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SPORTS RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2017/2018 - EBU
ABOUT US

The EBU is the world’s foremost alliance of       The core of our operation is the acquisition      Flexible and business orientated are traits
public service media organizations, with          and distribution of media rights. We work with    which perfectly complement the EBU’s well
members in 56 countries in Europe and             more than 30 federations on a continually         established and highly effective distribution
beyond.                                           renewable sports rights portfolio consisting of   model on a European and Worldwide basis.
                                                  football, athletics, cycling, skiing, swimming
The EBU’s mission is to safeguard the interests   and many more. We are proud to collaborate        Smart business thinking and commitment to
of public service media and to promote their      with elite federations such as FIFA*, UEFA*,      innovation means the EBU is a key component
indispensable contribution to modern society.     IAAF, EAA, UCI, FINA, LEN, FIS, IPC, to name      at all stages of the broadcast value chain. The
                                                  a few.                                            EBU is the ideal one-stop-shop partner for the
Under the alias, EUROVISION, the EBU                                                                broadcast community.
produces and distributes top-quality live         In 2011, EBU created the Sales Unit to enhance
sports and news, as well as entertainment,        its competitiveness in an ever-evolving and       * EBU Football contracts with FIFA and UEFA are
culture and music content. Through                extremely challenging industry. The Unit          directly handled by the EBU Football Unit.
EUROVISION, the EBU provides broadcasters         handles the commercial distribution of sports
with on-site facilities and services for major    rights in EBU’s portfolio in not only European
world events in news, sport and culture.          territories but Worldwide. Our new approach,
                                                  underpinned by the unparalleled expertise
The EUROVISION broadcasting network,              and reach of public service broadcasters in
which combines satellite and fiber, is the        Europe opens new horizons to the EBU and
largest and most reliable in the world directly   maximizes exposure for the sports federations
connected to broadcasters.                        we represent.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMER SPORTS                  WINTER SPORTS           INDOOR SPORTS
IAAF ATHLETICS 			8            ÖSV SKIING 			     38   UEG GYMNASTICS 			50
EA ATHLETICS 			10             SWISS SKI SKIING			40
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS         FIS SKI FLYING 			 42
MULTI-SPORT			            12   IBU BIATHLON 			44
FINA SWIMMING 			16            ISU SKATING 			46
LEN SWIMMING 			20
TOUR OF FLANDERS CYCLING  22
UCI WORLD TOUR CYCLING 		 24
UCI CYCLING			26
UEC CYCLING			30
FISA ROWING 			32
ICF CANOEING 			34

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IAAF
ATHLETICS
After a successful 2017 World Championships staged in
London, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has
renewed its multi-year contract with the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for an
additional 6 years. The deal covers 3 editions of the
World Championships (2019, 2021 and 2023), the World
Indoor Championships (2018, 2020 and 2022) and more
than a dozen other competitions in the World Athletics
Series.

The EBU will team up with ESPN Media Distribution to
represent the media rights to the IAAF World Series
events across Europe and Africa, bringing a unique,
combined ability to maximize the profile of athletics and
increase access to the sport’s top global competitions to
hundreds of millions of fans across the two continents.

The kick-off of the new cycle will begin on 01 March 2018
in Birmingham, United Kingdom with the IAAF World
Indoor Championships where the world’s best athletes
will demonstrate their talents to break records and bring
the drama of the sport to new heights.
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NEXT EVENTS
EVENTS IN 2018                             EVENTS IN 2021
• World Indoor Championships,              • World Championships,
  1-4 Mar 2018, Birmingham, GBR              6–15 Aug 2021, Eugene, USA
• World Half Marathon Championships,       • World Cross Country Championships, TBA
  24 Mar 2018, Valencia, ESP               • World Relays, TBA
• World Race Walking Team Championships,
  5-6 May 2018, Taicang, CHN               EVENTS IN 2022
• World U20 Championships,                 • World Indoor Championships, TBA
  10-15 July 2018, Tampere, FIN            • World Half Marathon Championships, TBA
• Continental Cup,                         • World U20 Championships, TBA
  8-9 Sep 2018, Ostrava, CZE               • Continental Cup, TBA
                                           • World Race Walking Team Championships,
EVENTS IN 2019                               TBA
• World Cross Country Championships,
  30 Mar 2019, Aarhus, DEN                 EVENTS IN 2023
• World Relays,                            • World Championships, TBA
  4-5 May 2019, Nassau, BAH                • World Cross Country Championships, TBA
• World Championships,                     • World Relays, TBA
  28 Sep -6 Oct 2019, Doha, QAT
                                           TBA = Dates and/or venues have not yet been
EVENTS IN 2020                             advised by the IAAF

• World Indoor Championships, TBA
• World Half Marathon Championships, TBA
• World Race Walking Team Championships,      TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE
                                              AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE
  TBA
• World U20 Championships, TBA

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EA
ATHLETICS
The EBU has renewed its long standing commitment to cover all major
European Athletics events until the end of 2019.

