beIN MEDIA GROUP AND FIBA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP EXTENSION IN MENA UNTIL 2025

beIN MEDIA GROUP, the global sports and entertainment group (beIN), and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced an extension of their existing partnership that will see beIN SPORTS, beIN’s flagship sports channel, continue to broadcast FIBA’s major international and continental events until 2025 in the Middle East and North-Africa (MENA). 

beIN has been an official broadcast partner for FIBA since 2006, catering to the region’s love of basketball with extensive live coverage of competitions, including also women’s and youth competitions as part of its flagship CSR initiative, beINSPIRED, that gives underrepresented sports and athletes the exposure they truly deserve. This commitment will be showcased next month with the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 Finals in Spain, as well as the FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Finals in Hungary.

beIN’s viewers will particularly enjoy the comprehensive coverage of games featuring the teams from within the MENA region across FIBA Asia and FIBA Africa, including the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers tipping off on June 30 and the FIBA Asia Cup 2022 on July 12. 

beIN SPORTS’s renewal with FIBA further enhances the global broadcaster’s place as one of the world’s largest investors in sports media rights, and one of the biggest sports broadcasters on the planet. This agreement follows beIN’s recent Roland Garros and AFC competitions renewals that were struck in MENA within the past year.

This means beIN’s expansive portfolio in MENA includes the FIFA World Cup until 2030, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League until 2024 - including rights to UEFA Women Champions League, Ligue 1 until 2024, LaLiga until