Premier Sports has secured exclusive UK rights to screen coverage of the 45th Copa America with all 32 games to be broadcast on the channel this summer.
This year’s tournament is a special one-off expanded gathering of all 10 of South America’s CONMEBOL teams along with six other invited countries from CONCACAF including hosts United States and marks the 100th anniversary of the competition.
The subscription sports channel, available on Sky, Virgin, TalkTalk and online will screen 26 of the 32 games live, with six matches early in the group stages to be shown as-live due to clashes with NHL Stanley Cup ice hockey.
Those six delayed games will be available to watch live for Premier Player subscribers, via its second channel on the platdorm, free to Sky Premier customers.
Matches take place between June 3-26 all across America in some of the their most iconic stadiums, many of which hosted games at 1994 FIFA World Cup, including the 92,000 capacity Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Soldier Field in Chicago, with the final at MetLife stadium in New Jersey.
This year’s competition once again features an A-list of superstars from the world of football.
Lionel Messi, now considered by most to be the world’s greatest ever, will star for Argentina, Luis Suarez is back for Uruguay at his first tournament since his World Cup ban, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez will star for defending champions Chile and Leicester City captain fantastic Wes Morgan looks to make it an even more memorable season leading Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz.
There will also be plenty of interest in the UK based players set to feature in the tournament, with 32 named in their respective countries final squads.
Brazil have selected two UK based players including Chelsea’s Willian and Liverpool’s Coutinho, while last year’s beaten finalists Argentina boast six UK based players, including Man United’s Marcos Rojo, Man City’s goal machine Sergio Aguero and Tottenham playmaker Erik Lamela.
The USA and Jamaica have a strong UK connection in their squads with 12 players between them including ex Everton keeper Tim Howard and Tottenham’s right back prospect DeAndre Yedlin who made 23 loan appearances for Sunderland last season.
It is the second time Premier Sports has secured UK rights to the tournament following its coverage of the 2015 event.
Richard Sweeney, General Manager of Premier Sports, said: “It is great to once again bring this wonderful tournament to viewers in the UK.
“Last summer we covered the 44th Copa America and this year’s Centennial edition in packed American stadiums should be extra special.
“We believe there are plenty of football fans in the UK who will make this a summer of football to remember and watch both Euro 2016 and the Copa America.”
Premier Sports is available in HD via SKY channel 428, SD 462, Virgin 551, TalkTalk 526 and in HD via the Premier Player online.
A one month subscription to Premier Sports costs £11.99 via Sky, £9.99 via the Premier Player and Virgin and £10 via TalkTalk. There will be no connection fee applied and there is no minimum contract term.
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