The new UEFA Nations League competition will be broadcast to viewers in Tonga starting from 3 June, after Digicel TV announced today that it had secured the rights to broadcast the football competition.

Digicel TV earlier announced the extension of the Premier League broadcast deal for another three years, today.

Digicel Tonga CEO, Anthony Seuseu, said; “This is excellent news for football fans, who love to watch the best players in the world.”

The UEFA Nations League is a new competition structure comprising 16 teams in Leagues A, B and C and 7 teams in League D. The teams are allocated to leagues based on the overall ranking following the previous year’s UEFA Nations League.

League A features 4 Groups with leading teams such as World Cup Finalists, France; Euro Champions, Italy; current FIFA number 2 ranked team of Belgium; and 2021 Nations League runners-up Spain, leading the 4 groups.

The four group winners of League A will play off against each other in the UEFA Nations Finals to determine the UEFA Nations League winners.

He said there is a promotion/relegation system across lower placed teams in each of the other Leagues and overall standings leading to a qualification process for the future Euro 2024 competition for the top 16 European teams.

“We’re delighted to be adding this fantastic competition to our ever-expanding football offering which already includes Premier League, UEFA Champions League and Europa League, Bundesliga, English FA Cup final as well as international action in the form of World Cup Qualifiers, cementing Digicel TV as the home of live and exclusive international football.”

The new 2022/2023 season will kick off on 3 June with  match ups including Spain vs Portugal, France v Denmark, Italy v Germany, Netherlands v Belgium, England v Hungary.

“We are also delighted to announce that Sky Pacific will broadcast live and exclusive the match between UEFA EURO 2020 winners Italy and 2021 Copa América champions Argentina from London's Wembley Stadium on Thursday, 2 June 2022,” said Anthony.