How to Watch the 2020 International Swimming League Final

2020 International Swimming League

• Saturday, November 21: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM CET (8 AM-10 AM U.S. Eastern, 10 PM-12 midnight Japan)
• Sunday, November 22: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM CET (12 noon-2 PM U.S. Eastern, 2 AM-4 AM J+1 Japan)
• Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
• Short Course Meters (SCM) format
• ISL Technical Handbook
• 2020 ISL Scoring Format
• 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
• How To Watch
• Teams: Energy Standard / Cali Condors / London Roar / LA Current
• Omega Results

The top four teams of the 2020 International Swimming League are moving on to compete in the Grand Final this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 21st and 22nd. The ISL Grand Final will be streamed live worldwide at ISL’s OTT platform (island.isl.global) in countries without an official broadcaster.

In the U.S., “the Grand Finals of the ISL will be televised live on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, November 21 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and on Sunday, November 22 from noon to 2 p.m. Eastern Time,” according to cbslocal.com.

LINKS

• United States – CBS Sports Network
• Canada – CBC Online & limited CBC Television
• France, Turkey, Middle East, Asia Pacific – beIN Sports
• UK – BBC (London Roar meets, at least, with TBD on other meets)
• Season Schedule

WHERE TO WATCH BY REGION

Africa

• Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Tunisia: beIN Sports
• Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho , Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe: SuperSport

Americas

• USA: CBS
• Canada: CBC
• Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela: Claro Sports
• Brazil: TV Globo
• Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, Saba, San Andrés, Providencia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadine, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Island, and United States Virgin: ESPN

Asia

• Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, East Timor, and Singapore: beIN Sports
• Japan: TV Asahi
• India: Eurosport India

Europe

• France, French Overseas Territories, Monaco, Andorra, and Turkey:  beIN Sports
• Italia: Sky
• UK: BBC, Eurosport
• Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark: Eurosport
• Russia: Match TV
• Belarus: Belarus TV and Radio Company, Sport 1
• Hungary: M4
• Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia: SPORT 1
• Lithuania: Sport 1
• Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia: Sportklub

Middle East

• Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, the Palestinian territories, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen: beIN Sports
• Israel: Sport 1

Oceania

• Australia: Seven, beIN Sports
• New Zealand: ESPN

Event Lineup

Here’s a look at the event schedule. Each session is broken into three blocks, which ends in a relay event, followed by a 6-minute break.

Day 1 Events

Day 2 Events

Point Scoring Formats

Each ISL match includes 39 events, divided by several point-scoring formats. Swimmers earn points for their teams according to the following table:

Race Scoring

Jackpoint Points

A swimmer who wins by a wide margin can steal points from the bottom-end finishers in the event. If a swimmer beats any other swimmers by the jackpot time margins, the winning swimmer steals the finish points of the other athlete. Teams also steal jackpot points if another team takes a DQ, a DNS, or a DNF in a race.

Cut-off Time Penalties

In addition, the league will continue to use cut-off times, meaning athletes will lose points if they swim slower than a set time. A swimmer failing to meet these times will have a one-point penalty, while a relay will have a two-point penalty. These penalties are assessed after finish points are determined – so a swimmer taking 8th but missing the cutoff time will earn one point for the 8th-place finish, then take the one-point penalty for a total of zero points.

If a swimmer misses the cutoff time and gets their points stolen by jackpot, the cutoff penalty remains, but the finish points get stolen. So an athlete taking 8th, missing the cutoff time and falling outside the jackpot margin would incur -1 point for their team, taking the cutoff penalty, but having their 8th-place finish point stolen by the jackpot swim.

PRIZE MONEY FORMAT

Athletes and relays earn money for top-4 finishes under the following system, which we’ve simplified below:

Prize Money Points

Event Earnings

MVP Bonus Structure

The ISL confirmed to SwimSwam that where relevant, Jackpot swims can also steal prize money.