2024 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- February 11th – February 18th (pool swimming)
- Doha, Qatar
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Meet Entries
Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships kicks off this weekend in Doha. Doha is in Arabian Standard Time (GMT+3) with prelims starting at 9:30am and finals starting at 7pm local time.
Once again, it appears BBC will not have televised coverage of the event, following failed negotiations for the 2023 Championships. The United Kingdom does not appear on World Aquatics’ “Where to Watch – Europe” page, though it does note that “all events not covered by the national right holders broadcasters will be available on Eurovision Sport.”
Prelims/Finals Start Times
City |
Prelims Start Time |
Finals Start Time |
| Doha, Qatar | 9:30 AM | 7:00 PM |
| Omaha, NE | 12:30 AM | 10:00 AM |
| New York City | 1:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
| Austin, TX | 12:30 AM | 10:00 AM |
| Los Angeles, CA | 10:30 AM | 8:00 AM |
| Honolulu, HI | 8:30 PM | 6:00 AM |
| Brisbane, AUS | 4:30 PM | 2:00 AM |
| Río de Janeiro, BRA | 3:30 AM | 1:00 PM |
| Tokyo, JPN | 3:30 PM | 1:00 AM |
| Toronto, CAN | 1:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
| Montreal, CAN | 1:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
| Beijing, China | 2:30 PM | 12:00 AM |
| Cape Town, South Africa | 8:30 AM | 6:00 PM |
| Naples, ITA | 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM |
| Paris, FRA | 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM |
| London, ENG | 6:30 AM | 4:00 PM |
| Berlin, GER | 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM |
How to Watch 2024 Worlds
Check out the tables below to see where you can catch the action.
Africa
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE |
| Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tunisia | Al Kass |
| Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, São Tomé e Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Socotra, Somalia (including Somaliland), Sudan, South Sudan, St. Helena & Ascension, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | SuperSport |
The Americas
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE |
| USA, Guam, Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands | NBC Sports/Peacock |
| Canada | CBC |
| Brazil | Globo/SporTV |
| Costa Rica, El Savador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic | Claro Sports |
| Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela | DirecTV |
Asia
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE |
| Japan | TV Asahi |
| China & Macau | China Media Group (CCTV5) |
| Malaysia & Brunei | Astro |
| South Korea | CJ Media |
| Singapore | Singtel |
| Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates | Al Kass |
Europe
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE |
| Austria | ORF |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | BHRT |
| Bulgaria | BNT |
| Croatia | HRT |
| Cyprus | CBC |
| Finland | YLE |
| France (including overseas territories: French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, St Pierre & Miquelon, French Southern & Antarctic Lands, Wallis & Futuna) | FT |
| Germany | ZDF, ARD |
| Greece | ERT |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Iceland | RUV |
| Israel | Sports Channel |
| Italy | RAI Sport |
| Lithuania | LT |
| North Macedonia | RTV |
| Netherlands (including Aruba, Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Saint Martin, Saint Eustatius) | NOS |
| North Macedonia | RTV |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Romania | TVR |
| Serbia | RTS |
| Slovenia | TVS |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Sweden | SVT |
| Switzerland | SSR |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Turkey | TRT |
Oceania
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE |
| Australia | Nine Network |
Why is Australia not showing the swimming world championships. ?
They are. Channel 9 has the rights so you can watch on 9now.com.au.
cutting out all the time
I don’t see swimming on NBC Sports, WTF?
Because NBC app is gawd awful….even during the Olympics when swimming is a premier sport
NordVPN youre about to become suddenly very important in my life
London ??? Where do we watch from london?
Eurovision Sport or use a VPN to watch 9now (Australia) or CBC (Canada).
Fire up your VPNs!
Point you VPN to Canada, and go to CBC.ca
Does CBC normally provide a full replay for every session?
Usually, yes. Although it seems to take several hours after the event ends to pop up sometimes.
Doesn’t FINA/World Aquatics have its own broadcast version of pay per view as well as NBC/Peacock?
They had one, but the service shut down. It was replaced by a 3rd party service that served the same function, but that failed too. Haven’t seen announcement of a replacement yet.
https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-streaming-partner-recast-falls-into-financial-administration/
8:00 AM Start Time for Finals. There goes my work productivity this week…
2am is such a horrible start time. 😭 They should move the finals to morning Tokyo style.
don’t mind the start time, if it means we get bobby hurley and mike mccann on commentary instead of the channel 9 circus
I watched on recast last year but this year I can’t justify the cost with such a depleted field.
Just record on fetch – channel 9 at 2am. I’ll watch in fast forward as soon as I wake up before looking at results.
And 9 gem for heats.
I record them on Fetch and watch later. I suspect it will come in handy during the Olympics too.
If they can do it for the USA, why not for us lol?
ch9’s bribe isn’t big enough
Which means 3am for us here in Sydney 😭
For those of us in Sydney and Melbourne with daylight saving the finals start at 3.00 am and a race that I particularly want to see live, the W4x100 Free (to see if AUS can continue the winning streak) starts at 4.21 am.
Looks like it’s going to be a bleary eyed Monday for me.