NBC’s Olympic Soccer Schedule, on TV and Online
Update: The Olympics are over, but there’s more and more soccer on every weekend. Check out our weekly-updated US soccer TV schedule.
Bookmark this post. You’ll thank me later.
Ladies and gents in the US, behold, I bring your the schedule for all soccer coverage in the Olympics on pretty much every channel that will be showing coverage.
I also bring you NBC’s announced lineup for soccer commentators:
SOCCER: JP Dellacamera, play-by-play; Glenn Davis, play-by-play; Adrian Healey, play-by-play; Steve Cangialosi, play-by-play; Marcelo Balboa, analyst; Brandi Chastain, analyst; Shep Messing, analyst; Lori Walker, analyst.
And on the off chance that you weren’t riveted by qualifying and may not be 100% sure who’s actually going? Here’s the link to the the post with the Olympic groups, both men’s and women’s.
SOCCER SCHEDULE:
I believe all times listed are Eastern, but be sure to check your local listings. (I have to say that so you don’t blame me when the US goes to the final and you miss it because you got the time wrong.)
A few notes:
- Yes, soccer does start a couple of days before the official opening ceremonies. It’s a scheduling thing. The women will each play a group stage game on Wednesday, August 6. The men play on Thursday, August 7. Opening ceremonies are on Friday, August 8.
- There are a number of places in the schedule where soccer is shown as part of a long list of sports scheduled for a long block of time — say, 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. I’ve tried to warn you this may happen by putting “and lots of other sports” as part of the listing.
Unless a game is listed as “live,” it could show up at any time in that block. If you’ve ever watched the Olympics with an eye on one specific sport, you know what I’m talking about. They’ll say, “Coming up soon… Badminton!” and two hours later you’re still waiting. To avoid this, try to catch the games you want on the smaller channels that mention specific times and include the word “LIVE”.
I’ll be updating this post with specific times for live games as I find them, so bookmark this page and keep checking back.
- If you’d like to watch the games online at the official NBC site, go to this link.
- The NBC Soccer Channel is a soccer-only cable channel offered only by certain cable companies.
At the time of the original announcement, the two companies listed were Comcast and Cox.Despite much effort, I’ve been unable to get a definitive list of cable companies carrying this channel. NBC’s press releases say “most” cable companies will offer it, but this appears to be wishful thinking on somebody’s part. In particular, Comcast got some great publicity by being a part of the original announcement, but few of their local affiliates seem to be offering it. I’ve left several messages with Comcast but haven’t been able to get them to call me back.Here’s a list of cable companies that may be offering it:
NBC Universal (NBCU) today announced distribution of an “enhanced” content offering for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with the cable industry, including Comcast Cable, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Bright House Networks, Mediacom, Bresnan, Atlantic Broadband, Knology, Midcontinent Communications, Blue Ridge Communications, NPG Cable, OneLink Communications and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, and Grande Communications.
But no guarantees. Contact your own cable company to find out if it will carry the soccer channel. If so, leave a note in the comments and I’ll update the post.
- I pulled this from a much (much, much) longer schedule and tried to delete everything non-soccer-related. That’s been a bit difficult due to how the schedule was written. (It also reminds me, yet again, just how short my attention span is.) If you catch any errors, please leave a comment and I’ll fix it.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6
Women’s Group Stage Games, all Groups
MSNBC
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. Norway (LIVE)
UNIVERSAL HD
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Simulcast of MSNBC
8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Re-air
10:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Re-air
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Matches
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. Germany vs. Brazil (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. USA vs. Norway (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Argentina vs. Canada
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Japan vs. New Zealand
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. China vs. Sweden
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. N. Korea vs. Nigeria
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. USA vs. Norway (re-air)
THURSDAY, AUG. 7
Men’s Group Stage Games, all groups
MSNBC
4:55 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO
4:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Italy (LIVE)
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Ivory Coast vs. Argentina (LIVE)
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Ivory Coast vs. Argentina (LIVE)
UNIVERSAL HD
4:55 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Simulcast of MSNBC
7:55 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Re-air
10:00 p.m. – 12:05 am
Re-air
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Ivory Coast vs. Argentina (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Australia vs. Serbia
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Brazil vs. Belgium
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Honduras vs. Italy
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. China vs. New Zealand
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Netherlands vs. Nigeria
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. S. Korea vs. Cameroon
FRIDAY, AUG. 8
No soccer games
NBC and NBC HD
8:00 p.m. – Midnight
Opening Ceremony — Parade of Nations, Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron
(No, it’s not soccer-specific. But how can you not want to see the Olympic Cauldron?)
SATURDAY, AUG, 9 – DAY 1
Women’s Group Stage games, all groups
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Canada vs. China
(and lots of other stuff)
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Nigeria vs. Germany (LIVE)
Brazil vs. North Korea (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
(and other sports)
UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Brazil vs. N. Korea (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Nigeria vs. Germany
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. China vs. Canada
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sweden vs. Argentina
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. New Zealand vs. Norway
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. USA vs. Japan (re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s Soccer (and lots of other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
SUNDAY, AUG. 10- DAY 2
Men’s Group Stage Games, all groups
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Australia
(and other sports)
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Italy vs. South Korea (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
4:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Brazil
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Italy vs. S. Korea
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. New Zealand vs. Brazil
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Serbia vs. Ivory Coast
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Nigeria vs. Japan
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Cameroon vs. Honduras
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. China vs. Belgium
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Soccer (and lots of other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
MONDAY, AUG. 11 – DAY 3
No games played today. All coverage is reruns.