The European Athletics Team Championships, the European Cross
Country Championships and the U18, U20 & U23 European Athletics
Championships taking place until 2019 are part of this agreement
together with the European Athletics Indoor Championships which will
take place in Glasgow in March 2019.

But the highlight of this 4 year agreement will of course be the European
Athletics Championships that will be staged in Berlin in 2018 and form
part of the newly created European Championships multi-sports event.

This major new event, taking place every four years, aggregates the
existing senior continental championships of Athletics (European
Athletics), Aquatics (LEN), Cycling (UEC), Gymnastics (UEG), Rowing
(FISA), Triathlon (ETU), with a new Golf Team Championships (ET &
LET) – all unified under a common brand.

In Berlin, the Olympic Stadium will be the venue for the European
Athletics Championships with the road races and race walking events
held throughout the city.
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NEXT EVENTS
• Cross Country European Championships,
  10 December 2017, Šamorin, Slovakia
• U18 European Athletics Championships,
  5-8 July 2018, Gyor, Hungary
• European Athletics Championships*,
  7-12 August 2018, Berlin, Germany
• European Cross Country Championships,
  9 December 2018, Tilburg, Netherlands
• European Athletics Indoor Championships,
  1-3 March 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• European Team Championships 1st League,
  1 June 2019, venue TBA
• European Team Championships Super
  League,
  22-23 June 2019, venue TBA
• European Junior Championships,
  1 July 2019, venue TBA
• U23 European Athletics Championships,
  11-14 July 2019, venue TBA
• European Cross Country Championships,
  8 December 2019, venue TBA

* part of the European Championships 2018

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

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EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MULTI-SPORT
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has reached agreements with the governing bodies of
Europe’s leading sports federations to bring to television audiences a newly created multi-sport
championship in 2018 – the European Championships.

Glasgow and Berlin will co-host the inaugural European Championships in August 2018, bringing
together the existing championships of seven of Europe’s leading sports into one coordinated,
exciting multi-sport event.

The event will gather the elite of European athletes in athletics, swimming, gymnastics, cycling,
rowing, triathlon and golf in two locations. Berlin will stage the athletics while all other events
will be staged in Glasgow.

More than 4000 athletes will compete in Berlin and Glasgow in this landmark European sporting
event which reflects the rich variety and enthusiasm for sport across the continent.

The 2018 European Championships will be staged over an eleven-day period during the summer
of 2018 and every four years thereafter.

The respective European federations, host cities and the newly created European
Championships have joined forces to deliver a unique event.
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NEXT EVENTS
• European Championships 2018,
  2-12 August , Glasgow, GBR/Berlin, GER

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

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2018 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAMME
2–12 AUGUST 2018

                                 Thu 2      Fri 3    Sat 4      Sun 5    Mon 6        Tue 7   Wed 8    Thu 9    Fri 10   Sat 11   Sun 12
        Competitions             August    August    August     August   August      August   August   August   August   August   August

      European Athletics
        Championships

       European Swimming
         Championships

 European Diving Championships

     European Synchronised
     Swimming Championships

     European Open Water
     Swimming Championships

       European Rowing
        Championships

      Triathlon European
         Championships

                  Athletics        Swimming/diving     Rowing            Triathlon        Cycling        Golf        Gymnastics

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Thu 2      Fri 3   Sat 4    Sun 5       Mon 6     Tue 7    Wed 8    Thu 9    Fri 10   Sat 11   Sun 12
    Competitions            August    August   August   August      August   August    August   August   August   August   August

 Cycling Track European
      Championships

 Cycling Road European
     Championships

  Cycling Mountain Bike
 European Championships

 Cycling BMX European
     Championships

   European Golf Team
      Championships

European Women’s Artistic
 Gymnastics Championships

European Men’s Artistic
Gymnastics Championships

             Athletics      Swimming/diving    Rowing            Triathlon       Cycling        Golf        Gymnastics

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FINA
SWIMMING
FINA is a long-standing partner of Eurovision who have provided
countless hours of water sports to swimming fans across Europe.
In the renewed and extended agreement that runs from 2018 to
2021, Eurovision is partnering with ESPN Media Distribution to
ensure the best exposure possible in Europe is reached.

