June 3 – Having announced a landmark deal last week with US broadcaster Fox for the broadcast of every match of this summer’s women’s Euro, UC3 (the commercial arm for UEFA’s club competitions) has added a further US broadcast deal with CBS Sports who will become the exclusive English-language home of the new-look UEFA Women’s Champions League until 2030.
CBS already carries UEFA’s men’s club competitions.
Starting with the 2025–26 season, all 75 matches of the expanded UEFA Women’s Champions League will be available on Paramount+, with select matches also airing on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network.
Dan Weinberg, Executive Vice President of Programming, CBS Sports said: “The UEFA Women’s Champions League with its world class players and elite clubs adds tremendous value to CBS Sports’ premium soccer portfolio. CBS Sports is proud to be the home of the UEFA Women’s Champions League and all men’s UEFA club competitions through the end of the decade, further solidifying Paramount+ as the premier and must-have destination for soccer fans.”
The new Women’s Champions League format will launch from the beginning of the 2025/26 season, opening with a single-league stage featuring 18 teams.
Teams will no longer play three opponents twice – home and away – but will instead play six different teams in the league phase, playing half of those matches at home and half of them away. The top four sides in the league phase will qualify automatically for the quarter-finals, while the teams finishing in 5th to 12th place will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to secure their path to the last eight. Teams ranked 13 to 18 will be eliminated.
No value was given for the broadcast rights sale.
Guy-Laurent Epstein, Co-Managing Director, UC3 said: “We are delighted to expand our partnership with CBS Sports, bringing the UEFA Women’s Champions League alongside the UEFA men’s club competitions. As the competition embarks on an exciting new era, we look forward to CBS Sports delivering its dynamic and insightful coverage to American audiences, showcasing the highest level of women’s club football in its new format over the next five seasons.”
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