Aman Bansal
Asia’s prestigious football event AFC Asian Cup is heading towards it’s 17th edition in 2019 and 24 countries are set to face off each other in the competition for the first time. Previously 16 teams were part of the tournament. 2019 Asian Cup schedules to play from 5 January to 1 February.
In 2015 Asian Cup, more than 2.5 billion people witnessed live coverage of the matches on television sets. This time 8 more teams have been added to the competition and SportsMirchi has learnt that more than 4 billion people will watch AFC Asian Cup 2019 which will be hosted by United Arab Emirates.
It is expected that more than 100 TV channels will bring the live coverage of Asian Cup. Have a look at the list of broadcasting networks for 2019 Asian Cup.
2019 AFC Asian Cup TV Channels, Broadcast
| Country / Territory | Broadcaster |
| Arab | beIN Sports |
| Asia-Pacific | FOX International Channels |
| Australia | FOX Sports, ABC |
| Brazil | SporTV |
| China | CCTV |
| Europe | Eurosport |
| Hong Kong | Now TV |
| India | Star Sports |
| Indonesia | Sindo TV |
| Iran | IRIB |
| Japan | TV Asahi, NHK BS1 |
| Malaysia | TV3 |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| North America | ONE World Sports |
| South Africa | SABC |
| South Korea | SBS, KBS, MBC |
| Thailand | Channel 7 |
| Philippines | ABS-CBN Sports+Action |
| Uzbekistan | SPORT-UZ |
If your country is not listed here, do mention in comments. We’ll update the article.
Nigeria?
Star Sports in india does not broadcast AFC Cup.