WITH just two days remaining before the opening whistle of Africa’s most prestigious football spectacle, the Confederation of African Football has sealed an unprecedented broadcasting triumph that will beam the continent’s finest talent into living rooms across Europe like never before.
CAF announced Wednesday a record-breaking 20 media partnerships spanning more than 30 European territories for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, marking the tournament’s most expansive European reach in its storied history.
The landmark deals ensure that when Morocco’s stadiums roar to life on Sunday, 21 December, millions of football fans across the continent—including vast African diaspora communities—will witness all 52 matches featuring the game’s emerging superstars and established legends battling for continental glory.
“This represents a seismic shift in African football’s global positioning,” the agreements signal, reflecting the tournament’s surging commercial appeal and the magnetic pull of African talent that now dominates Europe’s elite leagues.
The broadcasting bonanza builds on Channel 4’s groundbreaking commitment to air every single AFCON match on free-to-air television in the United Kingdom—a historic first that demolishes barriers between British audiences and African football excellence.
Spain’s Movistar has climbed aboard in a strategic coup, leveraging the nation’s substantial Moroccan community and the deep threads connecting Spanish football to African players who have become La Liga icons. In Greece, state broadcaster ERT returns AFCON to national screens for the first time in years, while Norway’s VGTV breaks new ground with the tournament’s maiden free-to-air appearance in Scandinavia.
Italy’s Sport Italia and the Netherlands’ Ziggo Sport—both riding high on strong viewership from the previous edition—are positioned to shatter their own records, buoyed by significant Moroccan populations and the Eredivisie’s constellation of Moroccan stars. Meanwhile, SportDigital continues its commanding presence across the German-speaking DACH region.
The diverse partnership roster stretches from the Balkans to the Iberian Peninsula, from the North Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean—Arena Sport covers the former Yugoslavia, A1 serves Bulgaria, Exxen captures Turkish audiences, and Sport TV brings the action to Portugal’s passionate football faithful.
Twenty-four nations will converge on nine Moroccan stadiums for a month-long festival of African football that kicks off Sunday, with IMG facilitating the commercial arrangements that promise to elevate the tournament’s profile to unprecedented heights.
As the countdown ticks toward Sunday’s opening match, one message resounds clearly: African football has arrived on the European stage not as a visitor, but as a force demanding—and receiving—prime billing.
Full European Broadcast Partners: A1 (Bulgaria), Arena Sport (Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia), ARTMOTION (Kosovo), Cablenet (Cyprus), Channel 4 (United Kingdom), ERT (Greece), Exxen (Türkiye), Joyn (Austria), Megogo (Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan), Movistar (Spain), Okko (Russia, Kazakhstan), RMC Radio (France), Sport 5 (Israel), Sport Italia (Italy), Sport Plus (Kazakhstan), Sport TV (Portugal), SportDigital (DACH Region), SportKlub (Slovenia, Croatia), VGTV (Norway), Ziggo Sport (Netherlands)
