Univision Sports to Provide Complete Coverage of FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003 on Galavision and TeleFutura
CHICAGO (Thursday, September 18, 2003) - Univision Sports has announced that its Galavision and TeleFutura networks will combine to televise every match of the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003, with 27 of the 32 matches shown live.
Sep. 18, 2003
CHICAGO (Thursday, September 18, 2003) - Univision Sports has announced that its Galavision and TeleFutura networks will combine to televise every match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003, with 27 of the 32 matches shown live. Galavision will be the home of a majority of matches (18 televised, 13 of them live), mostly during the group phase of the tournament, while TeleFutura will carry 14 matches (all live), including the last seven matches of the championship – three of the four quarterfinals, both semifinals, the third place match, and the final.
Coverage of the event begins this Saturday, September 20, as Norway and France open the tournament with a noon ET kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, with TeleFutura’s live coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET.
TeleFutura will broadcast two of the host United States’ opening-round matches, while Galavision will carry the other. The U.S. vs. Sweden match on Sunday, September 21, will be shown live on TeleFutura at 12:30 p.m. ET. The second match for the U.S. Women’s World Cup Team - on Thursday September 25, vs. Nigeria - will be carried by Galavision, live at 7:25 p.m. ET. The U.S. will conclude group play on Sunday, September 28, as they take on DPR Korea (North Korea) on TeleFutura, with live coverage beginning at 3:50 p.m. ET.
On Saturday, September 27, fans will have the treat of watching the dramatic conclusion of Groups B & C play out with simultaneous coverage of matches on both networks. At 12:30 p.m. ET on September 27, Galavision will show the action live as Korea Republic (South Korea) and Norway face off in Foxboro, Mass. at the same time that France and Brazil face off in Washington, D.C., on TeleFutura with Group B’s places in the quarterfinals likely still in dispute. At 3:15 p.m. ET that same day, Group C’s quarterfinalists will be determined as Canada and Japan battle on Galavision, live from Foxboro, while Argentina and Germany take the field in Washington, with TeleFutura bringing the action to your home or favorite viewing locale.
As the tournament moves from the group phase into the quarterfinals, coverage of the event will shift to TeleFutura, as Galavision will show just one quarterfinal (Wednesday, October 1, at 4:30 p.m. ET) before TeleFutura airs the final seven matches of the tournament, concluding with the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003 Final from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on Sunday, October 12, live at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Galavision is the leading Spanish-language cable television network in the United States, reaching more than 5.7 million U.S. Hispanic cable subscribers or 90% of all U.S. Hispanic cable households. The TeleFutura Network is Univision’s 24-hour Spanish-language broadcast television network launched in January 2002, reaching 77 % of U.S. Hispanic television households.
Univision Sports is the United States’ Spanish-language television home of FIFA World Championships, having broadcast the 2002 FIFA World Cup as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup, the FIFA World Youth Championship, and the FIFA Under-17 World Championship. Univision is also the U.S. Spanish-language television rightsholder for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Spanish-Language TV Schedule | ||||
| Date | Teams | Location | TV Air Time (ET) | Channel |
| Sept. 20 | NOR vs FRA | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 11:30 a.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Sept. 20 | NGA vs PRK | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 2:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 20 | GER vs CAN | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 5:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 20 | JPN vs ARG | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 8:15 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 21 | USA vs SWE | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 12:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 21 | BRA vs KOR | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 3:00 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 21 | AUS vs RUS | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 8:25 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 21 | CHN vs GHA | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 11:00 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 24 | NOR vs BRA | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 4:50 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 24 | CAN vs ARG | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 12:00 a.m. ET (Delayed) | Galavision |
| Sept. 24 | GER vs JPN | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 2:00 a.m. ET (Delayed) | Galavision |
| Sept. 24 | FRA vs KOR | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 4:00 a.m. ET (Delayed) | Galavision |
| Sept. 25 | SWE vs PRK | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 4:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 25 | USA vs NGA | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) | 7:25 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 25 | CHN vs AUS | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 12:00 a.m. ET (Delayed) | Galavision |
| Sept. 25 | GHA vs RUS | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 2:00 a.m. ET (Delayed) | Galavision |
| Sept. 27 | KOR vs NOR | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.) | 12:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 27 | FRA vs BRA | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 12:30 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Sept. 27 | CAN vs JPN | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.) | 3:15 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 27 | ARG vs GER | RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) | 3:15 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Sept. 28 | SWE vs NGA | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 1:00 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Sept. 28 | PRK vs USA | Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) | 3:45 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Sept. 28 | GHA vs AUS | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 8:00 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Sept. 28 | CHN vs RUS | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 10:45 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Oct. 1 | Quarterfinal 1: A1 vs. B2 | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.) | 4:30 p.m. ET | Galavision |
| Oct. 1 | Quarterfinal 2: B1 vs. A2 | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.) | 7:25 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 2 | Quarterfinal 3: C1 vs. D2 | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 7:25 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 2 | Quarterfinal 4: D1 vs. C2 | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 10:25 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 5 | Semifinal: Q1 vs. Q3 | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 7:30 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 5 | Semifinal: Q2 vs. Q4 | PGE Park (Portland, Ore.) | 10:25 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 11 | Third Place Match | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 3:00 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
| Oct. 12 | Final | The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) | 12:30 p.m. ET | TeleFutura |
