Indian football fans will now be able to enjoy the best Asian football as Football Sports Development Limited(FSDL) who organise the ISL have acquired the media rights to telecast all AFC competitions in India.
In this four year agreement, FSDL will have exclusive media rights ownership to all Asian football competitions like the annual club competitions, AFC Cup, AFC Champions League and other tournaments such as AFC Asian Qualifiers, AFC Asian Women’s Cup India 2022, AFC Asian China Cup 2023.
Nita Ambani who is the founder and chairperson of FSDL expressed her thoughts after securing the media rights for four years to telecast the AFC competitions in India.
This is a hugely significant development for Indian football. To bring Asia’s best footballing action for our fans is a key part of our long-term strategy, commitment, and desire to have as many Indian youths participate, follow, and engage with the sport. I believe the live telecast of Asian Football Confederation competitions to our homes will enable a generation of youth to follow the “beautiful game” and continue to raise and develop the profile of the sport.
We are fully committed to the development of Indian football and will continue to work with the stakeholders in India, AFC, and FIFA towards building a strong ecosystem.”
Moreover, FSDL will sub-license the media rights to different partner channels and digital services that will provide considerably more coverage of AFC competitions. Therefore AFC will gain great exposure in the Subcontinent due to this four-year deal.
AFC Fixtures that will be telecasted following the FSDL Media Rights
Let’s take a look at all the fixtures of AFC that will be exclusively telecasted in the Indian subcontinent between (2021-2024 cycle)
AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar (FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Asian Qualifiers Final Round)
AFC Women’s Asian Cup Finals 2022
AFC U23 Asian Cup Finals 2022
AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Finals 2022
AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Finals 2022
AFC Futsal Asian Cup Finals 2022
AFC Asian Cup Finals 2023
AFC U20 Asian Cup Finals 2023
AFC U17 Asian Cup Finals 2023
AFC U23 Asian Cup Finals 2024
AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Final Round) for Paris 2024
AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Finals 2024
AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Finals 2024
AFC Futsal Asian Cup Finals 2024 (2024 acting as the 2024 FIFA World Futsal Championships – Asian Final Qualifying Round)
AFC Solidarity Cup 2024.
AFC Club Competitions
AFC Champions League 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 -group stage, knock-out stage and finals.
AFC Cup 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 – group stage, knock-out stage and finals.
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