Where to watch and listen to Poland/Sweden 2023

17 Jan. 2023

Where to watch and listen to Poland/Sweden 2023

The 28th IHF Men’s World Championship in Poland and Sweden is a truly global event, with 32 countries from across the world competing for World Championship glory. 

For those fans who cannot come and experience the fast-paced action of one of the most popular sports in the world live, there are numerous opportunities to watch and listen to the competition through a variety of television, radio and streaming outlets across the globe – thanks to our partner SPORTFIVE, the official media distribution agency of the IHF.

Free live stream
For all territories without rights-holder agreements, all matches will be streamed live via the official IHF - Competitions YouTube channel.

Television rights-holders
Geo-blocking will apply on the IHF – Competitions YouTube channel, check local station listings, some broadcasters may not show every match live.

To find out where you can catch all the excitement of the championship, see the list of broadcasters in territory and country order below.

Poland/Sweden 2023 – Global TV and radio

*All information correct as of 10:00 CET, Tuesday 17 January 2023

Africa

Cape Verde (CPV): Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana (RTC) (all CPV matches plus final)

Egypt (EGY): ONTIME Sports (all EGY matches, semi-finals plus) finals

Middle East & North Africa: ASBU

Morocco (MAR): Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision Maroc

Tunisia (TUN): Télévision Tunisienne

Asia

Bahrain (BRN): ASBU

China (CHN): Huya (20 Matches live and VOD)

Israel (ISR): Charlton TV (Sport 1)

Japan (JPN): Sportsbull

Qatar (QAT): Al Kass

Saudi Arabia (KSA): SSC (Saudi Sports Channel) (All KSA matches plus many more) 

Europe

Belgium (BEL): VRT (all BEL matches live, delayed, highlights, clips on all platforms) + RBTF (all BEL matches live, delayed, highlights, clips on all platforms)

Bulgaria (BUL): B1B (17 matches)

Bosnia Herzegovina (BIH): Arenasport

Croatia (CRO): HRT (news access, all CRO matches) + RTL

Czech Republic (CZE): Czech TV

Denmark (DEN): DR + TV2 

Estonia (EST): Viaplay

Finland (FIN) Viaplay

France (FRA): beIN Sport France + TF1 / TFX /TMC

Georgia (GEO): Silknet

Germany (GER): ARD & ZDF (all GER matches live, clips & highlights of other matches) + Eurosport (15 matches tbc, no GER matches) + Sportdeutschland.TV (all matches live and VOD on Handballdeutschland.tv, GER matches incl. on Sportdeutschland.TV Plus) + Axel Springer/ BILD (highlights GER matches) + Bundeswehr TV (closed circuit) + kicker.de (highlights GER matches) + RTL / n-tv (News Access all GER matches) + Servus TV (News Access all GER matches) 

Hungary (HUN): MTVA

Iceland (ISL): RUV

Italy (ITA): FIGH Italia (min. 15 matches)

Kosovo (KOS): Arenasport

Latvia (LAT): Viaplay

Lithuania (LIT): Viaplay

Montenegro (MNE): Arenasport + RTCG (all MNE matches)

Netherlands (NED): Viaplay

North Macedonia (MKD): Arenasport + MKRTV (all MKD matches)

Norway (NOR): Viaplay (Norway matches + the most interesting ones on TV3, the rest on Viaplay stream)

Poland (POL): Viaplay + TVP (all POL matches plus semi-finals and finals)

Portugal (POR): RTP

Romania (ROM): Prima Sport

Serbia (SRB): Arenasport

Slovakia (SVK): RTV Slovenska

Slovenia (SLO): RTV Slovenija (all SLO matches)

Spain (ESP): RTVE (on Teledeporte. TVE 1 in case ESP reach semi-finals and finals)

Sweden (SWE): Viaplay (TV6 will be main linear channel, all SWE matches and other studio broadcasts will be aired on that channel. An assortment of matches will be on linear channels TV10 and V Sport Extra. All matches from the world championship will be streamed on Viaplay.)

Switzerland (SUI): SRG (10 matches live plus news access of other matches)

Ukraine (UKR): Poverhnost TV (PVP+)

United Kingdom* (GBR): Viaplay 

* England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

North America and the Caribbean

Caribbean*: DirecTV

United States of America (USA): ESPN

* Caribbean: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

South and Central America

Argentina (ARG): TYC 

Colombia (COL): DirecTV

Ecuador (ECU): DirecTV

Peru (PER): DirectTV

Uruguay (URU): TVC Sports

Venezuela (VEN): DirecTV

Radio

France (FRA): Europe 1 + RMC Sport

Pan Europe – Eurovision (EBU) all EBU member territories