LONDON: The final schedule for Season 2020 of the International Swimming League (ISL) was announced Wednesday by the organizers, with competition beginning this Friday in Budapest, Hungary, and concluding on Sunday, 22 November.
While the upcoming ISL 2020 season 2 will broadcast to more than 140 countries, and territories around the world, in India it will be showcased by Discovery-owned Eurosport.
The six weeks of competition will feature 10 teams from North America, Europe and Asia, all loaded with the world’s elite swimmers, including Team GB’s Adam Peaty, Florent Manaudou from France, Federica Pellegrini from Italy, Hungarian Katinka Hosszú and American duo Caeleb Dressel and Lilly King.
All matches will take place at Budapest’s Duna Arena.
The schedule was designed to produce six weeks of world-class competition while ensuring the health and safety of all those involved in the staging of the event during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with 10 group stage matches, the event will then move into two semi-finals before culminating in the final on 21 and 22 November. The decision to stage the final in the same location was to ensure the ongoing safety of the teams and to reduce the need to travel in these uncertain times.
The six other teams competing for the title this season are the Aqua Centurions, DC Trident, Tokyo Frog Kings, Toronto Titans, Iron, and London Roar.
The upcoming ISL 2020 season 2 will to more than 140 countries and territories around the world when it kicks off in Budapest, Hungary in just two days.
Fans from all over the world will enjoy this year’s biggest global sport event and the only major competition to feature no less than 400 of the world’s best swimmers, Olympic champions and world record holders, over 5 weeks of action, emotion, entertainment and excitement.
ISL 2020 season broadcast:
Asia
India: Eurosport India
Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, East Timor and Singapore: BeIn Sports
Japan: TV Asahi
Africa
Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Tunisia: BeIn Sports
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho , Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe: SuperSport
Americas
USA: CBS
Canada: CBC
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Republica Dominicana, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguayand Venezuela: Claro Sports
Brazil: TV Globo
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, Saba, San Andrés, Providencia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadine, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Island and United States Virgin: ESPN
Europe
France, French Overseas Territories, Monaco, Andorra and Turkey: BeIn Sports
Italia: Sky,Gazetta Dello Sporte
UK: BBC, Eurosport
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark: Eurosport
Russia: Match TV
Belarus: Belarus TV and Radio Company, Sport 1
Hungary: M4
Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia: SPORT 1
Lithuania: Sport 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia: Sportklub
Middle East
Barhain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, the Palestinian territories, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen: BeIn Sports
Israel: Sport 1
Oceania
Australia: Seven, BeIn Sports
New Zealand: ESPN