Swimming is the second pillar of Summer Olympic Sports, and is
a very attractive discipline for broadcasters. It has also become
even more spectacular in recent years due to improved TV
production quality.

The renewed agreement includes:

PACKAGE A – EUROPEAN RIGHTS                      PACKAGE B – EUROPEAN RIGHTS                       PACKAGE C – WORLDWIDE RIGHTS
• 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)   • FINA Diving World Cups 2018 & 2020              • FINA Diving World Series 2018-2021
     2018                                        • FINA High Diving World Cups 2017, 2018, 2019,   • FINA Swimming World Cups 2018-2021
• 18th FINA World Championships 2019                  2020 & 2021                                  • FINA Water Polo World League Super Finals (Men
• 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)   • FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup 2020            & Women) 2018-2021
     2020                                        • FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
• 19th FINA World Championships 2021                  2017, 2019 & 2021

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NEXT EVENTS
NEXT FINA WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
• 14th FINA World Swimming
  Championships (25m) 2018,
  Hangzhou, China
• 18th FINA World Swimming
  Championships 2019,
  Gwangju, Korea
• 15th FINA World Swimming
  Championships (25m) 2020,
  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 19th FINA World Championships 2021,
  Fukuoka, Japan

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FINA PACKAGES                                                  HIGH DIVING WORLD CUPS
                                                               Since the remarkable introduction of High Diving in the
                                                               FINA World Championships programme and crowning
PACKAGE A                                                      moment of the first-ever World champions in Barcelona
                                                               (ESP) in 2013, the sport has continued to grow in popularity
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS                                            and attractiveness. Two events are on the programme; a
One of the biggest sporting events in the world, in terms      men's competition in five rounds and a women's competition
of participation and global exposure, Lining up almost         in two rounds. Men perform five dives from a 27m platform
3,000 athletes in six different disciplines, competing in 75   while women take off from a 20m platform, exhibiting three.
contests over a period of 17 days. The competitions consist
of swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming,         SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING WORLD CUP
synchronized swimming and water polo.                          The FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup is an
                                                               international, synchronized swimming event organized by
WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
                                                               FINA   and    currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level
The Swimming World Championships the best swimmers
                                                               international 'synchro' competition. The event features
from over 176 countries for in the World Cup pool (25m). In
                                                               competition in the four synchro event (Solo, Duet, Team and
this 6 days event swimmers will compete for 46 gold medals
                                                               Free Combination), and allows each entered nation to have
and eternal glory.
                                                               one entrant per event. The winner of the event is determined
                                                               by adding nation's points from the four events.

PACKAGE B                                                      WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING
                                                               CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVING WORLD CUPS                                              The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (or
The FINA Diving World Cup is an international biennial         "Junior Worlds") is a swimming championship event
diving competition in which divers perform intricate           organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–
acrobatic manoeuvres to score the highest point decided by     18 on 31 December of the year of the competition. It is held
the judges.                                                    biennially, and has been held since 2006.
PACKAGE C                                                    FINA DIVING WORLD SERIES
                                                             The   FINA   Diving   World   Series   marks   the   ultimate
FINA/AIRWEAVE SWIMMING WORLD CUP
                                                             competition in Diving which offers an annual meeting
FINAs flagship swimming series, launched in 1979, the        opportunity for the worlds brightest diving stars. This
FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup attracts world-             prestigious and exclusive event invites the world’s highest
class swimmers in a series of two-day events organized       ranked athletes including World and Olympic medalists.
annually between August and November. Split in three         From March to May, the best divers in the world exhibit their
clusters the Swimming World Cup series stops at 9 iconic     breath-taking skills and compete for prize money exceeding
cities with state-of-the-art arenas across Europe, MENA      USD 1million in a four-leg competition format which features
and Asia gathering worldwide attention. With prize money     ten events: women’s and men’s individual 3m springboard
of more than USD 2 million the FINA/airweave Swimming        /   10m   platform, men’s and women’s      synchronized 3m
World Cup attracts Olympic and World Champions from all      springboard / 10m platform and mixed synchronized 3m
over the world. The short-course event series features 36    springboard / 10 platform.
competitions at each meeting and mark a unique stage of
world record performances in thrilling head-to-head races.

FINA WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE
The FINA Water Polo World League is the pinnacle of
National team league competition in Water Polo, taking
place annually since 2002. During the season – typically
from winter through June – the world’s best teams compete
on    inter-/continental   tournaments to qualify for the
championship tournaments, the so called Super Final. In an
elite team competition with high competitive matches the
best Water Polo Nation team of the world will be crowned.
LEN
SWIMMING
Eurovision is proud to represent LEN European Aquatics
Championships on a worldwide basis. Europeans have shown their
strength on the Aquatic scene over recent years, and with events
such as Water Polo, Long and Short Course Swimming, Diving
and Synchronized Swimming, these sports offer spectators a
chance to enjoy both physical and artistic aspects of the Aquatic
events. In 2018 the European Aquatics Championships will be
staged in Glasgow and form part of the newly created European
Championships.

