TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today an agreement with CBC that will see CBC Sports provide broadcast and streaming coverage of Canada Soccer’s women’s national team’s (above) three group stage games in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
Mediapro Canada is the rights holder in Canada for all Concacaf national team tournaments through to 2023.
The 2022 Concacaf W Championship “is contested by the eight top-ranked national teams from the North and Central American and Caribbean region and will take place from July 4 to 18 in Monterrey, Mexico,” a press release explains.
The tournament qualifies four teams directly for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The winning team also qualifies for the 2024 Olympic Games and the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup.
“CBC Sports will provide broadcast coverage of [Canada’s] first two group stage matches, against Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday, July 5, and Panama, on Friday, July 8, on a delayed basis (check local listings), and live coverage of the match against Costa Rica on Monday, July 11 starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBC TV and CBC Gem,” reads the release.
The three games will also be available to stream on cbcsports.ca and the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices.
In addition, the entire 16-match W Championship tournament, including the semi-finals and final, will air on Mediapro’s dedicated soccer channel OneSoccer, which is available as a linear channel on Telus Optik TV (Ch. 980 in the More Sports pack), as well as via the fuboTV Canada platform, at onesoccer.ca and the OneSoccer app. OneSoccer’s coverage will be offered with English, French and Spanish commentary.
For the Canada v. Costa Rica match on July 11, CBC Sports will host the OneSoccer panel, anchored by award-winning broadcaster Andi Petrillo, who will be joined in CBC’s Toronto studio by analyst Oliver Platt and special guest Diana Matheson, former Canadian national team player and two-time Olympic Games bronze medallist. Nigel Reed and former national team player Amy Walsh will call the game.
“This is exciting news and we want to thank both OneSoccer and CBC Sports for partnering on this broadcast coverage,” said Nick Bontis, president of Canada Soccer, in the press release. “This is an important international championship with critical qualifying matches, and we welcome the increased access and viewers as our Women’s National Team embarks on its World Cup and Olympic journey.”
Photo of Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team shown prior to its June 26 international friendly against Korea Republic at BMO Field in Toronto provided by Mediapro Canada.
