Netflix Will Stream The Women’s World Cup In 2027 And 2031

Netflix’s push into unrecorded sports has snagged different awesome event. Today nan streamer announced that it has acquired US streaming authorities for nan FIFA Women’s World Cup successful immoderate 2027 and 2031. FIFA is calling nan woody “a landmark announcement for women’s football.”

The 2027 type of nan tourney will return spot successful Brazil, while nan pursuing World Cup doesn’t yet personification a large nation. The Netflix sum successful nan US will spot immoderate English- and Spanish-language broadcasts, and nan streamer says that it will beryllium creating overmuch sum successful summation to nan unrecorded matches:

Studio shows and top-tier talent will supplement sum pinch commentary and entertainment. And successful nan lead-up to nan tournament, Netflix will nutrient exclusive documentary programming spotlighting nan apical players, their journeys, and nan detonation of nan athletics astir nan globe.

The World Cup is nan astir eager summation to Netflix’s expanding sports lineup, which to time has mostly included one-off events for illustration nan Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight, aliases a brace of NFL games that will watercourse connected Christmas day. The World Cup, meanwhile, spans a play of matches pinch 32 nationalist teams competing. It will beryllium a immense proceedings for Netflix’s fledgling unrecorded infrastructure.

It’s each information of a expanding inclination of streaming services looking to unrecorded events — and sports successful peculiar — arsenic nan adjacent frontier. Apple has gone all-in successful MLS, Amazon airs NHL games and is getting into nan NBA adjacent year, while nan likes of Max, Roku, and beautiful overmuch each activity personification gotten into sports successful immoderate way.