SRF: Total women's soccer
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada is the summer sports event on SRF: At least 18 games will be broadcast live on SRF zwei, including all of the Swiss women's matches, the opening game, the semifinals, and the final.
A double premiere for women's football: for the first time ever, the Swiss women have qualified for a World Cup final, and for the first time ever, SRF is reporting live from a FIFA Women's World Cup. At least 18 World Cup matches will be shown on SRF two. The opening match between hosts Canada and China will kick things off on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The match will be broadcast from 11.30 p.m. directly after the Uefa Champions League final from Berlin.
The Swiss women's matches are an important cornerstone of SRF's live coverage: All three group matches can be seen on SRF two, against defending champions Japan (on Tuesday night, June 9, 03:50), against Ecuador (on Saturday night, June 13, 00:55) and against Cameroon (Tuesday, June 16, 22:35). SRF will also broadcast any Swiss matches in the knockout phase live. Another fixture in the live coverage is the match of the day. On selected match days from the group stage to the quarter-finals, a live match can usually be seen on SRF zwei at 10.00 pm. Semi-finals and finals are kicked off at 01.00 Swiss time. The opening match, the Swiss matches, both semi-finals and the final will be repeated on SRF zwei the following day.
Prominent female co-commentators for TV broadcasts
Dani Wyler, Sascha Ruefer and Patrick Schmid will be on duty as commentators at the FIFA Women's World Cup, each supported by a co-commentator. Dani Wyler will cover all of the Swiss women's matches, the opening match and the World Cup final in Vancouver on the night of Monday, July 6. He will be assisted by Kathrin Lehmann as co-commentator. The long-time Swiss national goalkeeper is a profound expert on Swiss women's football. Other co-commentators are the two-time European champion from Germany, Inka Grings, and the former Swiss national goalkeeper Marisa Brunner. Silvia Exer will conduct the post-match interviews; Olivier Borer will be close to the Swiss team as a reporter in Canada and will report regularly from the Swiss camp.
Päddy Kälin leads through the program in the World Cup studio in Zurich. During the breaks and after the final whistle, he analyzes the individual matches with various guests and experts, including former national team coach Béatrice von Siebenthal.
Women's World Cup on the radio and online
Radio SRF 3 starts the day with women's football: from 05.00 a.m., listeners receive up-to-date information on the night's matches. The program includes short summaries of the matches, stories, background information and interviews from the Swiss camp. Online, too, everything revolves around the Swiss team during the FIFA Women's World Cup. All of the Swiss women's matches can be followed in the live ticker with integrated live stream. Portraits of the players, background information on the Swiss opponents and all the latest news from the Swiss camp are also available online. Every morning, Srf.ch/sport also offers an update on the night's events with summaries and analyses.
