Heavyweight Brazilian broadcaster Globo has snapped up a package of rights to soccer's 2025 FIFA Club World Cup tournament, through a sub-licensing deal with global rights holder DAZN.
Of the 63 CWC games taking place in the US between June 14 and July 13, the TV Globo free-to-air network will show at least 25, with the Sportv pay-TV station showing at least 40.
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Overall, Globo's platforms – between them – will cover all games involving the four Brazilian sides taking part, as well as the opening match and the final, in addition to "50% of the remaining scheduled games," the broadcaster has said.
DAZN, which snapped up global CWC rights in December (and which has, since then, been striking sub-licensing deals in a range of markets), will still air all 63 fixtures live, meanwhile. DAZN paid around $1 billion for worldwide rights.
A quartet of Brazilian teams are set to take part in the CWC, which has been remodeled and will now include 32 sides – a dramatic increase from the number of teams taking part in previous editions. Those teams are Botafogo, Palmeiras, Flamengo, and Fluminense, and matches will take place at a favorable time for Brazilian audiences, given the location.
South America’s Conmebol has the second-most teams in the competition with six. Alongside the four Brazilian teams, two Argentinian teams (River Plate and Boca Juniors) will also participate.
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By GlobalDataThis agreement between Globo and DAZN comes with that subscription broadcaster having already negotiated one sub-licensing deal in Brazil so far – in mid-March, it was announced that CazeTV, the Brazilian sports streaming platform run by the LiveMode agency alongside streamer Casimiro Miguel, will show at least 39 matches live.
This number also includes those involving Brazilian teams, the semi-finals, and the final.
The matches will be aired live on CazeTV’s YouTube channels and integrated streaming platforms, including Samsung TV Plus, Mercado Play, and Amazon Prime Video in the country.
Brazilian sides have made the finals of four of the last seven CWC editions, losing all of them to European opposition.
Over recent weeks and months, DAZN has struck sub-licensing deals for the CWC in territories such as the UK (Channel 5, unveiled earlier this week), Spain and Italy (Mediaset), the US (Warner Bros. Discovery and TelevisaUnivision), and Egypt (MBC Group).
The DAZN-FIFA deal was unveiled in advance of Saudi Arabia's Surj Sports Investments announcing last month that it had taken a minority stake in the streaming service, also for $1 billion. That figure is also the total prize and appearance fund available from the event.
Globo, meanwhile, is one of soccer's foremost broadcasters in Brazil, also covering domestic league action through 2029, continental competitions, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup national teams tournament (albeit, on a non-exclusive basis).