The UK, France, Italy, Netherlands and Hungary are the reigning
European Champions, heavily challenged by Denmark, Ukraine
or Germany. Russia however remains unrivalled when it comes to
Synchronized Swimming.

Eurovision also distributes the worldwide rights to the Water Polo
Champions League 2017/18. Our rights include the 60 games of
the preliminary rounds (with the exception of the first party rights)
and the rights to all the games of the Champions League Final Six
(with the exception of the host country). The 2017/18 season will
take place as follows: Preliminary rounds – December 2017 to April
2018. The Final Six will be staged in Genova on 1 May 2018.
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NEXT EVENTS
2017                                     • European Open Water Championships,
• European Diving Championship,            June 2020, Budapest, HUN
  12-18 June 2017, Kiev, UKR
• Short Course Swimming European
  Championships,
                                         TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
  13-17 December 2017, Copenhagen, DEN   ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

2018
• European Water Polo Championships,
  14-28 July 2018, Barcelona, ESP
• European Aquatics Championships,
  3-12 August 2018, Glasgow, GBR

2019
• European Diving Championships,
  June 2019, TBA
• European Synchronized Swimming
  Championships,
  June 2019, TBA
• European Short Course Championships,
  December 2019, Glasgow, GBR

2020
• European Water Polo Championships,
  January 2020, Budapest, HUN
• European Aquatics Championships,
  May 2020, Budapest, HUN

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TOUR OF FLANDERS
CYCLING
Eurovision and Flanders Classics NV continue to partnership for the
distribution of the European media rights to the Tour of Flanders. The Tour
of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every
spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race.

It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the
European professional calendar and is the most important cycling race in
Flanders. Starting in beautiful Antwerpen and finishing in Oudenaarde.

The Tour de Flanders offers 6 hours of content, the race starts at 10.30 CET
and ends at approx. 16:30 CET.

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NEXT EVENTS
• The Tour of Flanders,
  31 March 2018, Belgium

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
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UCI WORLD TOUR
CYCLING
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold race is one of cycling’s historic races for European
cycling fans. It is also further confirmation of the firm commitment
of the EBU to the sport of cycling. As one of the main cycling
countries, a pro-cycling classic is a must for the Netherlands. The
Amstel Gold Race has been the showpiece of the Dutch cycling
community for more than 50 years. Not for nothing did the
spectacular Amstel Gold track host the Road World Championship
several times.
Clasica San Sebastian
The Clasica San Sebastian is a race organized right after the Tour
de France and forms part of the UCI World Tour. The 230 km race
is famous for its spectacular views of the coastline and its winding,
rolling terrain.
EuroEyes Cyclassics
The Hamburg EuroEyes Cyclassics, formerly HEW Cyclassics and
Vattenfall Cyclassics, is an annual one-day cycling race taged in and
around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance
is always around 250 km. The course’s most significant difficulty is
Waseberg hill in Blankenese, which is addressed three times in the
race finale.
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NEXT EVENTS
• Amstel Gold Race, 1 April 2018, Netherlands
• Clasica San Sebastian, July 2018, Spain
• Hamburg Cyclassics, August 2018, Germany

 TERRITORIES CLASICA SAN SEBASTIAN AND
 HAMBURG CYCLASSICS: RIGHTS ARE AVAILA-
 BLE WORLDWIDE. AMSTEL GOLD RACE: RIGHTS
 ARE AVAILABLE FOR EUROPE.

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UCI
CYCLING
Eurovision is proud to be working with the UCI to bring the world’s
leading international cycling events to European audiences for the
next eight years (2017-2024).

We will be following the rainbow jersey across the globe to bring
the best live action from both established competitions and rapidly
growing events to cycling fans throughout Europe. The portfolio
of events includes the annual UCI World Championships for road,
track cycling, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX and urban cycling
together with the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup and the
Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup.

The UCI events provide broadcasters with year-round world class
cycling events that appeal to audiences of all ages.

