This season will be the last that the streamer distributes the competition through its YouTube channel
DAZN has revealed its content plans for the UEFA Women’s Champions League this season.
This is the second season that the streaming platform will air the competition, after gaining the global rights last year. This will also be the last season that DAZN will stream all matches through its YouTube channel, making it exclusively on its OTT platform from the 2023/24 campaign.
All 61 matches will be available on DAZN and YouTube for 2022/23, and there are also four new series that will accompany the live action. These are UWCL Classic Comms, 1 Minute Master, The Big Question, and The Match Up - all of which you can read more about below.
DAZN UWCL series
UWCL Classic Comms
Throughout the season, DAZN will release 20 YouTube Shorts of classic moments from past UWCL seasons, commentated over by the very players themselves responsible for those moments. The series promotes the new YouTube Shorts tool ‘Remix’ – with which fans around the world will be able to take footage from DAZN’s UWCL live streams throughout the season and get creative with them via ‘Remix’ with their own recreations or other fun edits. The first featuring Lyon’s Amandine Henry is already out and you can check it out HERE.
1 Minute Master
With 10 episodes planned throughout the group stage, DAZN’s new quiz series ‘1 Minute Master’ will feature star players from 10 different UWCL clubs. Each episode will see 4 teammates compete in the ultimate general knowledge quiz and answer as many questions correctly as possible in 60 seconds. The winner of each episode will be crowned the club’s 1 Minute Master.
The Big Question
In another new content series, UWCL stars will answer ‘The Big Question’ – a series of very random questions where, in pairs, players from the same club will be encouraged to think deeply and philosophically about some rather silly yet truly thought-provoking ‘would you rather’ questions.
The Match Up
DAZN will also be releasing season two of its successful interview format series, ‘The Match Up.’ Led by new host Pien Meulensteen, ‘The Match Up’ will see the biggest names from the world of women’s football chatting all things life on and off the pitch, as we give fans the chance to get to know their new favourite players.
Short film, This Is Elite, will also be released on DAZN and YouTube as part of a campaign to promote the UWCL. A host of ‘Elite’ compilations have already been released, featuring players such as Sam Kerr and Vivianne Miedema and their breathtaking skills and biggest plays.
In addition, the punditry team has been expanded for DAZN’s second season, with new voices from Albania and the Czech Republic joining those from England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Portugal. Once again, home team language, away team language, and, if not already covered, English are guaranteed for every broadcast.
For the UK, the lead commentary team will be Pien Meulensteen, Adam Summerton, and Vicki Sparks.
There will also be more behind-the-scenes access, from more literal camera access to more areas, to pre-game buildup and flash interviews with coaches and players planned for every single match.
DAZN CEO Shay Segev said: “Following last year’s record viewership, including a final alone that saw 4.1 million live views, DAZN has further grown as a global home of women’s football and we are ready to engage more fans and further fast-track the commercial growth of the sport worldwide.
“Consistently increasing global coverage of women’s sports and athletes to reach a similar breadth and depth as men’s is critical to creating lasting change. We are committed as ever to this mission going into what’s set to be another sensational UWCL season globally, alongside an exciting slate of other elite women’s football rights we’ve acquired across key markets - including Liga F, FA WSL, Women’s FA Cup, WE League, and Frauen-Bundesliga just to name a few.”
UWCL Group Stage Fixtures
Matchday 1
Wednesday 19 October
Zürich vs Juventus (17:45), Bayern vs Rosengård (17:45)
Barcelona vs Benefica (20:00), Lyon vs Arsenal (20:00)
Thursday 20 October
Vllaznia vs Real Madrid (17:45)
Paris vs Chelsea (20:00), Roma vs Slavia Praha (20:00)
Matchday 2
Wednesday 26 October
St. Pölten vs Roma (17:45), Real Madrid vs Paris (17:45)
Slavia Praha vs Wolfsburg (20:00), Chelsea vs Vllaznia (20:00)
Thursday 27 October
Juventus vs Lyon (15:45), Rosengård vs Barcelona (15:45)
Arsenal vs Zürich (20:00), Benefica vs Bayern (20:00)
Matchday 3
Wednesday 23 November
Paris vs Vllaznia (17:45), Slavia Praha vs St. Pölten (17:45)
Roma vs Wolfsburg (20:00), Chelsea vs Real Madrid (20:00)
Thursday 24 November
Zürich vs Lyon (17:45), Barcelona vs Bayern (17:45)
Juventus vs Arsenal (20:00), Benefica vs Rosengård (20:00)
Matchday 4
Wednesday 7 December
Rosengård vs Benifica (17:45), Lyon vs Zürich (17:45)
Arsenal vs Juventus (20:00), Bayern vs Barcelona (20:00)
Thursday 8 December
Wolfsburg vs Roma (17:45), Vllaznia vs Paris (17:45)
St. Pölten vs Slavia Praha (20:00), Real Madrid vs Chelsea (20:00)
Matchday 5
Wednesday 15 December
Rosengård vs Bayern (17:45), Juventus vs Zürich (17:45)
Benifica vs Barcelona (20:00), Arsenal vs Lyon (20:00)
Thursday 16 December
Vllaznia vs Chelsea (17:45), Roma vs St. Pölten (17:45)
Wolfsburg vs Slavia Praha (20:00), Paris vs Real Madrid (20:00)
Matchday 6
Wednesday 21 December
Lyon vs Juventus (17:45), Zürish vs Arsenal (17:45)
Barcelona vs Rosengård (20:00), Bayern vs Benifica (20:00)
Thursday 22 December
Slavia Praha vs Roma (17:45), St. Pölten vs Wolfsburg (17:45)
Real Madrid vs Vllaznia (20:00), Chelsea vs Paris (20:00)
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