Olympic 7s – Where To Watch In The Americas

Rugby makes its triumphant return to the Olympics tomorrow, with the women’s sevens starting things off. With so many events taking place over the next few days it might not be possible to watch the tournament in its entirety for some people, but as of right now it’s looking pretty good.

 

CANADA

It’s all great news from Canada with the CBC partnering with TSN to provide covering of the entire rugby program over the next six days. It will also be available to watch streamed live on TSN GO and on the CBC website. A detailed schedule on CBC can be seen here. The TSN channel listing for the rugby is as follows:

SAT, AUG 6 – 10:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4
SAT, AUG 6 – 15:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4

SUN, AUG 7 – 10:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4
SUN, AUG 7 – 16:00 ET – WOMEN – QUARTER FINALS – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4

MON, AUG 8 – 13:30 ET – WOMEN – SEMI FINALS – TSN
MON, AUG 8 – 16:30 ET – WOMEN – FINALS – TSN

TUE, AUG 9 – 10:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4
TUE, AUG 9 – 15:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4

WED, AUG 10 – 10:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – TSN
WED, AUG 10 – 16:00 ET – MEN – QUARTER FINALS – TSN

THU, AUG 11 – 13:30 ET – MEN – SEMI FINALS – TSN1, TSN3, TSN4
THU, AUG 11 – 17:30 ET – MEN – FINALS – TSN2

 

USA

NBC is the rights holder for all Olympic broadcasts in the United States. They will be broadcasting rugby on four networks – NBC, CNBC, USA Network, and NBCSN. The televised broadcasts will be intermixed with other sports. They will also be streaming all games live via their website here. The television channel listing for rugby is as follows:

SAT, AUG 6 – 12:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – NBCSN (part 2)
SAT, AUG 6 – 17:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – CNBC

SUN, AUG 7 – 12:00 ET – WOMEN – POOL PLAY – USA Network
SUN, AUG 7 – 16:00 ET – WOMEN – QUARTER FINALS – CNBC

MON, AUG 8 – 13:00 ET – WOMEN – SEMI FINALS – NBCSN (part 3)
MON, AUG 8 – 17:00 ET – WOMEN – FINALS – CNBC

TUE, AUG 9 – 9:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – NBCSN (part 1)
TUE, AUG 9 – 14:30 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – USA Network (part 4)
TUE, AUG 9 – 17:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – CNBC

WED, AUG 10 – 00:35 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – NBC Late Night
WED, AUG 10 – 12:00 ET – MEN – POOL PLAY – USA Network (part 2)
WED, AUG 10 – 15:00 ET – MEN – QUARTER FINALS – USA Network (part 4)
WED, AUG 10 – 17:00 ET – MEN – QUARTER FINALS – CNBC

THU, AUG 11 – 13:30 ET – MEN – SEMI FINALS – NBCSN (part 3)
THU, AUG 11 – 17:30 ET – MEN – FINALS – NBCSN (part 5)

 

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

In some cases Central and South American countries have their own individual broadcast deals. ESPN will be broadcasting across the Caribbean. Latin America will have ESPN Deportes and FOX to choose from. A list of broadcasters for other Americas countries is below:

ARGENTINA – TV Pública / TyC Sports

BELIZE – Channel 5 / Channel 7

BRAZIL – Globo / Record / Band / ESPN / FOX

CHILE – TVN

COLOMBIA – Caracol  / RCN

COSTA RICA – Repretel

CUBA – ICRT

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – CDN

EL SALVADOR – TCS

HONDURAS – VTV

MEXICO – Canal 22 / Canal Once

PERU – Latina

URUGUAY – TNU

VENEZUELA – TVes