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NEXT EVENTS
• Road World Championships,
  23-30 Sep 2018, Innsbruck, AUT
• Track World Championships,
  28 Feb-4 Mar 2018, Apeldoorn, NED
• Track World Cups,
  6 events from Nov 2017 to Jan 2018, various
  places
• Mountain Bike World Championships,
  4-9 Sep 2018, Lenzerheide, SUI
• BMX World Championships,
  21-27 May 2018, Baku, AZE
• Cyclo-Cross World Championships,
  3-4 Feb 2018, Valkenburg, NED
• Cyclo-Corss World Cups,
  9 events from Sep 2017 to Jan 2018, various
  places
• Urban Cycling World Championships,
  9-12 Nov 2017, Chengdu, CHN

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

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WORLD CLASS EVENTS
UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS                                      UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD
                                                                  CHAMPIONSHIPS
The UCI Road World Championships see the best cyclists in
the world compete to be the road race, individual time trial      The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships include
and team time trial UCI World Champions. Follow the action        cross-country Olympic and downhill competitions. Part of
live as cyclists compete in their country/team’s colours for      the Olympic programme, cross- country races are ridden
the privilege of wearing the World Champion’s rainbow             on undulating circuits featuring di erent natural obstacles.
jersey on the roads for the next season.                          Downhill is a race against the clock from top to bottom
                                                                  during which riders negotiate a succession of incredibly fast
                                                                  and technical passages.

UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
                                                                  UCI BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In this prestigious event, track cyclists compete in a wide
variety of track cycling specialties including: time trial,       The best BMX riders on the planet compete to be UCI World

individual pursuit, keirin, team pursuit, points race, Scratch,   Champions in the BMX race in which eight riders set o

individual sprint, team sprint, omnium, and Madison               together from the 8m start ramp: jumps, speed and daring

(men only). With riders reaching incredible speeds and            are the DNA of this discipline, particularly appreciated by

demonstrating amazing endurance, the UCI Track Cycling            young spectators.

World Championships are a truly awe-inspiring competition.
UCI URBAN CYCLING WORLD                                           TELENET UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CUP
CHAMPIONSHIPS
                                                                  The Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is a season-long
The UCI Urban Cycling World Championships include three           competition spanning from September to January. The
di erent disciplines: BMX freestyle park, mountain bike           series tests not only the tness and cycling skills of the cyclo-
cross-country Eliminator (XCE) and trials. Showcasing the         cross riders, but also their consistency, as they ght it out for
urban environment, the event attracts a large number of           the top spot over at least eight events.
spectators and is particularly popular with young audiences.
One event, three disciplines!

                                                                  UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP
                                                                  The UCI Track Cycling World Cup is a multi-race track cycling
UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD                                             tournament that travels the world. Each round takes place in
CHAMPIONSHIPS
                                                                  a di erent country. Riders must perform well at all rounds to
Played out on hilly technical circuits of 2.5-3.5km and lasting   have a chance of winning the overall title. Consistency is key!
around one hour, cyclo-cross demands both supreme bike
handling skills and incredible     tness levels. The courses
feature a variety of terrain including pavement, wooded
trails, grass and obstacles that require the rider to dismount
and carry their bike.
UEC
CYCLING
Eurovision is proud to be able to bring the best of European cycling
to viewers following a three-year deal with the Union Européenne
de Cyclisme (UEC).

Eurovision has the worldwide distribution rights for the annual
Road, Track, Mountain Bike, Cyclo-cross and BMX European
Championships to 2021.

The best European cyclists will compete in more than 50 days of
competitions every year. In 2018 the Road, Track, Mountain Bike
and BMX European Championships are part of the newly created
European Championships multi-sport event which will take place
from 2 to 18 August 2018.

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NEXT EVENTS
• UEC 2017 Cyclo-Cross ECHs,
  4–5 November 2017, Tabor, Czech Republic
• UEC 2018 Cyclo-Cross ECHs,
  TBA dates/venue
• UEC 2018 Road, Track, MTB, BMX,
  2 to 18 August, Glasgow, United Kingdom

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

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FISA
ROWING
Arguably one of the most beautiful and the most demanding
of all sports, rowing requires focus, presence and teamwork.
These qualities are the cornerstones of the sport, and
are reflected in Eurovision’s values. The EBU is proud to
announce the renewal of the contract with FISA for the
edition 2017-2020 and thus one more time offer the FISA
World Championships as well as the FISA World Cups to the
European broadcasters.

The World Rowing Cup is an annual team competition,
comprising three international regattas in Grand Prix format
per year. A World Rowing Cup Champion is allocated in each
boat class to the nation with the most points won in that boat
class at all three regattas.

The World Rowing Championships is an annual, 8 day
Championships for male & female rowers in all 14 Olympic
disciplines. It attracts entries of approximately 1,200 athletes
representing up to 70 countries. The last 4 days of semis
& finals (Thursday-Sunday) generate worldwide television
coverage.

