How To Watch The 2022 Short Course World Championships

2022 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Six days of action-packed racing are set to get underway as the 2022 Short Course World Championships kick off Tuesday and will run through Sunday from the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Viewers from around the world will be able to watch the competition on a variety of digital platforms, primarily on FINA’s YouTube channel, which will be providing live streams to a number of different countries including the United States.

Here’s a look at when the sessions will be starting depending on where you are in the world. Note that local time in Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Time (ET) in the U.S.

The competition runs from Tuesday, Dec. 13 through Sunday, Dec. 18.

START TIMES

Prelims

  • Local time: 11:00 am
  • Eastern Time: 7:00 pm (day prior)
  • Pacific: 4:00 pm (day prior)
  • Central European Time: 1:00 am
  • Rio de Janeiro: 9:00 pm (day prior)
  • Tokyo: 9:00 am

Finals

  • Local time: 7:30 pm
  • Eastern Time: 3:30 am
  • Pacific: 12:30 am
  • Central European Time: 9:30 am
  • Rio de Janeiro: 5:30 am
  • Tokyo: 5:30 pm

HOW TO WATCH

FINA will provide live streams of each session to the following countries on its YouTube channel:

  • North America – Mexico, USA
  • Caribbean – Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands
  • Central America – Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • South America – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
  • South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Southeast Asia – Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Oceania – New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tongo

Other Countries:

  • Canada – CBC
  • Brazil – Globo/SporTV
  • Australia – Nine Network
  • Japan – TV Asahi 
  • China & Macau – China Media Group (CCTV5) 
  • Malaysia & Brunei – Astro 
  • South Korea – CJ Media
  • Hong Kong, China – i-Cable
  • Indonesia – TVRI
  • Singapore – Starhub
  • EMEA – beIN Sports (Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine (including the Gaza Strip), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Syria; Jordan, Lebanon)
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina – RTVF
  • Bulgaria – BNT 
  • Finland – YLE 
  • France – FT (including overseas territories: French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, St Pierre & Miquelon, French Southern & Antarctic Lands, Wallis & Futuna)
  • Greece – ERT
  • Hungary – MTVA
  • Iceland – RUV
  • Israel – Sports Channel 
  • Italy – RAI Sport&Sky Italia 
  • Lithuania – LRT 
  • Romania – Antena 1
  • Sweden – SVT 
  • Switzerland –  SRF, RTS, RSI 
  • For all other European nations, streaming will be available on AllAquatics.
  • AllAquatics will also be available for Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.
  • beIN Sports will be available for the following African nations: Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia.
  • All other African nations can watch on SuperSport.

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Hank
1 year ago

MA looked in contention until the turn. Too bad it is not LCM. Might have gone better.

SwimReason
1 year ago

Wow, Chad’s underwaters at the final turn…damn.

Comet
1 year ago

Since the Olympic Chanel went off the air a little over two months ago nbc has decided to off loaded half of the events on peacock with the rest not even being available at all.

Susan
1 year ago

What is the gift given to the medal winners

Fuck Fina
1 year ago

Fina is the absolute worst.

KRISTIINA ALLEKÕRS
1 year ago

Fina please restore FINA TV. I am Estonian. Small country in nothern europe. I can not watch in youtube on demand evening sessions.

Troyy
Reply to  KRISTIINA ALLEKÕRS
1 year ago

Europeans have to watch on All Aquatics.

SwimReason
Reply to  KRISTIINA ALLEKÕRS
1 year ago

Kristiina, you can watch here:
https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/main

scuac
1 year ago

“This video is not available in your country”

FFS seriously?

Sportinindc
1 year ago

Sigh….

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