UEFA Champions League — Where to Watch

The Champions League is sold differently from domestic leagues: rights go out in packages by market, and often split further inside a market, so that one broadcaster takes the first pick of matches each week and another takes what is left. That is why a competition everyone agrees is the biggest club tournament in the world still needs a country-by-country answer.

UEFA also sells some markets as a single exclusive deal and others as a shared one. Italy is the clearest example: Sky has most of the matches and Amazon Prime Video has a small exclusive slice, so even inside one country you may need two subscriptions to see everything.

Country	Who shows it	Free option
UK	TNT Sports, which now streams through HBO Max rather than discovery+	Highlights only. The 2026 final was not free in the UK — the first time in 34 years
Ireland	TNT Sports through HBO Max, and Premier Sports Ireland lists the UEFA club competitions too	None confirmed
United States	Paramount+, English-language rights to the whole competition	None. DAZN's US service carries three exclusive matches a week, in Spanish only
Canada	DAZN Canada (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League)	None
Australia	Stan Sport	None
Germany	DAZN	No live matches, but DAZN's free tier carries Champions League highlights in Germany only
France	Canal+, exclusively, through 2031	M6 carries the final — French law lists it as an event of major importance
Spain	Movistar Plus+ holds all UEFA club competitions exclusively. Orange resells them	None confirmed
Italy	Sky Italia, 185 of 203 matches, plus 18 exclusive Wednesday matches on Prime Video Italia	Semi-finals and the final must be free-to-air when an Italian club is involved
Portugal	Sport TV has the first two picks each week; DAZN Portugal carries 166 exclusive matches	One match per matchday free on LiveModeTV's YouTube channel
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport, to 2030-31	None
Denmark	Viaplay, exclusively to 2031	None
Sweden	Viaplay for 2026-27, then exclusive to Disney+ from 2027-28	None confirmed
MENA	beIN Sports, with every match also on TOD	None
India	Sony Sports Ten 2 is listed as carrying the competition. Our source for this is second-hand — verify before you subscribe	None
Brazil	We could not confirm the paid rights holder for 2026-27	SBT carries Tuesday matches free-to-air, and TNT Sports' YouTube channel streams 31 matches in 2026-27
South Africa	SuperSport on DStv	None
Japan	WOWOW, exclusively and in full to 2030-31. It also holds the Europa League	None

The DAZN trap. DAZN carries the Champions League in Germany, Canada and Portugal. Its Italian and Spanish storefronts do not list the competition at all. So both statements people repeat — "DAZN has the Champions League" and "DAZN lost the Champions League" — are wrong somewhere. It depends entirely on the country you are in, and there is a full country breakdown.

Can you watch it free?

Mostly no, and it got worse recently. The 2026 final, PSG against Arsenal in Budapest, was the first Champions League final in 34 years that British viewers could not watch free — it was not free-to-air and not free on YouTube. If you see advice promising a free UK final stream, it is repeating a claim that stopped being true in 2026.

Where free access does exist, it comes from national law rather than goodwill:

France — the final is on France's list of events of major importance, so it must be shown free-to-air. M6 carried it.
Italy — semi-finals and the final must be free-to-air if an Italian club is involved. Italy's rules aim to guarantee free access to at least 80% of the population for listed events.
Germany — the final of the European club competitions must be free-to-air if a German club is in it, under the Medienstaatsvertrag.
Brazil — SBT has free-to-air Tuesdays, and TNT Sports streams 31 matches free on YouTube.
Portugal — one match per matchday free on LiveModeTV's YouTube channel.

How we define "free". Every option on this site is either a public broadcaster, a free ad-supported tier, an official free trial, or a rights-holder's own channel. We do not list or link to unlicensed rebroadcasts. Note that a VPN does not make a stream legal: reaching a service licensed for another country normally breaches that service's terms, and the bigger platforms actively block it.

The cheapest legal route

United States — Paramount+ Essential at about $8.99/month carries the competition. Note there is no free trial.
UK — HBO Max sells TNT Sports at about £30.99/month, but the 12-month saver rates are lower. If you only want the knockout rounds, the saver plan is the cheaper route.
Italy — if you mainly want the Wednesday matches, Prime Video Italia includes 18 exclusive Champions League games for about €49.90 a year, bundled with Prime. That is far cheaper than the full Sky package.
Brazil — SBT and TNT Sports' YouTube channel cost nothing.
Canada — DAZN Canada bundles the Champions League with the Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and the EFL, so one subscription covers most of the football you want.

Is the Champions League free to watch in the UK?

No. TNT Sports holds the live rights and streams them through HBO Max. The BBC has highlights only, and the 2026 final was the first in 34 years not to be free to air in the UK.

Where did TNT Sports go?

It moved to HBO Max, which launched in the UK and Ireland in March 2026. discovery+ now sells only its entertainment plan, so any guide recommending a "discovery+ Premium" subscription for TNT Sports is out of date.

Does DAZN show the Champions League?

In some countries, not others. DAZN carries it in Germany, Canada and Portugal, and its Italian and Spanish services do not list it at all. In the US it shows three matches a week in Spanish only.

Who has the Champions League in the United States?

Paramount+ holds the English-language US rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. DAZN's US service adds a small Spanish-language package of three matches per matchweek.

Which country is cheapest for the Champions League?

It depends what you need. In Italy, Prime Video carries 18 exclusive Wednesday matches for about €49.90 a year. In the US, Paramount+ Essential is about $8.99 a month. In Brazil, SBT and the TNT Sports YouTube channel are free.

Is there a free trial for the Champions League anywhere?

Not that we could verify. Paramount+, HBO Max/TNT Sports, Sky and DAZN do not offer free trials for their sports tiers, though DAZN runs a permanent free tier with limited content in most markets.

Where to go next

Europa League and Conference League Premier League Serie A DAZN country by country Free live streams