College Swimming League signs DAZN deal
August 24, 2026

By Nik Roseveare



The College Swimming League (CSL), the new US event series, and DAZN have announced a rights deal for the league’s inaugural 2026 season that makes DAZN the exclusive free-to-view home of CSL competition in every market outside the US.

Under the agreement, all six regular season matches, along with the CSL Wild Card and Championship, will stream live and free on DAZN. The CSL features 12 NCAA programmes competing in a four-team match format over a six-match regular season, building toward the Wild Card and the Championship at the close of each season.


The season begins with two days of competition on September 24th and 25th, with match days also on October 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd, ahead of the Wild Card on November 5th and the Championship and November 6th.

Shay Segev, CEO of DAZN Group, commented: “The College Swimming League is an exciting new competition that brings together some of the most successful programmes and talented athletes in collegiate sport. We are delighted to partner with the CSL and make every race available live and free-to-view for fans across more than 200 markets worldwide. At DAZN, we are committed to growing audiences for emerging and established sports alike, and this agreement reflects our ambition to connect passionate communities with premium live content on a global scale.”

Rob Kent, Chief Executive Officer, College Swimming League, said: “Partnering with DAZN is a major commercial milestone that delivers unprecedented global reach for our premium sponsors and media partners. Launching September 24, this deal monetizes and scales college swimming across 200+ countries. By packaging powerhouse programs from the ACC, SEC, and Big Ten, including Virginia, Cal, Michigan, Auburn, Stanford, Indiana, Tennessee, NC State, Louisville, Ohio State, Georgia, and Alabama, into our fast-paced match format, we are transforming the sport into a broadly, internationally televised property. This is an incredibly exciting moment for swim fans around the world who can now follow every single race of the action live.”

Kyle Sockwell, Chief Operating Officer, College Swimming League, added: “Until now, international swimming fans have had no reliable way to watch NCAA competition, and that underserved audience is exactly who this agreement is built for. NCAA rosters feature many of the world’s best international swimmers, and that talent base gives the CSL a built-in global audience from day one. Pairing an innovative, fan-focused property like the CSL with a platform of DAZN’s global scale turns that demand into measurable growth for the sport. From our first conversations, DAZN put real thought into how to grow swimming’s international audience, and that mattered to us as much as their reach.”