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NEXT EVENTS
2018                                        • Rowing Olympic Qualifications,
• World Rowing Cup 1,                         May 2020, place TBA
  1-3 June 2018, Belgrade, Serbia           • European Rowing Championships,
• World Rowing Cup 2,                         May 2020, place TBA
  22-24 June 2018, Linz, Austria            • World Rowing Cup 2, June 2020, place TBA
• World Rowing Cup 3,                       • World Rowing Cup 3, July 2020, place TBA
  13-15 July 2018, Luzern, Switzerland
• World Rowing Championships,
  9-16 September 2018, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
                                            TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
                                            ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
2019
• World Rowing Cup 1,
  10-12 May 2019, place TBA
• European Rowing Championships,
  31 May-2 June 2019, Lucern, Switzerland
• World Rowing Cup 2,
  22-24 June 2019, place TBA
• World Rowing Cup 3,
  12-14 June 2019, place TBA
• Rowing World Championships,
  25 Aug-1 Sep 2019, Linz, Austria

2020
• World Rowing Cup 1,
  March 2020, place TBA

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ICF
CANOEING
Together with the International Canoeing Federation
(ICF), Eurovision brings the best of the canoeing
disciplines live to the audience.

Canoe Slalom is an exciting, adrenaline-fueled sport,
where the paddlers have to negotiate their way down
a 300m stretch of white water rapids. Paddlers race
through a series of up to 25 gates, which are made up
of red and green poles.

In Canoe Sprint events, athletes race on a straight
course, each boat in a separate lane, over three di erent
distances: 200m, 500m, 1000m and 5000m as well as
the 200m x 4 relay.

ICF produces all the Canoe Slalom and Canoe Sprint
World Championships.

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NEXT EVENTS
• Sprint World Championships
• 23-27 August 2017, Racice, Czech Republic
• 21-25 August 2018, Montemoro o Velho, Portugal
• 21-25 August 2019, Szeged, Hungary

• Slalom World Championships
• 29 September-1 October 2017, Pau, France
• 12-16 September 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 11-15 September 2019, La Seu d’Urgell, Spain

 TERRITORIES WORLDWIDE WITH THE EXCEP-
 TION OF CANADA, BRAZIL AND NEW ZEALAND

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WINTER SPORTS
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ÖSV
SKIING
Eurovision is proud to represent the Austrian Skiing
Federation (ÖSV), for the worldwide distribution of
the FIS Skiing World Cups taking place in Austria.

The Austrian ski season will start on the 28th of
October in Sölden. The world’s elite skiers will also
meet in Kitzbühel from 19th to 21st of January, 2018
and will compete on the famous Streif, one of the
most demanding race course on the World Cup
circuit.

The ÖSV contract includes 38 competitions per year
with an average of 1.5 hours of live coverage from
the main competitions leading to approximately 55
hours in total.

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ALPINE MEN                                    SKI FLYING
• 29 October 2017, Sölden, GS                 • 13-14 January 2018, Tauplitz
• 19 January 2018, Kitzbuhel, SUPER G
• 20 January 2018, Kitzbuhel, DH              SKI JUMPING
• 21 January 2018, Kitzbuhel, SL              • 3-4 January 2018, Innsbruck
• 23 January 2018, Schladming, Night SL       • 5-6 January 2018, Bischofshofen
• 4 January 2018, TBA                         • 3-4 February 2018, Hinzenbach
• 6 January 2018, TBA
• 1-2 March 2018, TBA                         SNOWBOARD
                                              • 26 November 2017, TBC, Slopestyle
ALPINE WOMEN                                  • 16-17 December 2017, Montafon, SBX
• 28 October 2017, Sölden, GS                 • 5-6 January 2018, PGS
• 28 December 2017, Linz, Tyrol, GS
• 29 December 2017, Linz, Tyrol, SL
• 13 January 2018, Bad Kleinkirchheim, DH
                                              TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
• 14 January 2018, Tauplitz, SG               ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
• 9 January 2018, Flachau, Night SL
• 3 January 2018, TBA

• Alpine Team City, 1 January 2018, Austria

NORDIC COMBINED
• 16-17 December 2017, Ramsau
• 26-28 January 2018, Seefeld

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SWISS SKI
SKIING
Eurovision is proud to distribute the rights to the
Swiss Ski World Cups for the next five seasons (2017
- 2022) on a worldwide basis.

The FIS World Cups allocated to Switzerland each
season cover all six key disciplines, but the Alpine
races are at the core of the Swiss package. The
Lauberhorn Downhill reigns as the oldest, longest,
fastest, and arguably the most beautiful course on
the World Cup circuit. It’s also known as the most
physically demanding.

