MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Ltd-controlled Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), which holds the India territory media rights for all AFC competition, has sublicensed broadcast rights for the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 to Eurosport India, Discovery Network’s premium sports brand.
Reliance Jio’s OTT platform Jio TV will stream the matches of the competition on its online platform and across its network.
The 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 will feature 12 teams, which have been divided into three groups. Group A includes India, China PR, Chinese Taipei, and IR Iran, while Group B includes Australia, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia. Meanwhile Japan, Korea Republic, Vietnam and Myanmar have been slotted in Group C.
The tournament will act as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With Australia having already qualified as co-host, five more teams will qualify for the main event directly while two of them will progress to the inter-confederation play-offs.
