Sport1 is a German

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...

television channel centred towards sports programming, as well as teleshopping. It was launched on 1 January 1993 as DSF (''Deutsches Sportfernsehen''), replacing the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel Musicbox on 11 January 1988. The channel took its current name on 11 April 2010. Sport1 has its headquarters in Ismaning near

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Programming

Football

* 3.Liga (2020–2024) (on Sport1+) * DFB Pokal (2020–2024) (on Sport1+) * DFB-Pokal women (2020–2023) * International Champions Cup (10 of 18 matches (including all German clubs)) * 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: (highlights on Friday & Sunday) *

Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this sys ...

and League Cup (on Sport1+) *

English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

(exclude

EFL Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...

) (on Sport1+) *

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

(on Sport1+) *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

(on Sport1+) *

UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

(non-Germany matches) *

UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply the Euro Under-19, is an annual football competition, contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Spain is the most successful team in this competit ...

UEFA European Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship, or simply the Euro Under-17, is an annual Association football, football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Spain national under-17 football team, ...

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...

* UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship * UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship *

AFC Champions League Elite The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

(2021–2028)

Basketball

* FIBA World Championship *

FIBA World Championship for Women The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the Internati ...

*German national team *

Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the German basketball league system, highest level Sports league, league of professional club basketball in German ...

(1 game per week) *

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(on Sport1+) *

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

(on Sport1US)

Handball

* World Women's Handball Championship * Germany men's national handball team

Other sports

* PDC World Darts Championship * ATP World Tour *

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

* World Ice Hockey Championships * European Tour *

NCAA football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

(on Sport1US) *

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

(on Sport1US) *

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...

(on Sport1US) *

IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, officially known as the NTT IndyCar Series for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies sinc ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

* XFL

Non-sports

*'' Alone'' ''(Alone - Überleben in der Wildnis)'' (2017–present) *'' Aussie Pickers'' ''(Aussie Pickers - Die Trödelexperten)'' (2015–2016) *'' Barry'd Treasure'' ''(Barry'd Treasure - Der Trödelexperte)'' (2016–present) *'' Big Brian: The Fortune Seller'' ''(Big Brian - Der große Ausverkauf)'' (2015) *''Buy It, Fix It, Sell It'' ''(Alte Stücke, neuer Glanz)'' (2017–present) *'' Chow Masters'' ''(Diner Wars)'' (2015) *''Container Wars'' (2014–present) *'' Counting Cars'' ''(Die Werkstatt-Helden)'' (2014-2016) *'' Dig Wars'' ''(Dig Wars - Die Schatzgräber)'' (2015-2017) *''Garage Gold'' (2016–present) *'' Hard Knocks'' (2013) *'' Hardcore Pawn: Chicago'' (2015-2016) *'' Storage Hunters (UK)'' (2015–present) *'' Storage Hunters (US)'' (2014–present) *''

Storage Wars ''Storage Wars'' (stylized as ''STORAGE WAR$'') is an American reality television competition series that airs on the A&E network. It premiered on December 1, 2010. A 16th season is scheduled to premiere on June 7, 2025. When rent is not p ...

'' (Storage Wars - Die Geschäftemacher) (2013–present) *'' The Liquidator'' (2015–present) *'' Yukon Gold'' (2015–present) *'' Sexy Sport Clips'' (2002–2024) *''Sport-Quiz'' (2003–2022) *'' My Style Rocks'' (2024–)

Audience share

Germany

References

External links

* {{Television in Germany Television channels and stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Germany Television stations in Germany Football mass media in Germany German-language television networks Companies based in Bavaria Mass media in Munich Sports television in Germany