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                                             • 31 December 2017, Lenzerheide, 15km C, M
ALPINE MEN
                                             • 31 December 2017, Lenzerheide, 10km C, W
• 6 January 2018, Adelboden, GS
                                             • 1 January 2018, Lenzerheide, 10km Pursuit
• 7 January 2018, Adelboden, SL
                                               F, W
• 12 January 2018, Wengen, AC (DH/SL)
                                             • 1 January 2018, Lenzerheide, 15km Pursuit F
• 13 January 2018, Wengen, DH
• 14 January 2018, Wengen, SL
                                             OTHERS
                                             • 12 December 2017, Arosa, Freestyle Skiing,
ALPINE WOMEN
                                               SX, M/W
• 8 December 2017, St. Moritz, AC (SG+SL)
                                             • 19-20 January 2018, Laax, Snowboard,
• 9 December 2017, St. Moritz, SG
                                               SL+HP, M/W
• 10 December 2017, St. Moritz, SG
                                             • 3 March 2018, Silvaplana, Freestyle Skiing,
• 27 January 2018, Lenzerheide, GS
                                               SL, M/W
• 28 January 2018, Lenzerheide, SL
                                             • 10 March 2018, Scuol, Snowboard, PGS,
• 3 March 2018, Crans Montana, AC (SG+SL)
                                               M/W
• 4 March 2018, Crans Montana, SG
                                             • 10 March 2018, Airolo, Freestyle Skiing,
                                               Moguls Dual, M/W
SKI JUMPING
                                             • 17-18 March 2018, Veysonnaz, Snowboard,
• 16 December 2017, Engelberg, HS137
                                               SBX+SBX Team, M/W
• 17 December 2017, Engelberg, HS137

CROSS COUNTRY
• 9 December 2017, Davos, Sprint F, M/W      TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
                                             ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
• 10 December 2017, Davos, 10km F, W
• 10 December 2017, Davos, 15km F, M
• 30 December 2017, Lenzerheide, Sprint F,
  M/W

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FIS
SKI FLYING
The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event
organised by the International Ski Federation and held every
two years. It is a truly spectacular discipline appealing to new
audiences with drama and excitement.

There are just five ski flying hills in the world, in Harrachov (CZE),
Vikersund (NOR), Planica (SLO), Kulm (AUT) and Oberstdorf
(GER). These hills are much larger than ski jumping hills, with the
K-point set between 185 metres and 200 metres. Unlike ordinary
ski jumping, the Ski Flying World Champion is determined after
four jumps. 40 jumpers qualify for the competition and jump
the first round, 10 are eliminated, and the 30 remaining jumpers
compete in the last three rounds. The athlete with most points
combined after four jumps is declared the World Champion.

The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2018 will take place in
Oberstdorf (GER).

Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland
and Japan are the ski flying top nations. France, Russia, Italy or
US will challenge the “reigning stars” in Obersdorf next year.

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NEXT EVENTS
• FIS Ski Flying World Championships,
  18-21 January 2018, Oberstdorf, Germany
• FIS Ski Flying World Championships,
  Dates TBA 2020, Planica, Slovenia

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS

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IBU
BIATHLON
The Winter Olympic sport of Biathlon combines the
endurance of free-technique cross-country skiing with
precision small-ball rifle marksmanship. With it being a
popular spectator sport, biathlon draws a huge audience
not only at the competitions but also on screen.

The combination of two very different disciplines in the
same competition - skiing and shooting - presents the
athletes with an extremely demanding challenge.

Intense spectator interest in biathlon is not surprising
as it offers a wide spectrum of concurrent dynamic
activities in the course of a single event. For example, in
the pursuit, a spectator can view starts, shooting, penalty
loop and finishes while always aware of who is in the
lead. On the competition trails or in the stadium it is just
as exhilarating for the spectators, who can follow the
exciting duels between the athletes at close range.

Needless to say, EBU is proud to have recently renewed
its contract with the IBU until the year of 2022.

