica                 Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                       6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                      7 PM            E          Brazil vs Korea Republic          Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                      11 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Thur., June 11   3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM          B          Germany vs Norway                 Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                        5:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 2

                        6 PM          A          China PR vs Netherlands          Edmonton        FOX Sports 2

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM          B          Côte d'Ivoire vs Thailand          Ottawa FOX Sports 1

                        9 PM          A          Canada vs New Zealand           Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                       12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports1

Fri., June 12      4 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        5 PM          D          Australia vs Nigeria                  Winnipeg         FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM          C          Switzerland vs Ecuador           Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        8 PM          D          USA vs Sweden                        Winnipeg         FOX

                        9 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        10 PM        C          Japan vs Cameroon                 Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                        1 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Sat., June 13     12 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        1 PM          F           France vs Colombia                 Moncton           FOX

                        3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        3:30 PM                   FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM          F          England vs Mexico                   Moncton           FOX

                        4 PM          E          Brazil vs Spain                         Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM            E          Korea Republic vs Costa Rica  Montreal           FOX Sports 2

                       12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Mon., June 15   3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX & FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM            B          Thailand vs Germany               Winnipeg         FOX

                        4 PM            B          Côte d'Ivoire vs Norway            Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1 & 2

                        7:30 PM            A          Netherlands vs Canada Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM            A          China PR vs New Zealand        Winnipeg         FOX Sports 2

                        10 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 16    4 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1 & 2

                        5 PM            C          Ecuador vs Japan                    Winnipeg         FOX Sports 1

                        5 PM            C          Switzerland vs Cameroon        Edmonton        FOX Sports 2

                        7 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX & FOX Sports 1

                        8 PM            D          Nigeria vs USA                         Vancouver        FOX

                        8 PM            D          Australia vs Sweden                 Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                        11 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Wed., June 17   3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX & FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM            F          Mexico vs France                     Ottawa              FOX

                        4 PM            F          England vs Colombia               Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1 & 2

                        7 PM            E          Costa Rica vs Brazil                 Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM            E          Korea Republic vs Spain          Ottawa              FOX Sports 2

                        12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1               

Sat., June 20     3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM                        Round of 16                             Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                        Round of 16                             Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                        1 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Sun., June 21    12 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        1 PM                        Round of 16                             Moncton           FOX Sports 1

                        3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM                        Round of 16                             Montreal           FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                        Round of 16                             Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                        9:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Mon., June 22   4 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        5 PM                        Round of 16                             Ottawa              FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        8 PM                        Round of 16                             Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                       12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 23    9 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        10 PM                      Round of 16                             Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                        1 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Fri., June 26      3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        4 PM                        Quarterfinal                              Montreal           FOX

                        7 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        7:30 PM                        Quarterfinal                              Ottawa              FOX

                        12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX

Sat., June 27     3:30 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        4 PM                        Quarterfinal                              Edmonton        FOX Sports 1

                        6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7:30 PM                        Quarterfinal                              Vancouver        FOX Sports 1

                        2 AM*                       FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Tue., June 30    6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        7 PM                        Semifinal                                 Montreal           FOX

                        10 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

Wed., July 1      6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX Sports 1

                        7 PM                        Semifinal                                 Edmonton        FOX Sports 1  

                       12 AM*                     FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Sat., July 4       3 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                       4 PM                        Third Place Match                    Edmonton        FOX

                       6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

Sun., July 5       6 PM                        FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TODAY               FOX

                        7 PM                        Final                                        Vancouver        FOX

                        10 PM                      FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT FOX Sports 1

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