2016 Olympic Soccer TV Schedule

The television schedules for the 2016 Olympic men’s and women’s soccer tournaments.

olympicsnbcrioOlympic soccer coverage will air on a hodgepodge of NBC networks, including NBCSN, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Universo, Telemundo, and a soccer-specific specialty channel. None of the matches will make it to the NBC broadcast network, however. NBCSN will air both the men’s and women’s finals, as well as all three of the United States’ women’s group play matches.

The soccer tournaments get underway on August 3 and 4, prior to the Opening Ceremony (August 5). For the full Olympic TV schedule, including all other events, click here.

2016 Olympics Women’s Soccer TV Schedule (All Times Eastern)
All times subject to change

Network Start End Event LIVE or TAPE
COMPETITION COMPLETE
PREVIOUS MATCHES
Wednesday, August 3
NBCSN 11:30 AM 2:00 PM Sweden/South Africa LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Canada/Australia LIVE
USA, NBC Universo 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Brazil/China LIVE
USA 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Zimbabwe/Germany LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM United States/New Zealand LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo 9:00 PM
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM France/Colombia LIVE
Saturday, August 6
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Canada/Zimbabwe LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 4:00 PM 6:00 PM United States/France LIVE
CNBC 5:00 PM[tooltip tip=”Shares timeslot with rugby”]**[/tooltip] 7:00 PM[tooltip tip=”Shares timeslot with rugby”]**[/tooltip] Germany/Australia LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 8:00 PM 9:00 PM TAPE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM South Africa/China LIVE
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Brazil/Sweden LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 11:00 PM 1:00 PM Colombia/New Zealand TAPE (live stream at 7 PM)
Tuesday, August 9
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Germany/Canada LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Australia/Zimbabwe TAPE (live stream at 3 PM)
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM United States/Colombia LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 8:00 PM 9:00 PM New Zealand/France TAPE (live stream at 6 PM)
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM South Africa/Brazil LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 2:00 AM 3:30 AM China/Sweden TAPE (live stream at 9 PM)
Friday, August 12
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:30 PM United States/Sweden
Quarterfinal
LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM China/Germany
Quarterfinal
LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Canada/France
Quarterfinal
LIVE
CNBC 6:30 PM
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Brazil/Australia
Quarterfinal
LIVE
Tuesday, August 16
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Brazil/Sweden
Semifinal
LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Canada/Germany
Semifinal
LIVE
Friday, August 19
MSNBC, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Canada/Brazil
Third-Place Match
LIVE
NBCSN, Telemundo, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 4:30 PM 7:00 PM Sweden/Germany
Final
LIVE

2016 Olympics Men’s Soccer TV Schedule

Network Start End Event LIVE or TAPE
COMPETITION COMPLETE
PREVIOUS MATCHES
Thursday, August 4
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Iraq/Denmark LIVE
NBCSN 12:30 PM 3:00 PM
USA, Telemundo 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Honduras/Algeria LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Brazil/South Africa LIVE
USA, Telemundo 4:00 PM 6:00 PM Mexico/Germany LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Portugal/Argentina LIVE
USA 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Sweden/Colombia LIVE
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Fiji/South Korea LIVE
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Nigeria/Japan LIVE
Sunday, August 7
Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Mexico/Fiji LIVE
Telemundo 2:00 PM 3:30 PM Honduras/Portugal LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 11:00 PM 12:30 AM TAPE (live stream at 2 PM)
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Germany/South Korea LIVE
CNBC, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Argentina/Algeria LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Sweden/Nigeria TAPE (live stream at 6 PM)
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Brazil/Iraq LIVE
NBC Universo 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Japan/Colombia LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:30 AM 2:00 AM Denmark/South Africa TAPE (live stream at 6 PM)
Wednesday, August 10
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Argentina/Honduras LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Algeria/Portugal TAPE (live stream at Noon)
MSNBC, Telemundo, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM South Korea/Mexico LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Germany/Fiji TAPE (live stream at 3 PM)
NBC Universo 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Colombia/Nigeria LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 8:00 PM 9:00 PM TAPE (live stream at 6 PM)
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Japan/Sweden LIVE
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Denmark/Brazil LIVE
[tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:30 AM 5:00 AM South Africa/Iraq TAPE (live stream at 9 PM)
Saturday, August 13
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Portugal/Germany
Quarterfinal
LIVE
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Nigeria/Denmark
Quarterfinal
LIVE
NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 6:00 PM 8:00 PM South Korea/Honduras
Quarterfinal
LIVE
CNBC 6:30 PM
NBCSN, NBC Universo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 9:00 PM 11:00 PM Brazil/Colombia
Quarterfinal
LIVE
Wednesday, August 17
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Brazil/Honduras
Semifinal
LIVE
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Nigeria/Germany
Semifinal
LIVE
Saturday, August 20
NBCSN, Telemundo, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Nigeria/Honduras
Third-Place Match
LIVE
Telemundo 3:30 PM 7:30 PM Brazil/Germany
Final
LIVE
NBCSN, [tooltip tip=”Olympic Soccer Channel”]OSC[/tooltip] 4:30 PM

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