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NEXT EVENTS
• Biathlon World Cup 1,
  24 Nov–3 Dec 2017, Oestersund, Sweden
• Biathlon World Cup 2,
  5–10 December 2017, Hochfilzen, Austria
• Biathlon World Cup 3,
  2–17 Dec 2017, Le Grand Bornand, France
• Biathlon World Cup 4,
  2-7 January 2018, Oberhof, Germany
• Biathlon World Cup 5,
  9–14 January 2018, Ruhpolding, Germany
• Biathlon World Cup 6,
  16–21 January 2018, Anterselva, Italy
• Open European Championships U26,
  22–28 January 2018, Ridanna, Italy
• Youth Junior World Championships,
  23 February–4 March 2018, Otepaa, Estonia
• Biathlon World Cup 7,
  6–11 March 2018, Kontiolahti, Finland
• Biathlon World Cup 8,
  13–18 March 2018, Oslo, Norway
• Biathlon World Cup 9,
  20–25 March 2018, Tyumen, Russia
• Biathlon Summer World Championships,
  dates and venue TBA

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
ISU
SKATING
Eurovision is proud to represent the International
Skating Union (ISU). This winter, the ISU will hold
more than 30 events, making skating one of the
most extensive sports in the world. We have
the pleasure in providing this large number of
competitions to European audiences, including
Figure Skating, Synchronized Skating, Speed
Skating and Short Track Speed Skating European
and World Championships. The ISU offers more than
250 hours of live content, starting with the Grand
Prix of Figure Skating Cup of China in November
2017 and ending with the Grand Prix of Figure
Skating in November 2018 in Russia.

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FIGURE SKATING                                 • World Allround Speed Skating              • World Cup Short Track Speed Skating,
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of China,     Championships,                              9-12 Nov 2017, Shanghai, China
  3-5 Nov 2017, Beijing, China                   9-11 Mar 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands     • World Cup Short Track Speed Skating,
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy,                                                   16-19 Nov 2017, Seoul, Korea
  10-12 Nov 2017, Osaka, Japan                 SPEED SKATING                               • European Short Track Speed Skating
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating                 • World Cup Speed Skating,                    Championships,
  Internationaux de France,                      10-12 Nov 2017, Heerenveen, Netherlands     12-14 Jan 2018, Dresden, Germany
  17-19 Nov 2017, Grenoble, France             • World Cup Speed Skating,                  • World Short Track Speed Skating
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating Skate             17-19 Nov 2017, Stavanger, Norway           Championships,
  America,                                     • World Cup Speed Skating,                    16-18 Mar 2018, Montreal, Canada
  24-26 Nov 2017, Lake Placid, USA               1-3 Dec 2017, Calgary, Canada
• Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final,          • World Cup Speed Skating,
  7-10 Dec 2017, Nagoya, Japan                   8-10 Dec 2017, Salt Lake City, USA
                                                                                           TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
• European Figure Skating Championships,       • World Cup Speed Skating,                  ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
  15-21 Jan 2018, Moscow, Russia                 19-21 Jan 2018, Erfurt, Germany
• Four Continents Figure Skating               • World Cup Speed Skating Final,
  Championships,                                 17-18 Mar 2018, Minsk, Belarus
  22-27 Jan 2018, Taipei City, Taiwan          • European Speed Skating Championships,
• World Junior Figure Skating                    5-7 Jan 2018, Kolomna, Russia
  Championships,                               • World Sprint Speed Skating
  5-11 Mar 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria                 Championships,
• World Figure Skating Championships,            3-4 Mar 2018, Changchun, China
  19-25 Mar 2018, Milano, Italy
• World Junior Speed Skating                   SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
  Championships,                               • World Cup Short Track Speed Skating,
  9-11 Mar 2018, Salt Lake City, USA             28 Sep-1 Oct 2017, Budapest, Hungary
                                               • World Cup Short Track Speed Skating,
                                                 5-8 Oct 2017 Dordrecht, Netherlands
INDOOR SPORTS
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UEG
GYMNASTICS
For more than 25 years Eurovision has had an
agreement with UEG, and the story continues to
this day. Covering 10 championships, including
all Men’s and Women’s European Artistic
and Rhythmic Championships distributed on
Eurovision’s state-of-the-art broadcast network.

Combining the technical performance with finesse
and grace this beautiful sport has a wide interest in
a large number of countries around the world.

The Artistic (Men and Women) and Rhythmic
European Championships are held annually. An
average of 70 hours of footage is distributed on
Eurovision’s network every year.

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NEXT EVENTS
• UEG 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European
  Championships,
  1–3 June 2018, Valladolid, Spain
• UEG 2018 Artistic Team Gymnastics
  European Championships,
  2–12 August 2018, Glasgow, Great Britain
• UEG 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Individual
  European Championships,
  10–14 April 2019, Szczecin, Poland
• UEG 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European
  Championships,
  10–12 May 2019, TBA
• UEG 2020 Artistic Team Gymnastics
  European Championships,
  29 April–3 May 2020, Paris, France
• UEG 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics European
  Championships,
  22–24 May 2020, Kiev, Ukraine
• UEG 2020 Artistic Team Gymnastics
  European Championships,
  27–31 May 2020, Baku, Azerbaijan

 TERRITORIES THESE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE
 ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS
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