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StarTimes to air FIFA Club World Cup in December
| 24 November 2017
Pay-TV operator StarTimes has secured the Sub-Saharan African media rights to air the FIFA Club World Cup tournaments in 2017 and 2018, the first of which kicks off on 6 December.
FIFA Club World Cup 2017To be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the competition features the champion clubs from each of the six continental football confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country.
“We are glad to offer the only world club tournament on an exclusive basis to our subscribers in Africa. We are very excited because this is a unique opportunity for football fans to see the best clubs from each continent, including Real Madrid, play one against another,” said Vincent Yu, chief operating officer, StarTimes Media Division.
The Club World Cup UAE 2017 will see seven clubs play a total of eight matches from Wednesday 6 until Saturday 16 December in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain’s Hazza Bin Zayed stadiums. All matches will be broadcast live on ST World Football.
The competition will feature CAF champion Wydad Casablanca from Morocco, Mexico’s Club World Cup veterans Pachuca and New Zealand’s Auckland City. Club World Cup holders Real Madrid will have the chance to defend their global crown and be the first club to win two consecutive titles after winning the UEFA Champions League in June, while the AFC and CONMEBOL champions will be known at the end of November.
China-owned StarTimes already holds media rights for 2018 World Cup in Russia, along with all other FIFA events before then.
The pay-TV operator serves more than ten million subscribers in Africa through its digital terrestrial television (DTT) and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite platforms.