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Next Wednesday, the ORF will air the first leg of the second round of Sturm Graz in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League football championship at Ajax Amsterdam. The return match on 1 August can be seen as well as the day after that of Admira in the second qualifying round of the European League against CSKA Sofia or Riga FC
With Rapid, the ORF has reached a long-term agreement. The public broadcaster transmits all Rapid home games in qualifying for the European Cup until season 2021/22. According to Rapid, a friendly match at the Allianz stadium will also be broadcast live each year
The cooperation begins with the transfer of the friendly match against Hamburger SV (14 July, 7 pm) and the farewell match of the honorary captain of the Rapids Steffen Hofmann (July 22, 7:30 pm) in the ORF Sport + channel section. There you can also see the test match between city rivals Austria Wien and Borussia Dortmund on Friday (19.00 hours).
The ORF individual agreements apply only to European cut qualifiers. The main competitions are subject to the central marketing of TV rights by UEFA. The Europa League will also air on the Puls-4 Free-TV channel in Austria next season, and the Champions League will only be based on Pay-TV on Sky and the DAZN streaming service.
The Bundesliga will not be available next season to see more live on ORF. Sky has guaranteed the rights exclusively for four years. Four games per season will also be broadcast on the A1 Now channel, including the prelude to the new Twelve League on July 27 between Austria's Vienna and the Wacker Innsbruck promoted.
The new direct cooperation with the clubs is for the sports director of ORF TV Hans Peter consolation a "smart move with a lot of winners". He named next to the ORF and the clubs, which would receive the biggest possible media platform for these games in Austria, as well as the "football fans in this country, where all the national clubs would get away not at the payment barriers. "