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Best of Men’s & Women’s Soccer
TUESDAY, AUG. 12 – DAY 4
Women’s Group Stage Games, all groups
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – USA vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Nigeria vs. Brazil
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Women’s Soccer – Nigeria vs. Brazil
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. Nigeria vs. Brazil (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. China vs. Argentina (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. USA vs. New Zealand
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. N. Korea vs. Germany
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sweden vs. Canada
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Norway vs. Japan
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. USA vs. New Zealand (re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s Soccer (and lots of other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13 – DAY 5
Men’s Group Stage Games, all groups
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. — Noon
Men’s Soccer – USA vs. Nigeria (LIVE)
China vs. Brazil (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
2:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – South Korea vs. Honduras (LIVE)
(and other sports)
7:30 a.m. – Noon
Men’s Soccer – China vs. Brazil (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. USA vs. Nigeria (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. China vs. Brazil (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Cameroon vs. Italy
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Netherlands vs. Japan
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. S. Korea vs. Honduras
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Belgium vs. New Zealand
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Argentina vs. Serbia
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Ivory Coast vs. Australia
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men’s Soccer
(and everything else)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14 – DAY 6
No games today. All coverage is reruns
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Best of Men’s & Women’s Soccer
FRIDAY, AUG. 15 – DAY 7
Women’s quarterfinals
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Soccer — Quarterfinal (LIVE)
(and other sports)
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer — Quarterfinals
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
8:00 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Soccer (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Quarterfinals
6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE) USA vs. Canada. (Still looking for other matchups)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE)
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Match #3
12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Match #4
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. USA Match Re-air
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Match of the Day (re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s Soccer
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
SATURDAY, AUG. 16 – DAY 8
Men’s Quarterfinals
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer — Quarterfinals (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer — Quarterfinals (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Quarterfinals
6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE)
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Match #3
12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Match #4
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Match of the Day re-air
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Second Match of the Day re-air
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men’s soccer
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
SUNDAY, AUG. 17 – DAY 9
No live coverage
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
“The Quarterfinals Encore”
6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Women’s Match #1
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Women’s Match #2
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Women’s Match #3
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Women’s Match #4
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. Men’s Match #1
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Men’s Match #2
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Men’s Match #3
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Men’s Match #4
MONDAY, AUG. 18 – DAY 10
Women’s Semi-finals
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
8:00 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Soccer – Semifinal (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer — Semifinals
6:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE)
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Match Re-airs
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Match #1 (re-air)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Match #2 (second half re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s soccer — semifinals
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
TUESDAY, AUG. 19 – DAY 11
Men’s Semi-finals
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
(and other sports)
TELEMUNDO
2:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Semifinal (LIVE)
(and lots of other sports)
NBC Soccer Channel
Men’s Soccer Semifinals
Men’s Semifinals
6:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE)
11:00 a.m. – 3 p.m. Match Re-airs
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Match of the Day (re-air)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Second Match (second half re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men’s Soccer — Semifinals
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 – DAY 12
No live coverage
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
“The Semifinals Encore”
6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Women’s Match #1
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Women’s Match #2
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Men’s Match #1
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Men’s Match #2
12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Match Re-airs
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 – DAY 13
Women’s Medal Matches
UPDATE 8/18/08: The Women’s Gold Medal Match will be USA vs. Brazil. Right now I’m seeing it on at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, 6:00 Pacific on Thursday, 8/21.
Live on:
– Olympic Soccer Channel (for those lucky enough not to have a cable company that sucks. Comcast, for sheer suckitude, I’m lookin’ at you.)
– USA and USA HD
– Telemundo
There’s a slight chance that this may change now that the US is in the gold medal match. If I see anything new, I’ll update this section.
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USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)
(and lots of other sports)
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Match (LIVE)
TELEMUNDO
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women’s Medal Matches
6:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Bronze Medal (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Gold Medal (LIVE)
11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Medal Ceremony (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Cycle repeats
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women’s soccer medal matches
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
FRIDAY, AUG. 22 – DAY 14
Men’s Medal Matches
MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Match (LIVE)
(and lots of other sports)
TELEMUNDO
6:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal Match (LIVE)
(and other sports)
11:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Match (LIVE)
(and other sports)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Men’s Bronze Medal and Women’s Final Encore
7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Men’s Bronze Medal (LIVE)
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Women’s Bronze Medal
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. Women’s Gold Medal Final
12:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Women’s Medal Ceremony
1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Match Re-airs
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men’s Soccer – Bronze & Gold Medal Matches
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
SATURDAY, AUG. 23 – DAY 15
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 2:00 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Game (LIVE)
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
Midnight – Noon
Men’s Final
12:00 a.m. – 1:45 a.m. Men’s Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
2:40 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Medal Ceremony (LIVE)
3:00 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Match Re-airs
5:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Match Re-airs
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Match Re-airs
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Men’s Gold Medal Final (re-air)
NBCOlympics.com — LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Match
(and all the other sports)
This link is to the official site for NBC Online coverage.
(For the full US Olympics coverage — all sports, including soccer, click here.)
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