2018 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 11-16, 2018
- Hangzhou, China
- Event Schedule
- Start Lists
The 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships will be live-streamed, televised live, and aired on tape-delay in the United States for each of its 6 days on NBC Sports Network, the Olympic Channel, and NBCSports.com.
While finals for the first 3 days will be aired live on the Olympic Channel, and later tape-delayed on the NBC Sports Network, the last 3 days will only be available in the US on tape-delay on television.
UPDATE: NBC has updated SwimSwam that all 12 sessions of the meet (prelims and finals) will be available in the US via live-stream.
While most of the world will be able to watch all sessions live via FINATV.Live, the swimming will be geoblocked in the USA, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia, Brunei, and China, where other rights-holders have exclusive access.
Live Stream Links:
- Finals for the first 3 days can be viewed live at this link.
- All 6 prelims sessions, and finals for the last 3 days, can be viewed live at this link.
Full USA Television Schedule, 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships
| Date | Network | Time (ET) | Event | Live or Delay | Webcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 11 | Olympic Channel | 6 a.m. – 8 a.m ET | Day 1 Finals | Live | nbcsports.com |
| December 11 | NBC Sports Network | 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET | Day 1 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
| December 12 | Olympic Channel | 6 a.m. – 8 a.m. ET | Day 2 Finals | Live | nbcsports.com |
| December 12 | NBC Sports Network | 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET | Day 2 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
| December 13 | Olympic Channel | 6 a.m. – 8 a.m. ET | Day 3 Finals | Live | nbcsports.com |
| December 13 | NBC Sports Network | 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET | Day 3 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
| December 14 | Olympic Channel | 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET | Day 4 Finals | Same Day Delay | nbcsports.com |
| December 14 | NBC Sports Network | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. ET | Day 4 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
| December 15 | Olympic Channel | 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. ET | Day 5 Finals | Same Day Delay | nbcsports.com |
| December 15 | NBC Sports Network | 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET | Day 5 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
| December 16 | Olympic Channel | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET | Day 6 Finals | Same Day Delay | nbcsports.com |
| December 16 | NBC Sports Network | 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. ET | Day 6 Finals | Taped | nbcsports.com |
To bad NBC has to devote air tome to shows such as “Air Fryer Cooking” and “Secreta to Indoor Grilling” to name a few listed on the guide
Day 5 Finals is scheduled to air from 12-2 ET according to my channel guide (Olympic channel) not 9:30 am…
Welcome to being an Australian fan of any sport that isn’t our two football codes. We can’t even watch the cricket anymore. A VPN is super helpful.
Did our complaining work
it is at 3-5 am here so taper delay on DVR is perfectly fine.
Is the geoblocking of US and territories a FINA decision or some NBC black magic? If FINA, is that decided before or after the lawsuit filed? Just wonder why geoblocking US.
The list of geoblocks is posted by FINA, but it’s driven by the licensing agreement with NBC. If NBC is going to pay for the rights, they want people to watch the meet on NBC. It has nothing to do with the lawsuit – international athletes will be included in the class action status if it is granted, and the organizers of the ISL and Energy for Swim aren’t Americans, so there’s no reason for FINA to pick on Americans this way.
That would also be counter to what FINA’s gameplan seems to be. They aren’t taking the tact of ‘passively-aggressively punishing everyone who is affiliated with ISL.” They’re trying to demonstrate why FINA is more important than the ISL,… Read more »
Thanks for the info and explanation. So in a sense, US swimmers and fans has 2 hurdles for the sport to thrive – FINA control the meets (and money) and NBC (control of media in US).
If you really want to watch when you want, suggest getting a VPN. Have used one for almost 2 years with great success & even (ahem!) no Rowdy Gaines.
[insert angry face here]